History Watch: The Podcast Series

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Date Title & Description Contributors
2020-06-13

  History, Racism, and Anti-Black Violence in Brazil

In this episode Dr. Audra Diptée is in conversation with Professor Ana Lucia Araujo of Howard University. They discuss the politics of race and the practice of racism in modern-day Brazil. Professor Araujo's research focuses on the history, memory, a...
  History Watch Project author
2019-10-05

  Finding the Caribbean Coolie Woman: History Memory and Power

In this podcast, Professor Gaiutra Bahadur of Rutgers University is in conversation with Audra A. Diptée. Professor Bahadur discusses the story of and challenges in writing her book "Coolie Woman" which was shortlisted for Britain's Orwell Prize. The...
  History Watch Project author
2019-06-15

  Water Insecurity - Commodifying the Human Right to Clean Water

In this espisode, Dr. Audra Diptee is in conversation with Dr. Raul Pacheco-Vega about the challenges of developing public policy when addressing water insecurity and water privitization. They also discuss the importance of using a historical lens and...
  History Watch Project author
2019-05-04

  History and Its Impact on the Caribbean Present

In this episode, you will hear Bridget Brereton who is Professor Emerita of the University of the West Indies in Trinidad as she is being interviewed by Professor David Trotman of York University. The two discuss a number of themes including the politi...
  History Watch Project author
2019-01-12

  Decolonizing The African City: Legacies and Challenges

In this episode of the History Watch Podcast series, Audra Diptee is conversation with Dr. Vanessa Watson about the present day legacies of colonial urban planning on present day Africa. For more on Dr. Watson, please see the following link: https://...
  History Watch Project author
2018-05-15

  Transcending Imperial Fragmentation: The Association of Caribbean Historians

In this podcast, Sir Woodville Marshall of the University of the West Indies discusses the role of the Association of the Caribbean Historians as well as power and historical narratives in Caribbean contexts. About Sir Woodville Marshall: He is an m...
  History Watch Project author
2018-05-14

  Palestine - The Day of Catastrophe and Its Consequences

In this podcast Dr. Audra Diptee is in conversation with the celebrated and award winning Palestinian author and poet Mourid Barghouti at The Rockefeller's Bellagio Center in Italy. They discuss the creation of state Israel, the Palestinian commemorat...
  History Watch Project author
2018-02-23

  The Politics of Remembering: The Many Diasporas of Africa

In this podcast Dr. Pablo Idahosa of York University discusses the politics of displacement and the varied meanings of diaspora to different communities. Pablo Idahosa's: http://founders.laps.yorku.ca/about/message-from-college-head/ About Pablo Ida...
  History Watch Project author
2016-12-06

  Historical Fiction and Historical Reality in a Caribbean Plantation Society

In this podcast, the Surinamese author Cynthia McLeod - who specializes in historical fiction - is in conversation with Dr. Audra A. Diptee of the History Watch Project. They discuss the relationship between history and literature. They also discuss ...
  History Watch Project author
2016-02-14

  Research, Repression And Freedom In Montreal

In recognition of Black History month, this episode of the History Watch Podcast series David Austin (Professor, John Abbot College) discusses the politics of race in Montréal with CBC's Adrian Harewood. Austin's talk addresses efforts made to combat ...
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