Past Seminar Series
Seminars 2024-25
- 28.09.23: Dr Laura Pfuntner, Queen鈥檚 深夜亚洲福利久久, Belfast, 鈥楻oman Civil Wars: The View from Southern Gaul鈥
- 12.10.23: Dr Jennifer Wellington, UCD, 'War, propaganda, Memory and Museums鈥.
- 26.10.23: Katja Bruisch, TCD, 'Extraction and the making of place: How the peat industry transformed a central Russian region鈥
- 09.11.23: Dr John Paul Newman, Maynooth, 鈥楽uicide and the Hermeneutics of Political and National Community in the Interwar Czechoslovak Republic鈥
- 16.11.23: Dr Jesse Harrington, DIAS, 鈥楢ntistite zelo sue gentis: St. Lorc谩n Ua Tuathail (Laurence O'Toole) and the Sieges of Dublin, 1170鈥71鈥.
- 01.02.24: Dr David Nicoll, UCD,鈥楾he difficulties of disarmament during the French Wars of Religion; The Role of Antoine de Crussol, the duc d鈥橴z猫s鈥
- 15.02.24: Dr R贸is铆n Healy, 深夜亚洲福利久久 of Galway,鈥楾he Mystery of the Missing Revolution; Belgium, Poland and Ireland in 1830鈥
- 29.02.24: Dr Martin O鈥橠onoghue, Max Planck Institute, Frankfurt, 鈥淭heIrish Parliamentary Party and its successors: lessons for parties in times of transformative change?鈥
- 14.03.24: Dr Matthew O鈥橞rien, UCD, 鈥楾he Afro-American Patrolmen鈥檚 League and community Protection in Chicago鈥
- 11.04.24: Dr Jennifer Redmond, Maynooth & Dr Deirdre Foley, TCD, 鈥楳arriage bans and motherhood in twentieth-century Ireland鈥
Seminars 2022-23
- 22.09.22: David Fleming (UL), 鈥楾he myth and reality of the mass rock; Catholic religious
practice in 18th century Ireland鈥 - 29.09.22: Sparky Booker (DCU), 鈥楳arital names and women鈥檚 social networks in late medieval Ireland鈥
- 06.10.22: Katrina Goldstone (writer), 鈥樷淭he brave revolutionary I was myself when I was young鈥︹ 鈥揕eslie Daiken (1912-64), radical Irish writers and Transnational Circles of Solidarity in the 1930鈥.
- 13.10.22: Th茅r猫se O鈥機onnell (UCC), 鈥楤ishop Daniel Cohalan; Ambushes, arson and excommunication in Cork, 1920鈥.
- 20.10.22: Jennifer Keating (UCD), 鈥極n arid ground? Global commodities and the more-than-human roots of empire in Russian Central Asia, 1880s-1916鈥
- 27.10.22: Bettina Blum (Paderborn), 鈥楩rom military rule to defence diplomacy; Relations between British forces and local communities in Germany, 1945-2019鈥.
- 03.11.22: Kevin O鈥橲ullivan (Galway), 鈥楾he NGO moment; The globalisation of compassion from Biafra to Live Aid鈥
- 10.11.22: Shannon Devlin (Ulster), 鈥樷淎 brother鈥檚 duty鈥; Exploring post-famine Irish family life through sibling relationships鈥
- 17.11.22: Gary Murphy (DCU), 鈥楯udging Haughey; Ethics and dilemmas in writing political
产颈辞驳谤补辫丑测鈥 - 24.11.22: Tatiana Vagramenko (UCC), 鈥楲ife of agents; The KGB and the religious underground in Soviet Ukraine'
- 01.12.22: James Kapal贸 (UCC), 鈥楬istory, ethnography and the material turn in the study of religions; From archives to communities鈥
- 08.12.22: Bettina Blum (Paderborn), 鈥楩rom military rule to defence diplomacy; Relations between British forces and local communities in Germany, 1945-2019鈥
- 19.01.23: Angus Mitchell (UL), 鈥業dentifying green shoots of the military-humanitarian complex in the early years of Mine Action in Afghanistan (1988-1997)鈥
- 26.01.23: Jay Roszman (UCC), 鈥楢n O鈥機onnellite Empire? Irish nationalism, British imperial trouble, and the limits of anti-imperialism in the age of reform鈥
- 02.02.23: Ceri Houlbrook (Hertfordshire), 鈥楥oncealed shoes, concealed meanings; Ritual in the post-medieval home?鈥
- 09.02.23: Michael Keegan (King鈥檚 College, London), 鈥楲ost naval hero; Admiral Sir Roger (later Baron) Keyes鈥
- 16.02.23: Olesia Zhytkova (DCU), 鈥楾he Soviet state repression鈥檚 impact on the psychological state of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Ortodox Church members in Ukraine (1920-1930s)鈥
- 23.02.23: Annaleigh Margery (Dundalk IT), 鈥榁isualising landscape; Surveys and maps of early modern Munster鈥
- 02.03.23: Laurent Colantonio (Montr茅al), 鈥楾aking a different to the life of a 鈥済reat man鈥; Daniel O鈥機onnell and the Irish political laboratory鈥
- 16.03.23: Alan McCarthy (UCC), 鈥楩rom a 鈥渃ouple of hundred tramps on campus鈥 to a UNESCO Learning City; An overview of Adult Education and Lifelong Learning at UCC, 1911-2023鈥
- 23.03.23: Bronagh McShane (UL), 鈥楥omprehending Contemplation; The Poor Clare Order in Ireland鈥
- 30.03.23: D茅irdre Foley (UCC), 鈥楾he (in)visibility of paid labour; Women鈥檚 working lives in Ireland, c. 1965-1990鈥
- 06.04.23: Alistair Malcolm (UL), 鈥楨nglish cavaliers and the seventeenth-century Iberian world; Tastes, travel and the foreign purchases of Restoration courtiers
Seminars 2021-22
- 30.09.21: Prof Martin Thomas (Exeter) 鈥楧ecolonisation and globalisation鈥
- 07.10.21: Dr Huw Bennett (Cardiff), 鈥楲ooking to the future; Re-setting British military strategy for Northern Ireland in 1972鈥
- 14.10.21: Dr Richard Kirwan (UL) 鈥楪race and favour; The reception of religious converts at the 深夜亚洲福利久久 of T眉bingen, 1553-1634鈥
- 21.10.21: Dr Eugene Costello (UCC, School of the Human Environment), 鈥楩eeding capitalism and facing its consequences? 鈥淧eripheral鈥 rural communities of Northern Europe, 1350-1850鈥
- 28.10.21: Dr Pauline Heinrichs (深夜亚洲福利久久 of London), 鈥楽trategic narratives, agency and ontological security; West Germany and the Schleyer kidnapping of 1977鈥
- 04.11.21: Dr Julia Schneider (UCC, Asian Studies), 鈥楾he Qianlong literary inquisition project (1772-1788); Imperial censorship of a racist discourse?鈥
- 11.11.21: Dr Colm谩n 脫 Clabaigh (Glenstal Abbey). 鈥楾he hand maid and the holy helpers; The cults of St Zita of Lucca and the auxiliary saints in late medieval Ireland鈥
- 18.11.21: Dr Alberto Cauli (UCC, post-doc), 鈥樷Ignoto Militi鈥. The centenary of the unknown Italian soldier (1921-2021), Celebration, commemoration and symbolism鈥.
- 25.11.21: Prof Bernadette Whelan (UL) 鈥樷淎 real revolution鈥; Ireland and the Oxford Group/Moral Re-Armament movement, 1933-2001鈥
- 02.12.2: Gabriel Doherty (UCC),鈥楾he 鈥渙ther鈥 debate; Westminster and the Anglo-Irish Treaty, 14-16 December 1921鈥
- 27.01.22: Prof Robert Gerwarth (UCD), 鈥楥ivil war and the making of Europe鈥檚 twentieth century鈥
- 03.02.22: Prof Judith Devlin (UCD), 鈥楽ubverting Stalinism? Jokes about Stalin and their Significance?鈥
- 04.02.22: Dr Lusine Margaryan (CC), Prof Yervand Margaryan (Yervan) & Prof Victoria Arakelova (Yerevan), symposium 鈥楾ranseastern Christianity and other religion systems in the early Middle Ages鈥
- 10.02.22: Elizabeth Tanner (UCC, PhD student), 鈥楻egional crisis and geopolitical imperatives: The Nixon administration in South Asia, 1971鈥
- 17.02.22: Dr Leanne Calvert (Hertfordshire), 鈥樷淎re you so fond of your wife鈥檚 sister?鈥 Negotiating incest in the Presbyterian Atlantic World, 1717-1830鈥
- 24.02.22: Dr Paul MacCotter (UCC) 鈥楾he origins of the Irish parish鈥
- 03.03.22: Dr Michael Kennedy (RIA), 鈥楾he Coast Watchers; Military intelligence gathering on neutral Ireland鈥檚 Second World War frontline鈥
- 10.03.22: Prof Geoff Roberts (UCC) 鈥楽talin鈥檚 Library; A dictator and his books鈥
- 24.03.22: Dr Edward Burke (Nottingham), 鈥楾he British army and the Belleek-Pettigo offensive in 1922鈥
- 31.03.22: Dr Detmar Klein (UCC) 鈥Difficile est satiram non scribere; The role of 芦 le ridicule 禄 in the relationship between German-annexed Alsace and Imperial Germany prior to the outbreak of the First World War鈥
Seminars 2020-21
- 22 October 2020, Dr J茅r么me aan de Wiel (History, UCC): 鈥Ireland鈥檚 forgotten or unknown humanitarian aid to The Soviet-Occupied Zone of Germany and Berlin, 1945-49鈥
- 29 October 2020, Dr Maggie Scull (History, Syracuse 深夜亚洲福利久久 London): 鈥The Catholic Church and the Northern Ireland 鈥楾roubles鈥; the case of republican funerals鈥
- 19 November 2020, Dr D贸nal Hassett (French, UCC): 鈥The example of 鈥榁aliant Little Ireland鈥; the Irish revolution in Algerian nationalist thought鈥
- 26 November 2020, Dr Bozena Cierlik (History, UCC): 鈥Poles in UCC after WW2; 鈥業 think we should do all in our power to help as the British nor the Americans are likely to do anything for these people鈥樷赌
- 3 December 2020, Dr Igor Ca艧u (History, Chi艧in膬u): 鈥Starvation as natural disaster? The role of environment in the Soviet post-war famine in European and global context鈥
- 10 December 2020, Br Colm谩n 脫 Clabaigh (OSB, Glenstal Abbey): 鈥Monks, medicine and magic in medieval Ireland鈥
- 17 December 2020, Bl谩ith铆n Hurley (Art, UCC): 鈥鈥楢n indulgence to the natives?鈥 William Bedell鈥檚 translation of the Bible into Irish鈥
- 28 January 2021, Dr Hannah Young (History, Southampton): 鈥The Absentee Duchess; Female slave-ownership in the aristocratic world鈥
- 4 February 2021, Dr 脷na N铆 Bhroim茅il (History, Mary Immaculate College): 鈥A controversial Churchill bust recalls a forgotten relationship; John Quinn and Jacob Epstein, 1910-1924鈥
- 18 Febuary 2021, Dr Michelle Bentley (History, 深夜亚洲福利久久 of London): 鈥Deliberate Lies, Big Lies, and Taboo Lies; Alleging biological warfare during the Korean War, 1950-1953鈥
- 25 February 2021, Dr Alexander O鈥橦ara (Religion, TCD): 鈥The Sunniva legend and the Cistercian authorship of the earliest Norwegian hagiography鈥
- 4 March 2021, Prof Christophe Gillissen (Caen, France): 鈥Franco-Irish relations and the question of Algeria at the United nations鈥
- 11 March 2021, Dr Elisabeth Forster (History, Southampton): 鈥Threatened by peace; The PRC鈥檚 peacefulness rhetoric and the 鈥楥hina鈥 representation question in the United Nations (1949-71)鈥
- 18 March 2021, Dr Alexandra Slaby (Caen, France): 鈥鈥楢n awful lot so quietly鈥; Owen McCann, son of Ireland, South Africa鈥檚 first Prince of the Church鈥
- 25 March 2021, Dr Richard Butler (Mary Immaculate College): 鈥The railway to Beara that was never built; American shipping routes and the economic development of West Cork, 1825-45鈥
- 1 April 2021, Dr Caroline Williamson Sinalo (French, UCC): 鈥鈥業 answer them, fearing that they can learn it from someone else鈥; discussions of genocide history in Rwandan families鈥
- 15 April 2021, Dr Liam Chambers (History, Mary Immaculate College): 鈥Competing communities; Irish colleges, clergy and students in Paris, 1660-1685鈥
- 22 April 2021, Prof Lindsey Earner-Byrne (History, UCC): 鈥Reading gender as power and process in modern Irish history鈥
Seminars 2019-20
- 10 October 2019, Dr Katherine Bond, IRC Postdoctoral Fellow, School of History UCC, 鈥Visualising Humanity in Renaissance Europe鈥.
- 7 November 2019, Professor Anne Curry, 深夜亚洲福利久久 of Southampton, 鈥The Battle of Agincourt, 1415-2019鈥.
- 14 November 2019, Julitta Clancy, Fawsitt family research group, 鈥New light on the Irish Revolution: from the papers of Diarmaid Fawsitt (1884-1967)鈥.
- 21 November 2019, Dr Brian Jackson, Head of Postgraduate Studies, IT Carlow, 鈥Postcards from Buenos Aires: An Irishman in Argentina, 1907-10鈥.
- 6 February 2020, Professor Carl Bouchard, 深夜亚洲福利久久 of Montreal, Quebec, 鈥The Great Conversation; Citizens and peace-making after the Great War鈥.
- 5 March 2020, Professor Alan McPherson, Center for the Study of Force and Diplomacy, Temple 深夜亚洲福利久久, 鈥Ghosts of Sheridan Circle: How a Washington Assassination Brought Pinochet鈥檚 Terror State to Justice".
Seminars 2018-19
- Dr Maeve O鈥橰iordan, School of History, UCC 鈥 Women of the Country House in Ireland: 1860-1914
- Professor Michael Cullinane, 深夜亚洲福利久久 of Roehampton 鈥 The Old Lion is Dead: Theodore Roosevelt at the Treaty of Versailles
- Dr Charles Read, 深夜亚洲福利久久 of Cambridge 鈥 Towards a new narrative of the Irish Famine of 1845-53
- Dr Stefano Recchia, 深夜亚洲福利久久 of Cambridge 鈥 How France secured UN approval for its controversial Rwanda intervention in 1994
- Dr Clodagh Tait, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick 鈥 Wonders of this age: the 鈥極ld鈥 Countess of Desmond, 鈥極ld鈥 Tom Parr, and the quest for the secrets of longevity
- Dr David Fitzgerald, School of History, UCC 鈥 Citizens, Soldiers and Warriors: Saving Private Ryan, The United States Army and its 1990s recruiting crisis
- Dr Elizabeth Kirwan, National Library of Ireland 鈥 Documenting LGBT Lives 1951-2018: The Irish Queer Archive (IQA)
- Dr Mark Empey, Humanities Institute, 深夜亚洲福利久久 College Dublin 鈥 Reinterpreting Ireland鈥檚 past? History, identity and Sir James Ware (1594-1666)
- Dr Debra Strickland, 深夜亚洲福利久久 of Glasgow 鈥 Bosch鈥檚 bug: monstrosity, devilry, and anti-Judaism on the St John on Patmos panel by Hieronymus Bosch (1450-1516)
- Joyti Atwal, Jawaharlal Nehru 深夜亚洲福利久久, New Delhi 鈥 Indian and Irish women in the anti imperialist movements: methodologies and strategies
- Eugenie Hanley, School of History, UCC 鈥 The Development of maternity and child welfare services in Ireland, 1922-1945
- Dr Elizabeth Kyte, Women鈥檚 Studies, UCC 鈥 Mapping Irish feminists鈥 connections to international radicalism
Seminars 2017-18
- Professor Chris Williams, College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences, UCC 鈥 Cartoonist for the millions: 鈥淛MS鈥 (1863-1921)
- Professor Susan Doran, Professor of Early Modern British History, 深夜亚洲福利久久 of Oxford 鈥 A tale of two monarchs: Elizabeth I, James I and the English Reformation
- Dr Catherine Lawless, Director, Centre for Gender and Women鈥檚 Studies, School of Histories and Humanities, Trinity College Dublin 鈥 Representation of holy bodies: space, power and gender in medieval Florence
- Colm谩n 脫 Clabaigh OSB 鈥 Passports to Paradise: Indulgences and Letters of Confraternity in Late Medieval Ireland
- Dr Dagmar 脫 Riain, Independent Scholar 鈥 A Scholar and an Officer in the Habsburg Empire: Tadhg O鈥橫ulrian (鈥燘elgrade 1737)
- Mark Hutchinson, G枚ttingen 鈥 The failure of Reformation in Ireland
- John Browne, School of Public Health, UCC and Andrew McCarthy, School of History, UCC 鈥 Historical perspectives on healthcare reconfiguration in Ireland
- Dr John Thompson, 深夜亚洲福利久久 of Cambridge 鈥 Woodrow Wilson and US entry in WWI
- Dr Annaleigh Margey, Dundalk IT 鈥 Property and Charity: the early modern property portfolio of the Clothworkers鈥 Company, c.1500-1680
- Beatrix Faerber & Laura Cronin, School of History, UCC 鈥 Medical texts from the late Middle Ages and Renaissance
- Terence O鈥橰eilly (Emeritus, Spanish UCC) 鈥 Luther and Loyola: The Origins of the Spiritual Exercises in Spain
Seminars 2016-17
- Dr Owen McGee (Digital Humanities, UCC), 鈥楢rthur Griffith: the forgotten man of the Irish Revolution?鈥
- Professor Robert Savage, Boston College, 鈥楾errible things were done鈥: Se谩n Lemass and the violence of the Irish Revolution鈥
- Professor Daniel Carey (Moore Institute, NUIG), 鈥楢rts and Sciences of Travel, 1500-1800鈥
- Davide Boerio, (Universit脿 degli studi di Teramo & 深夜亚洲福利久久 College Cork), 鈥樕钜寡侵薷＠镁 from Naples, 1647: Texts, Networks and Examples in an Early Modern Revolution鈥
- Dr Matthias Egeler (LMU Munich & UCC) 鈥業celand and Ireland in the early Middle Ages: cultural exchange as seen through the evidence of literature鈥
- Dr James Ryan (Cardiff 深夜亚洲福利久久), 鈥楾he Politics of National History: Russia and the Centenary of Revolutions鈥
- Dr Michelle 脫 Riordan (Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies), 鈥楧ivisive unities in seventeenth-century Ireland鈥
- Professor James Amelang (Universidad Aut贸noma de Madrid), 鈥楾he Reformed Spaniards: Complications of Conversion in 1620s London鈥
- Dr Edel Bhreathnach (Discovery Programme), 鈥楻e-assessing prehistoric and early medieval 鈥榬oyal鈥 landscapes in Ireland: opening a new discussion on an old topic鈥
- Professor Geoff Roberts (UCC), 鈥楽talin鈥檚 Peacemakers: The Struggle for Peace and the Transformation of Global Politics after World War II鈥
Seminars 2015-16
- Dr Owen McGee (Digital Humanities, UCC), 鈥楢rthur Griffith: the forgotten man of the Irish Revolution?鈥
- Professor Robert Savage, Boston College, 鈥楾errible things were done鈥: Se谩n Lemass and the violence of the Irish Revolution鈥
- Professor Daniel Carey (Moore Institute, NUIG), 鈥楢rts and Sciences of Travel, 1500-1800鈥
- Davide Boerio, (Universit脿 degli studi di Teramo & 深夜亚洲福利久久 College Cork), 鈥樕钜寡侵薷＠镁 from Naples, 1647: Texts, Networks and Examples in an Early Modern Revolution鈥
- Dr Matthias Egeler (LMU Munich & UCC) 鈥業celand and Ireland in the early Middle Ages: cultural exchange as seen through the evidence of literature鈥
- Dr James Ryan (Cardiff 深夜亚洲福利久久), 鈥楾he Politics of National History: Russia and the Centenary of Revolutions鈥
- Dr Michelle 脫 Riordan (Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies), 鈥楧ivisive unities in seventeenth-century Ireland鈥
- Professor James Amelang (Universidad Aut贸noma de Madrid), 鈥楾he Reformed Spaniards: Complications of Conversion in 1620s London鈥
- Dr Edel Bhreathnach (Discovery Programme), 鈥楻e-assessing prehistoric and early medieval 鈥榬oyal鈥 landscapes in Ireland: opening a new discussion on an old topic鈥
- Professor Geoff Roberts (UCC), 鈥楽talin鈥檚 Peacemakers: The Struggle for Peace and the Transformation of Global Politics after World War II鈥