It's that time of the year Many people have carved their pumpkins, got their costumes out, made plans to see the fireworks or go trick or treat. And here at SAHA, we're ready to join the Halloween festivities in our own special way. Join us on a short journey to Ireland together with the Irish Humanities Alliance and talk about the history of Halloween. Welcome to this special episode of SAHA Global Conversations, a podcast by the Scottish Arts and Humanities Alliance. SAHA for short.

Joining us from the Irish Humanities Alliance:

Professor Sonja Tiernan, co-ordinator of the Irish Humanities Alliance based at the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin. Before this, Sonja was the Eamon Cleary Chair of Irish Studies and co-director of the Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies at the University of Otago in New Zealand before returning home to Ireland in April this year. She is a historian of modern Ireland.

Dr Nessa Cronin, Vice-Chair of the Irish Humanities Alliance, and Assistant Professor in Irish Studies at the Centre for Irish Studies, School of Archaeology, Geography and Irish Studies, University of Galway, Ireland. A graduate of Philosophy and Literature, her current research lies in the intersection between Irish Literature, Language and Landscape, with a particular focus on the role of the Environmental Humanities, and Public Humanities more broadly, in addressing the climate and biodiversity crises of this century.

For more information on the Irish Humanities Alliance, visit their website Irishhumanities.com.

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Happy Halloween!