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Episode 4: An Interview with David Wilson

Episode 4: An Interview with Historian David Wilson

David Wilson is a leading historian of modern Irish history and the history of the Irish in North America. A professor of history at the University of Toronto, Dr. Wilson has written books on subjects ranging from Irish radicalism in the early United States to the History of Irish nationalism in Canada. In Canada he is probably best known for his two volume study of the pivotal Confederation-era politician Thomas D’Arcy McGee. Dr. Wilson is also the General Editor of the multi-volume (and ever-expanding) Dictionary of Canadian Biography. He recently visited Memorial University to deliver the annual George Storey lecture. Despite a busy schedule, he managed to sit down with Memorial English Professor Danine Farquaharson to discuss his latest research on the Fenian underground in Canada, a group of Irish nationalists that organized several raids in Canada between 1866 and 1871, and also offer his thoughts on the current state of historical scholarship in the contemporary university.

Welcome to the fourth episode of Crosscurrents, a podcast of Memorial University’s Nexus Centre for Humanities and Social Science Research. 

Guests:

David Wilson

Interviewers:

Danine Farquaharson

Production:

John Sandlos

Links and Publications:

Music Credits:

Reverie (small theme) by _ghost (c) copyright 2010 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/_ghost/25389 Ft: Pitx

Ice and Chilli by _ghost (c) copyright 2009 Licensed under a Creative Commons Noncommercial Sampling Plus license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/_ghost/22043

Citation:

Sandlos, John. "Episode 4: And Interview with Historian David Wilson," Crosscurrents: A Podcast of the Nexus Centre. 22 November 2018