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Matt Golder is Professor in the Department of Political Science at Pennsylvania State University. He is Director of the Honors Program in Political Science and has previously served as the Director of Undergraduate Studies. He is a first-generation high school graduate and immigrant who grew up in the United Kingdom. He received his Ph.D. in 2004 from the Department of Politics at New York University. Prior to this, he received an M.A. in French Studies from the Institute of French Studies at New York University, as well as an M.Phil. in European Politics and Society and a B.A. with honors in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from Oxford University. He has also taught at Florida State University, the University of Iowa, and the University of Essex.

His research focuses on political representation. In addition to articles in a variety of journals, he has also published three books, Interaction Models: Specification and Interpretation, Principles of Comparative Politics, and Foundations in Comparative Politics. Together with Sona Golder, he runs the CP Group, a lab-based research group that comprises post-doctoral, graduate, and undergraduate students interested in comparative politics. He currently serves on the advisory board for the Electoral Integrity Project (2013-) and is a team member on an international project looking at Populism and the Future of Democracy (2021-). Previously, he has been a member of the executive board for the Making Electoral Democracy Work project led by André Blais at the University of Montreal. In addition to being the chair of the American Political Science Association’s Section on Representation and Electoral Systems (2011-2013), he has been the co-editor of the Comparative Politics Newsletter (2015-2018) and has served on the editorial boards for the American Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, and the Journal of Politics. His research has been funded by Canada’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the United Kingdom’s Economic and Social Research Council, and the Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research. 

About the series

History Hub presents a series of interviews between our editor Dr Irial Glynn and a number of leading experts on the history of xenophobia. The key question the series grapples with is: what causes xenophobia? Why are certain people hostile towards or afraid of immigrants or of people who come from different cultural backgrounds? Does it stem from anger related to a real or perceived decline in living standards? Does it reflect discomfort with the pace of social change or increasing societal diversity? Or is it connected to the arrival of charismatic and innovative politicians and well-organised far right parties?

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Matt Golder - Far Right Parties in Europe

Eoin O'Malley is an Associate Professor in political science at the School of Law and Government, Dublin City University. There he teaches politics and public policy and is the Director of the BA in Economics, Politics and Law.

His research specialism is Irish politics and particularly on the position of the Taoiseach and cabinet government in Ireland, though he also does work on the Irish party system, media coverage of Irish elections and public policy. 

He has authored over forty articles in peer-review journals. Eoin wrote a textbook, Contemporary Ireland (Palgrave Macmillan 2011), and co-edited four other books on Irish politics. The most recent book is Resilient Reporting: Media Coverage of Irsh Elections since 1969.  He is a former co-editor of Irish Political Studies. As a regular columnist in the Sunday Independent Eoin is a frequent contributor to national debates.

About the series

History Hub presents a series of interviews between our editor Dr Irial Glynn and a number of leading experts on the history of xenophobia. The key question the series grapples with is: what causes xenophobia? Why are certain people hostile towards or afraid of immigrants or of people who come from different cultural backgrounds? Does it stem from anger related to a real or perceived decline in living standards? Does it reflect discomfort with the pace of social change or increasing societal diversity? Or is it connected to the arrival of charismatic and innovative politicians and well-organised far right parties?

https://historyhub.ie/history-xenophobia

Eoin O'Malley - The Far Right in Ireland

David Art is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Tufts University (Medford, MA). David Art's field is comparative politics, with a regional focus on Europe. Professor Art's research interests include extremist political parties and movements, the politics of history and memory, and comparative historical analysis in the social sciences. 

He is the author of Inside the Radical Right: The Development of Anti-Immigrant Parties in Western Europe (Cambridge University Press, 2011) and The Politics of the Nazi Past in Germany and Austria (Cambridge University Press, 2006). His articles have appeared in Comparative Politics, German Politics and Society, Party Politics, and West European Politics. 

Professor Art is Co-Convenor of the European Consortium for Political Research's (ECPR) Standing Group on Extremism and Democracy. During the 2008-2009 academic year he was a Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow at the European University Institute.

About the series

History Hub presents a series of interviews between our editor Dr Irial Glynn and a number of leading experts on the history of xenophobia. The key question the series grapples with is: what causes xenophobia? Why are certain people hostile towards or afraid of immigrants or of people who come from different cultural backgrounds? Does it stem from anger related to a real or perceived decline in living standards? Does it reflect discomfort with the pace of social change or increasing societal diversity? Or is it connected to the arrival of charismatic and innovative politicians and well-organised far right parties?

https://historyhub.ie/history-xenophobia

David Art - The development of anti-immigrant parties in Western Europe

AFTERLIVES: 'Talking 'bout revolutions'; conversations across borders about women and revolution.

In episode 3 of AFTERLIVES, Dr Mary McAuliffe (UCD, Gender Studies) is joined by Professor Ingrid Sharp (University of Leeds, German Cultural & Gender History) and Dr Corinne Painter (University of Leeds, Intercultural Studies) to discuss the lived experience of Irish and German suffrage, socialist and activist women in the aftermath of war and revolution.

*Supported by UKRI External Participatory and Collaborative Research Fund, London South Bank University and University College Dublin Decade of Centenaries Seed Funding.*

AFTERLIVES
The aim of the AFTERLIVES project is to uncover the life stories and contributions of rebellious women in the wake of revolution and civil war in Ireland, Finland and Germany 1918-1980s.

AFTERLIVES: 'Talking 'bout revolutions'; conversations across borders about women and revolution'

This episode features the renowned playwright and poet Frank McGuinness who gave a paper entitled "Living With Mortality: A Short Stay in Switzerland" on February 25th 2010 in the Humanities Institute of Ireland, UCD. Frank spoke about the issue of mortality as treated in drama from Greek theatre to contemporary work, including his adaptation of Ibsen's Ghosts and his screenplay for the widely acclaimed and BAFTA nominated BBC drama "A Short Stay in Switzerland" which tells the story of Dr Anne Turner who chose to end her life in a Dignitas clinic in Switzerland in January 2006. 

CHOMI Podcast

The UCD Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland (CHOMI) based in the UCD School of History, is an interdisciplinary research centre dedicated to the study of the medical humanities. Established in 2006, the Centre seeks to promote the study of the social and cultural history of medicine. Its research and other activities are supported by a range of funding bodies. 

This podcast series features recordings of academic papers on the history of medicine and medical humanities which were given at CHOMI events in University College Dublin, and other venues in Ireland.

https://www.ucd.ie/chomi/

Frank McGuinness - Living With Mortality: A Short Stay in Switzerland

Joe Mulhall is the Director of research at HOPE not hate, the UK's largest anti-fascism organisation and an expert on far-right extremism. He has a PhD on the history of fascism and his books include Drums in the Distance: Journeys in the Global Far Right; British Fascism After the Holocaust and The International Alternative Right (Co-Author).

He writes regularly for the print media including for the Guardian, Independent and New Statesman and appears regularly on broadcast media including the BBC News at Ten, Radio 4’s Today programme, The Moral Maze and Channel 4 News, among others.

About the series

History Hub presents a series of interviews between our editor Dr Irial Glynn and a number of leading experts on the history of xenophobia. The key question the series grapples with is: what causes xenophobia? Why are certain people hostile towards or afraid of immigrants or of people who come from different cultural backgrounds? Does it stem from anger related to a real or perceived decline in living standards? Does it reflect discomfort with the pace of social change or increasing societal diversity? Or is it connected to the arrival of charismatic and innovative politicians and well-organised far right parties?

https://historyhub.ie/history-xenophobia

Joe Mulhall - From postwar British fascism to the rise of the global far right

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In this episode the first of two podcasts from The Military Welfare History Network 2024 Conference. The 2024 conference was kindly hosted by the University of Leeds and supported by Initiatives and Conference funding from the Economic History Society.

This epsiode features a paper by Dr. Geoffrey Hayes from the University of Waterloo who gave a paper ‘From Military Medicine to Health?: The Challenge of Soldier’s Welfare in the Wartime Canadian Army, 1939-1945.’

Find out more about the The Military Welfare History Network go to https://militarywelfarehistory.com/

Geoffrey Hayes - The Challenge of Soldier’s Welfare in the Wartime Canadian Army, 1939-1945

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In this episode the second of two podcasts from The Military Welfare History Network 2024 Conference.  This epsiode features the conference keynote by Dr Stephanie Wright from Lancaster University who presented on ‘Dis/economies of welfare: war, disability and Francoist veterans of the Spanish Civil War'.

Find out more about the the Military Welfare History Network go to https://militarywelfarehistory.com/

Stephanie Wright - War, disability and Francoist veterans of the Spanish Civil War

Episode 1 of Women’s Grassroots Activism Podcast Series

Women’s Grassroots Activism: the ICA’s long history of activism

Our first episode with Prof Caitríona Beaumont, Mary D’Arcy, President of the Irish Countrywomen’s Association (ICA), Breda Cahill, ICA Wexford Federation President and Deirdre Connery, member of Duncannon, Co. Wexford ICA guild, was recorded at An Grianán, Co. Louth. The ICA’s An Grianán is Ireland’s first residential adult education college and opened in 1954. In this episode we chat about the history of the ICA and its activities over the past 100 years to learn more about the contribution of this national women’s organisation to Irish history, Irish society and to the everyday lives of women in Ireland.  

 Women’s Grassroots Activism Podcast Series

This podcast series tells stories of women’s grassroots activism across the island of Ireland and in England from 1918 to the present. These stories highlight the diverse ways that members of the Irish Countrywomen’s Association (ICA), the Soroptimists International Great Britain and Ireland (SIGBI), the National Federation of Women’s Institutes (NFWI) and the Federation of Women’s Institutes of Northern Ireland (WINI) contributed to enhancing the lives of women and girls locally, nationally and globally.  

The podcast series is funded by the United Kingdom Research Innovation (UKRI) Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) as part of the grant awarded for Agency and Advocacy: Locating Women's Grassroots Activism in England and Ireland, 1918 to the present (Project Reference: AH/X008606/1, August 2023 -January 2025). 

Our research team is made up of Principal Investigator Professor Caitríona Beaumont (London South Bank University and Visiting Full Professor at University College Dublin), Co-Investigator is Dr Anne Logan (University of Kent), Dr Ruth Davidson (Institute of Historical Research, University of London), Dr Anna Muggeridge (University of Worcester) and Rachel Collett (University of Liverpool). Our podcast series is supported by our participating women’s organisations the ICA, SIGBI, NFWI and WINI.

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Women's Grassroots Activism Podcast - Episode 1: The ICA

Episode 2 of Women’s Grassroots Activism Podcast Series

Women’s Grassroots Activism: cross-borders solidarity in Ireland, Northern Ireland and England and Wales

In this episode with Prof Caitríona Beaumont, Margaret Broome, former chair of the Federation of Women’s Institutes of Northern Ireland (WINI), June Lawless, National Secretary of the Irish Countrywomen’s Association (ICA) and Dr Anne Logan (University of Kent and Women’s Institute member) chat about what membership of a women’s organisation means to them. We also discuss the history of co-operation and friendship between the ICA, WINI and the NFWI since 1918 that illuminates new understandings of Anglo-Irish relations in the twentieth century. 

 Women’s Grassroots Activism Podcast Series

This podcast series tells stories of women’s grassroots activism across the island of Ireland and in England from 1918 to the present. These stories highlight the diverse ways that members of the Irish Countrywomen’s Association (ICA), the Soroptimists International Great Britain and Ireland (SIGBI), the National Federation of Women’s Institutes (NFWI) and the Federation of Women’s Institutes of Northern Ireland (WINI) contributed to enhancing the lives of women and girls locally, nationally and globally.  

The podcast series is funded by the United Kingdom Research Innovation (UKRI) Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) as part of the grant awarded for Agency and Advocacy: Locating Women's Grassroots Activism in England and Ireland, 1918 to the present (Project Reference: AH/X008606/1, August 2023 -January 2025). 

Our research team is made up of Principal Investigator Professor Caitríona Beaumont (London South Bank University and Visiting Full Professor at University College Dublin), Co-Investigator is Dr Anne Logan (University of Kent), Dr Ruth Davidson (Institute of Historical Research, University of London), Dr Anna Muggeridge (University of Worcester) and Rachel Collett (University of Liverpool). Our podcast series is supported by our participating women’s organisations the ICA, SIGBI, NFWI and WINI.

https://historyhub.ie/womens-grassroots-actvism-podcast

Women's Grassroots Activism Podcast - Episode 2: cross-borders solidarity

Women’s Grassroots Activism Podcast

Episode 3: SIGBI campaigns and educational work against gender-based violence

In this episode, Dr Ruth Davidson, Caroline Auckland, former President of the Tunbridge Wells and District Soroptimists Club, Kent, and Eadaoin Lawlor, national past President of Soroptimists Republic of Ireland discuss how Soroptimists have campaigned to end Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG). We consider the ways this work is achieved through advocacy and campaigns around policy and education at local, national and global levels. We also discuss campaigns including the ‘Safe Home Safe Community Project’ and how SIGBI supports the United Nations ‘Orange the World’ campaign, launched in 2008 to end violence against women and girls.

Women’s Grassroots Activism Podcast Series

This podcast series tells stories of women’s grassroots activism across the island of Ireland and in England from 1918 to the present. These stories highlight the diverse ways that members of the Irish Countrywomen’s Association (ICA), the Soroptimists International Great Britain and Ireland (SIGBI), the National Federation of Women’s Institutes (NFWI) and the Federation of Women’s Institutes of Northern Ireland (WINI) contributed to enhancing the lives of women and girls locally, nationally and globally.

The podcast series is funded by the United Kingdom Research Innovation (UKRI) Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) as part of the grant awarded for Agency and Advocacy: Locating Women's Grassroots Activism in England and Ireland, 1918 to the present (Project Reference: AH/X008606/1, August 2023 -January 2025).

Our research team is made up of Principal Investigator Professor Caitríona Beaumont (London South Bank University and Visiting Full Professor at University College Dublin), Co-Investigator is Dr Anne Logan (University of Kent), Dr Ruth Davidson (Institute of Historical Research, University of London), Dr Anna Muggeridge (University of Worcester) and Rachel Collett (University of Liverpool). Our podcast series is supported by our participating women’s organisations the ICA, SIGBI, NFWI and WINI.

https://historyhub.ie/womens-grassroots-actvism-podcast

Women's Grassroots Activism Ep 3: SIGBI campaigns and educational work against gender-based violence

Women's Grassroots Activism Podcast 

Episode 4: stories of environmental activism

In this episode, Dr Anne Logan, Chrissie Booth, Vice-Chair of the National Federation of Women’s Institutes (NFWI), and Lorna Blackmore, past regional President of the Soroptimist International Great Britain and Ireland (SIGBI) Southeast Region, discuss the myriad ways in which women’s organisations have campaigned, and continue to campaign, to protect and improve the natural environment. Topics we discuss include the formation of the iconic ‘Keep Britain Tidy’ campaign by the NFWI in 1954 and the current NFWI campaign for ‘clean rivers for people and wildlife’. We also discuss SIGBI support for ‘toilet twinning’ and for solar-powered cooking devices to reduce deforestation and hopes for a future less dependent upon single-use plastic items.

Women’s Grassroots Activism Podcast Series

This podcast series tells stories of women’s grassroots activism across the island of Ireland and in England from 1918 to the present. These stories highlight the diverse ways that members of the Irish Countrywomen’s Association (ICA), the Soroptimists International Great Britain and Ireland (SIGBI), the National Federation of Women’s Institutes (NFWI) and the Federation of Women’s Institutes of Northern Ireland (WINI) contributed to enhancing the lives of women and girls locally, nationally and globally.

The podcast series is funded by the United Kingdom Research Innovation (UKRI) Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) as part of the grant awarded for Agency and Advocacy: Locating Women's Grassroots Activism in England and Ireland, 1918 to the present (Project Reference: AH/X008606/1, August 2023 -January 2025).

Our research team is made up of Principal Investigator Professor Caitríona Beaumont (London South Bank University and Visiting Full Professor at University College Dublin), Co-Investigator is Dr Anne Logan (University of Kent), Dr Ruth Davidson (Institute of Historical Research, University of London), Dr Anna Muggeridge (University of Worcester) and Rachel Collett (University of Liverpool). Our podcast series is supported by our participating women’s organisations the ICA, SIGBI, NFWI and WINI.

https://historyhub.ie/womens-grassroots-actvism-podcast

Women's Grassroots Activism Podcast - Episode 4: stories of environmental activism

Women's Grassroots Activism Podcast

Episode 5: Crafting and Craftivism

In this final episode, Dr Anna Muggeridge, Deirdre Connery of the Irish Countrywomen’s Association (ICA) and Joan Houston of Soroptimist International Great Britain and Ireland (SIGBI), Northern Irish Federation, discuss crafting and ‘craftivism’ in the ICA and SIGBI. We consider the importance of crafting to women historically and today; how these organisations have promoted and celebrated women’s craft skills, and importantly the ways in which ‘craftivism’ has been used by women’s organisations to raise awareness of complex and challenging issues and to engage in activism. 

Women’s Grassroots Activism Podcast Series

This podcast series tells stories of women’s grassroots activism across the island of Ireland and in England from 1918 to the present. These stories highlight the diverse ways that members of the Irish Countrywomen’s Association (ICA), the Soroptimists International Great Britain and Ireland (SIGBI), the National Federation of Women’s Institutes (NFWI) and the Federation of Women’s Institutes of Northern Ireland (WINI) contributed to enhancing the lives of women and girls locally, nationally and globally.

The podcast series is funded by the United Kingdom Research Innovation (UKRI) Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) as part of the grant awarded for Agency and Advocacy: Locating Women's Grassroots Activism in England and Ireland, 1918 to the present (Project Reference: AH/X008606/1, August 2023 -January 2025).

Our research team is made up of Principal Investigator Professor Caitríona Beaumont (London South Bank University and Visiting Full Professor at University College Dublin), Co-Investigator is Dr Anne Logan (University of Kent), Dr Ruth Davidson (Institute of Historical Research, University of London), Dr Anna Muggeridge (University of Worcester) and Rachel Collett (University of Liverpool). Our podcast series is supported by our participating women’s organisations the ICA, SIGBI, NFWI and WINI.

https://historyhub.ie/womens-grassroots-actvism-podcast

Women's Grassroots Activism Podcast - Episode 5: Crafting and Craftivism

In this introductory episode, series editor Heather Delaney (MA Public History UCD) talks to UCD historian Dr Conor Mulvagh and finds out all about the Harlan Strauss tapes and why they are such an important archive.

In 1972, Harlan J Strauss, a young American PhD student, came to Ireland and interviewed veterans of the Irish independence struggle - men and women, at this point in their 70s and 80s, who shared their experiences, sometimes for the first time. These audio recordings sat in Harlan's attic in Washington, DC for decades, unpublished and unheard. In 2022, Harlan brought them to Dublin and deposited them at the National Folklore Collection at UCD. This podcast explores the things those people said and how those who lived through the Irish revolution saw it fifty years after the fact. Harlan’s tapes offer often unparalleled insights into both the experiences and perceptions of revolutionaries reflecting back on their youth. Now, 50 years later, Conor and Harlan have teamed up to delve into these interviews and get an insight into the mind of an Irish revolutionary.

https://historyhub.ie/recording-the-revolution-harlan-strauss

Introduction to Recording the Revolution - The Harlan Strauss Tapes

In our first episode of “Recording the Revolution”, Conor Mulvagh and Harlan Strauss sit down with Catherine O’Mahony, a producer at Scratch Films. Catherine and Áine O'Neill were working on a project several years ago when a source, Jim Dolan, told them about an interview transcript in his attic. Within days, Catherine and Áine had tracked down the interviewer Harlan Strauss and flew to Berlin to meet him, starting a new chapter in the history of the tapes at the centre of this podcast series. In this episode Conor and Harlan take a look at the extraordinary life of “the Blacksmith of Ballinalee”, General Seán MacEoin who was a key military leader in both the War of Independence, and on the side of the Free State in the Civil War. Seán MacEoin was interviewed by Harlan on 16 March 1972.

The Harlan Strauss Tapes

In 1972, Harlan J Strauss, a young American PhD student, came to Ireland and interviewed veterans of the Irish independence struggle - men and women, at this point in their 70s and 80s, who shared their experiences, sometimes for the first time.

These audio recordings sat in Harlan’s attic in Washington, DC for decades, unpublished and unheard. In 2022, Harlan brought them to Dublin and deposited them at the National Folklore Collection at UCD. This podcast explores the things those people said and how those who lived through the Irish revolution saw it fifty years after the fact.

Harlan’s tapes offer often unparalleled insights into both the experiences and perceptions of revolutionaries reflecting back on their youth. Now, 50 years later, Conor and Harlan have teamed up to delve into these interviews and get an insight into the mind of an Irish revolutionary.

https://historyhub.ie/recording-the-revolution-harlan-strauss

General Seán MacEoin. Episode 1 of Recording the Revolution - The Harlan Strauss Tapes.

In this episode a recording of the Holocaust Education Ireland's Annual Memorial Lecture for 2025.

The 2025 lecture was given by Emeritus Professor Anthony McElligott from University of Limerick. His lecture, 'Surviving Liberation: Jewish Camp Survivors 1945-1948' was given 27 February 2025 in Trinity College Dublin. Prof McElligott was introduced by Dr Patrick Houlihan from Trinity College Dublin.

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Surviving Liberation: Jewish Camp Survivors 1945-1948 HEI Annual Memorial Lecture 2025 by Anthony McElligott

In this week’s episode of “Recording the Revolution”, Conor and Harlan pluck their second tape from the archive and discuss Harlan’s illuminating interview with the printer of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic, Christopher “Christy” Brady. Christopher Brady reminisces on his time spent in Liberty Hall, his conversations with James Connolly and the secrecy surrounding the printing of the Proclamation. Christopher Brady was interviewed on 26 March 1972.

The Harlan Strauss Tapes

In 1972, Harlan J Strauss, a young American PhD student, came to Ireland and interviewed veterans of the Irish independence struggle - men and women, at this point in their 70s and 80s, who shared their experiences, sometimes for the first time.

These audio recordings sat in Harlan’s attic in Washington, DC for decades, unpublished and unheard. In 2022, Harlan brought them to Dublin and deposited them at the National Folklore Collection at UCD. This podcast explores the things those people said and how those who lived through the Irish revolution saw it fifty years after the fact.

Harlan’s tapes offer often unparalleled insights into both the experiences and perceptions of revolutionaries reflecting back on their youth. Now, 50 years later, Conor and Harlan have teamed up to delve into these interviews and get an insight into the mind of an Irish revolutionary.

https://historyhub.ie/recording-the-revo…ion-harlan-strauss

Christopher Brady. Episode 2 of Recording the Revolution - The Harlan Strauss Tapes

In this week’s episode of “Recording the Revolution”, Conor and Harlan are taking a look at Harlan's interview with James M Dillon, the former leader of Fine Gael from 1959 to 1965 and son of the Home Rule MP John Dillon. James Dillon sheds light on what life was like during the Irish Revolutionary period and talks about his time spent in the Dail from the 1930s onwards. James Dillon was interviewed by Harlan on 17 March 1973.

The Harlan Strauss Tapes

In 1972, Harlan J Strauss, a young American PhD student, came to Ireland and interviewed veterans of the Irish independence struggle - men and women, at this point in their 70s and 80s, who shared their experiences, sometimes for the first time.

These audio recordings sat in Harlan’s attic in Washington, DC for decades, unpublished and unheard. In 2022, Harlan brought them to Dublin and deposited them at the National Folklore Collection at UCD. This podcast explores the things those people said and how those who lived through the Irish revolution saw it fifty years after the fact.

Harlan’s tapes offer often unparalleled insights into both the experiences and perceptions of revolutionaries reflecting back on their youth. Now, 50 years later, Conor and Harlan have teamed up to delve into these interviews and get an insight into the mind of an Irish revolutionary.

https://historyhub.ie/recording-the-revo…ion-harlan-strauss

James M Dillon. Episode 3 of Recording the Revolution - The Harlan Strauss Tapes

In this week’s episode of “Recording the Revolution”, Conor and Harlan are discussing Harlan's fascinating interview with Maire Comerford. One of two women who were interviewed by Harlan, Maire played a highly active role in the Irish revolution and can be described as one of the more radical, committed, and persistent revolutionaries from this period. Maire Comerford was interviewed on 14 March 1972

The Harlan Strauss Tapes

In 1972, Harlan J Strauss, a young American PhD student, came to Ireland and interviewed veterans of the Irish independence struggle - men and women, at this point in their 70s and 80s, who shared their experiences, sometimes for the first time. These audio recordings sat in Harlan's attic in Washington, DC for decades, unpublished and unheard. In 2022, Harlan brought them to Dublin and deposited them at the National Folklore Collection at UCD.

This podcast explores the things those people said and how those who lived through the Irish revolution saw it fifty years after the fact. Harlan’s tapes offer often unparalleled insights into both the experiences and perceptions of revolutionaries reflecting back on their youth. Now, 50 years later, Conor and Harlan have teamed up to delve into these interviews and get an insight into the mind of an Irish revolutionary.

https://historyhub.ie/recording-the-revo…ion-harlan-strauss

Maire Comerford. Episode 4 of Recording the Revolution - The Harlan Strauss Tapes

In the final episode of “Recording the Revolution”, Conor and Harlan return back to the archive and pluck their final tape, which is Harlan's interview with Irish politician and managing director of the Abbey Theatre, Ernest Blythe. Ernest Blythe reflects on his early years in the IRB, the role he played in the Free State’s execution of Anti-treaty IRA members and his views on the partition of Ireland. Ernest Blythe was interviewed on 13 March 1972.

In 1972, Harlan J Strauss, a young American PhD student, came to Ireland and interviewed veterans of the Irish independence struggle - men and women, at this point in their 70s and 80s, who shared their experiences, sometimes for the first time. These audio recordings sat in Harlan's attic in Washington, DC for decades, unpublished and unheard. In 2022, Harlan brought them to Dublin and deposited them at the National Folklore Collection at UCD.

This podcast explores the things those people said and how those who lived through the Irish revolution saw it fifty years after the fact. Harlan’s tapes offer often unparalleled insights into both the experiences and perceptions of revolutionaries reflecting back on their youth. Now, 50 years later, Conor and Harlan have teamed up to delve into these interviews and get an insight into the mind of an Irish revolutionary.

https://historyhub.ie/recording-the-revo…ion-harlan-strauss

Ernest Blythe. Episode 5 of Recording the Revolution - The Harlan Strauss Tapes

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