Soviet trials in the 1920s and the idea of law in the West: a Conversation with Alexandra Day
Alexandra Day, recipient of the Provost's PhD award, joins Ronan Daly to discuss the background, orchestration and international legacy of some of the earliest and most significant trials held in the Soviet Union. With Alexandra's project nearing its completion, she also highlights some valuable lessons we may learn when it comes to the promises and pitfalls which abound in current attempts to impose supranational legal orders.
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The Trinity Colonial Legacies Project: Professors O'Neill and Walsh
Today, Sinziana Stanciu interviews Professors Ciaran O'Neill and Patrick Walsh to explore the Trinity Colonial Legacies project. They unpack their research including how it started, where its going, and its impact on Trinity's campus as well as Ireland.
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Witnessing War, Making Peace: a Conversation with Greg Walls (Part II)
In this episode, Daragh Fitzgerald is joined by PhD candidate Gregory Walls to discuss his research with Trinity College’s Witnessing War, Making Peace project. Gregory discusses his role in the project, the nature of violence in post-revolutionary period Ireland, and how this impacted the lived experience of those on the island. This is part two of a series on Witnessing War and their research under Professor Anne Dolan.
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Witnessing War, Making Peace: a Conversation with Dr. Susan Byrne (Part I)
In this episode Marie Stamp sits down with Post-Doctoral Fellow, Dr. Susan Byrne, to discuss a new research project at Trinity College Dublin: Witnessing War, Making Peace. Dr. Byrne introduces us to the research, the discovery of the diaries of Eleanor Cobbe Corbally of Newbridge House, and the question of restraint in Inter-War Ireland. This is part one of a series on Witnessing War and their research under Professor Anne Dolan. To find out more about the project please visit their website: https://witnessingwar.com
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The Hist as an Irish Institution Professor Patrick Geoghegan
In this episode we discuss the role of the Hist, some of its significant figures such as Wolfe Tone and Sally Rooney, and explore the role of debate in Irish history. Â
About Section 900: Histories from Trinity College Dublin
We are a group of Postgrads in the History Department at Trinity College Dublin that are passionate about increasing access to the histories in our department! Named after the part of the library where you will find history books, we hope to expand the access that listeners have to the role of history and its development behind the scenes.
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