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GKP - General Knowledge PodcastGKP S6/E7 - Bestiality in the LGBTQIP+ HeadspaceG'day Folks,
It's battle stations on today's episode as we identify another incursion by the predatory social engineers disguised as a welfare organization infiltrating our schools.
Adam from the CrazzFiles.com joins me for this episode as he had recently sent me some disturbing news and I felt obliged to bring it to the worlds attention with Adam on today's show.
Renmark High School in South Australia's rural region which is close to Victoria's North-west border recently had an incursion organized in conjunction with the School and Headspace, a national youth mental health...2024-04-081h 36
Normal Women5. Normal Women...think about rapeThroughout history women have faced the threat of sexual violence and, sadly, it's no different today. Philippa explores how rape was viewed as a crime against a man’s property, how courtly love gave way to brutal desire and the difficulties women face in bringing their attackers to justice.Joining Philippa to discuss rape - how it has changed through history and how we see it now are:Joanna Bourke, Professor of History at Birkbeck, University of London and author ‘Rape: A history ’Soma Sara anti-rape activist and founder of ‘Everyone’s Invited’ website and charity2023-11-2349 min
Trinity Long Room HubTLRH | 2023 Annual Edmund Burke Lecture | Professor Joanna BourkeRecorded November 16th, 2023.
The Trinity Long Room Hub 2023 Annual Edmund Burke Lecture was delivered by Professor Joanna Bourke on ‘Contemplating Evil: “Monstrous” Women in History, Politics, and Law, 1890s to the Present’.
Joanna Bourke is Professor Emerita of History at Birkbeck, University of London, and a Fellow of the British Academy. She is also the Professor of Rhetoric at Gresham College. She is the prize-winning author of fifteen books, including What it means to be Human (2011) and Fear: A Cultural History (2015), as well as over 120 articles in academic journals. In 2022, Reaktion Books published Disgrace: Global Reflections on Sexual Violence and OUP publ...2023-11-2157 min
Gresham College LecturesSickle Cell Disease: A Cultural HistorySickle Cell Disease can only be understood in the context of racial politics. Predominantly seen in populations of African heritage, the diagnosis and treatment of this disease from the 1920s onwards draws attention to the importance of culture in biogenetic understandings of disease. Medical practices associated with sickle cell disease also shed light on health care disparities and the cultural construction of pain.A lecture by Joanna Bourke recorded on 1 June 2023 at Barnard's Inn Hall, London.The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website: https://w...2023-06-131h 03
Gresham College LecturesAIDS: A Cultural HistoryAIDS is an example of a highly stigmatising ailment.This lecture explores Susan Sontag’s aphorism that “metaphors kill”. Focussing on the period before the invention of antiretroviral drugs, the lecture also addresses questions of civil liberties, gender and sexuality, race, religion, and cultures of both harm and care. By paying attention to how hierarchies of grief were created and contested, it addresses questions of loss as well as solidarity.A lecture by Joanna Bourke recorded on 30 May 2023 at Barnard's Inn Hall, London.The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are availa...2023-06-081h 00
Festival of Dangerous IdeasJoanna Bourke (2022) | The Last Taboo Our modern society is dependent on extraordinary levels of abuse and violence towards non-human animals. While we may love animals, we continue to interact with them in thoughtless, violent and cruel ways. We destroy their habitats, regulate their slaughter, farm and exploit them, and even in extreme circumstances, sexually abuse them. Historian Joanna Bourke asks us how we can love and care for animals better? Please note this session contains themes that may be sensitive to some listeners including depictions of animal abuse and bestiality. 2023-05-3144 min
Gresham College LecturesDementia: A Cultural HistoryDementia is often designated the “plague” of the twenty-first century. What does a cultural history of dementia reveal about commonly circulating ideas relating to the brain, personhood, embodiment, and normal/abnormal? What difference do “labels” make – “melancholy”, “lunacy”, “dotage”, and “senility”, for example?The lecture uses the historical development of the science of geriatrics to reflect on the experience of ageing and claims about the modern self.A lecture by Joanna Bourke recorded on 11 May 2023 at Barnard's Inn Hall, London.The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website: h...2023-05-151h 00
Festival of Dangerous IdeasWorld Without Rape (2022) | Joanna Bourke, Jess Hill, Sisonke Msimang, Saxon Mullins & Bronwyn Penrith The last few years have seen courageous sexual assault survivors become heroines and heroes, conquering the forces that have silenced them for so long. While laws are changing and we continue to unravel the culture of shame that has protected perpetrators and punished survivors – how can we evolve the conversation? Can we ever get to the heart of the matter, and think about a world without rape? Or are our efforts doomed to failure as we tinker at the edges of an eternal crime? Please note this session contains themes that may be sensitive to some listeners incl...2023-03-0658 min
Arts & IdeasHigher Education for women and working class studentsOver the last two hundred years, working class and women students, have found a place insides universities. Anne McElvoy hears about some of the stories behind the social expansion of higher education. Joanna Bourke's new book is a history of Birkbeck, the University of London college that began life as the London Mechanics’ Institution in 1823 and is now a leading centre of research in many areas. Iona Burnell Reilly has been looking at the lives of working class academics and Ann Kennedy Smith has considered women's pursuit of education at the University of Cambridge. And Clare Bucknell discusses the hi...2023-01-1845 min
Gresham College LecturesBreast Cancer: A Cultural HistoryBreast cancer is one of the most dreaded diseases for women, not only because it can be a serious medical condition resulting in painful therapies, but because it is regarded as an assault on a sufferer’s self-image and sexuality. Historically, women have responded to diagnoses of breast cancer in different ways.This lecture explores some of the shifting ideas about breast cancer, including the appropriation of “blame” (that is, debates about “stress” and carcinogenic environments).A lecture by Joanna Bourke recorded on 12 January 2023 at Barnard's Inn Hall, London.The transcript and downloadab...2023-01-1858 min
Woman's HourWeekend Woman's Hour: saris, speaking to kids on Andrew Tate, breast cancer history, donor conceived children, Eleanor WilliamsWe speak to listeners on how best to talk about Andrew Tate and other social media influencers who are spreading misogynistic messages online. We talk to Dr Emily Setty, Senior Lecturer at the University of Surrey who does research in schools with young people about sex and relationships & Michael Conroy, founder of Men at Work, an organisation that trains professionals how to have constructive dialogue with boys.Listener Hayley got in touch to share her own story, not only of being a donor conceived person herself, but of using a donor to conceive her own children too...2023-01-1443 min
Woman's HourNatasha Kaplinsky, Misogynist influencers, Professor Joanna Bourke, Dr Rebecca GompertsNatasha Kaplinsky has become the first female president of the British Board of Film Classification, which is responsible for setting age guidelines for films, videos and DVDs, as well as content on some streaming services. The journalist, presenter and former newsreader for the BBC, Sky and Channel 5 joins Anita for her first broadcast interview about the role since her appointment in November. She'll discuss what drew her to the job, which topics concern parents the most and how she'll judge today's cultural sensitivities around sex, violence and language.Andrew Tate appeared in court earlier this week and...2023-01-1257 min
Gresham College LecturesPolio: A Cultural HistoryPolio has a major role in the cultural history of the West. The early symptoms – which were often mild flu-like symptoms – would end in paralysis. Vaccinations against the disease proved controversial, given their trials on incarcerated prisoners and the use of “poster children”.Epidemics of the disease illustrate the uneven transmission of ideas about health and sickness. They show how the period's germ theories resulted not only in mass deaths, but also in the demonisation of immigrants and poor households. A lecture by Professor Joanna BourkeThe transcript and downloadable versions of the lectu...2022-11-1153 min
Stream Popular Full Audiobooks in History, EuropeMinds at War: How great artists and their work were shaped by the First World War by Sara Lefanu, Heather Jones, Fintan O'toole, Ruth Padel, David Edgerton, Elif ShafakPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/568206to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Minds at War: How great artists and their work were shaped by the First World War
Author: Sara Lefanu, Heather Jones, Fintan O'toole, Ruth Padel, David Edgerton, Elif Shafak
Narrator: Various
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 6 hours 35 minutes
Release date: November 3, 2022
Genres: Europe
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The complete BBC Radio 3 series exploring how great creative minds responded to the First World War in individual works of art and scholarship World War I saw an unprecedented loss of life in Western Europe, and destruction on a scale no one alive had ever...2022-11-036h 35
Stream Popular Full Audiobooks in History, EuropeMinds at War: How great artists and their work were shaped by the First World War by Sara Lefanu, Heather Jones, Fintan O'toole, Ruth Padel,Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/568206 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Minds at War: How great artists and their work were shaped by the First World War Author: Sara Lefanu, Heather Jones, Fintan O'toole, Ruth Padel, David Edgerton, Elif Shafak Narrator: Various Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 35 minutes Release date: November 3, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The complete BBC Radio 3 series exploring how great creative minds responded to the First World War in individual works of art and scholarship World War I saw an unprecedented loss of life in Western Europe, and destruction on a scale no one alive had...2022-11-0305 min
Download Best Full-Length Audiobooks in History, MilitaryMinds at War: How great artists and their work were shaped by the First World War by Sara Lefanu, Heather Jones, Fintan O'toole, Ruth Padel,Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/568206 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Minds at War: How great artists and their work were shaped by the First World War Author: Sara Lefanu, Heather Jones, Fintan O'toole, Ruth Padel, David Edgerton, Elif Shafak Narrator: Various Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 35 minutes Release date: November 3, 2022 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: The complete BBC Radio 3 series exploring how great creative minds responded to the First World War in individual works of art and scholarship World War I saw an unprecedented loss of life in Western Europe, and destruction on a scale no one alive had...2022-11-0305 min
Gresham College LecturesTuberculosis: A Cultural HistoryTuberculosis (and especially drug resistant strains) is a major global health problem, with over nine million people developing the disease annually and 1.5 million dying from it. The history of TB reveals the complex and often contradictory meanings assigned to this disease. The terms used to talk about TB – phthisis, consumption, the “white plague”, and the “wasting disease”, for example – reveal a great deal about popular perceptions relating to contagion and individual social responsibility.A lecture by Professor Joanna BourkeThe transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College webs...2022-10-1359 min
Listen to Latest Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Social ScienceDisgrace: Global Reflections on Sexual Violence by Joanna BourkePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613811to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Disgrace: Global Reflections on Sexual Violence
Author: Joanna Bourke
Narrator: Zehra Jane Naqvi
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 16 minutes
Release date: September 26, 2022
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1
Genres: Social Science
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Looking across time and the globe, a critical history of sexual violence—what causes it and how we overcome it. Disgrace is the first truly global history of sexual violence. The book explores how sexual violence varies widely across time and place, from nineteenth-century peasant women in Ireland who were abducted as...2022-09-2610h 16
Listen to Latest Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Social ScienceDisgrace: Global Reflections on Sexual Violence by Joanna BourkePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613811 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Disgrace: Global Reflections on Sexual Violence Author: Joanna Bourke Narrator: Zehra Jane Naqvi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 16 minutes Release date: September 26, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Social Science Publisher's Summary: Looking across time and the globe, a critical history of sexual violence—what causes it and how we overcome it. Disgrace is the first truly global history of sexual violence. The book explores how sexual violence varies widely across time and place, from nineteenth-century peasant women in Ireland who were ab...2022-09-2630 minListen to Top Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & PoliticsDisgrace: Global Reflections on Sexual Violence by Joanna BourkePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613811to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Disgrace: Global Reflections on Sexual Violence
Author: Joanna Bourke
Narrator: Zehra Jane Naqvi
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 16 minutes
Release date: September 26, 2022
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1
Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
Publisher's Summary:
Looking across time and the globe, a critical history of sexual violence—what causes it and how we overcome it. Disgrace is the first truly global history of sexual violence. The book explores how sexual violence varies widely across time and place, from nineteenth-century peasant women in Ireland who we...2022-09-2610h 16
Top Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & PoliticsDisgrace: Global Reflections on Sexual Violence by Joanna BourkePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/613811 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Disgrace: Global Reflections on Sexual Violence Author: Joanna Bourke Narrator: Zehra Jane Naqvi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 16 minutes Release date: September 26, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Looking across time and the globe, a critical history of sexual violence—what causes it and how we overcome it. Disgrace is the first truly global history of sexual violence. The book explores how sexual violence varies widely across time and place, from nineteenth-century peasant women in Ireland wh...2022-09-2630 min
Festivalfilosofia | Lezioni magistraliJoanna Bourke | Crudeltà | festivalfilosofia 2022In che modo la violenza e la sua rappresentazione hanno invaso la nostra vita quotidiana, rendendo gli atti di uccisione e di dolore quasi “naturali” e al di là del raggio d’azione della compassione?
Joanna Bourke
Crudeltà. Come abbiamo reso ordinaria la violenza
festivalfilosofia 2022 | giustizia
Domenica 18 settembre 2022
Carpi2022-09-1851 min
Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & SocietySexual ViolenceDefinitions of what can and cannot be described as sexual violence vary widely across time and place. In 48 countries around the world today, for example, men cannot be prosecuted for sexually assaulting their wives.So what can a global history, comparing the differing interpretations of victims, survivors and perpetrators from different societies, tell us about sexual violence? And how might it help us to move forward towards a violence free world?In this episode, Kate is joined by Joanna Bourke, author of ‘Disgrace: Global Reflections on Sexual Violence’ and professor at Birkbeck University to a...2022-08-2641 minBetwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & SocietySexual ViolenceDefinitions of what can and cannot be described as sexual violence vary widely across time and place. In 48 countries around the world today, for example, men cannot be prosecuted for sexually assaulting their wives.So what can a global history, comparing the differing interpretations of victims, survivors and perpetrators from different societies, tell us about sexual violence? And how might it help us to move forward towards a violence free world?In this episode, Kate is joined by Joanna Bourke, author of ‘Disgrace: Global Reflections on Sexual Violence’ and professor at Birkbeck University to a...2022-08-2641 min
New Books in Human RightsJoanna Bourke, "Disgrace: Global Reflections on Sexual Violence" (Reaktion Books, 2022)Looking across time and the globe, a critical history of sexual violence--what causes it and how we overcome it. Disgrace: Global Reflections on Sexual Violence (Reaktion, 2022) is the first truly global history of sexual violence. The book explores how sexual violence varies widely across time and place, from nineteenth-century peasant women in Ireland who were abducted as a way of forcing marriage, to date-raped high-school students in twentieth-century America, and from girls and women violated by Russian soldiers in 1945 to Dalit women raped by men of higher castes today. It delves into the factors that facilitate violence--including institutions, ideologies, an...2022-08-1249 min
New Books in GenderJoanna Bourke, "Disgrace: Global Reflections on Sexual Violence" (Reaktion Books, 2022)Looking across time and the globe, a critical history of sexual violence--what causes it and how we overcome it. Disgrace: Global Reflections on Sexual Violence (Reaktion, 2022) is the first truly global history of sexual violence. The book explores how sexual violence varies widely across time and place, from nineteenth-century peasant women in Ireland who were abducted as a way of forcing marriage, to date-raped high-school students in twentieth-century America, and from girls and women violated by Russian soldiers in 1945 to Dalit women raped by men of higher castes today. It delves into the factors that facilitate violence--including institutions, ideologies, an...2022-08-1249 min
New Books in Women's HistoryJoanna Bourke, "Disgrace: Global Reflections on Sexual Violence" (Reaktion Books, 2022)Looking across time and the globe, a critical history of sexual violence--what causes it and how we overcome it. Disgrace: Global Reflections on Sexual Violence (Reaktion, 2022) is the first truly global history of sexual violence. The book explores how sexual violence varies widely across time and place, from nineteenth-century peasant women in Ireland who were abducted as a way of forcing marriage, to date-raped high-school students in twentieth-century America, and from girls and women violated by Russian soldiers in 1945 to Dalit women raped by men of higher castes today. It delves into the factors that facilitate violence--including institutions, ideologies, an...2022-08-1249 min
New Books in Sex, Sexuality, and Sex WorkJoanna Bourke, "Disgrace: Global Reflections on Sexual Violence" (Reaktion Books, 2022)Looking across time and the globe, a critical history of sexual violence--what causes it and how we overcome it. Disgrace: Global Reflections on Sexual Violence (Reaktion, 2022) is the first truly global history of sexual violence. The book explores how sexual violence varies widely across time and place, from nineteenth-century peasant women in Ireland who were abducted as a way of forcing marriage, to date-raped high-school students in twentieth-century America, and from girls and women violated by Russian soldiers in 1945 to Dalit women raped by men of higher castes today. It delves into the factors that facilitate violence--including institutions, ideologies, an...2022-08-1249 min
New Books in World AffairsJoanna Bourke, "Disgrace: Global Reflections on Sexual Violence" (Reaktion Books, 2022)Looking across time and the globe, a critical history of sexual violence--what causes it and how we overcome it. Disgrace: Global Reflections on Sexual Violence (Reaktion, 2022) is the first truly global history of sexual violence. The book explores how sexual violence varies widely across time and place, from nineteenth-century peasant women in Ireland who were abducted as a way of forcing marriage, to date-raped high-school students in twentieth-century America, and from girls and women violated by Russian soldiers in 1945 to Dalit women raped by men of higher castes today. It delves into the factors that facilitate violence--including institutions, ideologies, an...2022-08-1249 min
Gresham College LecturesAbstinenceAbstinence from sex is a requirement for many people seeking a spiritual life. In the U.S., abstinence-only education has been officially endorsed since 1981, despite the fact that America has the highest level of teen-pregnancies in the industrialized world. In more recent years, self-proclaimed 'Asexuals' have insisted that they have a distinct sexual identity. They have become targets of hate speech. What do these contrasting ways of thinking about abstinence tell us about modern sexual anxieties?A lecture by Joanna BourkeThe transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from t...2022-05-201h 01
Gresham College LecturesMonogamyMonogamy is a hotly contested practice. In many cis-gender marriages, engaging in sexual intercourse with a non-spouse is regarded as a serious betrayal. But during some periods in history, it was not only accepted but expected. 'Philanderers' are now portrayed as suffering from 'sex addiction'. What do these shifts reveal about gender and sexual relations? Has the proliferation of sexualities and genders, together with rapidly changing sexual mores, dealt a death blow to monogamy? Or is it stronger than ever?A lecture by Joanna BourkeThe transcript and downloadable versions...2022-03-2552 min
Gresham College LecturesSex WorkIn the late nineteenth century, highly contentious debates about prostitution were central to broader questions about women’s status within society, including their rights to property, entitlement to suffrage, and claims over their own bodies. Political scandals such as those over the 1860s Contagious Diseases Acts (which criminalized sex workers, not their customers) and the 1885 Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon (which was the first exposé of child prostitution in the UK) not only reveal attitudes towards the commercialization of the body but have left a legacy that we live with today.A lecture by Joanna Bourke2022-02-251h 01
Festival of Dangerous IdeasFODI: The In-Between | 05.5 | Semi-Autonomous | B-SideA text-generating AI that has been trained with FODI transcripts speaks in conversation with a deepfake AI about violence, conspiracy theories and what it means to be human. Our FODI-trained AI was created using Max Woolf’s simplified version of OpenAI’s Generative Pre-trained Transformer 2 (GPT-2) and Google Colab; Max has created a tutorial so that anyone can train an AI model for free. Semi-Autonomous is a response to Joanna Bourke and Toby Walsh’s discussion. Produced by The Festival of Dangerous Ideas, The Ethics Centre and Audiocraft. 2022-02-2405 min
Festival of Dangerous IdeasFODI: The In-Between | 05 | Joanna Bourke & Toby Walsh | Killer robots and the human construction of warBy the year 2062, it is predicted that we will have built machines that are as intelligent as humans. Modern weapons will become more autonomous, machines will further infiltrate our daily lives, and the way we think of humanity will be permanently altered. To understand what lies ahead and learn from our past, Ann Mossop sits between Joanna Bourke and Toby Walsh in a conversation about the future of AI, killer robots and what it means to be human. Joanna Bourke is a historian, academic and professor of History at Birkbeck, University of London, and a Fellow of the British Academy. 2022-02-2434 min
History Workshop PodcastUseful KnowledgeHow has the concept of "useful knowledge" shaped the two-hundred year history of Birkbeck College London - and workers education more generally? Joanna Bourke, Jonny Matfin, and Ciaran O'Donohue discuss with Marybeth Hamilton in this episode of the History Workshop podcast.2022-02-2349 min
Gresham College LecturesPornographyPornography reflects as well as creates sexual norms and practices. The period from the 1960s to the mid-1980s has been called the 'Golden Age of Porn'. An unexpurgated Lady Chatterley’s Lover was openly published in the UK and Linda Lovelace’s pornographic film Deep Throat (1972) went mainstream. Vigorous debates about morality, consent, and feminism erupted. The “porn wars” continue in popular culture and academic debates today. How has mainstream pornography changed? What is the role of technology and social media?A lecture by Joanna BourkeThe transcript and downloadable versions...2022-01-0754 minArts & IdeasFungi: An Alien Encounter90% are unknown still but the species which have been studied have given us penicillin, ways of breaking down plastics, food and bio fuels but they can also be dangerous. Neither animal nor vegetable, they are both amongst us and within us, shaping our lives in ways it is difficult to imagine. Merlin Sheldrake's book about fungi, Entangled Life, has won the Royal Society Science book of the year and the Wainwright Conservation prize so here's Matthew Sweet with him and others discussing the amazing life of mushrooms.Francesca Gavin curated an exhibition Mushrooms: The Art, Design and...2021-12-1644 min
Gresham College LecturesPerversionWhat is a perversion? This talk starts by exploring psychiatric and sexological debates about perverted sexual desires from the late nineteenth century textbooks to diagnostic manuals in the twenty-first century. It looks at the role of law, morality, and medicine. Who has the power to decide what sexual acts are 'normal' or 'abnormal'? By what mechanisms do sexual practices move from one category to the other? How have people labelled 'perverse' effectively challenged their status in society?A lecture by Joanna BourkeThe transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture...2021-11-1158 min
Gresham College LecturesPleasureSex manuals can incite revolution. In the early 1970s a feminist collective released Our Bodies, Ourselves (1970) while 'free love' proponent Dr. Alex Comfort published The Joy of Sex (1972). Both manuals have been read and updated and republished many times. What do changes in the advice given in these and other manuals tell us about the way sexual mores and practices have shifted between the 1970s and the present? What factors contribute to changes in ideas about sexual pleasure?A lecture by Joanna BourkeThe transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are...2021-10-0751 min
Gresham College LecturesMyra Hindley: Rape-MurderersSerial murderer Myra Hindley is often portrayed as an “evil icon”. Her crimes of sadistic murder against children continue to shock. There are few artistic sights so terrifying as the giant portrait of Hindley composed of the handprints of children. Sadistic women are uniquely evil: in the entire history of humanity, there are only a few and, even then, they generally offend alongside a man (in Hindley’s case, Ian Brady). What do we know about rape-murdering women? Is redemption possible?A lecture by Joanna Bourke, 13 MayThe transcript and downloadable versions of the lectur...2021-05-1343 min
Gresham College LecturesNurse Ratched: Evil NursesNurse Ratched is the evil nurse in Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1962). She is the Evil Woman as autocratic, the absolute power in a psychiatric ward, which is the ultimate “total institution”. “Big Nurse” is determined to eliminate every trace of male independence and spontaneity, castrating them and rendering them passive. Her machine-like (“ratchet”) lack of emotion is monstrous. She is as far from the caring feminine nurse-ideal as possible.A lecture by Joanna Bourke 18 MarchThe transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website...2021-03-1838 minArts & IdeasHumans, Animals, EcologiesJoanna Bourke is an historian whose previous work has looked at fear, pain, sexual violence and dismemberment. Her new book is a history and examination of bestiality and zoophilia, tracing our changing understandings from Leviticus, to modern psychiatry, the animal rights movement, and beyond.Anna Tsing's book The Mushroom at the End of the World was an examination of human interactions with fungi and their environments, and vice versa, in post-industrial landscapes. Her new online project Feral Atlas charts the complex and shifting relationships between humans, animals, plants, bacteria and other natural phenomena.Loving Animals...2021-02-2456 min
性史对话1 “阳刚之气”masculinity本期参考阅读
• Joanna Bourke, ‘Effeminacy, Ethnicity and the
End of Trauma: The Sufferings of 'Shell-Shocked' Men in Great Britain and Ireland, 1914-39, Journal of Contemporary History, Vol. 35, No. 1, Special Issue: Shell-Shock (Jan., 2000), pp. 57-69. The book: Dismembering the Male: Men’s Bodies, Britain, And the Great War (UCP, 1996)
• Julia Grant, A "Real Boy" and Not a Sissy: Gender, Childhood, and Masculinity, 1890-1940, Journal of Social History, 37:4, (Summer, 2004), pp. 829851.
• Ali Haggett, A History of Male Psychological Disorders in Britain, 1945-1980, (Palgrave, 2015), Chapter 3.
• Elizabeth Siegel Watkins, ‘Medicine, Masculinity, and the Disappearance of Male Menopause in the 1950s’, S...2021-02-121h 34
Gresham College LecturesMata Hari: Femme FatalesMata Hari was an erotic dancer who, in 1917, was executed by the French army for treason. She has been portrayed as the ultimate femme fatale, extracting information from hapless men through exploiting her sensual charms. She was white, beautiful, and heterosexual, yet had to be punished for transgressing the boundaries of femininity. Similar to many Evil Women, she was believed to be deceitful, rapacious, immoral, and controlling. She was lustful and, like a black widow spider, a threat to men everywhere.A lecture by Joanna Bourke 11 FebruaryThe transcript and downloadable versions...2021-02-1141 min
The Answers ProjectS01E01: Will soldiers become obsoleteSend us a textThe wars of tomorrow will be faster, more high-tech and less human than ever before. But will robots ever fully replace soldiers on the battlefield? Stephen and Mhairi kick off the first episode of The Answers Project with ethics, logistics and the future of warfare.Featuring:[05:48] Kelvin Wong, Unmanned Systems Editor, Janes International Defence Review[09:06] Professor Noel Sharkey, Chair of the International Committee for Robot Arms Control [15:00] Joanna Bourke, Professor of History at Birbeck, University of London & Author of ‘An Intimate History of War’[24...2021-02-0129 min
Gresham College LecturesAmelia Dyer: Baby KillersAmelia Dyer was one of the most prolific murderers in Victorian Britain. She made a living as a “baby farmer”, or someone paid to care for unwanted or abandoned infants – except she killed around 400 of them. How could a mother and nurse murder so many defenceless babies? Was Dyer not only a baby-killer but also the real “Jack the Ripper” (as some sleuths have speculated)? Was she insane, or simply an “ogress” in feminine form?A lecture by Joanna Bourke 14 JanuaryThe transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College websit...2021-01-1452 min
Gresham College LecturesSnow White: Evil WitchesThe Brothers Grimm's tale of Snow White has been retold dozens of times in print and the cinema over the past two centuries. A central character is the Evil Queen, Snow White's malevolent stepmother, who tries to kill her with the help of the occult. Aging women have often been portrayed as Evil Women. What do portrayals of the Evil Queen tell us about witchcraft, fears of the power of aging women, and the valorisation of youth, beauty, and domesticity?A lecture by Joanna Bourke 19 NovemberThe transcript and downloadable...2020-11-1945 min
10-Minute TalksDomestic and sexual violence during COVID-19Pandemics throughout history have provided stark reminders of how the vulnerable can be exploited and abused and COVID-19 is no different. In this talk, Joanna Bourke outlines how the pandemic has exacerbated, not created, the problem of domestic and sexual violence in our society and how perpetrators have also used fear of the virus as a weapon as part of their arsenal of abuse.Speaker: Professor Joanna Bourke FBA, Professor of History, Birkbeck, University of London; Principal Investigator on the Wellcome Trust-funded project, ‘Sexual Violence, Medicine, and Psychiatry’ (2018-2023)Transcript: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk...2020-11-1109 min
CONOCIMIENTO COMPACTADO (RESUMENES DE LIBROS)(Resumen) Miedo: una historia cultural por Joanna BourkeMiedo: una historia cultural
por Joanna Bourke
Miedo: la palabra en sí misma evoca la respuesta adecuada. Con una oscura cacofonía de asociaciones como miedo, pavor, horror, pánico, alarma, ansiedad y terror, el miedo es universalmente entendido como una de las emociones humanas más básicas y poderosas, obteniendo una sustancia casi palpable y abrumadora en el mundo actual.
En este libro pionero, la aclamada historiadora y autora ganadora de premios Joanna Bourke cubre el panorama del miedo durante los últimos doscientos años: desde el miedo del siglo XIX a ser enterrado vivo, un tema muy querido...2020-11-1118 min
Gresham College LecturesLoving Animals: Historical Reflections on Bestiality, Zoophilia and Post-Human LoveWhat is meant by ‘love’ between human and nonhuman animals? Why is sex with animals such a taboo? It is only in very recent years that some people have begun to undermine the absolute prohibition on zoosexuality. Are their arguments dangerous, perverted, or simply wrongheaded? What does it mean to love nonhuman animals? More pertinently: what does it mean to love? This book launch will look at the history of debates about human sexual encounters with other species.A lecture by Joanna Bourke 9 NovemberThe transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are...2020-11-0940 min
DiscoveryUnwanted touchClaudia Hammond explores unwanted touch and who we do and don’t mind touching us – and where. She draws on insights from the largest study that’s ever been conducted on the topic of touch – The Touch Test - commissioned by Wellcome Collection. Almost forty thousand people from all over the world chose to take part. Claudia discusses where we draw the boundaries between acceptable and unacceptable touch, at work or in the street, with Dr Amy Kavanagh, a visually impaired activist and campaigner, Joanna Bourke, Professor of History at Birkbeck, University of London and the author of “Rape - a Histor...2020-10-1928 min
Gresham College LecturesEve's Evil LegaciesEve was the original Evil Woman. She was tempted by Satan, introducing sin into the world. In turn, she seduced Adam, bringing the wrath of the Creator upon humanity for all eternity. From the 2nd century, Eve has been blamed for evil. The innocence of the Virgin Mary simply magnifies Eve's weakness and this continues to resonate in western texts. The fig-leaf covering Eve's genitals is a reminder of the carnality of evil as well as its feminine origins.A lecture by Joanna Bourke 8 OctoberThe transcript and downloadable versions...2020-10-0836 min
All in the MindAnatomy of Touch: Don't TouchCampaigner and activist Amy Kavanagh is partially sighted and on her daily trip to work receives much unwanted touch. Some touch from strangers is well meaning but without her consent, while she is also subject to abusive and violent touch. In Anatomy of Touch Dr Natalie Bowling from Greenwich University and co-creator of the BBC Touch Test looks at what the results tell us about touch between strangers.
Where do people find it acceptable for strangers to touch them, what are the differences between men and women, how would most people like to be greeted by their boss and...2020-10-0614 min
Gresham College LecturesDarwin, Breeding and BarnaclesFollowing the Beagle voyage, Darwin settled down to a quiet married life, relying on correspondence to gather facts. He wrote thousands of letters as he gathered facts to support his still-secret theory. Long before anyone had heard of evolution, Darwin produced four enormous books on barnacles, which helped establish his credentials (even his most committed opponents acknowledged that he couldn't be ignored). And the books were also Darwin's attempts to answer some complex questions about sex that will recur throughout the lectures.A lecture by Jim Endersby 5 October...2020-10-0559 min
The Sciatica PodcastWired into PainThis is a repost from 2018, an article caled Wired Into Pain: a history of the science of pain. I hope you enjoy it. I’ve also recorded an audio version to go with it
Violencias CotidianasCultura de la ViolaciónEn este episodio explicamos cómo la cultura de la violación naturaliza, invisibiliza y promueve la violación, construyendo a la víctima como culpable y desresponsabilizando al violador.
Abordamos también los mitos sobre el consentimiento, la violación, el violador, y la víctima.
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Physicians' GalleryEp.7 - Pain and the Politics of SympathyBodily suffering is central to the experience of being human, yet we still know remarkably little about how people actually experienced pain in the past. How can historians know what pain ‘really felt like’ in previous centuries?
What models did people use to understand pain, and how have these changed? Pain is inter-subjective, thus opening a space to explore questions of clinical empathy, or what 18th-century surgeon William Hunter called the physician’s ‘necessary Inhumanity’.
Speaker: Professor Joanna Bourke (Birkbeck College University of London)
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Gresham College LecturesA History of the FootThe science of feet and footprints has a long, yet often forgotten, history. In this lecture, I look at what people from the late eighteenth century to the present thought they knew about toes, arches, heels, and ankles. What makes a beautiful foot? How have ideas of foot-beauty changed over time? Size, shape, colour, smell, and even taste have been important markers in the literature, science, and sociology of feet.A lecture by Joanna Bourke 19 MayThe transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website: https://www...2020-05-1436 min
Gresham College LecturesA History of the StomachVertical banded gastroplasty surgery (or stomach stapling) has drawn attention in recent decades to the hidden, but unruly, stomach. This organ has been the focus of weight-control regimes for centuries, however.This lecture looks at nineteenth-century fads involving stomachs, including the medical prescription of tapeworms that were supposed to live in a person’s stomach and “eat” food on their behalf. It also explores ideas about the relationship between a person’s stomach and their personality. It traces these medical ideas through to the present.A lecture by Joanna Bourke 19 MarchThe transcript and download...2020-03-1943 min
Stile LiberoStile Libero: Culture in Movimento 10-03-20Joanna Bourke, "Paura - Una storia culturale" (Editori Laterza), Carmine Conte, Matteo Milleri, Deutsche Grammophon, John Zorn, the Dreamers, Tzadik, Wolfgang Muthspiel, Ecm, Hedvig Mollestad Trio, Rune Grammofon, Queens of the Stone Age2020-03-1000 min
Gresham College LecturesA History of the Penis and the ClitorisIs the clitoris simply a female version of the male penis? Many scientists and biologists in the past thought so. It is only in recent decades that the physiology of the clitoris has become understood. What can debates about these two organs tell us about scientific knowledge and gender identities? How have ideas about the “ideal penis” changed since the eighteenth century? What effect have these shifts had on the way men and women know their bodies?A lecture by Joanna Bourke 13 FebruaryThe transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the...2020-02-1345 min
Gresham College LecturesA History of the BreastThere has been a great deal of research on breast cancer, surgery, and implants. This lecture looks at changing ideas about the healthy breast. It explores notions of beauty, sexual pleasure, and age. Early maturation of girls, coupled with a greater focus on the breasts of older women, have had major effects on cultural expectations and experiences. The lecture also asks: what happens when we turn attention to the male breast?A lecture by Joanna Bourke 16 JanuaryThe transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website: https...2020-01-1642 min
The Mental ElfJoanna BourkeProf Joanna Bourke, Professor of History at Birkbeck College, talking about “Historical perspectives of mental health and psychiatry in British Society”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-01-1407 min
Talking ResearchProf Joanna Bourke: Cultural History of Sexual ViolenceJoanna Bourke is Professor of History in the Department of History, Classics and Archaeology at Birkbeck College, where she has taught since 1992. She is a Fellow of the British Academy.
Over the years, her books have ranged from the social and economic history of Ireland in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, to social histories of the British working classes between 1860 and 1960s, to cultural histories of military conflict between the Anglo-Boer war and the present. She has worked on the history of the emotions, particularly fear and hatred, and the history of sexual violence. In the past few...2020-01-0854 min
Gresham College LecturesA History of the EyeFrom ancient times to popular self-help books today, eyes have been viewed as 'windows to the soul'. The interpretation of eye shape and colour have been used to distinguish between different degrees of 'civilization' (scientific racism), to identify personality traits, and to detect terrorists (recent research carried out by the CIA and the U.S. Transportation Security Administration). In some Asian societies, double eyelid surgery is popular. This lecture explores the politics of scientific theories about eyes.A lecture by Joanna Bourke, Gresham Professor of Rhetoric 21 NovemberThe transcript and...2019-11-2138 min
Gresham College LecturesA History of HairThe 2014 scandal over Rachel Dolezal's lying about being of African-American heritage reignited debates about the politics of hair. It has been followed by numerous books with titles such as Don't Touch My Hair. This lecture explores how hair has been seen as symbolic of empowerment, deviance, and identity. It looks at the role of big business in promoting grooming products (including scalp-damaging chemicals); the hair grooming regulations of the military; and the political significance of facial hair.A lecture by Joanna Bourke, Gresham Professor of Rhetoric 31 OctoberThe transcript and...2019-10-3143 min
The Irish in Canada PodcastCAIS 2019 Keynote: Dr. Joanna Bourke A ‘Diabolical Crime’: Sexual Violence in Ireland, 1830s to 1914Sexual violence is an essentially contested concept. Exploring the competing meanings of violence presents formidable challenges, which increases in difficulty when we wander back in time. What do we find when we explore the different meanings attached to sexual violence in 19th and early 20th century Irish history? How did conceptions of such forms of violence change?
About Joanna Bourke:
Joanna Bourke is a professor of History at Birkbeck College, University of London, and a fellow of the British Academy. She is the prize-winning author of 13 books that examine histories of Ireland, modern warfare, military medicine, psychology and psychiatry, violence...2019-08-0100 min
Gresham College LecturesCruelty to AnimalsUnderstanding changing relationships between human and non-human animals is central to our world today. This lecture starts by looking at early-modern understandings of the nature of 'animal' and 'human' life, before turning to the rise of 'rights of animals'. It concludes by investigating late twentieth and early twenty-first century thought about evolution, the Great Apes, and liberationist and ecology movements.A lecture by Joanna Bourke, Visiting Professor of History 21 March 2019The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website: https://www...2019-03-2148 min
Control ABook Fear: A Cultural History by Joanna Bourke book summary in hindiFear is one of the most basic and most powerful of all the human emotions. Sometimes it is hauntingly specific: flames searing patterns on the ceiling, a hydrogen bomb, a terrorist. More often, anxiety overwhelms us from some source within: there is an irrational panic about venturing outside, a dread of failure, a premonition of doom.
In this astonishing book we encounter the fears and anxieties of hundreds of British and American men, women and children. From fear of the crowd to agoraphobia, from battle experiences to fear of nuclear attack, from cancer to AIDS, this is an utterly original i...2018-12-2419 min
Gresham College LecturesUnderstanding Violent PeopleMost of us have witnessed or had personal dealings with violent people. Why do they act as they do? How have British and American commentators during the past two centuries understood violent behaviour? The media incites anxieties about personal vulnerability; widespread innumeracy leads many people to misread crime-statistics; and an expectation of greater civility makes its breach so much more frightening. What can we do to reduce levels of violence in our society?A lecture by Joanna Bourke, Visiting Professor of History 6 December 2018The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham...2018-12-0644 min
Gresham College LecturesState TortureTorture was officially outlawed in France in the 1780s and in Europe during the nineteenth century. In the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, it has returned as an instrument of state policy.The defence of torture is no longer viewed with abhorrence. How have languages of patriotism, law and order, justice, the 'civilizing mission', and human rights been used to foster attitudes towards and practices of torture in Western societies? What should our responses be?A lecture by Professor Joanna Bourke, Visiting Professor of History 18 October 2018The transcript and downloadable versions...2018-10-1847 min
The Prospect PodcastThe end of death?This week Tom Clark, editor of Prospect, sits down with Cathy Rentzenbrink, the writer, and Joanna Bourke, the social historian, to discuss our changing relationship with death.Medical science is now able to prolong human life in a way that was unthinkable even ten years ago. But is it in our interest to extend life in that way? Who benefits from putting people into this half-alive state? And how is digital technology affecting our ability to mourn?Also on the podcast Philip Ball, the science writer, describes how scientists in London are growing a second version of his brain. And...2018-03-1640 minThe Prospect PodcastThe end of death?This week Tom Clark, editor of Prospect, sits down with Cathy Rentzenbrink, the writer, and Joanna Bourke, the social historian, to discuss our changing relationship with death.Medical science is now able to prolong human life in a way that was unthinkable even ten years ago. But is it in our interest to extend life in that way? Who benefits from putting people into this half-alive state? And how is digital technology affecting our ability to mourn?Also on the podcast Philip Ball, the science writer, describes how scientists in London are growing a second version of his brain. And...2018-03-1640 min
#BirkbeckVoicesAre we seeing a cultural shift in sexual harassment and violence?In Times of Love and Hate is a new podcast series from Birkbeck Voices. In this episode, Professor of History Joanna Bourke discusses the worldwide conversation on sexual harassment in the wake of recent high-profile allegations, and whether it has the momentum to produce a cultural shift.
The episodes in this series are brought to you by academics from Birkbeck’s MA Public Histories, MA History of Medicine: Minds, Bodies and Cultures, MSc War and Humanitarianism, BA Human Geography, BA Archaeology and Geography, and BA Intercultural Communication and Language. They will explore with you how the turbulent times we live in...2017-12-0513 min
The EssaySiegfried Sassoon's Letter to The TimesFive writers explore the year 1917 through the work of five Great War artists. Tonight, Joanna Bourke on Siegfried Sassoon and his celebrated protest against the conflict."I am making this statement as an act of wilful defiance of military authority, because I believe that the War is being deliberately prolonged by those who have the power to end it." So wrote the soldier-poet Siegfried Sassoon in July 1917, in a letter to the Times newspaper. "I am a soldier," he went on, "convinced that I am acting on behalf of soldiers. I believe this War, upon which I...2017-06-2113 min
Enter a New World Through Your Headphones With Free AudiobookEyewitness 1900-1949: Voices from the BBC Archive Audiobook by Joanna BourkeListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 324022
Title: Eyewitness 1900-1949: Voices from the BBC Archive
Author: Joanna Bourke
Narrator: Tim Pigott-Smith
Format: Unabridged
Length: 22:20:00
Language: English
Release date: 04-06-17
Publisher: Penguin Books LTD
Genres: History, World
Summary:
Eyewitness accounts from the BBC Archive are at the heart of this unique history of the first half of the 20th Century, narrated by Tim Pigott-Smith.
The events of 1900-1949 are described by the people who saw them happen, from the death of Queen Victoria and accession of Edward VII through the First World War, the sinking...2017-04-0610h 20
Download High-Quality Full Audiobooks in History, WorldEyewitness 1900-1949: Voices from the BBC Archive by Joanna BourkePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324022 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Eyewitness 1900-1949: Voices from the BBC Archive Author: Joanna Bourke Narrator: Tim Pigott-Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 20 minutes Release date: April 6, 2017 Genres: World Publisher's Summary: Eyewitness accounts from the BBC Archive are at the heart of this unique history of the first half of the 20th Century, narrated by Tim Pigott-Smith. The events of 1900-1949 are described by the people who saw them happen, from the death of Queen Victoria and accession of Edward VII through the First World War, the sinking of the Titanic, the General...2017-04-0605 min
Download High-Quality Full Audiobooks in History, WorldEyewitness 1900-1949: Voices from the BBC Archive by Joanna BourkePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324022to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Eyewitness 1900-1949: Voices from the BBC Archive
Author: Joanna Bourke
Narrator: Tim Pigott-Smith
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 22 hours 20 minutes
Release date: April 6, 2017
Genres: World
Publisher's Summary:
Eyewitness accounts from the BBC Archive are at the heart of this unique history of the first half of the 20th Century, narrated by Tim Pigott-Smith. The events of 1900-1949 are described by the people who saw them happen, from the death of Queen Victoria and accession of Edward VII through the First World War, the sinking of the Titanic, the General Strike...2017-04-0610h 20Discover Free Audiobook in History, AmericanEyewitness 1900-1949 by Joanna Burke | Free AudiobookListen to full audiobooks for free on :https://hotaudiobook.com/freeTitle: Eyewitness 1900-1949
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Format: Original Recording
Length: 22 hrs and 18 mins
Language: English
Release date: 04-06-17
Publisher: BBC Worldwide Ltd.
Genres: History, 20th Century
Summary:
Eyewitness accounts from the BBC Archive are at the heart of this unique history of the first half of the 20th century, narrated by Tim Pigott-Smith. The events of 1900-1949 are described by the people who saw them happen, from the death of Queen Victoria and accession of Edward VII through the First World War, to the sinking of...2017-04-0610h 18
Download Best Full-Length Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Social ScienceEyewitness: 1950-1999: Voices from the BBC Archives by Joanna BourkePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330693 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Eyewitness: 1950-1999: Voices from the BBC Archives Author: Joanna Bourke Narrator: Tim Pigott-Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 23 hours 10 minutes Release date: April 6, 2017 Genres: Social Science Publisher's Summary: Eyewitness accounts from the BBC Archive are at the heart of this unique history of the latter half of the 20th Century, narrated by Tim Pigott-Smith. The events of 1950-1999 are described by the people who saw them happen, from the Festival of Britain in 1951 through to dawn of a new millennium at the end of 1999. Inbetween are the eras of...2017-04-0605 min
Enter a New World Through Your Headphones With Free AudiobookEyewitness: 1950-1999: Voices from the BBC Archives Audiobook by Joanna BourkeListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 330693
Title: Eyewitness: 1950-1999: Voices from the BBC Archives
Author: Joanna Bourke
Narrator: Tim Pigott-Smith
Format: Unabridged
Length: 23:10:00
Language: English
Release date: 04-06-17
Publisher: Penguin Books LTD
Genres: History, Non-Fiction, Europe, Social Science
Summary:
Eyewitness accounts from the BBC Archive are at the heart of this unique history of the latter half of the 20th Century, narrated by Tim Pigott-Smith.
The events of 1950-1999 are described by the people who saw them happen, from the Festival of Britain in 1951 through to dawn of a new millennium at the...2017-04-0611h 10
Listen to Best Full Audiobooks in History, EuropeEyewitness: 1950-1999: Voices from the BBC Archives by Joanna BourkePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330693 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Eyewitness: 1950-1999: Voices from the BBC Archives Author: Joanna Bourke Narrator: Tim Pigott-Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 23 hours 10 minutes Release date: April 6, 2017 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Eyewitness accounts from the BBC Archive are at the heart of this unique history of the latter half of the 20th Century, narrated by Tim Pigott-Smith. The events of 1950-1999 are described by the people who saw them happen, from the Festival of Britain in 1951 through to dawn of a new millennium at the end of 1999. Inbetween are the eras of the...2017-04-0605 min
Listen to Best Full Audiobooks in History, EuropeEyewitness: 1950-1999: Voices from the BBC Archives by Joanna BourkePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/330693to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Eyewitness: 1950-1999: Voices from the BBC Archives
Author: Joanna Bourke
Narrator: Tim Pigott-Smith
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 23 hours 10 minutes
Release date: April 6, 2017
Genres: Europe
Publisher's Summary:
Eyewitness accounts from the BBC Archive are at the heart of this unique history of the latter half of the 20th Century, narrated by Tim Pigott-Smith. The events of 1950-1999 are described by the people who saw them happen, from the Festival of Britain in 1951 through to dawn of a new millennium at the end of 1999. Inbetween are the eras of the Angry...2017-04-0611h 10
The Book ClubThe Story of PainWith Joanna Bourke, author of The Story of Pain.Presented by Sam Leith.2017-03-0224 min
Thinking AllowedMen and Violence - Stag PartiesMen, Masculinities and Violence. Laurie Taylor talks to Anthony Ellis, lecturer in Criminology and Sociology at the University of Salford, about his ethnographic study conducted with men involved in serious crime and violence over the course of two years in the North of England. How do some men come to value physical violence as a resource? Historian Joanna Bourke joins the discussion. Also, stag parties and consumerism. Daniel Briggs, Professor in Criminology at the Universidad Europea de Madrid, unpicks the commercial and emotional motivations of men taking part in stag 'dos'. Is such stereotypical excessive and deviant behaviour ultimately...2016-12-1428 min
Focus on FlowersHistorian Joanna BourkeIU Professor of History Mark Roseman hosts an interview with English historian Joanna Bourke.2015-10-2555 minThinking AllowedWar Games - Riding the SubwayThe militarisation of every day life. Joanna Bourke, Professor of History at Birkbeck, University of London, talks to Laurie about the multiple ways in which military violence and war play invade our current lives, pervading language and entertainment. Are we irrevocably 'wounding the world'?Also, Richard Ocejo, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the City University of New York, takes us on a mystery ride with teenage New Yorkers, showing the diverse ways in which people experience being strangers in public space.Producer: Jayne Egerton.2015-01-0727 min
Start the WeekPain and PrejudiceTom Sutcliffe discusses the history of pain with the historian Joanna Bourke, who explores how our attitude to suffering has changed through the centuries. The former Conservative MP, Norman Fowler, looks back at the public health campaign that revolutionised the fight against HIV and Aids in Britain in the 1980s, and how discrimination and political expediency are hampering prevention and treatment around the world today. The Director of the Wellcome Trust, Jeremy Farrar remembers when he was a junior doctor and patients were dying of Aids because there was no treatment. He warns that the overuse and misuse of...2014-06-1642 min
The National Archives Podcast SeriesWriter of the month: Human woes - researching violence and pain in the archivesJoanna Bourke discusses her book What it Means to be Human: Reflections from 1791 to the Present and how she uses original records in her writing.Joanna Bourke is Professor of History at Birkbeck College, University of London. She is the prize-winning author of nine books, including: Dismembering the Male: Men's Bodies, Britain, and the Great War (1996); An Intimate History of Killing (1999); Fear: A Cultural History (2005); and Rape: A History from the 1860s to the Present (2007).2014-04-2500 min
#BirkbeckVoicesBirkbeck Voices 5: January 2013 - The history of pain, and reflections on President ObamaThe history of pain from the 18th century to the modern day and reflections on Barack Obama’s presidency of the US are shared by researchers in this podcast.
Professor Joanna Bourke , of the Department of History, Classics and Archaeology, talks about how people have described and perceived pain in recent centuries. She also highlights the interdisciplinary discussions at the recent 'Pain and its meanings' symposium organised by the Birkbeck Pain Project and the Wellcome Collection.
Professor Robert Singh, of the Department of Politics, discusses the achievements of Barack Obama during his first four years in office, and sets out th...2014-02-1113 min
World War OneWoman's Hour: Changing Woman's LivesFrom BBC Radio 4:
How the war shaped the lives of a generation of women. While women in their thousands volunteered for war service and the number of women employed went up by more than a million by 1918, what power did women really achieve outside the home and how lasting was it? Joining Jenni Murray, Baroness Shirley Williams on the war's impact on the generation of her mother, Testament of Youth author Vera Brittain; writer and broadcaster Kate Adie; Joanna Bourke, Professor of History at Birkbeck College; and cultural historian Professor Maggie Andrews, University of Worcester. We also hear from...2014-02-0642 minThinking AllowedThe Poppy; Traveller Children in SchoolsThe Poppy - a cultural history. Laurie Taylor talks to renowned archaeologist and anthropologist, Nicholas Saunders, about his account of the origins, history and many meanings of the Remembrance Day Poppy. From ancient Egypt to Flanders Field to Afghanistan. How did a humble flower of the field become a worldwide icon? They're joined by Professor of History, Joanna Bourke. Also, Reader in Education, Kalwant Bhopal, discusses her research into the experience of traveller children in schools.Producer: Jayne Egerton.2013-11-2028 min
Disability: A New HistoryBrave Poor ThingsDisabled children are everywhere in popular fiction - Tiny Tim, What Katy Did, The Secret Garden. But what about the real children of the 19th century? What were their lives like, and where can we hear their voices? In this 9th programme in the series, Peter White searches for documents which reveal the reality of children's lives.He discovers new research into the history of the Brave Poor Things, a charity which set out to 'save' disabled children across the country through organised games, outings, and a Guild song:'A trouble's a ton...2013-06-0613 minDisability: A New HistorySex and MarriagePeter White explores sex and marriage between disabled people and reveals the shameful history of eugenics in Britain.The programme begins with a document from Buckingham Palace - an order for some glamorous undergarments for a Royal Trousseau. They were sewn by the women of the Girls' Friendly Society, a group of disabled seamstresses who made a living by sewing sexy underwear. But they themselves had no expectation of marriage, or a sex life. In fact, if they were discovered not to be a virgin they were expelled from the group.For disabled women...2013-06-0513 minThinking AllowedWomen and the Armed ForcesWomen in combat - the US secretary of defence announced in January 2013 that, from 2016, women will be allowed to serve in ground-combat roles in the US armed forces. The UK is likely to soon be faced with the need to make a similarly historic decision.Laurie Taylor talks to Anthony King, Professor in Sociology at the University of Exeter; Christopher Coker, Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Joanna Bourke, Professor of History at Birkbeck College.This special programme explores the history of the female soldier and the implications of women's...2013-04-0328 min