In this podcast series, Paul Zanazanian, author and Associate Professor at McGill University, explores what history is, what it can do, and how people use it in their everyday lives. What is unique about this series is that Zanazanian engages in conversations with scholars and other professionals who do not work in any field directly related to history but — as shall be discovered — hold valuable insights about history’s worth and relevance. The podcast is inspired by Zanazanian’s book, Historical Consciousness and Practical Life: A Theory and Methodology, which examines history’s life uses.
History-in-the-Now Conversations!
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In this podcast series, Paul Zanazanian, author and Associate Professor at McGill University, explores what history is, what it can do, and how people use it in their everyday lives. What is unique about this series is that Zanazanian engages in conversations with scholars and other professionals who do not work in any field directly related to history but — as shall be discovered — hold valuable insights about history’s worth and relevance. The podcast is inspired by Zanazanian’s book, Historical Consciousness and Practical Life: A Theory and Methodology, which examines history’s life uses.
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July 13, 2026
INVITED GUEST: Jerome Garot, Senior Product Manager, Silicon
<p>Jerome Garot is a Senior Product Manager at SILICON, where he has focused on metallic product innovations and field services for nearly two decades. Throughout his career, his professional contributions have been resulted in unique inventions and patents. Jerome is passionate about his professional career and spends most of his time pursuing the next challenge.</p><p>REFERENCING FOR CITATION PURPOSES: Zanazanian, P. (Host) & Garot, J. (Guest). (2026, July) How history lives within us: Senior Product Manager Jerome Garot SILICON talks history. History in the Now Conversations <a href="https://historyinthenow.com/podcast/" target="_blank">https://historyinthenow.com/podcast/</a></p><p>*This podcast, History in the Now Conversations, emerges from my research which can be found in my book: Zanazanian, P. (2025) Historical Consciousness and Practical Life: A Theory and Methodology. University of Toronto Press. For more information, visit:<a href="https://historyinthenow.com/book-historical-consciousness-practical-life/" target="_blank">https://historyinthenow.com/book-historical-consciousness-practical-life/</a>.</p>
June 11, 2026
INVITED GUEST: Richard Bourhis, Professor Emeritus, Université du Québec à Montréal
<p><strong>Richard Y. Bourhis</strong> obtained a BSc in Psychology at McGill University, and a Ph.D. in Social Psychology at the University of Bristol, England (1977). He was Associate Professor in the Psychology Department at McMaster University and was full professor in the Psychology Department of the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) where he was elected Emeritus professor in 2017. Richard published several books and 200 journal articles and chapters on bilingual communication, immigrant/host community acculturation, discrimination and intergroup relations, language policies in multilingual settings. Richard was elected Fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association, Fellow of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, and Fellow of the Society for Experimental Social Psychology (SESP). In 2008, he received an award for outstanding research on Bilingualism from the International Association of Language and Social Psychology, and an award of distinction from the Canadian Race Relations Foundation. He received a doctorate ‘Honoris causa’ from Université de Lorraine, France, the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in Quebec and was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2012. He received the Gold Medal Award of the Canadian Psychological Association in 2019 for his lifetime contribution to Canadian Psychology.</p><p><strong>REFERENCING FOR CITATION PURPOSES</strong>: Zanazanian, P. (Host) & Bourhis, R. (Guest). (2026, June) How history lives within us: Professor Emeritus Richard Bourhis from the Université du Québec à Montréal talks history. History in the Now Conversations <a href="https://historyinthenow.com/podcast/">https://historyinthenow.com/podcast/</a></p><p>*This podcast, History in the Now Conversations, emerges from my research which can be found in my book: Zanazanian, P. (2025) Historical Consciousness and Practical Life: A Theory and Methodology. University of Toronto Press. For more information, visit: <a href="https://historyinthenow.com/book-historical-consciousness-practical-life/">https://historyinthenow.com/book-historical-consciousness-practical-life/</a>.</p>
May 18, 2026
INVITED GUEST: Daniel Weinstock, Full Professor, McGill University
<p>Daniel Weinstock is the Katharine A. Pearson Chair in the Faculty of Law and the Department of Philosophy at McGill University. He also held a James McGill Professorship at McGill from 2013 to 2019. He was the Director of McGill’s Institute for Health and Social Policy from 2013 to 2020. Before moving to McGill in 2012, he was a Professor in the Department of Philosophy of the Université de Montréal, where from 2000 to 2012 he held both Tier 1 and Tier 2 Canada Research Chairs. He was the Founding Director of the Centre de recherche en éthique de l’Université de Montréal.</p><p>His work and teaching have been recognized by a number of major prizes. He spent the 1998-1999 academic year as a Rockefeller Fellow at Princeton. In 2004, he was made a Prize Fellow of the Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau Foundation, and in 2008, he received the Prix André-Laurendeau from the Association canadienne-française pour l’avancement des sciences. He was awarded the Charles Taylor Prize for Excellence in Public Policy Research in 2017. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and was awarded the Order of Canada in 2023.</p><p><strong>REFERENCING FOR CITATION PURPOSES</strong>: Zanazanian, P. (Host) & Weinstock, D. (Guest). (2026, May) How history lives within us: Full Professor Daniel Weinstock from McGill University talks history. History in the Now Conversations <a href="https://historyinthenow.com/podcast/">https://historyinthenow.com/podcast/</a></p><p>*This podcast, History in the Now Conversations, emerges from my research which can be found in my book: Zanazanian, P. (2025) Historical Consciousness and Practical Life: A Theory and Methodology. University of Toronto Press. For more information, visit: <a href="https://historyinthenow.com/book-historical-consciousness-practical-life/">https://historyinthenow.com/book-historical-consciousness-practical-life/</a>.</p>
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