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History Compass Podcast #3 October 15th, 2007
Professor Ron Schechter, retired early modern Europe editor for History Compass, and Dr. Laura Cruz, a History Compass author examine 'The 80 Years' Question: The Dutch Revolt in Historical Perspective'.
This podcast involves a discussion of the field of Dutch history, how it is being affected by new global and transnational histories, the need for further theoretical development in light of the cultural and linguistic turn, and the ways this article could be used in teaching.
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History Compass Podcast #2 April 15th, 2007
Professor Stuart Ward and Professor Paul Turnbull examine 'British Anatomists, Phrenologists and the Construction of the Aboriginal Race, c.1790–1830'
This podcast involves a discussion of the cognitive evolution of racial science in Europe , the theft of Indigenous cultural property from the colonial Pacific, and the repatriation of skeletal remains in Australian and European museums.
Listen to the podcast (mp3 file, 13.8MB, 28 minutes 44 seconds).
History Compass Podcast #1 February 15th, 2007
Professor Felice Lifshitz and Dr Andrew Gillett discuss 'Ethnogenesis: A Contested Model of Early Medieval Europe '
This podcast asks: What is ethnogenesis? What are the questions of evidence and interpretation for interested Medievalists? How do we draw the attention of non-Medievalists to the historiographic debate over interpretative models for one of the major revolutions in western history?
Listen to the podcast (mp3 file, 14.4 MB, 20 minutes 33 seconds).
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