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About Julia Gossard

Dr. Julia M. Gossard is Associate Dean for Research in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and Associate Professor of History at Utah State University. She specializes in the history of childhood and youth.

Dr. Julia M. Gossard is Associate Dean for Research in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and Associate Professor of History at Utah State University.

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NBN Episodes hosted by Julia:

Media April 3, 2023

Exceptional Me

How Donald Trump Exploited the Discourse of American Exceptionalism

Jason Gilmore and Charles Rowling

Hosted by Julia Gossard
Today, I’m sitting down with Dr. Jason Gilmore, Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Utah State University to discuss his recently published Bloomsbury Press book written with Charles Rowling, Exceptional …
British Studies April 1, 2023

The Age of the Gas Mask

How British Civilians Faced the Terrors of Total War

Susan R. Grayzel

Hosted by Julia Gossard
On this episode, we sit down with Dr. Susan R. Grayzel, Professor of History at Utah State University to discuss The Age of the Gas Mask: How British Civilians Faced …
Literary Studies March 28, 2023

A Writing Studies Primer

Joyce Kinkead

Hosted by Julia Gossard
Dr. Joyce Kinkead, Distinguished Professor of English at Utah State University discusses her recent book, A Writing Studies Primer (Broadview Press. 2022). A Carnegie Foundation/CASE US Professor of the Year, Professor …
General History December 8, 2020

Reproductive Citizens

Gender, Immigration, and the State in Modern France, 1880–1945

Nimisha Barton

Hosted by Julia Gossard
On today’s New Books in History, we sit down with Dr. Nimisha Barton to discuss her new book, Reproductive Citizens: Gender, Immigration, and the State in Modern France (Cornell …
General History October 26, 2020

Sex, Love, and Letters

Writing Simone de Beauvoir

Judith G. Coffin

Hosted by Julia Gossard
When Judith G. Coffin discovered a virtually unexplored treasure trove of letters to Simone de Beauvoir from Beauvoir's international readers, it inspired Coffin to explore the intimate bond between the …
General History August 28, 2020

Gender and the Great War

S. Grayzel and T. Proctor

Hosted by Julia Gossard
In this week episode of “New Books in History,” we’ll discuss Gender and the Great War (Oxford University Press, 2017) with editors Sue Grayzel and Tammy Proctor, focusing on ideas …
General History July 23, 2020

Archipelago of Justice

Law in France’s Early Modern Empire

Laurie M. Wood

Hosted by Julia Gossard
Historians have long treated the Atlantic and Indian Ocean routes of early modern French empire separately. But, early modern people understood France as a bi-oceanic empire, connected by vast but …
General History July 3, 2020

Mother Is a Verb

An Unconventional History

Sarah Knott

Hosted by Julia Gossard
Mothering is as old as human existence. But how has this most essential experience changed over time and cultures? What is the history of maternity—the history of pregnancy, birth, the …
General History September 4, 2019

Politics in the Marketplace

Work, Gender, and Citizenship in Revolutionary France

Katie Jarvis

Hosted by Julia Gossard
The king’s guards became increasingly nervous as they watched nearly 7,000 individuals march on Versailles on October 5, 1789. The crowd approaching the king’s chateau was overwhelmingly composed of women …
General History August 28, 2019

The Smugglers’ World

Illicit Trade and Atlantic Communities in Eighteenth-Century Venezuela

Jesse Cromwell

Hosted by Julia Gossard
Chocolate – nothing is more irresistible for a decadent treat or a rich drink to warm you on a cold winter’s evening. In eighteenth-century Venezuela, cacao became a life source …