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Episode 63: Surekha Davies Has No Lack of Deadlines

Episode 63: Surekha Davies Has No Lack of Deadlines

Download a5795ec3-3853-4515-9290-818ff4fc17fb.mp3 In this episode, I’m joined by historian and writer Dr. Surekha Davies. Surekha is a former history professor who now writes full-time, and she can also be found speaking about history and consulting on monsters. In fact, monsters have played a

Episode 62: Lyndal Roper Takes a Journey by Page and Pedal

Episode 62: Lyndal Roper Takes a Journey by Page and Pedal

Download 419f9e67-987a-4cda-95c7-a1f007645c2b.mp3 In this episode of Drafting the Past, host Kate Carpenter is joined by historian Dr. Lyndal Roper. Lyndal is a professor at the University of Oxford and the author of six books on gender, religion, witchcraft, and German history. Her newest book out

Episode 61: Judith Giesberg Resists Giving Readers What They Want

Episode 61: Judith Giesberg Resists Giving Readers What They Want

Download 4b309e01-21a6-4969-ab47-01195bb85112.mp3 In this episode of Drafting the Past, host Kate Carpenter is joined by Dr. Judith Giesberg. Dr. Giesberg is a historian and professor at Villanova University. She is the author of six books focused on the U.S. Civil War and its aftermath.

Episode 60: Rebecca Brenner Graham Gives Us the Publicity Behind-the-Scenes

Episode 60: Rebecca Brenner Graham Gives Us the Publicity Behind-the-Scenes

Download 8e98aa87-c4a6-4e67-8d86-4dd4ae181d07.mp3 In this episode Kate is joined by writer and historian Dr. Rebecca Brenner Graham. Rebecca is a post-doctoral research associate at Brown University, but before that she taught high school history, an experience that we talk a lot more about in this

Episode 59: Marlene Daut Returns to Storytelling

Episode 59: Marlene Daut Returns to Storytelling

Download 5c236a2e-f987-492b-9ac2-1ae1f6943087.mp3 This is Drafting the Past, a podcast about the craft of writing history. In this episode, host Kate Carpenter is joined by historian Dr. Marlene Daut. Marlene is a professor at Yale University and is the author of four books, as well as

Episode 58: James Tejani Aims for Smart, Elegant Simplicity

Episode 58: James Tejani Aims for Smart, Elegant Simplicity

Download 55f893cb-4de7-481e-a3e7-6d5c9f0a7757.mp3 In this episode, host Kate Carpenter is joined by Dr. James Tejani. James is an associate professor of history at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. His first book, A Machine to Move Ocean and Earth: The Making of the Port of Los Angeles—

Episode 57: Seth Rockman Vows This Time Will Be Different

Episode 57: Seth Rockman Vows This Time Will Be Different

Download c0aa7059-410f-43e4-9e5f-99633e352cae.mp3 In this episode, Kate Carpenter interviews historian Dr. Seth Rockman. Seth is a historian at Brown University. His first book was called Scraping By: Wage Labor, Slavery, and Survival in Early Baltimore, and he is also the co-editor of the volume Slavery’

Episode 56: James Chappel Tames the Waterfall of Detail

Episode 56: James Chappel Tames the Waterfall of Detail

Download f725398e-9fbe-4463-aa57-c34ff0bc57ba.mp3 In this episode Kate is joined by Duke University historian James Chappel. James is the author of two books. His first book is titled Catholic Modern: The Challenge of Totalitarianism and the Remaking of the Church, and it focuses on the transformation of

Episode 55: Robin Bernstein and the Disco Ball of Integrity

Episode 55: Robin Bernstein and the Disco Ball of Integrity

Download c0377e75-9988-4111-9fdd-827f3f94d3f5.mp3 Episode 55 features Dr. Robin Bernstein. Robin is a cultural historian who specializes in race and racism from the nineteenth century to the present, and is the Dillon Professor of American History at Harvard University. Her first, award-winning book was Racial Innocence:

Episode 54: Prithi Kanakamedala Invites Us Into the Past

Episode 54: Prithi Kanakamedala Invites Us Into the Past

In this episode Kate welcomes historian Prithi Kanakamedala. Prithi is a professor of history at Bronx Community College CUNY, and is also a faculty member at CUNY Graduate Center. She is an active public historian, who has worked with a wide range of cultural organizations. One of the projects she

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