Section 900: Histories from Trinity College Dublin

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.

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.

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.

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 [https://witnessingwar.com]

Using AI to Recover the VOICES of Women in Early Modern Ireland, Professor Ohlmeyer

In this episode we explore the exciting new developments in research and digitization of sources via the VOICES project with Professor Ohlmeyer. Listen to this podcast to understand the evolving relationship between history and technology to give women's voices a space in the archives.