Hello! We are a group of graduate students at Cornell interviewing historians about their latest research! If you are interested in finding out more about us please visit our website, https://blogs.cornell.edu/publichistory/projects/histories-from-mcgraw/ follow us on instagram @histories.mcgrawpodcast and on bluesy @mcgrawpodcast.bsky.social!
Lucas talks with Rachel Sandwell, Assistant Professor of History at Cornell University, about her newest book, National Liberation and the Political Life of Exile, which tells the story of the African National Congress during its years in exile, and the role women played in shaping its changing vision of Liberation and South African Nationhood.
25 Mar 2026
The Predatory Sea with Casey Schmitt
Harry talks with Casey Schmitt, professor of history at Cornell University, about her new book The Predatory Sea: Human Trafficking and Captivity in the Seventeenth-Century Caribbean which uncovers a seventeenth-century story of human trafficking that extended far beyond the familiar contours of plantation slavery, revealing a region shaped by piracy, privateering, imperial rivalry, and opportunistic capture at sea.
Learn more about Schmitt's work on Bluesky (@csschmitt.bsky.social) and at her Cornell faculty page:
https://history.cornell.edu/casey-schmitt (https://history.cornell.edu/casey-schmitt)
A Predatory Sea (Book):
https://www.pennpress.org/9781512828146/the-predatory-sea/ (https://www.pennpress.org/9781512828146/the-predatory-sea/)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/219550621-the-predatory-sea?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_17 (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/219550621-the-predatory-sea?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_17)
To learn more about Histories from McGraw visit our webpage (https://phi.history.cornell.edu/projects/histories-from-mcgraw/)!
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25 Mar 2026
Bukovina with Cristina Florea
Sinziana Stanciu explores Bukovina with Cristina Florea, professor of history at Cornell University. This book looks at this borderland region across the 19th and 20th centuries, the ever-changing nature of this space, and the people that lived here. Listen to this episode to learn more about how this fantastic book came together!
Learn more about Cristina's work on her Cornell faculty page: https://history.cornell.edu/cristina-florea (https://history.cornell.edu/cristina-florea)
Bukovina (book):
https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691276809/bukovina (https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691276809/bukovina)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/228632951-bukovina (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/228632951-bukovina)
To learn more about Histories from McGraw visit our webpage (https://phi.history.cornell.edu/projects/histories-from-mcgraw/)!
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