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SCAS TALKS Episode 48 – Gísli Pálsson: ”The Discovery of Extinction”

Theme: The Anthropocene Keywords: anthropocene, ecology, extinction, environmental humanities, rewilding

May 24, 2023•35 min•Ep. 53

SCAS TALKS Episode 47 – Valbona Muzaka: ”Vaccines in Times of Financialisation”

Theme: Global Governance Keywords: global governance, vaccine, pharmaceutical industry, global health, covid-19

May 10, 2023•42 min•Ep. 52

SCAS TALKS Episode 46 – Hazem Kandil: ”War, Power, and History”

Theme: Diplomacy & International Relations Keywords: diplomacy, international relations, Carl von Clausewitz, historical and political sociology, war

Apr 11, 2023•34 min•Ep. 51

SCAS TALKS Episode 45 – Lisa Hellman: ”Captured by Russians, Enslaved by Dzungars: New Approaches to Global Diplomacy”

Theme: Diplomacy & International Relations Keywords: global diplomacy, global history, Russia, China, microhistory

Mar 29, 2023•40 min•Ep. 50

SCAS TALKS Episode 44 - Mikael Adolphson: ”Japan’s Medieval Monetization in a Historical Context”

Theme: Asia (Citizens and state relations) Keywords: Asia, citizen and state relations, sino-japanese trade, medieval societas, historical narratives

Mar 10, 2023•37 min•Ep. 49

SCAS TALKS Episode 43 – Jeffrey Paller: ”The Contentious Politics of African Urbanization”

Theme: Africa Keywords: Africa, urbanization, rural societies, post-colonial development, governance

Feb 01, 2023•37 min•Ep. 48

SCAS TALKS Episode 42 – Racha Kirakosian: ”Researching Women’s Lives: The Story of Katarina of Württemberg”

Theme: Gender Keywords: gender, middle ages, Katharina von Württemberg, women’s history, female mystics

Dec 16, 2022•53 min•Ep. 47

SCAS TALKS Episode 41 – Philipp Lepenies: ”Development Aid - From Practitioner to Scholar”

Theme: Development Issues & Human Rights Keywords: development aid, political science, GDP, sustainability, academic career

Dec 07, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 46

SCAS TALKS Episode 40 – Jeremy Mumford: ”The Untold Story of Beatriz Coya - A Microhistory of a Marriage in Cuzco in 1565”

Theme: Latin America Keywords: Latin America, microhistory, Inca kingdom, child marriage, Beatriz Coya

Nov 08, 2022•51 min•Ep. 45

SCAS TALKS Episode 39 – Michael Watts: ”Oil and Its Afterlives: The Past and the Future of Oil in Nigeria”

Theme: Development Issues & Human Rights Keywords: human rights, development issues, oil industry, Nigeria, global south

Oct 06, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 44

SCAS TALKS Episode 38 – Sohini Ramachandran: ”The Human Genome as a Historical Text”

Theme: Genetics & Evolution Keywords: genomics, ancient DNA, human evolution, population genetics, diversity

Sep 26, 2022•56 min•Ep. 43

SCAS TALKS Episode 37 – Maria Ågren: ”Gender and Work”

Theme: Gender Keywords: gender, work, economic history, verb-orientated method, open science, digital humanities

Sep 16, 2022•58 min•Ep. 42

SCAS TALKS Episode 36 – Michael Goodhart: “The Complexity and Contradictions of Human Rights”

Theme: Development Issues & Human Rights Keywords: human rights, democracy, activism, emancipatory politics, justice

Jul 11, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 41

SCAS TALKS Spotlight - “Opening the Ivory Tower Wide”

A collection of voices from the symposium "Opening the Ivory Tower Wide" Keywords: outreach, innovation, science and society, policy advice, academic freedom

Jul 05, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 40

SCAS TALKS Episode 35 – Rebecca Earle: “How the Humble Potato Has Travelled the World and Shaped History”

Theme: Latin America Keywords: Latin America, potato, food history, global history, plant domestication

Jun 16, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 39

SCAS TALKS Episode 34 – Janette Boughman & Maria Servedio: “New Insights into Speciation: Collaboration between a Mathematical Modeler and an Empirical Biologist”

Theme: Genetics & Evolution Keywords: genetics, evolution, speciation, mathematical model, sexual selection

Jun 09, 2022•48 min•Ep. 38

SCAS TALKS Episode 33 – Helen Anne Curry: ”Endangered Maize: Industrial Agriculture and the Crisis of Extinction”

Theme: Genetics & Evolution Keywords: genetics, maize, agriculture, seed banks, conservation, plant breeding

Apr 28, 2022•51 min•Ep. 37

SCAS TALKS Episode 32 – Karsten Paerregaard: ”Climate Change, Climate Perception and Water Management in Peru”

Theme: Latin America Keywords: Latin America, Andes, rituals, anthropocene, water management

Apr 05, 2022•58 min•Ep. 36

SCAS TALKS Episode 31 – Susan Pedersen: ”Balfours in Love and Trouble”

Theme: Gender Keywords: gender, Frances Balfour, Suffragettes, political wife, woman politician

Mar 15, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 35

SCAS TALKS Episode 30 – Shalini Randeria: ”Looking at Citizens and State Relations in India through the Lens of Displacement”

Theme: Asia (Citizens and state relations) Keywords: India, citizen and state relations, displacement, internally displaced persons, Central European University

Feb 14, 2022•52 min•Ep. 34

SCAS TALKS Episode 29 – Susanne A. Wengle: “Black Earth, White Bread: A Technopolitical History of Russian Agriculture and Food”

Theme: Infrastructures Keywords: infrastructure, agriculture, technopolitical history, Russia, bread

Jan 27, 2022•51 min•Ep. 33

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