The History Watch Podcast series explores the ways in which ideas of the past shape our everyday realities. In each episode, Dr. Audra A. Diptée is in conversation with invited guests from across the globe to discuss the ways in which history can be manipulated, shape our perceptions of the present, and influence how we imagine the future.
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, and legacy of slavery and the Atlantic slave trade in global perspectives. To learn more about her work see her website: http://www.analuciaaraujo.org
5 Oct 2019
Finding the Caribbean Coolie Woman: History, Power and Memory
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 podcast discusses the history of her great-grandmother who left India alone and pregnant in the early 20th century to go to British Guiana (modern day Guyana). Together Bahadur & Diptee discuss the ways in which the very remarkable story of her grandmother was in fact a very ordinary history of Indian women travelling to the Caribbean under the indentured labour system. They also discuss the challenges of recovering lost voices and the ways in which the politics and power of historical memory operates in the present day.
15 Jun 2019
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 historical methods when undertaking policy analysis.
Dr. Raul Pacheco-Vega is a faculty member with the Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas (Mexico). Their discussion was recorded in Paris (April 2019) while they were both holding the post of Invited Professor with the Institut des Hautes Etudes de l'Amérique Latine at the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle.
Podcast notes:
Dr. Raul Pacheco-Vega: http://www.raulpacheco.org/
Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas (Mexico)
https://www.cide.edu/
Private Water Companies Mentioned
* Suez Environnement
* Veolia Water
People Mentioned in Podcast:
Dr. Michael Bess, División de Historia at the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas in Mexico
https://cide.academia.edu/MikeBess
Dr. Juliette Levy, University of California (Riverside)
https://history.ucr.edu/people/juliette-levy
Book Mentioned:
Heiko Feldner, Kevin Passmore, Stefan Berger, Writing History: Theory and Practice (Bloomsbury, 2010)
4 May 2019
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 politics of history, reparations for slavery, Caribbean regionalism, and the link between public history and collective memory.
Podcast notes:
Historical References
* Woodford Square named after Sir Ralph James Woodford (Governor of Trinidad, 1813-1828), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_James_Woodford
* Sir Thomas Picton, Governor of Trinidad, 1797-1803, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Picton
* Destruction of Grey Friars Church in Trinidad, https://www.joshualuecheekong.com/greyfriars-grief
Organizations Mentioned
Alma Jordan Library
https://libraries.sta.uwi.edu/ajl/
Caricom Reparations Commission
http://ncr.org.tt/about-us/caricom-regional-commission
Citizens for Conservation (Rudylynn Roberts)
https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/City/Citizens-for-Conservation-Trinidad-and-Tobago-462499293822720/
Cross Rhodes Project (Shabaka Kambon)
crossrhodestt.com/
Heritage Library
https://www.nalis.gov.tt/Libraries/Heritage-Library
National Trust of Trinidad and Tobago
http://nationaltrust.tt/
Paria Publishing - Gerard ‘Jerry’ Besson.
— Caribbean History Archives
http://caribbeanhistoryarchives.blogspot.com/
Trinidad and Tobago Heritage Library
https://www.nalis.gov.tt/Libraries/Heritage-Library
Trinidad & Tobago National Committee on Reparations (Chairman, Mr. Aiyegoro Ome)
http://ncr.org.tt/about-us
Trinidad and Tobago National Archives
https://www.natt.gov.tt/
Trinidad and Tobago National Library
https://www.nalis.gov.tt/About-Us/National-Library-of-Trinidad-and-Tobago
Academics Mentioned
Sir Roy Augier
https://www.mona.uwi.edu/history/staff/our-staff-0
Sir Hilary Beckles
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilary_Beckles
Dr. Susan Craig-James
The Changing Society of Tobago, 1838-1938 (Cornerstone, 2008)
Dr. Elsa Goveia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Goveia
Sir Arthur Lewis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Arthur_Lewis
Dr. Rita Pemberton: https://sta.uwi.edu/fhe/history/RitaPemberton.asp
Dr. Verene Shepherd
Radio program mentioned: “Talking History”, Jamaica’s first weekly radio history education programme
https://nationwideradiojm.com/personalities/talking-history/
Dr. David V. Trotman,
http://www.davidvtrotman.com/
Article mentioned: ‘Acts of Possession and Symbolic Decolonisation in Trinidad and Tobago,’ Caribbean Quarterly, Vol. 58, No. 1 (2012), 21-43.
Dr. Maureen Warner-Lewis:
https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/2094635407_Maureen_Warner-Lewis
12 Jan 2019
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 legacies of colonial urban planning on present day Africa. For more on Dr. Watson, please see the following link: https://uct.academia.edu/VanessaWatson
15 May 2018
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 one of the founding members of the Association of Caribbean Historians and a scholar of Caribbean history.
His publications include the following books:
From Plantations to University Campus: The Social History of Cave Hill, 2013.
I Speak for the People: The Memoirs of Wynter Crawford (2003)
The Colthurst Journal: Journal of a Special Magistrate in the Islands of Barbados and St. Vincent, July 1835-September 1838 (1977)
14 May 2018
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 commemoration of Nakba Day (Day of Catastrophe), the reality facing everyday Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, and what it means to have a Palestinian identity when the nation of Palestine no longer exists on current world maps. The podcast ends with a recital of one of his poems entitled "It's all so fine."
Acknowledgements: The History Watch Project acknowledges and thanks The Rockefeller Foundation for facilitating an opportunity that made this interview possible.
About Mourid Barghouti: He has published 12 books of poetry and several books. In 2010, he was awarded the Palestine Award for Poetry. His poems are published in both Arabic and English. His work has appeared in various international literary magazines including The Times Literary Supplement and Modern Poetry in Translation. He prose has been published in several languages. He was also awarded the very prestigious Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature in 1997.
Select Publications:
Midnight and Other Poems (2008)
I Was Born There, I Was Born Here, Bloomsbury, 2011
I Saw Ramallah, 2003
A Small Sun, 2003
23 Feb 2018
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 Idahosa: Dr. Pablo Idahosa is a professor in the Faculty of Social Sciences at York University. He is an internationally recognized specialist in African Studies. His publications, include The Populist Dimension of African Political Thought: Essays in Reconstruction and Retrieval and Development’s Displacements: Ecologies, Economies and Cultures at Risk. Dr. Idahosa’s research interests include, but are not limited to, the relationship between development and modernity in Africa, the relationship between development and cultural production in Africa, ethnicity and displacement in the Niger Delta, and the politics of ethnicity, globalization and development. He has previously served as the Coordinator of the African Studies Program at York University and is currently the Head of Founder’s College.
6 Dec 2016
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 the fascinating story of Elizabeth Sampson: A free black woman in eighteenth century Suriname who owned more than 10 plantations and over 1,000 slaves.
Credits: This episode would not have been possible without the support of the Centre for Transcultural Analysis at Carleton University (http://carleton.ca/ctca/).
For more on Cynthia Mcleod: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_McLeod
Cynthia McLeod's Books (in English)
1) The Free Negress Elizabeth (2008)
2) The Cost of Sugar (1985)
3) Tutuba: The girl from the Slave-Ship Leusden (2013)
14 Feb 2016
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 racism, state repression, as well as the silences in knowledge production. The episode is a recording of an event co-organized and co-sponsored by the History Watch Project and the Institute of African Studies at Carleton University.
20 Nov 2015
The Problems & Politics Of Representing Atrocities
In this episode Dr. Jeremy Maron of the Canadian Museum of Human Rights is in conversation with Dr. Audra A. Diptee (Managing Director, History Watch Project) about the challenges faced and strategies undertaken when curating difficult subjects related to human rights violations.
31 Mar 2015
Indigenous Peoples Of The Caribbean: Memory, Identity, And The Politics Of History
In this podcast, Dr. Maximilian Forte of Concordia University is in conversation with Dr. Audra A. Diptee of the History Watch Project. Dr. Forte discusses memory, identity, and the politics of history as it relates to the indigenous peoples of the Caribbean. For more on Dr. Forte's work see http://openanthropology.org/. ISBN 978-0-9940972-1-7
31 Dec 2014
Crime in the Caribbean: A Legacy of Colonialism, A Product of Globalization
In this episode Dr. David V. Trotman of York University (Canada) is in conversation with Dr. Audra A. Diptee (Coordinator, History Watch Project) about the ways in which colonial legacies influence contemporary issues related to crime in the Caribbean. ISBN ISBN: 978-0-9940972-2-4
31 Oct 2014
History & Gaming
Subject: History & Video Gaming. In this episode of the History Watch podcast series Arpita Bajpeyi is in conversation with Professors Shawn Graham and Danielle Kinsey of Carleton University.
Credits: This episode was produced by Arpita Bajpeyi. The series is coordinated by Dr. Audra A. Diptee.
ISBN: 978-0-9940972-3-1
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