A History of Ireland's Deaf Community [From t...

The Irish War of Independence often conjures images of guerrilla fighters on lonely mountainsides, on the run from the Black and Tans. While that is part of the story, Ireland’s struggle for independence unfolded against the backdrop of a world in total crisis. As empires frayed ...  Afficher plus

On March 17th, thousands of St. Patrick's Day Parades take place across the globe. New York's parade, dating back to the 1760s, draws three million people and reinforces the stereotype that the parade is an American invention. Yet parades have been taking place since at least the ...  Afficher plus

How much did Britain and its allies know about the Holocaust? Could the Bengal Famine of 1943 have been helped? And was Elizabeth I really the Virgin Queen? 

Lynsey Calver is a history teacher, and in this episode, she helps us to fill in some of the ga ...

L'Histoire est partout, si bien que l'on pourrait faire de l'Histoire économique, sociale, politique, scientifique, militaire, etc..Ce que je vous propose à travers ce podcast Nota Bene, c'est de m'accompagner pour découvrir cette histoire, de l'antiquité à nos jours, à travers d ...  Afficher plus

History does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme, said Mark Twain. From the fall of the Roman Empire to the rise of the modern world: history ebbs and flows over the centuries, driven by great tides of economic, social, political, religious, and cultural change that shap ...

At least 23 of the Presidents of the United States can have their ancestry traced back to Ireland.

So why did this diaspora come to America? What was their reception like? And how have they reached the top of the power structure so regularly?

We are finding ...