Best GHIL Podcasts (2024)

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Stefanie Middendorf: States of Emergency and the Social Dimensions of Administrative Agency 0:13

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From living through wars to experiencing humanitarian crises, in this podcast episode, GHIL Research Fellow Clemens Villinger and PR officer Kim Koenig talk to Stephanie Middendorf about the research behind her GHIL Lecture on states of emergency and exception. What did they mean for societies in the 20th century and what can we take away for our o…

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Stefanie Middendorf: Societies under Siege: Experiencing States of Emergency in the Long Twentieth Century 0:49

19d ago0:49

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Today, the state of emergency seems to be as permanent as it is omnipresent. The term became ubiquitous in the early twentieth century and continues to guide the self-description of contemporary societies. Yet, referring to ‘emergencies’ implies a large range of meanings, from actual states of war to moments of humanitarian crisis, from abstract re…

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Split the Veil 98: Veilguard Gameplay Revealed 1:07:06

22d ago1:07:06

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In this episode, Caitie and Jordan discuss their thoughts on the Veilguard gameplay. We talk about the combat, the dialogue wheel, custom character creator, and lots of other details that have been unveiled. Also: we give "photo mode dev" his flowers.

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Split the Veil 97: Dragon Age: The Veilguard 51:30

24d ago51:30

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In this episode, Caitie and Jordan dive into the latest trailer for Dragon Age: The Veilguard (formerly Dragon Age: Dreadwolf). We also discuss the name change, revealed companions, expectations for the game, and briefly divert into some DA vs. Baldur's Gate 3 discussion.

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Podcast episode 40: Interview with Nick Riemer on politics, linguistics and ideology 27:11

1M ago27:11

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In this interview, we talk to Nick Riemer about how linguistic theory and political ideology can interact. Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts References for Episode 40 Ahmed, Sara. 2012. On being included: Racism and diversity in institutional life. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. Althusser, Louis 1996 [1965]. Marxism and Humanism. In For Marx …

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Eva Marlene Hausteiner, Pascale Siegrist and Kim König: Federations, constitutions and the German Basic Law 0:13

1M ago0:13

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Can federations be stable? Should political orders last forever and constitutions be permanent?75 years ago, the German Basic Law came into force. In this GHIL podcast interview, Research Fellow for Modern History Pascale Siegrist and PR Officer Kim König talk to Eva Marlene Hausteiner, Chair in Political Theory and History of Political Thought at …

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Eva Marlene Hausteiner: Should Federations be Made to Last? 0:35

1M ago0:35

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In political theory and political debates, an implicit expectation looms large: a ‘good’ polity is durable, ideally even permanent. Federal polities are accordingly conceptualized as orders which can regulate heterogeneity and resolve conflict—for the sake of long-term stability. The lecture will question this expectation of permanence by pointing …

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Split the Veil 96: Dragon Age Dreadwolf Dreams (2024) 59:57

2M ago59:57

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In this episode, Caitie and Jordan return to where they began, revisiting some old wishlist items for "Dragon Age 4" and updating their list of wants for Dragon Age Dreadwolf.

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Sebastian Conrad: Colonial Times, Global Times: History and Imperial World-Making 0:50

2M ago0:50

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This podcast episode is a recording of the second Thyssen Lecture, given by Sebastian Conrad, and organized by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation in cooperation with the GHIL. Sebastian Conrad’s lecture explores how the construction of a particular, western notion of time and temporality, of modernity, was central to the constitution of western imperial …

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Podcast episode 39: Interview with Ingrid Piller on Life in a New Language 26:10

2M ago26:10

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In this interview, we talk to Ingrid Piller about her forthcoming co-authored book Life in a New Language. Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts References for Episode 39 Kachru, Braj B. 1985. ‘Standards, codification and sociolinguistic realism: The English language in the outer circle’, in English in the world: Teaching and learni…

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Philipp Rössner, Marcus Meer and Kim König: Bad pennies and revolting peasants: 0:19

3M ago0:19

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Money doesn’t stink – or so the famous phrase goes. So, what did peasants in the Middle Ages mean when they complained about bad coin? Can a focus on monetary issues shed new light on the Peasants' War?In this GHIL Podcast interview, Research Fellow for Medieval History Marcus Meer and PR Officer Kim König are joined by Philipp Rössner, Professor o…

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Philipp Rössner: Peasants, Wars, and Evil Coins: 0:41

3M ago0:41

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The ‘Great German Peasant War’ of 1524–6 has quietly slipped off the historian’s agenda. Structural-materialist interpretations have waned since the fall of the Iron Curtain, giving rise to several ‘cultural’ and other ‘turns’, most of which have also passed. One phenomenon, however, has been missed completely, in older as well as more recent histo…

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Podcast episode 38: Interview with Dan Everett on C.S. Peirce and Peircean linguistics 23:47

3M ago23:47

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In this interview, we talk to Dan Everett about the life and work of the American pragmatist philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce and Everett’s application of Peirce’s ideas to create a Peircean linguistics. Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts References for Episode 38 Cole, David. 2023. “The Chinese Room Argument”, The Stanford Enc…

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Nina Verheyen, Mirjam Brusius and Kim König: Global rankings: 0:14

4M ago0:14

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Why did people in Imperial Germany became increasingly interested in their personal performance? Was there a link between global entanglements of Imperial Germany on the one hand and a rise in personal achievement culture on the other?By Nina Verheyen, Mirjam Brusius and Kim König

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Nina Verheyen: Global Connections and Personal Achievements: 0:47

4M ago0:47

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Within a few decades, people in Imperial Germany witnessed a dramatic rise in global exchange, as well as an increased public interest in personal achievement. Work performance, intelligence, sporting achievements, and so on were measured, standardized, optimized and—above all—cherished. This lecture scrutinizes the link between both of these trend…

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Podcast episode 37: Interview with Michael Lynch on conversation analysis and ethnomethodology 27:22

4M ago27:22

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In this interview, we talk to Michael Lynch about the history of conversation analysis and its connections to ethnomethodology. Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts References for Episode 37 Button, Graham, Michael Lynch and Wes Sharrock (2022) Ethnomethodology, Conversation Analysis and Constructive Analysis: On Formal Structures …

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Clare Anderson: Convicts, Creolization and Cosmopolitanism: 1:00

5M ago1:00

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Between the late eighteenth and mid-twentieth centuries, the British transported over a quarter of a million convicts to colonies and settlements including in Australia, the Andaman Islands, Indian Ocean, and Southeast Asia. About one percent of the approximately 167,000 convicts shipped to the Australian colonies (1787-1868) were of Asian, African…

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Kokou Azamede, Mirjam Brusius and Kim König: The restitution debate in Togo 0:22

6M ago0:22

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The issue of restitution is an ongoing topic of public debate in both European and African societies. In this GHIL podcast interview, GHIL Fellow for Colonial and Global History Mirjam Brusius and PR Officer Kim König talk to Kokou Azamede, Associate Professor at the Department of German Studies at the University of Lomé, about his work with local …

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Kokou Azamede: The Perception of Colonial Cultural Goods and Human Remains among Communities in the Former German Colony of Togo in the Context of the Restitution Debate 0:49

6M ago0:49

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The issue of restitution continues to animate public debate in both European and African societies. The search for ways and means to present the problem and to involve communities is becoming a challenge for some African leaders because opinions on the issue tend to diverge between the communities and social groups concerned, depending in part on t…

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Split the Veil 95: Dragon Age Day 2023 1:13:31

6M ago1:13:31

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In this episode, Caitie and Jordan discuss the latest Dragon Age: Dreadwolf teaser trailer released on Dragon Age Day in December. Also there's quite a bit of talk about how well we think Dreadwolf will end up doing once it's released, and... more BG3. Also: spiders.

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Regina Toepfer: Homer’s Heroes in Early Modern Germany: 0:50

7M ago0:50

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In this lecture Regina Toepfer will present her concept of translational anthropology and show how philological comparisons can reveal patterns of thought, systems of knowledge, and values held by historical individuals and societies. She considers literary translations to be key anthropological texts and sees shifts in meaning between the source a…

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Podcast housekeeping December 2023 1:13

7M ago1:13

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In this brief audio clip, we provide an update on what’s been happening with the podcast – and what’s coming up. Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts McElvenny, James. 2024. A History of Modern Linguistics: From the Beginnings to World War II. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. Entry in the Edinburgh University Press catalogue…

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Awadhendra Sharan, Indra Sengupta and Kim König: Pollution and the modern city: 0:20

8M ago0:20

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How have India's colonial past and its life as a postcolonial nation state shaped the history of climate change, particulate matter, and germs and viruses in the region? What is the relationship between these histories and India's urban modernity?In this GHIL podcast interview GHIL Senior Fellow and Head of the India Research Programme Indra Sengup…

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Awadhendra Sharan: India’s Atmospheric Modernity: 0:52

8M ago0:52

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Around the mid nineteenth century, air pollution began to be discussed in India, especially in its largest cities, Calcutta and Bombay. The concern was with black smoke and the impact that this had on the quality of urban life, human health, and economic efficiency. In time, visible smoke yielded to invisible particulate matter as a serious object …

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Split the Veil 94: BioWare Layoffs and N7 Day 57:02

8M ago57:02

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In this episode, Caitie and Jordan lament the departure of the BioWare employees laid off in August and discuss what it means for the studio. Also: N7 Day teaser and what it means for Mass Effect fans. Also: also: maybe something about the voyages of the "Titanic."

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Sumathi Ramaswamy: Imagining India in the Empire of Science 0:49

9M ago0:49

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This podcast episode is a recording of the inaugural Thyssen Lecture, given by Sumathi Ramaswamy, and organized by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation in cooperation with the GHIL. Drawing inspiration from Edward Said's concept of imperialism as geographical violence, she delves into the ways in which various scientific disciplines, like geography and car…

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Janaki Nair, Indra Sengupta and Kim König: The history of schooling in colonial India 0:28

9M ago0:28

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How can we unpack the history of schooling in colonial India by looking beyond official records of success and failure? How did the classroom in the Princely State of Mysore become a place where children and young adults unlearned traditional prejudices and picked up new sensory skills, which in turn shaped their understanding of their own selves i…

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Janaki Nair: The Classroom as Sensorium: 0:48

9M ago0:48

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How was the hand to be guided, the eye to be trained, the senses sharpened in preparing the child for an adult world? In princely Mysore in southern India, the missionaries, who took the initial steps in opening up education to wider circles than those entitled to forms of knowledge, and the Government efforts that followed were faced with new and …

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Podcast episode 36: Interview with Ghil‘ad Zuckermann on revivalistics 30:04

9M ago30:04

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In this interview, we talk to Ghil‘ad Zuckermann about language reclamation and revival in Australia and around the world. Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts References for Episode 36 The Barngarla trinity: people, language, land. The Barngarla trilogy: (1) Barngarlidhi Manoo (‘Speaking Barngarla Together’): Barngarla Alphabet & …

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Split the Veil 93: Baldur's Gate 3 1:20:39

11M ago1:20:39

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In this episode, Caitie and Jordan discuss the newly released Baldur's Gate 3! We talk character creation, companions, choice and consequence, and everything else to love about this RPG. Also: Dragon Age comparisons.

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Podcast episode 35: Interview with Nick Thieberger on historical documentation and archiving 22:23

11M ago22:23

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In this interview, we talk to Nick Thieberger about the value of historical documentation for linguistic research, and how this documentation can be preserved and made accessible today and in the future in digital form. Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts References for Episode 35 Crane, Gregory, ed. 1987–. Project Perseus. Web re…

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Patrick Anthony, Mirjam Brusius and Kim König: Climate Crises and Politics in the Eighteenth Century 0:14

12M ago0:14

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Why was the Enlightenment a turning point in the way in which humans think about climate? In what way did climate catastrophes affect revolutions and vice versa? How did climate politics emerge during this time?In this GHIL podcast interview, Research Fellow for Colonial and Global History Mirjam Brusius and PR Officer Kim König, talk to Patrick An…

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