Smaller Narratives for a Larger World

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A Public Humanities & Social Sciences Podcast

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Smaller Narratives for a Larger World episodes:

04.24.2022
“The Water Always Won” with George Homsy
Everyone says, ‘Act Local, Think Global,’ but most people ‘Act Local, Think Local’ because that’s what they know and that’s…
04.10.2022
“Ever Heard of the Bobbies?” Conversation with John Havard
Violence can take many forms. George Floyd wasn’t killed by a gun. He was killed by someone carrying a gun.…
03.26.2022
“Genocides Are Processes, Not Events”: Discussion with Kerry Whigham
There’s this precept by the philosopher George Santayana that gets said again and again: “He who does not remember the…
12.11.2021
“We Are All Animals” with Leslie Heywood
“Scientifically, no one life form is better than another. It’s all of those evaluative hierarchies that we’re still struggling with…
12.03.2021
On Collective Memory and the Battle over History with David Mixter
“Why do we need gift shops at these kinds of solemn sites?.. It’s important for people to see these places, to…
11.17.2021
On Speculative Poetry and the Human Myth with Akua Lezli Hope
“My day is lit again, forever, because I’m reminded of what exists beyond the limitations of the vessel in which I exist.…
11.05.2021
On Humanity and the Working Class with Joe Weil
“Because you see them in their fullness, you also see what’s beyond the human. You see something beautiful… The bear…
05.17.2021
(Re)Narrativization of “Voice” within the American Literary Canon, Curriculum, & Culture (with Ulrich Baer)
Co-host Gillian Kenah and guest Ulrich Baer discuss complicating the storytelling process of national history in both academic and non-academic…
05.17.2021
“Doing Public Humanities” inside and outside the University (with Susan Smulyan)
In this episode, Gillian Kenah and Susan Smulyan of Brown University discuss ways to engage the community in University research,…
04.08.2021
Biography, Transition, and Intimacy (with Mónica Szurmuk)
In this episode, our guest is Professor Mónica Szurmuk, who discusses three projects that focus on the genre of biographical…
02.27.2021
Introducing Smaller Narratives for a Larger World
In this episode, the three hosts Gillian Kenah, Lauren Pearce, and Alan Palacios introduce the podcast Smaller Narratives for a…

What's Smaller Narratives for a Larger World about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Smaller Narratives for a Larger World episodes:

“The Water Always Won” with George Homsy

“Ever Heard of the Bobbies?” Conversation with John Havard

“Genocides Are Processes, Not Events”: Discussion with Kerry Whigham

“We Are All Animals” with Leslie Heywood

On Collective Memory and the Battle over History with David Mixter

On Speculative Poetry and the Human Myth with Akua Lezli Hope

On Humanity and the Working Class with Joe Weil

(Re)Narrativization of “Voice” within the American Literary Canon, Curriculum, & Culture (with Ulrich Baer)

“Doing Public Humanities” inside and outside the University (with Susan Smulyan)

Biography, Transition, and Intimacy (with Mónica Szurmuk)

Introducing Smaller Narratives for a Larger World