Women's History Association of Ireland

About Women's History Association of Ireland

The aim of the Women's History Association of Ireland (WHAI) is to promote research into the history of women in Ireland, to bring together scholars in Irish women's history, to recognise excellence in research and to promote public engagement with women's history in an Irish context. The WHAI is a community for those interested in women's history in all time periods.

Publisher

Women's History Association of Ireland

Category

history

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

14 Feb 2019

Latest episode

4 Mar 2022

Latest episodes

18 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   4 Mar 2022

   Cumann na mBan, the Anglo-Irish Treaty and the Split, 1922; A Symposium

   'Cumann na mBan, the Anglo-Irish Treaty and the Split, 1922; A Symposium', with Leeann Lane, Mary McAuliffe, Margaret Ward, and Caitriona Beaumont.

2. 

   23 Apr 2021

   Ruth Karras - Mutilation as Gendered Punishment: State Violence and Sexual Transgression in Medieval Europe (Annual WHAI Conference 2020/21).

   Mutilation as Gendered Punishment: State Violence and Sexual Transgression in Medieval Europe.

3. 

   23 Apr 2021

   Political Investigations, Legal Archives and Women's Testimonies of Sexual Violence (Annual WHAI Conference 2020/21).

   Political Investigations, Legal Archives and Women's Testimonies of Sexual Violence.

4. 

   23 Apr 2021

   Sinead Kennedy - Antigone's Daughters: Gender, Reproduction and the Irish State (Annual WHAI Conference 2020/21).

   Antigone's Daughters: Gender, Reproduction and the Irish State.

5. 

   23 Apr 2021

   Susie Deedigan - Republican women and prisoner support organisations, 1939-45 (Annual WHAI Conference 2020/21).

   'It is to be assumed that members of C. na m Ban cannot be kept out of such a body!': republican women and prisoner support organisations, 1939-45.

6. 

   23 Apr 2021

   Dieter Reinisch - Ideological and organization continuities of dissident republican women, 1986-2021 (WHAI Conference).

   'The Irish republican movement in abeyance: Ideological and organization continuities of dissident republican women, 1986-2021'

7. 

   23 Apr 2021

   Charlotte Aslesen - The emotional impact of hunger striking and forcible feeding on male Republicans, 1916-1921 (WHAI).

   'I suffered indescribable pain': The emotional impact of hunger striking and forcible feeding on male Republicans, 1916-1921'

8. 

   23 Apr 2021

   Elaine Callinan - Propaganda and women in elections from 1918 to 1920 (Annual WHAI Conference 2020/21).

   'The best feminist propaganda that is being done is being done by the mere fact of voting': Propaganda and women in elections from 1918 to 1920.

9. 

   23 Apr 2021

   Liz Kyte - 'Radicalised Bodies': Irish Socialist Feminists and Anti-Militarism, 1913-1923 (Annual WHAI Conference 2020/21).

   'Radicalised Bodies': Irish Socialist Feminists and Anti-Militarism, 1913-1923 (Annual WHAI Conference 2020/21)

10. 

    23 Apr 2021

    Gerri O'Neill - 'Sex for Secrets? The IRA’s ‘honey-trap’ operation, 1920-21' (Annual WHAI Conference 2020/21).

    'Sex for Secrets? The IRA’s ‘honey-trap’ operation, 1920-21' (Annual WHAI Conference 2020/21)

11. 

    23 Apr 2021

    Susan Byrne - Gender and sexual violence during the Irish War of Independence and the Civil War (1919-1923) (WHAI Conference).

    Gender and sexual violence during the Irish War of Independence and the Civil War (1919-1923) (WHAI Conference)

12. 

    23 Apr 2021

    Leeann Lane - 'War on women': violence and the female Civil War prison (Annual WHAI Conference 2020/21).

    'War on women': violence and the female Civil War prison at the 2020 / 2021 WHAI Conference.

13. 

    23 Apr 2021

    Mary McAuliffe - The Dublin Brigade in Kerry, 1923: gendered militancy and violence against women during the Civil War (WHAI Conference 2020/21).

    The Dublin Brigade in Kerry, 1923: gendered militancy and violence against women during the Civil War (WHAI).

14. 

    14 Feb 2019

    Closing remarks at 'Why Not A Woman? Celebrating Women in Public and Private life in Ireland, 1918-2018' (Annual WHAI Conference 2018).

    Panel 4 at 'Why Not A Woman? Celebrating Women in Public and Private life in Ireland, 1918-2018' (Annual WHAI Conference 2018)

15. 

    14 Feb 2019

    History, Activism and Feminism: The Personal is Political, 1970-2018 (Annual WHAI Conference 2018).

    With: Mary Maher, Mary Dorcey and Prof Linda Connolly. Chair: Vincent Browne.

16. 

    14 Feb 2019

    Women on the Margins: Contemporary Issues, Historical Debates (Annual WHAI Conference 2018).

    With: Prof Lucy McDiarmaid (Montclair), Dr Ciara Breathnach (UL), Dr Sarah-Anne Buckley (NUIG), Donnah Vuma (UL). Chair: Catherine Heaney (NMI).

17. 

    14 Feb 2019

    Collecting and Presenting Women's Material Culture (Annual WHAI Conference 2018).

    With: Mona Holm (IAWM), Sinead McCoole (DCHG), Kate Cunningham (WMI), Dr Emily Mark-FitzGerald (UCD). Chair: Dr John Bowman.

18. 

    14 Feb 2019

    Celebrating Women in Public Life: Family reflections and legacy (Annual WHAI Conference 2018).

    With: Brian Fennell (husband of Nuala Fennell), Tom Ferris (husband of Nimah Bhreathnach) and Brian Lynch (son of Celia Lynch). Chair: Claire McGing.

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