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- Type/Formats:
- Collection — Sound — podcasts
- Media type:
- audio/mpeg
- Publisher:
- University College Dublin
- Contributor:
- Mathews, P.J. (Patrick) (PJ Mathews) (edt Editor) (pbd Publishing director)
- Abstract:
- UCDscholarcast provides downloadable lectures, recorded to the highest broadcast standards to a wide academic audience of scholars, graduate students, undergraduates and interested others. Each scholarcast is accompanied by a downloadable pdf text version of the lecture to facilitate citation of... [ … ]
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- Type/Formats:
- Sound — Lectures — Podcasts
- Media type:
- audio/mpeg
- Publisher:
- University College Dublin
- Contributor:
- Mathews, P. J. (Patrick J.), 1969 (PJ Mathews)
- Abstract:
- PJ Mathews introduces Series 1 of UCDscholarcast
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- Type/Formats:
- Sound — Lectures — Podcasts
- Publisher:
- University College Dublin
- Contributor:
- Sisson, Elaine (Elaine Sisson)
- Abstract:
- This lecture is focused primarily on the pre-revolutionary period in Ireland and looks at the cultural and visual significance of the image of the boy within Irish nationalist discourse.
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- Type/Formats:
- Sound — Lectures — Podcasts
- Publisher:
- University College Dublin
- Contributor:
- Mathews, P. J. (Patrick J.), 1969 (PJ Mathews)
- Abstract:
- Like Moore’s Melodies, Bill Whelan’s Riverdance has become the stable signifier of a complex cultural moment. The innovation and appeal of his music lies in his ability to interrogate and transcend the highly compartmentalised divisions within Irish music which can be traced back to Yeats’s... [ … ]
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- Type/Formats:
- Sound — Lectures — Podcasts
- Publisher:
- University College Dublin
- Contributor:
- O'Dwyer, Kevin J., 1953- (Kevin O'Dwyer)
- Abstract:
- The presentation is based on my own experience as an artist/practitioner and the experience gained as Director/curator of Sculpture in the Parklands working with both Irish and international artists who have created new artworks that respond to the rich environmental, archaeological and industrial... [ … ]
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- Type/Formats:
- Sound — Lectures — Podcasts
- Publisher:
- University College Dublin
- Contributor:
- Ferriter, Diarmaid, 1972- (Diarmaid Ferriter)
- Abstract:
- In this episode Diarmaid Ferriter reads from chapter six of his latest book Occasions of Sin: Sex and Society in Modern Ireland published by Profile Books. Using a huge variety of different sources, Occasions of Sin charts the Irish sexual experience over the course of the twentieth century. In... [ … ]
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- Type/Formats:
- Sound — Lectures — Podcasts
- Publisher:
- University College Dublin
- Contributor:
- Whelan, Bill (Bill Whelan)
- Abstract:
- Over the last three decades Bill Whelan has been at the heart of many exciting moments of extraordinary innovation in Irish music across the genres from traditional to rock. Here he documents and considers his varied career to date, from jobbing session musician in the early 1970s to Grammy Award... [ … ]
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- Type/Formats:
- Sound — Lectures — Podcasts
- Media type:
- audio/mpeg
- Publisher:
- University College Dublin
- Contributor:
- Wills, Clair (Clair Wills)
- Abstract:
- This lecture explores forms of popular culture that developed in Ireland during the Second World War. Comparisons are drawn with Britain, where radio and cinema assume tremendous importance in the war years. In Ireland the major developments are in amateur drama, reading groups, beginnings of film... [ … ]
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- Type/Formats:
- Sound — Lectures — Podcasts
- Publisher:
- University College Dublin
- Contributor:
- Reynolds, Paige (Paige Reynolds)
- Abstract:
- This lecture examines how contemporary Irish playwrights depict and how they engage the cinematic and narrative patterns we’ve come to associate with American movies. Donal O’Kelly’s Catalpa (1995), Martin McDonagh’s The Cripple of Inishmaan (1996), Marie Jones’s Stones in His Pockets... [ … ]
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- Type/Formats:
- Sound — Lectures — Podcasts
- Publisher:
- University College Dublin
- Contributor:
- Brady, Paul, 1947- (Paul Brady (Singer/Songwriter))
- Abstract:
- In this Scholarcast Paul Brady reflects on his early childhood encounters with music and on the importance of popular music in the 1960s to the formation of his own musical consciousness. He recounts his earliest experiences playing with various R ‘n’ B bands during his time as a student at... [ … ]
