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Archaeology
History November 13, 2020

Ireland in the Virginian Sea

Colonialism in the British Atlantic

Audrey J. Horning

Hosted by Jonathan Megerian
In Ireland in the Virginian Sea: Colonialism in the British Atlantic (University of North Carolina Press, 2017), Audrey Horning revisits the fraught connections between Ireland and colonial Virginia. Both modern …

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Southeast Asian Studies October 22, 2020

Lost Temples of the Jungle

A History of Mrauk-U with Dr. Bob Hudson

Thushara Dibley

Hosted by Thushara Dibley
Deep in the jungles of Myanmar lie the remains of an ancient kingdom, the 15th-century royal city of Mrauk-U. Located in the Bay of Bengal and separated from the rest …
African Studies September 25, 2020

The Golden Rhinoceros

Histories of the African Middle Ages

François-Xavier Fauvelle

Hosted by Elisa Prosperetti
What are the African Middle Ages? A place, certainly, and a time period, evidently. But also a “documentary regime,” argues François-Xavier Fauvelle. How do we reconstruct these centuries of the …
European Studies July 3, 2020

Collision of Worlds

A Deep History of the Fall of Aztec Mexico and the Forging of New Spain

David M. Carballo

Hosted by Pamela Fuentes
Mexico of five centuries ago was witness to one of the most momentous encounters between human societies, when a group of Spaniards led by Hernando Cortés joined forces with tens …
Food June 4, 2020

Collecting Food, Collecting People

Subsistence and Society in Central Africa

Kathryn M. De Luna

Hosted by Paul Bjerk
In Collecting Food, Collecting People: Subsistence and Society in Central Africa (Yale University Press, 2016), Kathryn M. De Luna documents the evolving meanings borne in the collection of wild foods …
Archaeology March 27, 2020

An Optimist’s Guide to the Historical Sciences

Adrian Currie

Hosted by Lukas Rieppel
The “historical sciences”—geology, paleontology, and archaeology—have made extraordinary progress in advancing our understanding of the deep past. How has this been possible, given that the evidence they have to work …
Van Leer Institute Series on Ideas with Renee Garfinkel March 25, 2020

The Crusader World

Adrian J. Boas

Hosted by Renee Garfinkel
The Crusader World (Routledge, 2015), edited by Adrian J. Boas, is a multidisciplinary survey of the current state of research in the field of crusader studies, an area of study …
British Studies November 29, 2019

The Life of Margaret Alice Murray

A Woman’s Work in Archaeology

Kathleen Sheppard

Hosted by Michael F. Robinson
After Napoleon occupied Egypt, Europeans became obsessed with the ancient cultures of the Nile. In Britain, the center of Egyptology research was University College London (UCL). At the heart of …
European Studies September 12, 2019

Eurydice and the Birth of Macedonian Power

Elizabeth D. Carney

Hosted by Mark Klobas
As the wife of a Macedonian king and the mother of three sons who would succeed him, Eurydice played an important role in Macedonia at an important moment in the …
Anthropology July 19, 2019

Almost Human

The Astonishing Tale of Homo naledi and the Discovery That Changed Our Human Story

Lee Berger and John D. Hawks

Hosted by Michael F. Robinson
John D. Hawks talks about new developments in paleoanthropology – the discovery of a new hominid species Homo Naledi in South Africa, the Neanderthal ancestry of many human populations, and …
Southeast Asian Studies July 4, 2019

Engendering the Buddhist State

Territory, Sovereignty and Sexual Difference in the Inventions of Angkor

Ashley Thompson

Hosted by Patrick Jory
Thanks to the international tourism industry most people are familiar with the spectacular ruins of Angkor, the great Cambodian empire that lasted from about the 9th to the early 15th …
Anthropology June 14, 2019

Adventures in Archaeology

The Wreck of the Orca II and Other Explorations

PJ Capelotti

Hosted by Michael F. Robinson
Anthropologist PJ Capelotti discusses the role of exploration archaeology in understanding the Pacific voyage of Kon-Tiki, the Arctic airship expeditions of Walter Wellman, and the fate of Orca II, a …
British Studies May 24, 2019

Hadrian's Wall

Adrian Goldsworthy

Hosted by Albert Zambone
Stretching across the north of England, from coast to coast, are the 73-mile long remnants of a fortification built by the Roman Army during the reign of the Emperor Hadrian …
East Asian Studies May 20, 2019

Maritime Ryukyu, 1050–1650

Gregory Smits

Hosted by Victoria Lupascu
Conventional portrayals of early Ryukyu are based on official histories written between 1650 and 1750. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, Gregory Smits makes extensive use of scholarship in archaeology and anthropology …
Architecture May 7, 2019

Domesticating Empire

Egyptian Landscapes in Pompeian Gardens

Caitlín Eilís Barrett

Hosted by Ryan Tripp
Domesticating Empire: Egyptian Landscapes in Pompeian Gardens (Oxford University Press, 2019) is the first contextually-oriented monograph on Egyptian imagery in Roman households. Caitlín Eilís Barrett, Associate Professor of Classics at …
American Studies April 19, 2019

Plundered Skulls and Stolen Spirits

Inside the Fight to Reclaim Native America's Culture

Chip Colwell

Hosted by Ryan Tripp
Five decades ago, Native American leaders launched a crusade to force museums to return their sacred objects and allow them to rebury their kin. Today, hundreds of tribes use the …
British Studies April 18, 2019

Londinium

A Biography

Richard Hingley

Hosted by Mark Klobas
From its humble beginnings as a crossing point over the river Thames Londinium grew into the largest city in Roman Britain. In Londinium: A Biography (Bloomsbury, 2018), Richard Hingley draws …
European Studies March 21, 2019

Time and Its Adversaries in the Seleucid Empire

Paul J. Kosmin

Hosted by Ryan Tripp
In the aftermath of Alexander the Great’s conquests, the Seleucid kings ruled a vast territory stretching from Central Asia to Anatolia, Armenia to the Persian Gulf. In a radical move …
Architecture March 14, 2019

Building Mid-Republican Rome

Labor, Architecture, and the Urban Economy

Seth Bernard

Hosted by Ryan Tripp
Building Mid-Republican Rome: Labor, Architecture, and the Urban Economy (Oxford University Press, 2018), offers a holistic treatment of the development of the Mid-Republican city from 396 to 168 BCE. As …
Art March 4, 2019

Cræft

An Inquiry into the Origins and True Meaning of Traditional Crafts

Alexander Langlands

Hosted by Rachel Hopkin
Alexander Langlands is a British archaeologist, historian, writer, and broadcaster. His most recent book, Cræft: An Inquiry into the Origins and True Meaning of Traditional Crafts, was published by Norton …