AskHistorians Episode 147 - Sophonisba Breckinridge: Championing Women's Activism in Modern America
We have the privilege to speak with Dr. Anya Jabour about her recent biography, "Sophonisba Breckinridge: Championing Women's Activism in Modern America." Breckinridge was a university professor in th...
9 Maj 202037min
AskHistorians Episode 146 - The Conversion of England to Christianity in the Early Middle Ages
In this episode, Jeremy (/u/EnclavedMicrostate) interviews then-flaired-user (now newly-minted moderator) /u/Steelcan909 on the matter of the Christianisation of England during the Early Middle Ages. ...
16 Apr 202056min
AskHistorians Episode 145 - AskHistorians at AHA
On January 4, members of the AskHistorians mod team spoke as a panel at the annual American Historical Association conference in New York City. We recorded that panel, "Historians on the Battleground ...
10 Jan 20201h 28min
AskHistorians Episode 144 - The Fire Is Upon Us
Today /u/Drylaw talks with Professor Nicholas Buccola, author of "The Fire Is upon Us: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate over Race in America" (Princeton University Press, 2017), a...
22 Dec 20191h 12min
AskHistorians Episode 143 - European Warfare from Frederick to Napoleon
For his debut as an interviewer rather than as a guest on the podcast, Jeremy Salkeld (/u/EnclavedMicrostate) is joined by flaired user /u/dandan_noodles to discuss warfare and its changes and continu...
8 Nov 20191h 42min
AskHistorians Episode 142 - Minisode: Hair Down There
Cassidy Percoco is joined by Lyndsey Craig, MS candidate at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, to chat briefly about the study, "Pubic Hair Removal Practices in Cross-Cultural Perspective," of which...
31 Okt 20199min
AskHistorians Episode 141 - The Sexual (Mis)Education of America and Sweden
Brian M. Watson is joined by Saniya Lee Ghanoui, PhD candidate at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in order to examine the intersections of media and technology studies, gender and sexualit...
19 Okt 201952min
AskHistorians Episode 140 - The International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War
Today we're joined by Fraser Raeburn, our very own /u/Crrpit, to talk about the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War with a specific emphasis on Scottish volunteers. Who joined? Why did...
6 Sep 201951min
