Challenging Histories

How can we study the history of multiculturalism in Britain? In this episode, Dr Amy Fuller talks to the author of African Europeans: An Untold History, Prof. Olivette Otele.

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• Produced by HistFest Productions

Why is medieval history so popular with the far right? In this episode, Dr Amy Fuller talks to the author of ‘Teaching Medieval Chivalry in an Age of White Supremacy’, Dr Rachel Moss.

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• Produced by HistFest Productions

How do colonial powers try to control the spread of disease within their empires? In this episode Dr Amy Fuller talks to the author of upcoming book, Fever with Wings: A History of Malaria in the Japanese Empire, Dr Jeong-Ran Kim.

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What was life like for the LGBTQIA+ community in Weimar and Nazi Germany? In this episode Dr Amy Fuller talks to the author of ‘The Parallel Lives of Liddy Bacroff: Transgender (Pre)History and the Tyranny of the Archive in Twentieth-Century Germany’, Dr Bodie Ashton.

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• Produced by HistFest Productions

In today’s episode, Dr Amy Fuller is joined by Dr Surekha Davies, a historian whose research has focused on the history of Europe’s encounters with the Americas; the history of cartography; environmental thought; and what the idea of the ‘monster’ can tell us about humanity. Her latest book, Humans: A Monstrous History came out last year.

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• Produced by HistFest Productions

Did you know that the world’s oldest living culture has been fighting for the rights to their land for hundreds of years? In this episode, Dr Amy Fuller talks to the author of What do We Want?: A Political History of Aboriginal Land Rights in New South Wales, Prof. Heidi Norman.

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• Produced by HistFest Productions

You are what you eat, right? But do you know the history behind the food you take for granted in your cupboard? In this episode, Dr Amy Fuller will be talking to expert of food and colonialism, Dr Peggy Brunache.

Produced by HistFest Productions

Sponsored by the British Academy

Welcome to Challenging Histories! A new podcast series that invites expert historians to challenge your perceptions of the past - from the fight for Aboriginal Land Rights in Australia, to trans lives in Nazi Germany, and everything in between.

Hosted by historian and author Dr Amy Fuller and produced by HistFest Productions.

Episode 1 available from 14 September