Best Term Paper Writing Podcasts (2024)

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Prof. Manfred Berg, "The Right to Bear Arms: Guns, Mass Shootings, and the Militia Movement" 34:40

1h ago34:40

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Prof. Manfred Berg, Curt Engelhorn Chair in American History at the University of Heidelberg, joins Megan Renoir and Hugh Wood to discuss the 2nd Amendment, mass shootings, the militia movement, and the possibility of another American civil war.

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Erik Mathisen, "The Problem of Free Labor and the Origins of the Republican Party" 26:01

11d ago26:01

26:01

Dr. Erik Mathisen joins Hugh Wood and Rob O'Sullivan to discuss his paper "The Problem of Free Labor and the Origins of the Republican Party." Dr. Mathisen places the idea of Free Labor within a global context and attempts to understand how the flaws of Free Labor were glossed over by proponents and later historians.…

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Elizabeth R. Varon, "White Supremacy in American Politics: An Origins Story" 29:16

2M ago29:16

29:16

This week, Elizabeth Varon, Harold Vyvyan Harmsworth Professor of American History, University of Oxford, and Langbourne M. Williams Professor of American History, University of Virginia, examines the political discourse of the Reconstruction era, and particularly the origins of the phrase "white supremacy." NB this episode contains reference to ou…

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Dr. Noam Maggor - "Escaping the Periphery: Railroad Regulation as American Industrial Policy" 27:18

3M ago27:18

27:18

Dr. Noam Maggor, Senior Lecturer in American History at Queen Mary, joins the podcast to discuss the transformation of American capitalism in the late-C19th. We focus on railroad regulation as a tool of the American 'developmental state'.

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Prof. Jefferson Cowie - "Freedom's Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power" 37:44

3M ago37:44

37:44

We discuss the complex history of ‘freedom’ in American history with 2023 Pulitzer Prize winner Jefferson Cowie (Vanderbilt University).

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Prof. Andrew Preston - A Bridge in Chicago: The New Deal and National Security 35:47

3M ago35:47

35:47

Prof. Andrew Preston is joined by two of his supervisees, Sam and Caleb. They discuss his next book project, which is about the invention of national security in the New Deal period.

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Prof. Stephanie Lewthwaite - "Relational Memories: Latinx Art in New York City Since the 1970s" 21:12

3M ago21:12

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Tune in for Latinx visual culture, New York's alternative 'artworlds' of the 1970s, Black Atlantic women artists and the nature of canonisation. Prof. Stephanie Lewthwaite is Associate Professor in American History (Faculty of Arts) at the University of Nottingham

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Dr. Joanna Cohen, "Hall’s Sympathies: Loss, Law, and the Limits of Feeling in Nineteenth Century America" 32:40

4M ago32:40

32:40

Dr. Joanna Cohen, Reader in American History at Queen Mary University of London, invites Fergus and Rob to consider some major problems in nineteenth century legal history and the history of capitalism. A lot of our discussion turns on the meaning of 'sympathy' in historical analysis.

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Dr. Lewis Defrates, "Neutrality by Absence: The Selective Repatriation of Americans at the Beginning of the First World War" 23:50

8M ago23:50

23:50

Dr. Lewis Defrates discusses his paper "Neutrality by Absence: The Selective Repatriation of Americans at the Beginning of the First World War." The paper describes how the U.S. government rushed to extract its citizens, ordered by social category, from the crisis rapidly unfolding across Europe. The paper promises to reshape our understanding of t…

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Prof. Nick Guyatt, Writing American History in Uncertain Times 50:41

10M ago50:41

50:41

Prof. Nick Guyatt, Caleb Woodall, and Hugh Wood discuss Nick's role as editor of the upcoming Oxford Illustrated History of the United States. We discuss the history and culture wars, the narratives that surround the American past, and the difficult political terrain the contemporary historian must navigate.…

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Prof. Richard J. M. Blackett, "Looking For Samuel Ringgold Ward" 44:39

11M ago44:39

44:39

Richard J. M. Blackett, Andrew Jackson Professor of History at Vanderbilt University, joins Fergus and Shea to discuss the largely forgotten abolitionist Samuel Ringgold Ward.

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Dr. Grace Mallon, "Federalism for Beginners: Intergovernmental Relations and Interdependent Sovereignty after 1789" 26:34

12M ago26:34

26:34

Dr. Grace Mallon - Kinder Junior Research Fellow in Atlantic History, and fellow of University College, Oxford - joins Jasmin Bath and Hugh Wood to discuss the peculiarities and practicalities of federalism in the Early Republic period.

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Prof. Andrew Preston, The Iraq War: 20 Years On 26:24

1y ago26:24

26:24

Prof. Andrew Preston discusses the causes and implications of the American invasion and occupation of Iraq with Fergus and Hugh.

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Prof. Gregory Daddis, "Faith and Fear: America's Relationship with War in the Modern Era" 32:59

1y ago32:59

32:59

Prof. Daddis joins Caleb Woodall and Fergus Selsdon Games, both PhD candidates here at Cambridge, to discuss his forthcoming work Faith and Fear: America's Relationship with War in the Modern Era. We discuss power, gender, and America's faith in the transformative capacity of conflict.

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Dr. Meg Jacobs, "The New Deal's AAA Reconsidered: State-Building from the Bottom Up" 38:06

1y ago38:06

38:06

For the final episode before Easter break, Dr. Meg Jacobs and Caleb Woodall join Hugh Wood to discuss the New Deal's Agricultural Adjustment Agency. We cover topics such as collectivism, coercion, and the saving of American capitalism. As noted in the introduction, there won't be any new episodes until mid-May. Until then, stay well, and thanks for…

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Prof. Emily West, "Enslaved Women and the Duality of Feeding in the Antebellum South" 37:29

1y ago37:29

37:29

This week, Prof. Emily West, from Reading University, and Meg Roberts, a PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge, join Hugh Wood to discuss Prof. West's paper, "Enslaved Women and the Duality of Feeding in the Antebellum South." Here's a link to Prof. West's article on wet-nursing: https://www.jstor.org/stable/44783893, and here's a link to BR…

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Prof. Sophie White, "His Master's Grace": Extra-Judicial Violence in Atlantic Slave Societies" 34:06

1y ago34:06

34:06

This week, Prof. Sophie White and Will Johnson, an MPhil here at Cambridge, join Hugh Wood to discuss Prof. White's paper, "His Master's Grace": Extra-Judicial Violence in Atlantic Slave Societies." Here are the links to the project and works mentioned in the introduction: the digital humanities project, https://oieahc.wm.edu/digital-projects/oi-re…

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Dr. Robert Lee, "Indigenous Land and Sovereign Wealth in America: The Case of the Connecticut School Fund" 43:06

1+ y ago43:06

43:06

This week, Dr. Robert Lee and Megan Renoir join Hugh Wood to discuss indigenous dispossession, institution building, and the complexities of post-revolutionary governing. Here's a link to Dr. Lee's prizewinning work on Land Grab Universities: https://www.landgrabu.org/. Thanks for tuning in and we hope you enjoy!…

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Dr. Emily Brady, "I Didn't Know She Took Pictures": African American Women Photographers in the Long Civil Rights Movement" 37:01

1+ y ago37:01

37:01

Dr. Emily Brady - the Broadbent Junior Research Fellow at Christ Church College, Oxford - joins Marie Puysségur and Hugh Wood to discuss her work on African American Women photographers in the long civil rights movement. Here's a link to an article containing some of the photographs we discuss today: (https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/galler…

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Prof. Bruce J. Schulman, "From the 'Smoke Filled Room' to the 'Singing Teapot': Women Voters and the Transformation of American Politics, 1924-1928" 45:19

1+ y ago45:19

45:19

This week, Prof. Bruce J. Schulman, discusses some research drawn from his current book project, a monumental volume of the Oxford History of the United States, covering the period 1896-1929. We're joined by Eric Wycoff-Rogers, who's just submitted their PhD on gender and sex relations in the first decades of the 20th century.…

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Dr. Caitlin Harvey, "Eureka! Gold Rushes, Universities, and Globalization, 1840-1910" 33:54

1+ y ago33:54

33:54

For the first episode of 2023 (re-uploaded due to a technical error!), we're joined by Dr. Caitlin Harvey, an early career research fellow at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. Alongside Caitlin, we're joined by Rob O'Sullivan, a PhD candidate at Sidney Sussex and historian of Irish identity in the nineteenth century United States. Be on the lookout f…

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Dr. Erin Trahey, "Power Ever Follows Property: Sugar Heiresses and the Devises Act of 1761" - 2/12/22 32:24

1+ y ago32:24

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In this episode, Dr. Erin Trahey, Assistant Professor of Early American History at Cambridge, discusses a chapter from her upcoming book project, Free Women of Jamaica: Property, Race and Power in Jamaican Slave Society 1760-1834, entitled: "Power Ever Follows Property: Sugar Heiresses and the Devises Act of 1761." Take a dive into the racial, gend…

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Prof. Fredrik Logevall, "JFK: The Road To Power" - 28/11/22 45:03

1+ y ago45:03

45:03

In this episode, Professor Fredrik Logevall discusses a chapter from the upcoming second volume of his biography of President John F. Kennedy. Theo Zenou - a PhD candidate at Hughes Hall - joins Hugh Wood to talk through JFK's character, contemporary resonance, and the debates surrounding the relationship between biography and history.…

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Prof. Angus Burgin: "From the New Economy to Neoliberalism" - 21/11/22 51:53

1+ y ago51:53

51:53

This week, Professor Angus Burgin discusses his paper, "From the New Economy to Neoliberalism" with PhD students Sam Pallis and Hugh Wood.

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Goulet Q&A Episode 283: Best Pens to Dismantle, Rose Gold Ink, and Prepping for Long-Term Storage

4+ y ago

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p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #454545} In this Goulet Q&A episode, Brian talks about pens he loves to dismantle, rose gold ink, and how to have strong relationship between a retailer and pen manufacturer. Enjoy!By Brian Goulet

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Mario Del Pero on 'In the Shadow of the Vatican', 17/2/20 41:10

4+ y ago41:10

41:10

Professor Mario Del Pero, Professor of International History, Institut d’études politiques at Sciences Po, Paris, speaks about his paper 'In the Shadow of the Vatican' with PhD student Christopher Schaefer.The pair discuss the missionary efforts of a small group of evangelical Christians, members of the 'Church of Christ', who moved from Lubbock, T…

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Emma Teitelman on 'Class and State in America’s Greater Reconstruction', 3/2/20 30:42

4+ y ago30:42

30:42

Back to our normal format this week. Emma Teitelman, Mellon Research Fellow in American History at the University of Cambridge, talks to Lewis Defrates about her paper ‘Class and State in America’s Greater Reconstruction’Dr Teitelman’s paper discusses the efforts of groups of north-eastern capitalists in the years following the Civil War to work wi…

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Goulet Q&A Episode 282: Brian's Favorite Stealth Pens, Pens That Can Take Abuse, and When New Products Are Leaked

4+ y ago

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p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #454545} In this Goulet Q&A episode, Brian talks about his favorite stealth pens, which pens he gives to people, and what he really thinks about people who leak product releases ahead of time. Enjoy!By Brian Goulet

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Heather Ann Thompson Pitt Inaugural Lecture 27/1/2020 1:13:31

4+ y ago1:13:31

1:13:31

This is a special episode of the CAHS podcast, as Pitt Professor of American History and Institutions Heather Ann Thompson delivers her inaugural lecture on 'American Prison Uprisings and Why They Matter Today', with introductory comments from Professor Gary Gerstle.Apologies for the quasi-'field recording' style of the audio here. Video of the lec…

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Goulet Q&A Episode 281: Which Fountain Pens Stain, and the Best Pens to Come in 2020

4+ y ago

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p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #454545} In this Goulet Q&A episode, Brian talks about if all demonstrator pens are doomed to be stained, best ways to incorporate fountain pens into your daily life, and the best pens to come in 2020. Enjoy!By Brian Goulet

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Peter Mancall on ‘The Origins of the American Economy’, 20/1/2020 39:22

4+ y ago39:22

39:22

We're back after a long winter break. The dust has been blown off, our legs have been stretched, and the Cambridge American History Seminar is up and running again! This week Peter Mancall, Harmsworth Visiting Professor of American History at the University of Oxford for the academic year 2019-2020 and the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humaniti…

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Goulet Q&A Episode 280: Pen Brand Relationships and Where Free Ink Really Comes From

4+ y ago

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p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #454545} In this Goulet Q&A episode, Brian talks about pen brand relationships, if broads are more troublesome than fines, and where "free ink" comes from. Enjoy!By Brian Goulet

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Goulet Q&A Episode 279: Brian's Favorite Discontinued Pens and Most Polarizing Products

4+ y ago

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p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #454545} In the first Goulet Q&A episode of 2020, Brian talks about what will happen after he tries every single pen and ink we carry, his favorite discontinued pens, and the most polarizing products we sell. Enjoy!By Brian Goulet

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Goulet Q&A 278: High End Pen QC, TWSBI ECO vs 580, and Pens for Small Hands

4+ y ago

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In this Goulet Q&A episode, Brian talks about QC on high end pens, TWSBI ECO vs. 580, and great pens for small hands. Enjoy!By Brian Goulet

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Goulet Q&A Episode 277: Aluminum Nibs, Blindfolded Pen Testing, and Parting Ways with Brands

4+ y ago

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p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #454545} In this Goulet Q&A episode, Brian talks about aluminum nibs, blindfolded pen tests, and how we part ways with brands. Enjoy!By Brian Goulet

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Goulet Q&A Episode 276: Setting Up A New Fountain Pen and Defining Exactly What Makes Nibs Scratchy

4+ y ago

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p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #454545} In this Goulet Q&A episode, Brian talks about what he does with my fountain pens the most, step 1 when getting a new pen, and how we can objectively state which nibs are smooth or scratchy. Enjoy!By Brian Goulet

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Goulet Q&A Episode 275: Grail Pen Goals, Discontinued Ink Swabs, and Tattooing with Pen Ink

4+ y ago

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p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #454545} In this Goulet Q&A episode, Brian talks about grail pen goals, discontinued inks in the Swab Shop, and tattooing with fountain pen ink.By Brian Goulet

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Goulet Q&A Episode 274: 10 Questions for Goulet Pens' 10th Anniversary

4+ y ago

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p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #454545} In this Goulet Q&A episode, Brian answers 10 questions for our 10th anniversary, which we count from the day we listed our first fountain pen related products on November 17th, 2009. Enjoy!By Brian Goulet

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Robert A. Schneider on 'The Rise and Fall of the “Resentment Paradigm” (ca 1935-1975) 30:15

4+ y ago30:15

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Robert A. Schneider, a historian of early modern France at Indiana University Bloomington, and the former long-standing editor of the American Historical Review, talks to Lewis Defrates about his paper 'The Rise and Fall of the “Resentment Paradigm” (ca 1935-1975).The paper discusses the work of postwar intellectuals such as Richard Hofstadter, Dan…

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Katherine Paugh Interview 12/11/19 21:57

4+ y ago21:57

21:57

After a week away, we're back with another episode and another exciting and thought-provoking seminar paper! Katherine Paugh, an Associate Professor in North American Women’s History at Corpus Christi College at the University of Oxford, talks to Lewis Defrates about her paper '‘Race and Venereal Disease in the Atlantic World'. The paper explores r…

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