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Humanities ConversationsWomb Wars: Mixed Race Children and Whiteness in the Post-Nazi Era with Dr. Tracey Owens PattonThere is a sense that WWII represented a seminal moment in racial thought and that the realization of the Holocaust was transformative in the role of race-thinking by state agencies and popular institutions, particularly in the U.S. Dr. Patton's research challenges this assumption, particularly since Black American soldiers went back to a country that held steadfastly to Jim Crow, which included anti-miscegenation laws. Separating race and racism in Germany and in the United States becomes impossible to untangle because they are braided together, and while many biracial German children remained in Germany, the U.S. and German governments...2022-02-221h 26
Humanities ConversationsThink and Drink: ¿Que Pasa Profesora?Each year, WIHR welcomes a new cohort of Research Fellows. Chosen through a competitive process, these researchers have demonstrated that they are working on compelling projects that speak to both academic and broader public audiences. In this Think & Drink, we welcome back Research Fellows who participated in the first three cohorts to talk about their ongoing writing and knowledge-making activities. All four panelists are from the Spanish faculty in UW's Modern and Classical Languages Department, which should inspire some interesting conversations and crossovers. Please join us for an engaging and thought-provoking conversation about research activities and projects in the...2022-02-221h 05
Humanities ConversationsGetting Published with UW PressPlease join us to meet the acquisitions staff from the new University of Wyoming Press in a lunchtime conversation titled "Getting Published: Tips from the Acquisitions team at the University Press of Colorado and University of Wyoming Press." Speakers include: Allegra Martschenko, Acquisitions Editor Darrin Pratt, Director Nate Bauer, Acquisitions Editor Rachael Levay, Acquisitions EditorOur website is http://www.uwyo.edu/humanities/ and feel free to subscribe to our YouTube channel and follow our Facebook.2021-11-081h 01
Humanities ConversationsDemocracy Lab Launch Event with Danielle AllenCheck out our online conversation featuring Dr. Danielle Allen, author of Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality. We are so happy to have Launched the Democracy Lab and create new opportunities for democracy in the state of Wyoming. Dr. Danielle Allen is the James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University, is a political theorist who has published broadly in democratic theory, political sociology, and the history of political thought. She is the recipient of the 2020 John W. Kluge Prize for Achievement in the Study of Humanity, an award administered b...2021-10-251h 24
Ochenta StoriesShapes of ClayA woman meditates on the joys of pottery making, a hobby she took up during the pandemic year(s). This episode was produced in English and Korean.Credits: This story was written by Isabelle Choi. Isabelle is a Canadian editorial designer and art director who has worked in visual storytelling through print and digital design. She has lived in Seoul and San Francisco, where she discovered the beauty of ceramics, and is currently based in Toronto. You can find her on Instagram @isabellechoi The English version of this story was performed by Isabelle Choi, with additional...2021-10-2118 min
Ochenta StoriesPhiladelphiaA community learning center in Philadelphia working with South and Southeast Asian refugees and immigrants comes together and adapts to an online classroom during the lockdown. This story was originally produced in English and Nepali. Thank you so much for listening to Ochenta Stories, this is our 75th episode, drawing us closer to our 80 story mark. Thank you for listening and for sticking with us to the end. This story was written by Shira Walinsky. Shira is an artist, filmmaker and teacher living in Philadelphia. In 2012, she co-founded Southeast by Southeast, a community space created for and a...2021-10-1421 min
Ochenta StoriesThe CockroachA woman gets an interesting new roomate under lockdown... CREDITS: Thank you for listening to Ochenta Stories. The story was written by Milagros Rodríguez Caro. Milagros is a certified English/French/Spanish translator, an Argentinian Spanish teacher and also a French teacher from Buenos Aires, Argentina. You can find more of her work at www.milalanguages.com. The Spanish version was performed by Milagros Rodríguez Caro, Sol Rodríguez Caro, and Belén Arizcorbe. The English version was performed by Hailey Choi, Maru Lombardo, and Lory Martínez. The sound design of the piece was by me, L...2021-10-0717 min
Ochenta StoriesThe moviesA young man reflects on the beloved act of going to the movies, after the pandemic ends.The story comes to us from Argentina and was originally produced in Spanish. It has also been translated into English and you can hear that version later on in the episode. CREDITS: Thank you for listening to Ochenta Stories. The story was written by Belén Saitua. Belén is a writer, teacher and podcaster from Buenos Aires. If you like what you heard, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts in whatever language you choose, follow us over at @Oc...2021-09-3015 min
Ochenta StoriesParis to UkraineA Paris expat reluctantly flies back to Ukraine, only to realize there’s really no place like home. From: Paris, FranceLanguages: English, RussianCREDITS: This episode was produced by Studio Ochenta. The story was written and performed by Stefan Levchenko. Stefan is a writer and a film studies major at the American University of Paris. Originally from Ukraine, he has lived in Russia and Montenegro, and is now based in France. He has written for Peacock Magazine and has directed short fictional and documentary films. The sound design of the piece was done by...2021-09-2317 min
Ochenta StoriesDear BicycleA love letter from a woman to her new companion, bicycles. From: London, UK Languages: Spanish, EnglishCREDITS: This episode was produced by Studio Ochenta. The story was written and performed by Maria Clara Montoya. María Clara was born in Colombia, grew up in Spain, and is now based in London. She works as a journalist and in 2020, created Confinados en los márgenes, a podcast series focusing on how migrant communities dealt with the pandemic in Spain. The sound design of the piece was made by Hailey Choi.And if yo...2021-09-1612 min
Humanities ConversationsHeritage Interpretation: Origins, Practices and Responses to a Changing World | Wyoming Institute for Humanities ResearchIf you’ve ever been enthralled by a park ranger’s story during a national historic site guided tour, listened to a docent bring the objects in a museum exhibit to life, watched the excitement on a child’s face as a zoo employee explained the care and feeding of a rare primate, or stopped to read an interpretive sign explaining the natural wonders of a spectacular state park, you have experienced heritage interpretation. This installment in the Think and Drink series will look at this uniquely compelling communicative art form.
Our panelists will explain the role of int...2021-06-281h 06
Humanities ConversationsWriting Lives: Two Biographers Discuss Their Art and Craft | Wyoming Institute For Humanities ResearchThe Wyoming Institute for Humanities Research strives to be an engine for producing interdisciplinary research in the humanities; a community for faculty, students, and the public; and a model of democratic education fit for our land-grant university.
This podcast is part of our Think & Drink series of talks, which are informal conversations by humanities faculty, researchers, and practitioners on a range of topics.
13 May 2021:
“Writing Lives: Two Biographers Discuss Their Art and Craft.”
Ann McCutchan, who is the author of the newly-published book The Life She Wished to Live: A Biog...2021-05-141h 00
Humanities ConversationsEnvironmental Histories of the Colonial Americas | Wyoming Institute For Humanities ResearchThis panel looks at the field of Early American Environmental History. Although Environmental History is a flourishing subfield, the use of an environmental lens has been somewhat reluctantly applied to the Colonial Americas—North, South, and Caribbean. This is despite the fact that the colonization of the New World had monumental environmental consequences which continue to resonate in the present day. Panelists will address trends in the field, how Environmental History can transform our understanding of the Colonial Americas, and why it matters today.
Our panelists:
Keith Pluymers, PhD, History, Illinois State University (and author of...2021-04-231h 13
Humanities ConversationsThree Assassinations of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | Wyoming Institute For Humanities ResearchThe Wyoming Institute for Humanities Research strives to be an engine for producing interdisciplinary research in the humanities; a community for faculty, students, and the public; and a model of democratic education fit for our land-grant university.
This podcast is part of our Think & Drink series of talks, which are informal conversations by humanities faculty, researchers, and practitioners on a range of topics.
08 April 2021:
“Three Assassinations of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.”
This presentation examines the layered nuances regarding the events, federal intelligence agencies, and other entities involved in the...2021-04-101h 11
Humanities ConversationsWomen at Work | Wyoming Institute For Humanities ResearchThe Wyoming Institute for Humanities Research strives to be an engine for producing interdisciplinary research in the humanities; a community for faculty, students, and the public; and a model of democratic education fit for our land-grant university.
This podcast is part of our Think & Drink series of talks, which are informal conversations by humanities faculty, researchers, and practitioners on a range of topics.
25 March 2021:
“Women at Work”
This panel considers how women’s labor has been historically devalued and how they have fought to make it more visible; women’s campaign...2021-03-261h 11
Humanities ConversationsWomen and Politics | Wyoming Institute For Humanities ResearchThe Wyoming Institute for Humanities Research strives to be an engine for producing interdisciplinary research in the humanities; a community for faculty, students, and the public; and a model of democratic education fit for our land-grant university.
This podcast is part of our Think & Drink series of talks, which are informal conversations by humanities faculty, researchers, and practitioners on a range of topics.
11 March 2021:
“Women and Politics”
This panel is co-sponsored by the UW Program in Gender and Women's Studies, and it will bring together experts on women’s political involv...2021-03-121h 11
Humanities ConversationsChallenging Police Perspectives Surrounding the Controversy of Defunding | Wyoming Institute For Humanities ResearchThe Wyoming Institute for Humanities Research strives to be an engine for producing interdisciplinary research in the humanities; a community for faculty, students, and the public; and a model of democratic education fit for our land-grant university.
This podcast is part of our Think & Drink series of talks, which are informal conversations by humanities faculty, researchers, and practitioners on a range of topics.
25 February 2021:
“Challenging Police Perspectives Surrounding the Controversy of Defunding.”
The Black Studies Center and the Wyoming Institute For Humanities Research co-host our Think & Drink on “Challenging Police...2021-02-262h 09
Humanities ConversationsThe Illusion of the American Dream vs. the Reality of the Death of Black Wall Street | Wyoming Institute For Humanities ResearchThe Wyoming Institute for Humanities Research strives to be an engine for producing interdisciplinary research in the humanities; a community for faculty, students, and the public; and a model of democratic education fit for our land-grant university.
This podcast is part of our Think & Drink series of talks, which are informal conversations by humanities faculty, researchers, and practitioners on a range of topics.
10 December 2020:
“The Illusion of the American Dream vs. the Reality of the Death of Black Wall Street”
This discussion centers on the need to reckon with the 100th a...2021-02-141h 21
Humanities ConversationsEradicating Racism Through Critical Self Awareness | Wyoming Institute For Humanities ResearchThe Wyoming Institute for Humanities Research strives to be an engine for producing interdisciplinary research in the humanities; a community for faculty, students, and the public; and a model of democratic education fit for our land-grant university.
This podcast is part of our Think & Drink series of talks, which are informal conversations by humanities faculty, researchers, and practitioners on a range of topics.
12 November 2020:
“Eradicating Racism Through Critical Self Awareness”
Our cultural Norms (and biases) are often held so deeply that we are not aware of them at a conscious leve...2021-02-1459 min
Humanities ConversationsSuffrage and its Legacies: Women, Politics, and the Vote | Wyoming Institute For Humanities ResearchThe Wyoming Institute for Humanities Research strives to be an engine for producing interdisciplinary research in the humanities; a community for faculty, students, and the public; and a model of democratic education fit for our land-grant university.
This podcast is part of our Think & Drink series of talks, which are informal conversations by humanities faculty, researchers, and practitioners on a range of topics.
22 October 2020:
“Suffrage and its Legacies: Women, Politics, and the Vote”
Renowned historian Ellen Carol Dubois will be speaking about her most recent book, Suffrage: Women’s Long Battle...2021-02-141h 06
Humanities ConversationsA Conversation With University of Wyoming President Edward Seidel and Dr. Gabrielle Allen | Wyoming Institute For Humanities ResearchThe Wyoming Institute for Humanities Research strives to be an engine for producing interdisciplinary research in the humanities; a community for faculty, students, and the public; and a model of democratic education fit for our land-grant university.
This podcast is part of our Think & Drink series of talks, which are informal conversations by humanities faculty, researchers, and practitioners on a range of topics.
15 October 2020:
“A Conversation With University of Wyoming President Edward Seidel and Dr. Gabrielle Allen”
Our discussion includes a vision for the Land Grant University mission in the 21st c...2021-02-1458 min
Humanities ConversationsMoving Walls, Past and Present | Wyoming Institute For Humanities ResearchThe Wyoming Institute for Humanities Research strives to be an engine for producing interdisciplinary research in the humanities; a community for faculty, students, and the public; and a model of democratic education fit for our land-grant university.
This podcast is part of our Think & Drink series of talks, which are informal conversations by humanities faculty, researchers, and practitioners on a range of topics.
01 October 2020:
“Moving Walls, Past and Present”
This talk begins a larger symposium called "Conversations Beyond the Walls" hosted by the University of Wyoming Art Museum and American Stud...2021-02-141h 20
Humanities ConversationsNicholas Kristof | Rebuilding the American Dream | Wyoming Institute For Humanities ResearchThe Wyoming Institute for Humanities Research strives to be an engine for producing interdisciplinary research in the humanities; a community for faculty, students, and the public; and a model of democratic education fit for our land-grant university.
This podcast is part of our Think & Drink series of talks, which are informal conversations by humanities faculty, researchers, and practitioners on a range of topics.
17 September 2020:
“Rebuilding the American Dream”
We are in the midst of a global pandemic, of an awakening global awareness of racism and other “isms” of oppression (religious, gender...2021-02-141h 02
Humanities ConversationsQuerencia: A Love or Attachment to a Place | Wyoming Institute For Humanities ResearchThe Wyoming Institute for Humanities Research strives to be an engine for producing interdisciplinary research in the humanities; a community for faculty, students, and the public; and a model of democratic education fit for our land-grant university.
This podcast is part of our Think & Drink series of talks, which are informal conversations by humanities faculty, researchers, and practitioners on a range of topics.
03 September 2020:
“Querencia: A Love or Attachment to a Place”
This panel brings together four contributors of the new anthology Querencia: Reflections on the New Mexico Homeland to refl...2021-02-141h 24
Humanities ConversationsTaking on Technoculture: Unpacking Images, Media, and Objects | Wyoming Institute For Humanities ResearchThe Wyoming Institute for Humanities Research strives to be an engine for producing interdisciplinary research in the humanities; a community for faculty, students, and the public; and a model of democratic education fit for our land-grant university.
This podcast is part of our Think & Drink series of talks, which are informal conversations by humanities faculty, researchers, and practitioners on a range of topics.
20 August 2020:
“Taking on Technoculture: Unpacking Images, Media, and Objects.”
While technology is often associated with greater objectivity, neutrality, and efficiency, critical humanities scholarship has demonstrated how technologies are...2021-02-141h 09
Humanities ConversationsThe History and Reality of Protest and Race in America | Wyoming Institute For Humanities ResearchThe Wyoming Institute for Humanities Research strives to be an engine for producing interdisciplinary research in the humanities; a community for faculty, students, and the public; and a model of democratic education fit for our land-grant university.
This podcast is part of our Think & Drink series of talks, which are informal conversations by humanities faculty, researchers, and practitioners on a range of topics.
06 August 2020:
“The History and Reality of Protest and Race in America”
Dr. Martin Luther King once said, "riots are the language of the unheard." It remains of uppe...2021-02-141h 21
Humanities ConversationsBillionaire Wilderness: The Future of Wealth and the West | Wyoming Institute For Humanities ResearchThe Wyoming Institute for Humanities Research strives to be an engine for producing interdisciplinary research in the humanities; a community for faculty, students, and the public; and a model of democratic education fit for our land-grant university.
This podcast is part of our Think & Drink series of talks, which are informal conversations by humanities faculty, researchers, and practitioners on a range of topics.
23 July 2020:
“Billionaire Wilderness: The Future of Wealth and the West”
This week’s Think & Drink featured a book talk with Dr. Justin Farrell, author of “Bi...2021-02-1459 min
Humanities ConversationsWhat We’ve Lost, What We’ve Found: Three Creative Writers on Responding to Environmental Change | Wyoming Institute For Humanities ResearchThe Wyoming Institute for Humanities Research strives to be an engine for producing interdisciplinary research in the humanities; a community for faculty, students, and the public; and a model of democratic education fit for our land-grant university.
This podcast is part of our Think & Drink series of talks, which are informal conversations by humanities faculty, researchers, and practitioners on a range of topics.
09 July 2020:
“What We’ve Lost, What We’ve Found: Three Creative Writers on Responding to Environmental Change”
This week’s Think & Drink topic is "What We’ve Lost, Wha...2021-02-141h 14
Humanities ConversationsRace, Protest, and Democracy | Wyoming Institute For Humanities ResearchThe Wyoming Institute for Humanities Research strives to be an engine for producing interdisciplinary research in the humanities; a community for faculty, students, and the public; and a model of democratic education fit for our land-grant university.
This podcast is part of our Think & Drink series of talks, which are informal conversations by humanities faculty, researchers, and practitioners on a range of topics.
25 June 2020:
“Race, Protest, and Democracy”
Protests against racial injustice have erupted in the past weeks--in small Wyoming towns and in cities around the world. The Black Lives Matt...2021-02-141h 22
Humanities ConversationsEconomics of COVID-19: Is Social Distancing Worth It? | Wyoming institute For Humanities ResearchThe Wyoming Institute for Humanities Research strives to be an engine for producing interdisciplinary research in the humanities; a community for faculty, students, and the public; and a model of democratic education fit for our land-grant university.
This podcast is part of our Think & Drink series of talks, which are informal conversations by humanities faculty, researchers, and practitioners on a range of topics.
11 June 2020:
“Economies of COVID-19: Is Social Distancing Worth It?”
Social distancing saves lives but imposes costs on society due to reduced economic activity. We use epidemiological and econ...2021-02-141h 15
Humanities ConversationsMisinformation, Militia Maneuvering, and Moving Forward in the Age of Pandemic | Wyoming Institute For Humanities ResearchThe Wyoming Institute for Humanities Research strives to be an engine for producing interdisciplinary research in the humanities; a community for faculty, students, and the public; and a model of democratic education fit for our land-grant university.
This podcast is part of our Think & Drink series of talks, which are informal conversations by humanities faculty, researchers, and practitioners on a range of topics.
28 May 2020:
“Misinformation, Militia Maneuvering, and Moving Forward in the Age of Pandemic”
Speakers:
Betsy Gaines Quammen, author of “American Zion: Cliven Bundy,” “God and Public Lands in t...2021-02-141h 15
Humanities ConversationsA Historical Perspective on Politics in Times of Crisis | Wyoming Institute For Humanities ResearchThe Wyoming Institute for Humanities Research strives to be an engine for producing interdisciplinary research in the humanities; a community for faculty, students, and the public; and a model of democratic education fit for our land-grant university.
This podcast is part of our Think & Drink series of talks, which are informal conversations by humanities faculty, researchers, and practitioners on a range of topics.
14 May 2020
“A Historical Perspective on Politics in Times of Crisis”
Speakers:
Adam Blackler, University of Wyoming
Kathryn Julian, Westminster College
Lauren Stok...2021-02-131h 15
Humanities ConversationsPandemics in Historical Perspective | Wyoming Institute For Humanities ResearchThe Wyoming Institute for Humanities Research strives to be an engine for producing interdisciplinary research in the humanities; a community for faculty, students, and the public; and a model of democratic education fit for our land-grant university.
This podcast is part of our Think & Drink series of talks, which are informal conversations by humanities faculty, researchers, and practitioners on a range of topics.
7 May 2020
"Pandemics in Historical Perspective"
Speakers:
Michael Christopher Low, Iowa State University
Elise A. Mitchell, New York University
Jacob Steere-Williams, College...2021-02-131h 06
Humanities ConversationsDemocracy in America and Around the World: Pre and Post Covid-19 | Wyoming Institute For Humanities ResearchThe Wyoming Institute for Humanities Research strives to be an engine for producing interdisciplinary research in the humanities; a community for faculty, students, and the public; and a model of democratic education fit for our land-grant university.
This podcast is part of our Think & Drink series of talks, which are informal conversations by humanities faculty, researchers, and practitioners on a range of topics.
30 April 2020:
"Democracy in America and Around the World: Pre and Post Covid-19."
This event is co-sponsored by the Wyoming Humanities Council and the UW Office of Engagement...2021-02-131h 28
Humanities ConversationsWomen and Wyoming's Politics | Wyoming Institute For Humanities ResearchThe Wyoming Institute for Humanities Research strives to be an engine for producing interdisciplinary research in the humanities; a community for faculty, students, and the public; and a model of democratic education fit for our land-grant university.
This podcast is part of our Think & Drink series of talks, which are informal conversations by humanities faculty, researchers, and practitioners on a range of topics.
23 April 2020:
“Women and Wyoming's Politics”
Speakers:
Senator Tara Nethercott, Wyoming State Senate District 4, and Partner with Woodhouse Roden Nethercott, LLC
Britney Wallesch, Founder and...2021-02-131h 24
Humanities ConversationsHealing Individuals, Healing Communities | Wyoming Institute For Humanities ResearchThe Wyoming Institute for Humanities Research strives to be an engine for producing interdisciplinary research in the humanities; a community for faculty, students, and the public; and a model of democratic education fit for our land-grant university.
These videos are part of our Think & Drink series of talks, which are informal conversations by humanities faculty, researchers, and practitioners on a range of topics.
16 April 2020:
“Healing Individuals, Healing Communities”
Speakers:
Dr. Mary E. Burman, Professor, Fay W. Whitney School of Nursing
Dr. Matt Gray, Professor of Psychology
2021-02-131h 05
Humanities ConversationsDr. Eric Hayot: How to Think Like a Humanist, and Why. | Wyoming Institute For Humanities ResearchThe Wyoming Institute for Humanities Research strives to be an engine for producing interdisciplinary research in the humanities; a community for faculty, students, and the public; and a model of democratic education fit for our land-grant university.
These podcasts are from our Think & Drink series of talks, which are informal conversations by humanities faculty, researchers, and practitioners on a range of topics.
9 April 2020:
“Dr. Eric Hayot: How to Think Like a Humanist, and Why."
Speaker:
Dr. Eric Hayot is a distinguished Pr...2021-02-131h 35
Third SpacingEp 14 What can the Medical Humanitites do beyond Education?In the second half of our two-part interview with Graham Matthews, A/Prof at the NTU School of Humanities, we discuss work by NTU medical humanities by both undergraduate and graduate students to the wider community but also efforts to engage and include experiences of illness from around the region in South East Asia.
2021-02-0319 min
Vision PodcastVision Podcast Episode 9 - Dr. Julia Osman, Director for the Institute for the HumanitiesIn this episode, we are joined by Dr. Julia Osman, Director for the College of Arts & Sciences' Institute for the Humanitites. She is going to explain what the Institute is, what challenges it has faced, how it met those challenges, and what it has planned for this academic year.2020-09-2524 min