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Women's History December 5, 2022

Skirts

Fashioning Modern Femininity in the Twentieth Century

Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell

Hosted by Jane Scimeca
While the story of women’s liberation has often been framed by the growing acceptance of pants over the twentieth century, the most important and influential female fashions of the era …

Western European Studies

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Interviews with scholars of Western Europe about their new books.

Iberian Studies December 5, 2022

Jamón and Halal

Lessons in Tolerance from Rural Andalucía

Christina Civantos

Hosted by Paula De La Cruz-Fernández
In this episode, I interview Dr. Christina Civantos (University of Miami, FL, USA) about her open access book Jamón and Halal: Lessons in Tolerance from Rural Andalucía (Amherst College Press, 2022) …
Women's History December 5, 2022

Anti-Fascism, Gender, and International Communism

The Comité Mondial Des Femmes Contre la Guerre Et Le Fascisme, 1934-1941

Jasmine Calver

Hosted by Rebecca Turkington
Women played an essential role in the international struggle against fascism during the interwar period, though their work has been neglected in broader historiography. In Anti-Fascism, Gender, and International Communism …
Early Modern History December 5, 2022

The Art of Childbirth

A Seventeenth-Century Midwife's Epistolary Treatise to Doctor Vallant

Cathy McClive

Hosted by Jana Byars
Cathy McClive (Florida State University) offers the first full-length bilingual edition of an extraordinary treatise on childbirth written by a seventeenth-century French midwife in The Art of Childbirth: A Seventeenth-Century Midwife's Epistolary …
British Studies December 4, 2022

A Brief History of the British Monarchy

From the Iron Age to King Charles III

Jeremy Black

Hosted by Charles Coutinho
The British monarchy is at a turning point. Concise and engaging, Jeremy Black's A Brief History of the British Monarchy: From the Iron Age to King Charles III (Robinson, 2022) …
Military History December 1, 2022

The Wandering Army

The Campaigns That Transformed the British Way of War

Huw J. Davies

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
In The Wandering Army: The Campaigns that Transformed the British Way of War (Yale University Press, 2022), Dr. Huw J. Davies presents a compelling history of the British Army in …
Economic and Business History November 30, 2022

Impunity and Capitalism

The Afterlives of European Financial Crises, 1690–1830

Trevor Jackson

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Whose fault are financial crises, and who is responsible for stopping them, or repairing the damage? Impunity and Capitalism: The Afterlives of European Financial Crises, 1690-1830 (Cambridge University Press, 2022) …
Writ Large November 30, 2022

On Dante Alighieri's "Divine Comedy"

A Discussion with Nassime Chida

Nassime Chida

Hosted by Zachary Davis
When he was in his late 30s, the Italian poet Dante Alighieri got himself into some serious political trouble and was exiled from his beloved Florence. While in exile, he …
Medieval History November 30, 2022

The Invention of Byzantium in Early Modern Europe

Nathanael Aschenbrenner and Jake Ransohoff

Hosted by Evan Zarkadas
A gulf of centuries separates the Byzantine Empire from the academic field of Byzantine studies. The Invention of Byzantium in Early Modern Europe offers a new approach to the history …
Anthropology November 29, 2022

Afro-Sweden

Becoming Black in a Color-Blind Country

Ryan Thomas Skinner

Hosted by Ari Barbalat
Contemporary Sweden is a country with a worldwide progressive reputation, despite an undeniable tradition of racism within its borders. In the face of this contradiction of culture and history, Afro-Swedes …
Writ Large November 29, 2022

On Frantz Fanon's "The Wretched of the Earth"

A Discussion with Manan Ahmed

Manan Ahmed

Hosted by Zachary Davis
In 1925, on the French occupied island of Martinique, one of the most prominent voices in post colonial theory was born, Frantz Fanon. He was born to parents of both …
International Horizons November 29, 2022

What will be the Role of Europe in the Changing World Order?

A Discussion with Sigmar Gabriel

Sigmar Gabriel

Hosted by International Horizons
The transatlantic relationship, arguably the bedrock of the world’s post-World War II international security architecture, came under significant threat during Donald Trump’s tenure in office, as Trump complained about European …
Literary Studies November 28, 2022

Queer Velocities

Time, Sex, and Biopower on the Early Modern Stage

Jennifer Eun-Jung Row

Hosted by John Yargo
In a pathbreaking new book, today’s guest, Jennifer Eun-Jung Row, asks how delay and haste in early modern French theater subverts the temporality of heteronormative politics and sexuality. Professor Row …
Writ Large November 28, 2022

On George Orwell's "1984"

A Discussion with Priya Satia

Priya Satia

Hosted by Zachary Davis
In 1948, English author George Orwell wrote what would become one of the defining novels of the 20th century, 1984. He was writing in the years following WWII and the …
Iberian Studies November 28, 2022

Nazi Juggernaut in the Basque Country and Catalonia

Xabier Irujo and Queralt Solé

Hosted by Ari Barbalat
Today I talked to Xabier Irujo about his book (co-authored with Queralt Solé) Nazi Juggernaut in the Basque Country and Catalonia (Center for Basque Studies, 2019). Hitler and Mussolini's decision to help General …
Christian Studies November 25, 2022

Ringleaders of Redemption

How Medieval Dance Became Sacred

Kathryn Dickason

Hosted by Ryan Shelton
In popular thought, Christianity is often figured as being opposed to dance. Conventional scholarship traces this controversy back to the Middle Ages. Historical sources, however, suggest that medieval dance was a …
British Studies November 25, 2022

Under Fire

Black Britain in Wartime 1939-45

Stephen Bourne

Hosted by Ari Barbalat
In Under Fire: Black Britain in Wartime 1939-45 (The History Press, 2020), Stephen Bourne tells the whole story of Britain's black community during World War II. On the home front, civilians …
European Politics November 25, 2022

Governing the EU in an Age of Division

Dalibor Roháč

Hosted by Tim Jones
"An important distinction exists between the politics of rules at which the EU is quite adept and the politics driven by events - which requires improvisation, risk-taking and alertness to …
Irish Studies November 24, 2022

Charles Owen O'Conor, the O'Conor Don

Landlordism, Liberal Catholicism and Unionism in Nineteenth-Century Ireland

Aidan Enright

Hosted by Aidan Beatty
Aidan Enright holds a PhD in History from Queen’s University Belfast and is an Associate Researcher and Part-Time Lecturer in History at Leeds Beckett University, where he teaches Modern British …
Russian and Eurasian Studies November 24, 2022

Russia and the Dutch Republic, 1566–1725

A Forgotten Friendship

Kees Boterbloem

Hosted by Erika Monahan
Once upon a time, it was said that Russia was isolated and ignorant until Peter the Great opened Russia to the West and ushered in modernization. While Tsar Peter I …