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Lectures tagged "Anglo-Celtic"

Loyalists and the American War for Independence

Brendan McConville

January 29, 2009

Winners typically write the history books, but what about those who were less fortunate?

In His Own Words: Justice Peter Oliver

January 8, 2009

As part of the Old South Meeting House's "Loyalty to the Crown" series, Michael Lepage performs as the Chief Justice and expresses his views on the people and events that started the American Revoluti

Life of Lady Randolph Churchill

November 8, 2007

Anne Sebba examines the unusually close relationship between Lady Randolph Churchill and her son Winston, who described her as having the wine of life in her veins.

Verneys: Love, War, and Madness in 17th Century England

Adrian Tinniswood

October 4, 2007

Adrian Tinniswood describes the ordinary 17th century lives of an extraordinary family, the Verneys.

Bloomsday Discussion: Irish and Jews of Boston

As a part of simultaneous, international celebrations of James Joyce's Ulysses, a panel of experts discusses how the Irish and the Jews of Boston impacted the evolution of the city and each other.

Jamestown vs. Plymouth: America's Historical Amnesia

Karen Ordahl Kupperman

Historians Karen Ordahl Kupperman and Walter W. Woodward look at the story of John Smith, the early days of colonial speculation in Virginia and New England, and Jamestown's creation story from hell.

Milestone of the Revolution: Katie Carroll and the IRA

Anne Dolan tells the story of Katie Carroll, a young woman who was sadistically murdered by the Irish Republican Army in 1921 and may have been a British informant.

Passion and Reason in Irish-American Nationalism

September 27, 2006

David Wilson introduces the life and times of Thomas D'Arcy McGee (1826-68), an Irish-Canadian journalist, poet, politician, and critic of Irish republicanism.