Host: Christopher Rose, Outreach Director, Center for Middle Eastern Studies Guest: Shahrzad Ahmadi, Doctoral Student, Department of History In 7th century Arabia, the Islamic community was nearly torn apart by a civil war over the assassination of the third caliph, … Continue reading →

Nearly every world history textbook on the market explains the origins of sectarianism in the Islamic world as a dispute over the succession to Muhammad. It seems simple—but was it?

Host: Christopher Rose, Outreach Director, Center for Middle Eastern Studies Guest: Shahrzad Ahmadi, Doctoral Student, Department of History Nearly every world history textbook on the market explains the origins of sectarianism in the Islamic world as a dispute over the … Continue reading →

Guest Michelle Daneri helps us understand contemporary thinking about the ways that Spanish and Native Americans exchanged ideas, knowledge, and adapted to each others' presence in the Southwest.

Host: Joan Neuberger, Editor, Not Even Past and Professor, Department of History Guest: Michelle Daneri, Doctoral Student, Department of History In the late 17th century, Native American groups living under Spanish rule in what is now New Mexico rebelled against colonial … Continue reading →

Guest Brian Levack explains that medieval accusations of witchcraft are not supernatural at all, but based in the human need to explain the ordinary cycles of birth, death, sickness, wellness, and the constant struggle between rich and poor.

Host: Joan Neuberger, Editor, Not Even Past and Professor, Department of HistoryGuest: Brian Levack, John E. Green Regents Professor in History, University of Texas at Austin Stories of witches and witch-hunting in early modern Europe have captivated us for centuries. During the early modern … Continue reading →

Daina Ramey Berry, from UT's Department of History, and Leslie Harris, from Emory University, have spent the past year collaborating on a new study aimed at re-discovering this forgotten aspect of slave experience in the United States.

Host: Joan Neuberger, Editor, Not Even Past and Professor, Department of History Guests: Daina Ramey Berry, Associate Professor, Department of History Leslie Harris, Department of History, Emory University When most people think about slavery in the United States, they think of … Continue reading →

Guest Francesca Consagra helps us make connections across centuries and genres and underscores our complex relationships to cats and dogs, revealing the many ways in which they say as much about us as we do about them.