Podcasts by AHR Interview
AHR Interview presents brief discussions with historians whose work has appeared in the American Historical Review, the official publication of the American Historical Association. Sometimes the interview accompanies an article or a featured review in a current or recent issue; other times it will feature a scholar who has recently been in the news, but whose work appeared in the journal in the past. These accessible and user-friendly podcasts highlight historical scholarship of wide interest and enormous import for issues of the day.
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Karlos Hill on Community Engaged History from 2021-06-01T19:22:35
May 31st and June 1st 2021 mark the hundredth anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, one of the most violent anti-Black attacks in U.S. history. With the AH...
ListenAlyssa Sepinwall and Andrew Denning on Historical Video Games from 2021-03-23T19:50:57
AHR author Andrew Denning speaks with historian Alyssa Sepinwall about historical video games and gaming history. Sepinwall is the author of the forthcoming book Slave Revolt on Screen: The ...
ListenAn AHR Conversation on Black Internationalism from 2021-03-17T04:00
This episode features a March 2, 2021, Virtual AHA session that hosted a discussion of the recent AHR Conversation on Black Internationalism, which appeared in th...
ListenJessica Marie Johnson on the History of Atlantic Slavery and the Digital Humanities from 2021-02-17T05:00
In this episode, AHR Consulting Editor Lara Putnam speaks with Johns Hopkins University historian Jessica Marie Johnson about the intersection of the history of A...
ListenMerle Eisenberg and Lee Mordechai on the Plague Concept from 2021-01-01T05:00
Merle Eisenberg and Lee Mordechai discuss their article “The Justinianic Plague and Global Pandemics: The Making of the Plague Concept,” which appears in the Dece...
ListenMonica H. Green on The Four Black Deaths from 2020-12-16T05:00
In this episode we speak with Monica H. Green, a historian of medicine and global health, about her article, “The Four Black Deaths,” which appears in the Decembe...
ListenAri Joskowicz on His Article “The Age of the Witness and the Age of Surveillance” from 2020-10-08T15:12:54
In this episode, historian Ari Joskowicz discusses “The Age of the Witness and the Age of Surveillance: Romani Holocaust Testimony and the Perils of Digital Schol...
ListenIan Milligan Discusses His Book History in the Age of Abundance? from 2020-09-18T04:00
In this first episode of the fourth season of the podcast, we speak with historian Ian Milligan about his 2019 book Hi...
ListenSubmitting Your Work to the AHR from 2020-07-21T04:00
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to submit an article to the AHR, how the review process works, how best to frame your submission, or what type of work the A...
ListenJulia Gaffield on Julius S. Scott’s The Common Wind from 2020-06-29T20:05:12
Adam McNeil interviews Georgia State University historian Julia Gaffield about the legacy and ongoing influence of Julius S. Scott’s Listen
Corinne Field and Nicholas Syrett on the Roundtable "Chronological Age" from 2020-04-15T04:00
In this episode we speak with historians Corinne Field and Nicholas Syrett about the April 2020 AHR Roundtable they co-edited titled “Chronological Age: A Useful ...
ListenAna Minian on Her Article “Offshoring Migration Control" from 2020-03-17T15:41:13
In this episode, Stanford University historian Ana Minian talks about her February 2020 AHR article “Offshoring Migr...
ListenTyler Anbinder on Ireland’s Great Famine Refugees in New York from 2020-02-25T05:00
My guest is Tyler Anbinder who, along with Cormac Ó Gráda and Simone A. Wegge, authored the article “Networks and Opportunities: A Digital History of Ireland’s Gr...
ListenSharon Leon Part 2: Historians and Data from 2020-01-15T05:00
In part 2 of this conversation with Michigan State University historian Sharon Leon, we examine the concept of historians as data creators. Among other things, we...
ListenSharon Leon Part 1: A Better History of Digital History from 2020-01-15T05:00
In this two-part interview, we speak with Michigan State University historian Sharon Leon. Known for her work in American religious history and in digital public ...
ListenT.J. Tallie on "The Moon Is Dead! Give Us Our Money!" from 2019-12-11T16:53:51
AHR Associate Editor Michelle Moyd speaks with T.J. Tallie about his reappraisal of Keletso E. Atkins’s 1993 book The M...
ListenBen Wright and Joseph Locke on The American Yawp from 2019-11-19T05:00
This episode is the next installment in our series exploring history and the digital world. AHR podcast editor Daniel Story and AHR editor Alex Lichtenstein exami...
ListenCharles Francis on LGBTQ Archive Activism from 2019-10-23T04:00
AHR author Charles Francis speaks about his October 2019 issue article “Freedom Summ...
ListenKarin Wulf on Scholarly Publishing and Women Also Know History from 2019-09-19T03:46:24
In this episode AHR editor Alex Lichtenstein speaks with Karin Wulf, the Director of the Omohundro Institute of Early American Hi...
ListenLiz Covart BONUS from 2019-09-12T17:36
Liz Covart and Daniel Story discuss the practical and technical sides of podcasting.
ListenLiz Covart on the State of History Podcasting from 2019-09-12T03:55:29
Season 3 of AHR Interview kicks off with an interview with historian and podcaster Liz Covart—creator and host of the podcast Ben Franklin’s World. Covart speaks with AHR Podcast Edit...
ListenRobert Greene on His Film "Bisbee '17" from 2019-05-20T14:05:31
In this episode, AHR editor Alex Lichtenstein speaks with filmmaker Robert Greene about his 2018 film “Bisbee ’17.” In it Greene examines the complex and troubled history of Bisbee, Arizona, a mini...
ListenKathryn Tomasek on Historians and Digital Scholarship from 2019-05-02T16:07:14
In the fall of 2018, Wheaton College historian Kathryn Tomasek made a visit to Indiana University, Bloomington, as a guest of IU’s Institute for Digital Arts and Humanities. AHR Interview producer ...
ListenKathryn Olivarius on Her Article “Immunity, Capital, and Power in Antebellum New Orleans” from 2019-03-25T16:30:06
In this episode, editor Alex Lichtenstein speaks with Kathryn Olivarius, whose article, “Immunity, Capital, and Power in Antebellum New Orleans,” appears in the April 2019 issue of the AHR. Olivari...
ListenBrandon Byrd on African American Intellectual History from 2019-03-18T18:37:31
In this episode we speak with Brandon R. Byrd about his work in African American and African Diaspora intellectual history. His first book, forthcoming from the University of Pennsylvania Press, is...
ListenThe Fire at the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro from 2019-02-04T16:54:19
One of the late-breaking sessions at this year’s AHA Annual Meeting dealt with the devasting fire that engulfed Brazil’s Museu Nacional in September 2018. The session was titled “Archives Burning: ...
ListenBianca Premo&Yanna Yannakakis: “A Court of Sticks and Branches" from 2019-01-28T20:28:08
In this episode we speak with Bianca Premo and Yanna Yannakakis about their article “A Court of Sticks and Branches: Indian Jurisdiction in Colonial Mexico and Beyond,” which appears in the Februar...
ListenTrevor Getz on Graphic History from 2018-12-12T15:08:35
Over the past few issues, the AHR has begun broadening what it selects for review beyond the confines of the scholarly monograph. In the April 2018 issue, the journal featured a set of film reviews...
ListenRegina Kunzel on Her Article "The Power of Queer History" from 2018-11-29T15:40:51
In this episode we speak with historian Regina Kunzel, whose review essay titled “The Power of Queer History” appears in the December 2018 issue of the AHR. Kunzel is the Doris Stevens Chair and Pr...
ListenA Look Back at Lara Putnam’s Article “The Transnational and the Text-Searchable” from 2018-10-25T15:31:27
In this episode we look back at one of our most read articles from the past few years—Lara Putnam’s “The Transnational and the Text-Searchable: Digitized Sources and the Shadows They Cast,” which a...
ListenDavid Minto on His Article “Perversion by Penumbras” from 2018-09-17T13:38:36
In this episode of AHR Interview, David Minto discusses his article “Perversion by Penumbras: Wolfenden, Griswold, and the Transatlantic Trajectory of Sexual Privacy,” which appears in the journal’...
ListenAHR Interview: Historians on Hamilton from 2018-08-17T18:50:14
The runaway success of the Broadway musical Hamilton has thrilled and challenged American audiences with a racially diverse reimagining of the nation’s founding. The highly acclaimed show has had c...
ListenAHR Interview: Sean Jacobs on the Film Black Panther from 2018-07-10T13:50:26
AHR Interview is excited to present a new four-part series on the recent blockbuster film Black Panther. In these episodes, AHR editorial assistant Charlene Fletcher speaks with four different scho...
ListenAHR Interview: Andre Carrington on the Film Black Panther from 2018-07-10T13:44:47
AHR Interview is excited to present a new four-part series on the recent blockbuster film Black Panther. In these episodes, AHR editorial assistant Charlene Fletcher speaks with four different s...
ListenAHR Interview: Nwando Achebe on the Film Black Panther from 2018-07-10T13:36:45
AHR Interview is excited to present a new four-part series on the recent blockbuster film Black Panther. In these episodes, AHR editorial assistant Charlene Fletcher speaks with four different scho...
ListenAHR Interview: Tanisha Ford on the Film Black Panther from 2018-07-10T13:28:44
AHR Interview is excited to present a new four-part series on the recent blockbuster film Black Panther. In these episodes, AHR editorial assistant Charlene Fletcher speaks with four different scho...
ListenAHR Interview: Donna Murch Discusses Her Essay “Black Liberation and 1968” from 2018-06-13T17:28:03
The June issue of the AHR features a series of short essays commemorating the 50th anniversary of 1968. In this episode our guest is one of the contributors to this series, Donna Murch. Her piece i...
ListenTaymiya Zaman on Her Article for the New Section “History Unclassified” from 2018-06-05T13:50:22
In this episode of AHR Interview, consulting editor Kate Brown speaks with historian Taymiya Zaman about her essay “Cities, Time, and the Backward Glance,” which appears in the June 2018 issue. Zam...
ListenAHR Interview with Paul Kramer on His Article on U.S. Immigration Policy from 2018-04-24T19:56:47
In this episode AHR associate editor Konstantin Dierks speaks with historian Paul Kramer whose article “The Geopolitics of Mobility: Immigration Policy and American Global Power in the Long Twentie...
ListenAHR Interview with Max Bergholz on His Reappraisal of Benedict Anderson’s "Imagined Communities" from 2018-03-15T00:00
In this episode of AHR Interview, journal editor Alex Lichtenstein speaks with Max Bergholz, the author of a reappraisal article on Benedict Anderson’s 1983 book Imagined Communities that appears i...
ListenAHR Authors Kellen Funk and Lincoln Mullen on Digital Text Analysis and US Legal Practice from 2018-01-21T00:00
In this episode of AHR Interview, we speak with Kellen Funk and Lincoln Mullen, the coauthors of an article that appears in the February 2018 issue of the AHR titled, “The Spine of American Law: Di...
ListenAHR Author Vanessa Ogle on the History of Tax Havens, Offshore Money, and the State from 2017-12-15T00:00
Our guest in this episode is Vanessa Ogle. Ogle is an associate professor of history at the University of California, Berkeley, and the author of the 2015 book The Global Transformation of Time: 18...
ListenA Conversation with Derek Peterson, MacArthur Fellow and Historian of Eastern Africa from 2017-12-05T21:26:03
In this episode of AHR Interview, our guest is University of Michigan historian and recent MacArthur Fellowship recipient Derek Peterson. Peterson’s research focuses on the colonial experience in e...
ListenSunil Amrith Discusses His Recent MacArthur Fellowship Award from 2017-11-16T21:37:11
In this episode we speak with Sunil Amrith, Mehra Family Professor of South Asian Studies and Professor of History at Harvard University. He is the author of the 2006 book Decolonizing Internationa...
ListenElizabeth Hinton Discusses Carceral Studies and Scholarly Activism from 2017-10-20T15:59:16
In this AHR Interview, we speak with Elizabeth Hinton, Assistant Professor of History and of African and African American Studies at Harvard University, about the broad field of carceral studies an...
ListenAn Interview with AHR Author Sven Beckert on His Article American Danger from 2017-10-04T00:00
In this pilot episode of AHR Interview, a production of the American Historical Review, intern Clay Catlin speaks with Sven Beckert about his article “American Danger: United States Empire, Eurafri...
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