Christopher Kissane
@chriskissane
Writer & historian; host @IrelandsEdge @othervoiceslive; Public Engagement & Impact @LSEEcHist; BBC New Generation Thinker; ex @HistoryWO, @RoyalHistSoc.
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AI is everywhere. But should we be terrified or excited? On this week's IRELAND'S EDGE I speak to Mark O’Connell and Mark Little about whether the machines are going to take over the world... open.spotify.com/episode/2npZUq…
"it is not peoples that make history, but people, and the connections that they create with one other". Really enjoyed reviewing @josephinequinn's new book for this weekend's Irish Times Books. irishtimes.com/culture/books/…
Why do we fast? My latest piece for Cúán Greene's Ómós Digest, offering food for thought for Ramadan and Lent. open.substack.com/pub/omos/p/omo…
Really enjoyed this fascinating discussion with Sinéad O'Carroll Siobhán Holliman and Siobhán Cronin🇺🇦 about the future of news reporting! Listen now 📻
‘Such Stuff as Dreams are Made On’ Established in 1904, Abbey Theatre has been instrumental in shaping modern Irish history. It played host to groundbreaking works by Gregory, Yeats, Synge, and O’Casey, as well as being the first publicly-subsidised theatre in the
A lot of troubling news this week about the future of Ireland's universities. A good time to listen to our latest episode of IRELAND'S EDGE, University Challenge... open.spotify.com/episode/7DewIc…
#OVAnam is back 🧡 We've teamed up with Office of Public Works for Anam round 2, live & online this May 💫 Join May Kay as she brings you extraordinary live sets by adrianne lenker, Martin Hayes, Mohammad Syfkhan, Muireann Bradley, @Moncrieff, Lemoncello, TraviS & Elzzz & more!
"Anxiety and frustration is what lead to this movement of young people trying to get our voices across, but we’re trying to flip the script now and say that it’s out of love of for our country that we want to make the change." Student advocate Caitlin Faye Maniti discusses climate
Prize-winning historian Naoíse Mac Sweeney debunks the myths and origin stories that underpin a history we only thought we knew in conversation with historian & writer Christopher Kissane. Coming up on Mon 20 at 20:00. #ILFD2024 @ilfdublin
Over a million Irish fled to New York during the Famine. What happened after they got there? My piece in this weekend's The Irish Times irishtimes.com/culture/books/…
In this weekend's The Irish Times, I explore how the spice trade sparked an age of global imperialism irishtimes.com/culture/books/…
💡 Clebran speakers just announced: · @noelmooney13, CEO,@fawales · Laura McAllister 🏴, UEFA Vice President · The Dingle Druid, Julí Ní Mhaoileóin · Carys Eleri, Artist & Druid, Actress and Writer · Dr. Billy Mag Fhloinn, Folklorist · Darren Chetty, Writer & Presenter
From milk to potatoes, feasts to famines, I discuss the rise of Irish food history in Irish Times Books: irishtimes.com/culture/books/…
A nation revealed: in this weekend's The Irish Times, I review Diarmaid Ferriter's new history of Ireland's rollercoaster quarter-century. irishtimes.com/culture/books/…
