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History Now is a weekly history show, broadcast on Northern Visions TV in Belfast and presented by historian Barry Sheppard. A focus on Irish and world history, the show's host speaks with local and professional historians from across the world on a range of historical topics. (All podcasts of History Now episodes are courtesy of Northern Visions Television Belfast).
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Barry Sheppard is joined by authors Dr Gareth Mulvenna, "Tartan Gangs and Paramilitaries: The Loyalist Backlash" and Dr Jonathan Evershed "Ghosts of the Somme: Commemoration and Culture War in Northern Ireland" to discuss Loyalist youth gangs and Loyalist and Unionist commemorations of the Somme.
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Barry Sheppard is joined by human rights activist and author, Dr Brian Dooley. Author of several books, including "Robert Kennedy: The Final Years" and "Black and Green: The Fight for Civil Rights in Northern Ireland & Black America", Brian is speaking to Barry about Ireland and the Irish diaspora and his book "Choosing the Green? Second Generation…
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Barry Sheppard speaks with American philosopher, political activist, social critic, and public intellectual, Professor Cornel West. Recorded on NVTV for History Now's 100th episode, Professor West discusses how history has played an important role in teaching philosophy and discusses some of the historical figures who have made an impact upon his l…
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Recorded in February 2020, Barry Sheppard was joined by Dr Brian Hanley from Trinity College Dublin, and Dr Ida Milne from Carlow College to talk about the aborted commemoration of Royal Irish Constabulary officers who died during the Irish War of Independence, asking if this proposed commemoration impacted Fine Gael's 2020 election campaign.…
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Barry Sheppard is joined by historian and host of the History of the Cuban Revolution podcast, Nick Ramos. A podcast series that covers the history of Cuba, from Columbus to Castro, focusing on the events of the Cuban Revolution of 1953-1959, its causes, and its repercussions. https://thinkabouthistory.podbean.com/…
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History Now Extra - Barry Sheppard is joined by Dr Emily Mark-Fitzgerald, Associate Professor in the School of Art History and Cultural Policy at University College Dublin. Emily is speaking about the controversy over the alteration of photographs in the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum by Irish photography artist, Matt Loughrey, and the colourization of…
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Barry Sheppard welcomes historians John Dorney and Cathal Brennan to discuss the Irish Civil War and the border question in the revolutionary period. John Dorney is the author of several books on the Irish revolution. Cathal Brennan is a historian and researcher and the host (alongside John) of the Irish History Show podcast.…
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Barry Sheppard is joined by historian and critic Dr Niamh Puirséil, whose book 'Kindling the Flame: 150 Years of the Irish National Teacher's Organisation' examines the INTO from the age of the Fenians to Brexit, charting the development of one of Ireland’s oldest and most influential unions, as well as offering an in-depth look at education and so…
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Barry Sheppard welcomes Professor of modern Irish history at University College Dublin, Diarmaid Ferriter to the show. Professor Ferriter discusses his two books, 'On the Edge. Ireland’s Off-shore Islands: A Modern History' and 'The Border: The Legacy of a Century of Anglo-Irish Politics', both of which had been recently published at the time of th…
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Barry Sheppard is joined by Professor Guy Beiner, historian from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, author of Forgetful Remembrance: Social Forgetting and Vernacular Historiography of a Rebellion in Ulster. And Dr Peter Collins from St. Mary's University College Belfast, author of Who Fears to Speak of ’98: Commemoration and the Continuing Impact …
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