On this week's episode of Talking History, Patrick Geoghegan traces the highs and lows of The Oscars, the underrated and underwhelming nominations of the past, and the trailblazers for Irish cinematic success.
He's joined by Prof Mark Glancy, Professor of Film History, Queen Mary University of London; Dr Conn Holohan, Director of the Centre for Creative Technologies and lecturer in film and media studies at the University of Galway; Prof Ruth Barton, Professor in Film Studies, Trinity College Dublin; and Prof Kevin Rockett, Fellow Emeritus and former Professor in Film Studies at Trinity College Dublin, and former Chairman of the Irish Film Institute.
The History of the Foundation of The Irish State
The Life & Death of Lord Castlereagh
Inside the Crime: The Charles Self Murder
Mussolini and Fascist Italy
The Great Irish Famine
Agatha Christie: Her Life and Legacy, featuring Lucy Worsley
Pioneering Dublin Women and The History of Mapping Ireland
The GPO
The Irish Civil War: How It Impacted Kerry
Oliver Cromwell
The Forgotten Radical Irish Theatre Entrepreneur, The Celts, and How Russia Views Its History
9/11: A History
Queen Elizabeth II Special
Best of September Books
The Four Courts Fire
Michael Collins: 100th Anniversary
Best of August Books: The Assassination of Henry Wilson, and Maria Theresa: The Habsburg Empress
The History of the CIA
Peig Sayers: The Untold Story
Classical Music and Art: Bach, Schumann and Van Gogh
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