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Adverse ReactionsLittle Zombie ParasitesCo-hosts Anne Chappelle and David Faulkner speak with William J. Sullivan, PhD, Showalter Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology and Professor of Microbiology & Immunology with the Indiana University School of Medicine, about toxic parasites lying dormant in your brain and the power and importance of science communication.About the GuestBill Sullivan, PhD, has been studying the intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii since he was a graduate student in the laboratory of Dr. David Roos at the University of Pennsylvania in 1994. He completed postdoctoral fellowships with Dr. Chuck Smith at ELANCO (a division of Eli Lilly, Co...2024-11-1837 min
Ultraviolet Art TalksUltraviolet Art Talks Season 3 EP7 Katrine SkovsgaardOn this episode, Caren Sullivan talks to artist Katrine Skovsgaard in 2020.Katrine Skovsgaard, based and working in Copenhagen, DK and London, UK.PhD student at Royal College of Art; graduated MA from Royal College of Art 2021; MFA, Fine Art, Funen Art Academy, 2016; recipient of the Sven Dalsgaard Honorary Award for young experimental artists and the 15th of June Foundations Honorary Award.Works exhibited at Brandts, c4 Projects, Copenhagen Art Week, Kunsthal Aarhus, Middelfart Museum and The Psychiatry in Southern Denmark, Montez Press Radio, Sorø Art Museum, Vollsmose Culture House and e...2024-10-0811 min
Reading McCarthyEpisode 49: a Filibuster Panel on the BORDER TRILOGYIn this episode we head across the border one more time for a consideration of the Border Trilogy as a whole. How does knowing how the story begins and ends change how we read any of the different parts? My guests on this filibuster over the border include Dr. Nell Sullivan, a Kentuckian who earned her BA in English from Vanderbilt University and earned her PhD from Rice University. She is currently Professor of English at University of Houston-Downtown, where she teaches courses in American literature and the literature of the American South. A former editor of the Cormac McCa...2024-01-161h 16Reading McCarthyEpisode 45: Tribute to McCarthy Part 3This is our final of 3 tribute episodes in the wake of Cormac McCarthy's passing this past June. Guests on this final tribute episode include: Dr. Steven Frye, professor and chair of English at California State University in Bakersfield. Steve has just stepped down as President of the Cormac McCarthy Society. He is the author of Understanding Cormac McCarthy (Univ. of South Carolina Press) and editor of The Cambridge Companion to Cormac McCarthy, and Cambridge UP’s Cormac McCarthy in Context. His book Unguessed Kinships: Naturalism and the Geography of Hope in Cormac McCarthy was released this past summe...2023-09-111h 33
Books Are My PeoplePockets and Fashion in Books And CultureToday, on episode #108, I speak with Hannah Carlson, who has a PHD in material culture, to talk about her book, Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close.Books Recommended:The Mummies of Urumchi by Elizabeth Wayland BarberHappiness Falls by Angie KimQueen of Fashion: What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution by Caroline WeberRouge by Mona AwadBarbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William FinneganGuest author recommendation: Laura Zimmerman Just Do This One Thing For MeRecommends2023-09-1124 min
Inside the LabS3Ep8: Amplifying the Voice of Pathology in the AMAASCP is committed to developing policies that improve public health through the practice of laboratory medicine. One of the ways that the Society participates in public policy is through our delegation to the American Medical Association (AMA). So, what does it mean to be an ASCP delegate to the AMA? How well is pathology represented within the AMA House of Delegates? And why does that representation matter? On this episode of Inside the Lab, your hosts Dr. Ali Brown, MD, FASCP, and Dr. Lotte Mulder, PhD, are joined by ASCP delegates to the AMA Dr. Wi...2023-03-0745 min
Military Historians are People, Too!S3E5 Allison Finkelstein - Arlington National CemeteryToday’s guest is historian and ballet dancer Allison Finkelstein. Allison is Senior Historian at Arlington National Cemetery. She is an alumna of the College of William and Mary and earned her PhD in History at the University of Maryland at College Park. Allison previously worked as a historian for the US Citizenship and Immigration Services History Office & Library and as a Historical Consultant for the American Battle Monuments Commission and the US Vietnam War Commemoration Office. From 2017-2018, she served as the Chair of the Arlington World War I Commemoration Task Force. In 2020, The National Alliance of Preservation Co...2023-02-2859 min
Art, Design, MediaRMIT Culture X MKW: What Does Waste Mean to Melbourne?Thank you to our guests: Julia English is a PhD candidate in Fashion and Textiles at RMIT.Zandy Powell is the Manager of Partnerships and Networks for the Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Group. William Sullivan is a fashion design student at RMIT. Dr Georgia McCorkill is a fashion designer, creator and lecturer in the RMIT School of Fashion and Textiles.Benjamin Swersky is the co-founder of Melbourne-based cardboard bed company, Yona.Erika Martin is the Head of Ethics and Sustainability at Melbourne-based label ELK.Hos...2022-11-0721 minReading McCarthyEpisode 28: McCarthy's Women Characters with Nell SullivanEpisode 28 brings back previous guest Nell Sullivan to discuss a thorny subject: McCarthy’s women characters, with digressions into the ways the author tiptoes through the landscape of homosocial desire. Nell Sullivan earned a BA in English from Vanderbilt University and earned her PhD in English from Rice University. She is currently Professor of English at University of Houston-Downtown, where she teaches courses in American literature and the literature of the American South. A former editor of the Cormac McCarthy Journal, she has published extensively on gender and class representation in McCarthy’s novels, and has also published essays on Kath...2022-07-231h 04
PA BOOKS on PCN"An Early History of the Wyoming Valley" with Kathleen EarleWhen Connecticut Yankees began to settle the Wyoming Valley in the 1760s, both the local Pennsylvanians and the powerful native Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) strenuously objected. The Connecticut Colony and William Penn had been granted the same land by King Charles II of England, resulting in the instigation of the Yankee-Pennamite Wars. In 1788, during ongoing conflict, a band of young Yankee ruffians abducted Pennsylvania official Timothy Pickering, holding him hostage for nineteen days. Some kidnappers were prosecuted, and several fled to New York's Finger Lakes as the political incident motivated state leaders to resolve the fighting. Bloody skirmishes, the American Revolution...2022-06-1444 minPA BOOKS on PCN"An Early History of the Wyoming Valley" with Kathleen EarleWhen Connecticut Yankees began to settle the Wyoming Valley in the 1760s, both the local Pennsylvanians and the powerful native Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) strenuously objected. The Connecticut Colony and William Penn had been granted the same land by King Charles II of England, resulting in the instigation of the Yankee-Pennamite Wars. In 1788, during ongoing conflict, a band of young Yankee ruffians abducted Pennsylvania official Timothy Pickering, holding him hostage for nineteen days. Some kidnappers were prosecuted, and several fled to New York's Finger Lakes as the political incident motivated state leaders to resolve the fighting. Bloody skirmishes, the American Revolution...2022-06-1444 min
Converging Dialogues#102 - Genes, Moods, and the Self: A Dialogue with Bill SullivanIn this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Bill Sullivan about genes and how they impact various aspects of humanity. They define genes and DNA and the roles of genes within the environment. They also discuss the complicated dynamics of epigenetics. They talk about the genetics of taste and caffeine and how some genes are implicated in addictions to various substances. They also talk about the genetics of appetite and the gut microbiome, emotional states, and beliefs. They also discuss CRISPR, the ethical landscape of genetics, and many more topics. William J. Sullivan is the Sh...2022-01-061h 43Reading McCarthyEpisode 5: Reading Outer Dark with Nell SullivanREADING MCCARTHY is a podcast devoted to the consideration and discussion of the works of one of our greatest American writers, Cormac McCarthy. Each episode calls upon different well-known Cormackian readers and scholars to help us explore different works and various essential aspects of McCarthy’s writing. Scott Yarbrough is your host in these deep dives into the world of McCarthy. This episode is a consideration of McCarthy’s second novel, Outer Dark. Our guest is Nell Sullivan. Dr. Sullivan grew up in Kentucky and earned a BA in English from Vanderbilt University and earned her PhD in Englis...2021-03-1241 min
Finding Genius PodcastToxoplasma Gon ‘n Did It Again (A Microscopic Look at the Behavior of Toxoplasma Gondii)—William J. Sullivan, PhD—Showalter Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology at Indiana University School of MedicineProfessor and author of Pleased to Meet Me: Genes, Germs, and the Curious Forces That Make Us Who We Are, joins the show for a second time today to discuss parasites, focusing on one in particular that affects a significant number of people: Toxoplasma gondii. By tuning in, you’ll discover the following: How Toxoplasma gondii enters a cell and then replicate exponentially Why brain tissue is a common place for Toxoplasma gondii to end up, how the parasite behaves once in neurons and nuclei, and how these locations protect it from the host’s immune syst...2020-03-1700 min
The First DraftS1E7: Humanities Savior NarrativeGlen Worthey, Digital Humanities Librarian, Stanford University Libraries, joins Elijah Meeks, Jason Heppler, and Paul Zenke to discuss his experiences at DH 2014, the popularity of DH projects, the humanities savior narrative, mentorship, Twitter, #dhsheep, linguistic inclusivity at conferences, and the future of DH programs.
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DH 2014 : 7-12 July 2014 | Co-organized by ADHO, Unil (LADHUL) and EPFL (DHLAB)
Digital Humanities 2014 official website.
Editor’s Choice: Round-Up – Digital Humanities 2014 Conference Papers | Digital Humanities Now
A roundup of posts about DH14.
The Association for Computers and the Humanities
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