This week Patrick and an esteemed panel of historians, political experts and biographers assess the life and political legacy of Soviet political leader Leonid Brezhnev. Joining Patrick on the panel are: Dr Mark Sandle, Author of 'Brezhnev Reconsidered', Dr Suzanne Schattenberg, University of Bremen, Dr Geoffrey Roberts, University College Cork, Dr Balazs Apor, Trinity College Dublin and Dr Judith Devlin, School of History, University College Dublin.

This week Patrick and an esteemed panel of historians, biographers and translators discuss the life and cultural legacy of ancient Greek historian Polybius. Joining Patrick on the panel are: Dr Michael Fronda, Mc Gill University, Canada, Professor Brian Mc Ging, Trinity College Dublin, Professor Craige B Champion, Syracuse University, New York, Dr Philip De Souza, University College Dublin and Professor Tim Cornell, University of Manchester.

This week Patrick examines the best of Irish and International history publications for November 2019.  Books covered on the programme include: 'The City-State of Boston' with Mark Peterson, 'The House of Government' with Yuri Slezkine, 'James Baldwin: Living with Fire' with Bill Mullen, 'Forging the Border: Donegal and Derry in Times of Revolution 1911-1925 with Okan Ozeker and 'The Spy in Moscow' with Eric Haseltine.

 

 

This week Patrick and a panel of esteemed historians, biographers and cultural commentators assess the life, campaigns and legacy of Jennie Wyse Power. Joining Patrick on the panel are: Dr Mary Mc Auliffe, Assistant Professor in Gender Studies, UCD, Dr Ann Matthews, Author, Historian & Playwright, Dr Margaret Ward, Visiting Fellow in History, Queens University Belfast and Dr SarahAnne Buckley, Department of History, NUI Galway.

 

This week Patrick and an esteemed panel of historians, military experts and political policy specialists discuss the Battle of Mogadishu. Joining Patrick on the panel are: Professor David Ryan, Head of the School of History, UCC, John L Hirsch, Senior Advisor at the International Peace Institute, New York City, Dan Schilling, Military Expert and Author of 'The Battle of Mogadishu: First Hand Accounts from the Men of the Task Force Ranger' Sepp Scanlin, Director of the 10th Mountain Divison and Fort Drum Museum and Jim Bartlinski, US Army Airborne and Special Operations Museum.

 

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This week Patrick covers the best in history publications for October 2019. Books covered on the show include; 'She-Merchants, Buccaneers & Gentlewomen: British Women in Idia 1600-1900' with Katie Hickman, 'Louth: The Irish Revolution 1912-23' with Donal Hall, 'Last Train to Hilversum: A Journey in Search of the Magic of Radio' with Charlie Connolly, The ‘Labour Hercules’: The Irish Citizen Army and Irish Republicanism, 1913–23' with Jeffrey Leddin and 'Defending Trinity College Dublin, Easter 1916: Anzacs and the Rising' with Rory Sweetman.

This week Patrick and a panel of historians, political experts and cultural commentators examine the history of the Khmer Rouge regime. Joining Patrick on the panel are: Dr Fiona Donson, Director of the Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights, University College Cork, Dr Ben Kiernan, Professor of History & The Director of the Genocide Studies Programme, Yale University, Dr Jennifer Wellington, School of History, University College Dublin, Dr Rachel Killean, School of Law, Queens University Belfast and Dr David Cohen, Stanford University.

 

This week Patrick covers the best of Irish and International history publications for December 2019. Books covered on the programme include: 'Barbarians' with Stephen Kershaw, 'Chaucer: A European Life' with Marion Turner, 'The Glynn's of Kilrush, County Clare 1811-1940' and 'Hun Sen's Cambodia' with Sebastian Strangio and 'The Oxford Illustrated History of the Renaissance' with Gordon Campbell.

This Sunday Patrick and an esteem panel of historians, biographers and cultural commentators discuss the life and legacy of Giuseppe Garibaldi. Joining Patrick on the panel are Professor Enrico Dal Lago, National University of Ireland, Galway, Dr Lucy Riall, Professor of Comparative History of Europe, European University Institute, Florence, Dr Raymond Grew, Professor Emeritus, Department of History, University of Michigan, Dr John A Davis, Professor of Modern Italian History, University of Connecticut and Dr David Kerr, University College Dublin.

 

 

 

 

This week Patrick covers the best in Irish and International history publishing for September 2019. Books covered on the show include: 'The Allure of the Battle: A History of How Wars Have Been Won and Lost' with Cathal Nolan, 'Women’s War: Fighting and Surviving the American Civil War' with Stephanie Mc Curry,  'Medieval Dublin XV11' with Sean Duffy, 'Lady Butler: War Artist and Traveller 1846-1933' with Catherine Wynne and 'Cricket Country: An Indian Odyssey in the Age of Empire' with Prashant Kidambi.