Roundtable with Orlando Patterson: The Nature and Invention of Freedom
Recorded on May 2, 2023 at UC Berkeley's Social Science Matrix, this video features a roundtable conversation with Orlando Patterson, John Cowles Professor of Sociology at Harvard University, focused ...
13 Juni 20231h 31min
Orlando Patterson: "Slavery and Genocide: The U.S, Jamaica and the Historical Sociology of Evil"
A transcript of this episode can be found at https://matrix.berkeley.edu/research-article/slavery-and-genocide-the-u-s-jamaica-and-the-historical-sociology-of-evil/. Recorded on May 1, 2023, this epi...
22 Maj 20231h 53min
Training Bourgeois Selves: Magnus Hirschfeld and the Subsumption of Pederasty
Recorded on February 22, 2023, this podcast features a lecture by Professor Kadji Amin, Associate Professor of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Emory University. In this talk, "Training Bourge...
17 Apr 20231h 24min
The Modern American Industrial Strategy: Building a Clean Energy Economy from the Bottom Up and Middle Out
Recorded on March 22, 2023, this talk — "The Modern American Industrial Strategy: Building a Clean Energy Economy from the Bottom Up and Middle Out" — features Heather Boushey, a member of President B...
17 Apr 20231h 19min
The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy
Recorded on March 23, 2023, this talk featured Phil Gorski, Frederick and Laura Goff Professor of Sociology and Religious Studies at Yale University, discussing his new book (co-authored with Samuel P...
17 Apr 20231h 19min
Matrix on Point: Wealth and Taxes
How do the wealthy maintain their wealth through tax havens, and what can we learn about these opaque practices? Recorded on April 3, 2023, this panel featured experts explaining aspects of the global...
17 Apr 20231h 19min
Jo Guldi: Towards a Practice of Text Mining to Understand Change Over Historical Time
Recorded on March 8, 2023, this video features a lecture by Jo Guldi, Professor of History and Practicing Data Scientist at Southern Methodist University. Professor Guldi's lecture was entitled "Towar...
15 Apr 20231h 39min
Jo Guldi, "The Long Land War: The Global Struggle for Occupancy Rights"
Most nations in Asia, Latin America, and Africa experienced some form of "land reform" in the 20th century. But what is land reform? In her book, The Long Land War: The Global Struggle for Occupancy ...
15 Apr 20231h 19min
