Host: Joan Neuberger, Professor, Department of History Guest: John Moran Gonzalez, Associate Professor, Department of English In the early part of the 20th century, Texas became more integrated into the United States with the arrival of the railroad. With easier … Continue reading →

Our first roundtable features three experts who've taken the destruction of sites where they've worked and lived seriously, and are working to raise awareness of the importance of antiquities in danger around the world.

Moderator: Christopher Rose, Center for Middle Eastern Studies Featured Guests: Stephennie Mulder, Department of Art & Art History / Middle Eastern Studies David Stuart, Department of Art & Art History / Mesoamerican Center Debora Trein, Department of Anthropology Straight from … Continue reading →

Guest Mike Loader gives an enthusiastic look at high drama at the peak of the cold war, which gives us a glimpse into the inner workings of the Soviet Union from a different perspective.

Host: Christopher Rose, Assistant Director, Center for Middle Eastern Studies Guest: Mike Loader, Doctoral Candidate, King’s College, London For a period in the 1950s known as the Khruschev Thaw, the Soviet Republics enjoyed a brief moment of relative autonomy from … Continue reading →

Our first episode of Season 4 explores the little known history of slavery in Iran, how it came to be abolished in the 19th century, and how Iranian society has slowly forgotten its involvement with the human trade.

Host: Christopher Rose, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, UT-Austin Guest: Beeta Baghoolizadeh, Department of History, University of Pennsylvania The untimely death of a black man causes a stir in the press, causing intellectuals and activists to point to a long … Continue reading →

Guest Jessica Werneke has just completed her doctorate that looks at this oft-overlooked aspect of Soviet society, and discusses the turbulent world of amateur photography in the Soviet Union.

Host: Christopher Rose, Center for Middle Eastern Studies Guest: Jessica Werneke, Department of History, University of Texas at Austin In its early days, photography occupied an awkward middle ground between documentation and an art form, a debate which dragged on … Continue reading →

Dominic Lieven of the London School of Economics has spent his career examining problems of political stability in Europe in the 19th century, and helps us understand the world on the eve of its first global war.