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The Moreish Podcast: Caribbean History, Culture, and CuisineCaribbean Folklore: The Pumpkin Daughter, An Indo-Caribbean Folktale with Kesha ChristieWe'd love to hear from you!We’re back with another Caribbean folktale, told by Kesha Christie.In this episode, Kesha shares an Indo-Caribbean folktale from Trinidad titled 'Kadoo Ki Beti' or 'The Pumpkin Daughter.' The story, which dates back to the late 1800s and early 1900s, revolves around Mama Savitri, an old woman who desperately wishes for a child. Through prayers and a magical pumpkin, her wish is partially granted. This folktale has themes of spirituality, cultural cues, and community. Hema and Kesha discuss the importance of preserving these ora...
2025-10-2835 min
Lunchtime LiveShould Shakespeare be optional for the Leaving Cert?Minister for Education Helen McEntee wants works by William Shakespeare to remain compulsory for Leaving Cert English.Policymakers had proposed that it be optional for higher level students…What do you think, should it stay the way it is, or should students have a choice?Joining Andrea to discuss is Conor Murphy, English teacher in Skibbereen Community School, Dr. Ellen Howley, Assistant Professor at DCU’s School of English and listeners.
2025-09-2320 min
MoncrieffWhat literary references is Taylor Swift making with her new album?As excitement for Taylor Swift’s new album release reaches fever pitch, what do we know so far? And just what literary references is Taylor making with her song titles? Swiftie and Assistant Professor at the School of English in DCU, Dr Ellen Howley joins Fionnuala in studio to discuss the popstars upcoming album
2025-08-1406 minMoncrieffWhat literary references is Taylor Swift making with her new album?As excitement for Taylor Swift’s new album release reaches fever pitch, what do we know so far? And just what literary references is Taylor making with her song titles? Swiftie and Assistant Professor at the School of English in DCU, Dr Ellen Howley joins Fionnuala in studio to discuss the popstars upcoming album
2025-08-1406 min
The Moreish Podcast: Caribbean History, Culture, and CuisineThe Irish-Caribbean Connection: Unmasking Myths with Dr. Ellen HowleyWe'd love to hear from you!Debunking the Irish-Caribbean Connection: Unravelling Myths and Historical RealitiesDr. Ellen Howley joins Hema to discuss the complex and nuanced history between Ireland and the Caribbean. In the context of Irish history from the 17th century, the British Empire, and the forced migration under Cromwell, Dr. Howley shares the complexity of some Irish people being sent to the Caribbean as indentured servants, while others chose to go and even prospered under the British Empire.The Irish presence in the Caribbean, particularly on islands l...
2025-06-0347 min
RTÉ BrainstormTaylor Swift's songs are full of literary references - so what do they tell us?The pop star's references to books and classic literature allows us to see her self-awareness and growth as an artist. By Ellen Howley, DCU.
2023-09-0506 min
UCD Humanities Institute PodcastBlue Humanities (Empire and Ecologies Symposium: Panel 5).Panel 5 of Empire and Ecologies Symposium with Ellen Howley, Tomas Buitendijk, Bernadette Fox. Chair: Hannah Boast.
2021-08-1259 min
NPPSH ConferenceEp. 15 - Panel 3B - Part 2 - ‘An island at the centre of the world?' - Ellen Howley (DCU)Kristin Morrison, lamenting the amnesia surrounding Ireland’s “ancient nautical heritage” (111), asks, “how does the fact that Ireland is surrounded by water manifest itself in contemporary fiction? […] how does that fiction conceive of a ‘mainland’?” (111). Critical attention towards the representation of Ireland as an island in literature has been lacking until relatively recently. Scholars from many disciplines have begun to redress this through a consideration of Irish coasts in projects such as UCC’s Deep Maps and UCD’s Cultural Value of Coastlines. This paper continues some of these conversations by turning specifically to contemporary Irish poetry and interrogating how Ireland figures as a...
2018-11-3021 min