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New Books in Irish Studies

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Irish Literature
Northern Ireland
Feminism
Good Friday Agreement
James Joyce
Sinéad O'connor
Women's Rights
Jane Wilde
Samuel Beckett
The Troubles
Catholicism
Ulysses
Same-Sex Desire
Christianity
Irish Music
Speranza: Poems By Jane Wilde
Dublin
Irish History
Gender Studies

This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: ⁠newbooksnetwork.com⁠ Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to ... more

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Anna Lively is a historian of modern Ireland, Britain, and Russia. Awarded her PhD in History from the University of Edinburgh in 2022, she is currently a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in History at the University of Strathclyde. Prior to this she h... more

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sea-crossing bishops are not mere inventions but echoes of real events? Whispers from Celtic Seas: The True Meanings of Ancient Stories from Northwest Europe (Reaktion Books, 2026) by ... more

Kevin P. Reilly is President Emeritus and Regent Professor with the University of Wisconsin System, having served as President from 2004-13. Kevin grew up in Manhattan and the Bronx, and went on to earn his B.A. at the University of Notre Dame, and h... more

Now more than ever, the international community plays a central role in pressing governments to hold themselves to account. Despite pressure to adhere to global human rights norms, governments continue to benefit from impunity for their past crimes. ... more

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Anna Lively
Historian of modern Ireland, Britain and Russia
University of Strathclyde (Liverhome Early Career Fellow); former Roy Foster Irish Government Research Fellow at Hertford College, University of Oxford
Episode: Anna Lively, "Revolutionary Connections: Russia and Ireland, 1905-1923" (Oxford UP, 2026)
Patrick Nunn
Professor of Geography, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
University of the Sunshine Coast
Episode: Patrick Nunn, "Whispers from Celtic Seas: The True Meanings of Ancient Stories from Northwest Europe" (Reaktion, 2026)
Kevin Reilly
President Emeritus and Region Professor with University of Wisconsin System; author of Gregory Ghosts, Haunting Irishness
University of Wisconsin System; Peter Lang (publisher)
Episode: Kevin Reilly, "Gregory Ghosts: Haunting Irishness" (Peter Lang, 2026)
Cyanne Loyle
Professor of Political Science, author of Escaping Justice
Penn State University; Peace Research Institute Oslo
Episode: Cyanne E. Loyle, "Escaping Justice: Impunity for State Crimes in the Age of Accountability" (Cambridge UP, 2025)
Patrick Brodie
Assistant professor in the School of Information and Communication Studies at University College Dublin, author
University College Dublin
Episode: Patrick Brodie, "Wild Tides: Media Infrastructure and Financial Crisis in Ireland" (Duke UP, 2026)
Judith Hill
Architectural historian and author
Four Courts Press (author of the book)
Episode: Judith Hill, "Gothic: Building Castles in Post-Union Ireland" (Four Courts Press, 2026)
Angela Byrne
Author and historian
Four Courts Press (publisher)
Episode: Angela Byrne, "Finding Mary: The untold story of an Inishowen murder, 1844" (Four Courts Press, 2025)
Barry Devine
Associate Professor of English at Heidelberg University
Heidelberg University
Episode: Barry Devine and Ellen Scheible eds., "Teaching James Joyce in the Twenty-First Century" (UP of Florida, 2025)
Ellen Scheible
Professor of English at Bridgewater State University
Bridgewater State University
Episode: Barry Devine and Ellen Scheible eds., "Teaching James Joyce in the Twenty-First Century" (UP of Florida, 2025)

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Miranda Melcher
Host with focus on interdisciplinary Irish studies and scholarly interviews.
Helen Pennett
Co-hosts and hosts affiliated with New Books Network; recurring figure in Irish Studies related programming.

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4.7 out of 5 stars from 15 ratings
  • Some interviewers were more knowledgeable - or better prepared!- than others and asked more illuminating questions.

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  • Wonderful range of topics

    Some interviewers were more knowledgeable - or better prepared!- than others and asked more illuminating questions.

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Kevin Reilly, "Gregory Ghosts: Haunting Irishness" (Peter Lang, 2026)
Q: How does the book handle the tension between Anglo-Irish and Celtic Irish identities, and why is that important to the book's theme?
The work foregrounds class, religion, and empire as persistent forces shaping Irish identity, using the Gregory family circle to illustrate how power, art, and nationalist aspirations intersect and haunt Ireland's cultural memory.
Patrick Brodie, "Wild Tides: Media Infrastructure and Financial Crisis in Ireland" (Duke UP, 2026)
Q: Can you summarize the three strands—financialization, media infrastructures, and environment—in your framing of Ireland's recovery?
The guest explains that financialization and the media infrastructure push in Ireland were deeply connected to housing crises, spatial inequalities, and a broader world-system position, with recovery often marketed through foreign investment and tax incentives while real-world impacts remained uneven.
Malcolm Sen, "Irish Anthropocene: Literature, Climate Change, Sovereignty" (Syracuse UP, 2026)
Q: Would you describe how you structured the book and why the chapters unfold in that particular sequence?
Sen explains that the six chapters are organized around a triad of concerns—ecology, economy, and politics—with readings of specific texts that illuminate how Irish literature encodes climate futures, while avoiding a simple solutionist narrative.
Brook Flagg, "I Go There with You: The U2 Sites of Southern California, from Significant to Sacred" (Nine Criteria, 2025)
Q: To get started, can you share with us what your book is about?
The book traces U2's connection to Southern California from the band's early Irish origins through major California milestones, tying together the sites that shaped their music, touring, and imagery, with context on why those places matter in U2 history.
Ailbhe Kenny, "Music Refuge: Living Asylum through Music" (Oxford UP, Press 2025)
Q: What role do the interludes between chapters play in the book?
The interludes provide verbatim narratives from musicians in asylum contexts, offering counter-stories that humanize participants and complement the academic analysis with lived experiences.

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A scholarly interview series that spotlights recent Irish Studies publications by pairing authors with discipline peers for in-depth conversations. Episodes span Irish history, literature, culture, and digital contexts, with frequent focus on Irish-language heritage, gender and social history, and the intersection of literature with pedagogy and public memory. Guests range from historians and literary scholars to editors and university researchers, often unpacking how a book situates Irish studies within broader European and transatlantic conversations. Noteworthy is the program's consistent emphasis on interdisciplinary approaches, archival sources, and pedagogy, including how classroom and non-traditional learning spaces illuminate Irish ... more

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