Dr. Kathleen Belew, ‘Thoughts and Prayers: America in the Age of Mass Violence’
“In 2024…the number of children and teachers killed in school shootings surpassed not only military, but active police duty deaths. So our entire carceral and military apparatus had fewer fatalities t...
19 Feb 46min
Dr. Brenna Greer, 'African Americans and the Photographic Seat of Honour'
‘Why do people look at Black people the way they do?’ This is the central provocation of our guest scholar's work. Dr Brenna Greer is an African Americanist and Associate Professor of History at Welle...
24 Nov 202540min
Dr. Kaeten Mistry, 'Exposure: How State Secret Disclosures Helped Construct and Undermine the Cold War Consensus'
Dr Kaeten Mistry discusses his current research on the history of secrecy and the tensions it raises between civil liberties and national security. This draws from Chapter 2 of his current book projec...
15 Nov 202535min
Dr. Kaisha Esty, '“Live as Becomes a Free Christian Woman”: Freedwomen and State-Sanctioned Reform in the Era of Emancipation'
Please note that this episode contains discussion of sexual violence.This week, PhD candidates Sam Lanevi and Megan Renoir sit down with Dr. Kaisha Esty to discuss her current research project.Dr. Est...
10 Okt 202538min
Dr. Lydia Walker, 'We Don’t Call Them Wars Anymore: International Intervention and the United Nations'
“We Don’t Call Them Wars Anymore,” explores the history of international intervention after the Second World War, and how the role of the United Nations has shifted over time.We speak with Dr. Lydia W...
15 Sep 202529min
Dr. Wendell Nii Laryea Adjetey, 'Cross-Border Cosmopolitans: The Making of a Pan-African North America'
Dr. Wendell Nii Laryea Adjetey (Nii Laryea Osabu I, Atrékor Wé Oblahii kè Oblayéé Mantsè) — Associate Professor of History and William Dawson Scholar at McGill University — discusses his book: 'Cross-...
24 Aug 202545min
Dr. Tara Bynum, ‘Obour Tanner Makes an Archive: Or, How to Remember Your Famous (and Deceased) 18th-Century Friend, Phillis Wheatley’
In this episode of the Cambridge American History Seminar Podcast, we’re joined by Dr Tara Bynum, Associate Professor of English & African American Studies at the University of Iowa. She discusses a p...
8 Aug 202542min
Special Episode - Prof. Mia Bay - Her career and vision as the new Paul Mellon Professor
In this special episode, we’re joined by the incoming Paul Mellon Professor, Mia Bay.She is a leading scholar of American and African American intellectual, cultural, and social history.She has won mu...
24 Jul 202549min
