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February 26, 2021
Ruling Culture
Art Police, Tomb Robbers, and the Rise of Cultural Power in Italy
Fiona Greenland
Hosted by Jana Byars
Today we are joined by Fiona Greenland, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia, to talk about her new book, Ruling Culture: Art Police, Tomb Raiders, and the …
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History
February 11, 2021
Inca Apocalypse
The Spanish Conquest and the Transformation of the Andean World
R. Alan Covey
Hosted by Mark Klobas
The arrival in 1532 of a small group of Spanish conquistadores at the Andean town of Cajamarca launched one of the most dramatic – and often misunderstood – events in …
Biblical Studies
December 21, 2020
Studying the New Testament Through Inscriptions
An Introduction
C. Burnett
Hosted by Jonathan Wright
Studying the New Testament Through Inscriptions (Hendrickson Publishers, 2020)through Inscriptions is an intuitive introduction to inscriptions from the Greco-Roman world. Inscriptions can help contextualize certain events associated with the New …
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 …
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 …
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