Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra: conversations on the history of Portugal and Spain, 1415-1898
Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra: conversations on the history of Portugal and Spain, 1415-1898
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Show overview
Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra: conversations on the history of Portugal and Spain, 1415-1898 has been publishing since 2016, and across the 4 years since has built a catalogue of 21 episodes. That works out to roughly 25 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a roughly quarterly cadence.
Episodes typically run an hour to ninety minutes — most land between 59 min and 1h 27m — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language Society & Culture show.
The catalogue appears to be on hiatus or wound down — the most recent episode landed 5.9 years ago, with no new episodes in over a year. The busiest year was 2017, with 9 episodes published. Published by History Hub.
From the publisher
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).
Latest Episodes
View all 21 episodesEp20: Francois Soyer - Antisemitism, Forgeries, and Conspiracy Theories in Early Modern Iberia
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.
Ep19: Palmira Fontes da Costa - Garcia de Orta: Portuguese physician, herbalist and naturalist
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.
Ep18: Ben Vinson - Mestizaje and the Frontiers of Race and Caste in Colonial Mexico.
Episode 18 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Professor Ben Vinson III (Case Western Reserve) in conversation with series host Edward Collins.
Ep17: Adrian Masters - Petition and Response: Spanish America and the Council of the Indies in the 16th Century.
Episode 17 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Dr Adrian Masters (UT Austin) in conversation with series host Edward Collins.
Ep16: Stephanie Cavanaugh - Moriscos, Enslaved Children, and Litigating for Liberty in sixteenth-century Spain.
Episode 16 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Dr Stephanie Cavanaugh, Sir John Elliot Junior Research Fellow in Spanish History at Oxford University.
Ep15: Carla Rahn Phillips - The Struggle for the South Atlantic: The Armada of the Strait of Magellan, 1581-1584.
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.
Ep14: Amelia Almorza Hidalgo - Spanish women on transatlantic voyages in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Episode 14 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Amelia Almorza Hidalgo.
Ep13: Aaron Alejandro Olivas - The Iberian Atlantic and the War of the Spanish Succession, 1700-1715.
Episode 13 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Aaron Alejandro Olivas.
Ep12: Barbara E. Mundy - Tenochtitlan: Transformation and Endurance after the Spanish Conquest.
Episode 12 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Barbara E. Mundy, Chair and Professor of Art History at Fordham University.
Ep11: Pedro Cardim - The Idea of Hispania: Portugal and the Spanish Monarchy in the 16th and 17th Centuries.
Episode 11 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Pedro Cardim, Associate Professor at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa (New University of Lisbon).
Ep10: Tamar Herzog - Frontiers of Possession: Spain and Portugal in Europe and the Americas.
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
Ep9: Flora Cassen - Philip II of Spain and His Italian Jewish Spy.
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).
Ep8: Zoltan Biedermann - A Negotiating Empire: Portuguese diplomacy in Asia and the Global Renaissance.
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.
Ep7: Jorge Canizares-Esguerra - Old Testament Culture in the Spanish Monarchy in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries.
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.
Ep6: Onesimo T. Almeida - Portugal and the Dawn of Modernity, 1419-1620.
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.
Ep5: Vivien Kogut Lessa de Sa - Early Colonial Brazil, English Piracy, and the Adventures of Anthony Knivet (1591-1599).
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.
Ep4: Allison Bigelow. The Science of Colonial Silver: Rethinking the History of Mining and Metallurgy in the Early Americas.
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'
Ep3: Ricardo Padron. The Spanish Lake: America, the Pacific, and Asia in the Imperial Imagination, 1513-1609.
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.
Ep2: Ellen Dooley on the Spanish Inquisition and the religious image in Spain and America, 1478-1700
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.
Ep1: Portugal and Spain in the 15th and early-16th centuries: a brief overview by Edward Collins.
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