This week I am joined by Marquette University History Ph.D. candidate Maggie Nettesheim Hoffman to discuss her forthcoming dissertation on how critiques of American Philanthropism. Specifically the national critique of philanthropic organizations out of the United States Commission on Industrial Relations (also known as the Walsh Commission). Maggie then speaks to us about her role as Marquette's On-Site Director of the Humanities Without Walls Consortium and Program Coordinator for the Center for the Advancement of the Humanities and Graduate School to discuss the importance of career diversity for graduate students and offer advice on how to prepare oneself for the diversifying job market. 

You can find Maggie on Twitter at @HoffmannMaggie 

Humanities Without Walls at @HWW_Consortium

The Center for the Advancement of the Humanities at @MUHumanities

and Marquette Universities Graduate School at @MUGradSchool

As a note, Maggie has informed me that  the female commissioner  was Florence Harriman

This week I am joined by the University of Miami Ph.D. student Eric Griffin to discuss his forthcoming dissertation on how Paraguay and Argentina both used indigeneity as a foundation for nationalism in the wake of the War of the Triple Alliance. We also talk about doctoral qualifying exam prep and philosophies of teaching courses in Latin American history. You can find Eric online at instagram.com/mrwonderwalrus/ and you can follow the podcast on twitter @EvokingH

This week it was my pleasure to speak with Dr. Nyri Bakkalian (@riversidewings) about her training in Japanese history, some of the often-overlooked regional specifics of the American Civil War in Pennsylvania, and the role transmen played in the conflict. Dr. Bakkalian also goes into great detail about her upcoming novel Grey Dawn which will be coming out later this year. You can find more info at her twitter listed above or on her website.  https://riversidewings.home.blog/ or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/nyribakkalian/

This week I am joined by Indiana University graduate student Laura Guebert (@Guebert26_InMi) to discuss her term paper on how the National Socialist German Workers’ Party became highly adept at utilizing folklore and cultural memory to shape identity and morality within the German populace during the 1930s and 40s. We also discuss the importance of libraries and roles historians can take outside of academia. You can find me @bendangerously on Twitter and follow the podcast @evokingH. Thank you for your support. 

This week I am joined by Lanna Demers (@lanna_del_shay) to discuss the horse in Soviet history. A fascinating conversation that intertwines animal studies and late Imperial Russian early Soviet history. 

Benjamin is back from the holiday break to talk about American history with Ph.D. Candidate Trae Wisecarver. We talk about the Lost Cause, the Civil War in Arkansas, teaching American history, the founding fathers, and finally Wrestle Kingdom. You can find Trae on Twitter @outlawredux or his website Outlawhistorian.net. You should also check out his Outlaw History podcast wherever you listen.

Murray State University Professor of History Dr. David Pizzo joins us for this debut episode to discuss German colonialism. The conversation includes a discourse on the concept of colonialism, genocide, and a rebuttal of "The case for colonialism" author Dr. Bruce Gilley's December 11th 2019 speech before the German Bundestag. 

You can find Dr. Pizzo's book here "To Devour the Land of Mkwawa": Colonial Violence and the German-Hehe War in East Africa c. 1884-1914

Follow Dr. Pizzo on Twitter @PizzoHistorian 

Follow host Benjamin Linzy on Twitter @Bendangerously

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Welcome to the Evoking History Podcast! A place where your host, Ph.D. Candidate in History Benjamin Linzy will discuss with other historians both their work and current events.