This series consists of interviews with leading experts in the areas of Portuguese and Spanish history, from the beginning of the Portuguese discoveries in 1415 to the end of Spanish dominion in America in 1898. The interviews cover a range of topics on the domestic and overseas histories of both nations, which include, among others: the Portuguese explorations of Africa and Asia, Spanish navigation and settlement in America, the church in Portugal and Spain, monarchy and intermarriage in the Iberian kingdoms, natural science and mapping in America, the role of nautical science, Irish historical relations with Portugal and Spain, and imperial competition in Europe and overseas. This History Hub series is funded by UCD Seed Funding and supported by UCD School of History. Edited by Mike Liffey (Real Smart Media).
Episode 20 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Dr. François Soyer, Senior Lecturer in Late Medieval and Early Modern History at the University of New England, in conversation with series host Edward Collins.
Jun 29, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast
Episode 19 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Assistant Professor Palmira Fontes da Costa (Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCT)) in conversation with series host Edward Collins.
Aug 13, 2019•1 hr 29 min•Transcript available on Metacast
Episode 18 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Professor Ben Vinson III (Case Western Reserve) in conversation with series host Edward Collins.
Nov 07, 2018•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast
Episode 16 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Dr Stephanie Cavanaugh, Sir John Elliot Junior Research Fellow in Spanish History at Oxford University.
Jun 24, 2018•1 hr 12 min•Transcript available on Metacast
Episode 15 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Carla Rahn Phillips, author of The Struggle for the South Atlantic: The Armada of the Strait, 1581-84.
Jan 15, 2018•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast
Episode 11 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Pedro Cardim, Associate Professor at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa (New University of Lisbon).
Jul 17, 2017•2 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast
Episode 10 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Tamar Herzog, Monroe Gutman Professor of Latin American Affairs and Radcliffe Alumnae Professor in the History Department at Harvard University
Jun 12, 2017•2 hr 39 min•Transcript available on Metacast
In episode 9 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra', Flora Cassen (UNC) discusses her current project on Italian Jewish spies in the employ of Spain with series host Edward Collins (UCD).
May 15, 2017•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast
In episode 8 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra', Zoltan Biedermann (UCL) discusses the importance of diplomacy in the Portuguese Empire, especially in Asia, with series host Dr Edward Collins.
May 01, 2017•2 hr 40 min•Transcript available on Metacast
In episode 7 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra', Jorge Canizares-Esguerra (UT Austin) discusses Old Testament Culture of the Spanish Monarchy in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries with series host Dr Edward Collins.
Feb 06, 2017•1 hr 26 min•Transcript available on Metacast
In episode 6 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra', Onesimo T. Almeida (Brown) discusses Portugal and the dawn of modern science, from 1419 to 1620, with series host Dr Edward Collins.
Jan 13, 2017•1 hr 21 min•Transcript available on Metacast
In episode 5 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra', Vivien Kogut Lessa de Sa (Cambridge) is in conversation with Edward Collins on early colonial Brazil.
Aug 29, 2016•1 hr 27 min•Transcript available on Metacast
In Ep 4 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra', Allison Bigelow (Virginia) is in conversation with Edward Collins on 'The Science of Colonial Silver: Rethinking the History of Mining and Metallurgy in the Early Americas'
Aug 08, 2016•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast
In episode 3 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra', Ricardo Padron (University of Virginia) discusses Spanish attempts to represent and conquer the Pacific as part of the greater Spanish imperial imagination in the sixteenth century with historian Edward Collins.
Jul 18, 2016•2 hr 31 min•Transcript available on Metacast
In episode 2 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra', art historian Ellen Dooley discusses the Spanish Inquisition and the religious image in Spain and America, 1478-1700 with historian Edward Collins.
Jul 04, 2016•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast
In episode 1 of his series 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra', historian Edward Collins gives an overview of Portugal and Spain in the 15th and early-16th centuries
Jun 20, 2016•27 min•Transcript available on Metacast
