On today's episode of Talking History, Patrick Geoghegan reflects on the 110th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, with guests Julie Cook, author of 'The Titanic and the City of Widows it Left Behind', Gareth Russell, historian and author of 'The Ship of Dreams', and Nicola Pierce, author of 'Titanic: True Stories of Her Passengers, Crew and Legacy'.

Talking History reflects on the life and times of African-American abolitionist and statesman Frederick Douglass, who visited Ireland in 1845.

Dr Patrick Geoghegan meets Professor Christine Kinealy, Director of Ireland’s Great Hunger Institute, and author of ‘Frederick Douglass in Ireland: In his own words’; Dr David Blight, Sterling Professor of History, of African American Studies, and of American Studies; Dr Laurence Fenton, Author of 'Frederick Douglass in Ireland, The Black O’Connell', and Professor Robert S Levine, Biographer, Distinguished University Professor in English at the University of Maryland. In this episode, they examine the orator's early life and the impact of slavery, all the way to his relationship with President Abraham Lincoln.

Join Patrick for the best of Irish and International history publications for March 2022. Books covered on the show include: ,  'Illuminating Natural History: The Art and Science of Mark Catesby' with Henrietta Mc Burney, 'Developing Rural Ireland' with Michael O'Fathartaigh, 'Mary Churchill’s War' with Emma Soames,  'Vinegar Hill: The Last Stand of the Wexford Rebels of 1798' with Ronan O'Flaherty and Jacqui Hynes.

 

Join Patrick for the best of Irish and International history publications for March 2022. Books covered on the show include: 'The Last Witches of England' with John Callow, 'The Reckoning: The Defeat of Army Group South, 1944' with Prit Buttar,  'Kenmare: History and Survival' with Colum Kenny, 'The Story of the Country House: A History of Places and People' with Clive Aslet and 'Mozart in Motion' with Patrick Mackie.

 

To discuss the life and times of Jewish philosopher Maimonides on Talking History with Professor Patrick Geoghegan was Professor Sarah Stroumsa, the Alice and Jack Ormond Emeritus professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the author of 'Maimonides in his world: Portrait of a Mediterranean thinker', Dr Moshe Halbertal, Professor of Jewish thought and philosophy at Hebrew University Jerusalem and is also Grüss professor of Law at NYU, Dr Marc Shapiro, Weinberg Chair in Judaic Studies at the University of Scranton and author of Author of ‘Studies in Maimonides and His Interpreters’. Dr George Yaakov professor George Yaakov for Modern Jewish philosophy at Bar Ilan University in Ramat Gan, Israel, Professor Robert Eisen, Professor of Religion and Judaic Studies at George Washington University in Washington DC and Dr David Biale, Emanuel Ringelblum Distinguished Professor of Jewish History, University of California, Davis and author Not in the Heavens: The Tradition of Jewish Secular Thought.”

This week Patrick covers the best in Irish and International history publications for February 2022. Books covered on the show include: 'Maladies of Empire: How Colonialism, Slavery and War Transformed Medicine' with Jim Downs, 'The Celtic Myths That Shape The Way We Think' with Mark Williams, 'The Queen v Patrick O'Donnell' with Sean O Curirreain, 'The Dublin Cattle Market's Decline 1955-1973' with Declan O Brien and 'Jane Austen Early and Late' with Freya Johnson.

This week Patrick explores the life and legacy of Cnut, also known as Cnut the Great and Canute, was King of England from 1016. Joining Patrick on the panel are:Dr. Timothy Bolton is an honorary fellow of both Cardiff and Aberdeen Universities, Caitlin Ellis is an expert on Medieval Britain and Ireland has recently begun work as an O’Donovan Scholar in the School of Celtic at the Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies, Philip Parker is a former diplomat and publisher, Professor Levi Roach teaches at the University of Exeter and is an expert in kingship and royal governance and Tore Skeie Author of: The Wolf Age: The Vikings, The Anglo Saxons and the Battle for the North Sea Empire.

Join Patrick for the best in Irish and International history publications for February 2022. Books covered on the show include: 'Meet The Georgians' with Robert Peal, 'The Reckoning' with Prit Buttar, 'Colm O'Caodhain: An Irish Singer and His World' with Rionach ui Ogain, 'Faith and Fury: The Evangelical Campaign in Dingle and West Kerry 1825-45' with Bryan Mac Mahon, Peadar Cowan (1903-62) Westmeath GAA administrator and political maverick with Tom Hunt, and 'Christian Ireland' with Crawford Gribben.

Join Patrick for the best of Irish and International history publications for January 2022. Books covered on the show include: 'A Brief History of Motion' with Tom Standage, 'The Searchers: The Quest for the Lost of the First World War' with Robert Sackville West, 'The Bronze Lie' with Myke Cole, 'The Poets of Rapallo' with Lauren Arrington, 'The Last Viking: The True Story of King Harald Hardrada' with Don Hollway and 'The Finnish-Soviet Winter War 1939-40' with Dr David Murphy.

 

This week Patrick covers the best in Irish and International history publications for January 2022. Books covered on the show include: 'The Tudors in Love' with Sarah Gristwood, 'A Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution' with Mike Duncan, 'Antrim: The Irish Revolution 1912-1923' with Brian Feeney, 'The Making of the Anglo Irish Agreement of 1985' edited by Frank Sheridan and The Little Museum of Dublin Icons Lecture Series.