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 Watch: The Podcast Series
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Podcast Overview
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.
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Recent Episodes

June 13, 2020
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

October 5, 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.

June 15, 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)
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