BONUS: The Ninth Art: Flipping through the pages of comic history in the Low Countries
We flip through the pages of comic history in the Low Countries; from the use of illustrated prints from as early as the 15th century to the position of comic studios in Belgium and the Netherlands du...
19 Sep 20221h 8min
BONUS: Tall Buildings in Low Places: Architecture in the Low Countries
We get out the drawing board, put on a hard hat and clamber up a scaffold of creative construction, so that we may cast our view on a few of the most striking, unique or just plain weird buildings tha...
1 Aug 202250min
The Unfortunate Voyage of the Batavia: E09: Dividends
What was that crazy story that we just told? How much of it really happened? What does it all mean for our understanding of rebellion and resistance, and for how we perceive the role of defiance in ev...
25 Juli 202248min
The Unfortunate Voyage of the Batavia: E08: Living off the Law of the Land
The VOC is back! Three and a half months after Commander Pelsaert abandoned everybody to a life a brutality and thirst, finally those who have managed to survived may just be rescued. But who of the m...
22 Juli 20221h
The Unfortunate Voyage of the Batavia: E07: Terra Hayesia
In the history of European military aggression in Australia, this is where it all began. Of the people that remain alive following the doomed voyage of the Batavia, not to mention the shipwreck and th...
18 Juli 202242min
The Unfortunate Voyage of the Batavia: E06: Bloody Oath
Upper Merchant Francisco Pelsaert, Captain Arjen Jacobsz and about 40 other people are sailing in a longboat north along the immense coast of Het Zuidland. They're on a rescue mission to the fort at B...
15 Juli 202247min
The Unfortunate Voyage of the Batavia: E05: Jewels and Money First
As all hell breaks loose aboard the sinking ship Batavia, saving the lives of crew and passengers aboard may not be the most important priority. In this episode, we look at how authority handles the m...
11 Juli 202240min
The Unfortunate Voyage of the Batavia: E04: “Keep Your Eyes Open”
It should be fairly smooth sailing from here on for the Batavia... Were it not for the small matters of a brewing mutiny amidst the crew, divisions and distractions amongst the leaders of the ship and...
8 Juli 202250min
