Primary Sources: Conversations with History Makers Primary Sources

This week, Dr Joanne Paul chats with historian and author, Dr Fern Riddell.

Fern Riddell is a cultural historian, and an expert in sex, suffrage and entertainment in the Victorian and Edwardian eras. Host of The History Channel's Podcast series #NotWhatYouThought and Presenter of BBC 4's 'A Victorian Scandal: The Rudest Book in Britain', her first book, The Victorian Guide To Sex, tackled the myths of Victorian prudishness. 
Joanne asks Fern how she came to be fascinated with the lives of women in the Victorian and Edwardian periods,  and in particular with the suffragette and activist Kitty Marion. Fern also talks about how her work in TV drama and documentaries has been such a source of satisfaction.
A Viral History Podcast. Hosted by Dr Joanne Paul, Produced and edited by Paul Bradshaw, and Researched by Isabel Wilson.

This week, Dr Joanne Paul chats with historian and author, Dr Hannah Dawson.

Hannah is Senior Lecturer in the History of Political at King's College, London, having Hannah took a double first in History from the University of Cambridge. She went on to do her MPhil and PhD there, working on early-modern theories of language, and their relationship to natural, moral and political philosophy, especially in the work of John Locke.
 
Her work explores history of political thought and intellectual history and also history of gender and feminism.
Joanne asks Hannah how she approached her recent edited volume  'The Penguin Book of Feminist Writing',  Hannah also talks about how her attitudes to primary sources have changed over time, particularly her thoughts on Hobbes.
A Viral History Podcast. Hosted by Dr Joanne Paul, Produced by Paul Bradshaw, and Researched by Isabel Wilson.

This week, Dr Joanne Paul chats with literary historian and activist, Dr Mary Rambaran-Olm.

Mary is the Provost's Post-doctoral Fellow at the University of Toronto, in the Faculty of English and Drama, having completed a Phd in English at the University of Glasgow.
Her work explores race in early medieval England, drawing on the theoretical theories of Stuart Hall. Her translation of the old english poem The Descent Into Hell  was praised as "accurate and readable", as well as bringing new insight into the idea of time in the poem.

Joanne asks Mary how she approaches the past through the lens of a literary historian and what in particular she feels the examination of literary sources helps her in the understanding of the old english period. Mary also talks about how her parents helped fire her love for history  about the importance of activism within her work.
A Viral History Podcast. Hosted by Dr Joanne Paul, Produced by Paul Bradshaw, and Researched by Isabel Wilson.

This week, Dr Joanne Paul chats with academic, author and broadcaster Dr Emma Wells.

Emma is an ecclesiastical and architectural historian/buildings archaeologist, as well as public historian, specialising in the late medieval/early modern English parish church/cathedral, pilgrimage, the cult of saints, and the ‘senses’, as well as built heritage more generally.
 
Joanne asks Emma what first got her excited about the world of public and academic history, and shares the impact her Grandmother had on her appreciation of the built environment, english parish churches in particular. Emma also talks about how she regards building as primary sources themselves, and speaks in detail about her upcoming book 'Heaven on Earth: the lives & legacies of the world's greatest cathedrals'.


A Viral History Podcast. Hosted by Dr Joanne Paul, Produced by Paul Bradshaw, and Researched by Isabel Wilson.

This week, Dr Joanne Paul chats with historian, film-maker and author Professor Michael Wood. Michael is one of the bulwarks of Public History, a fixture on our screens for decades, with a truly global curiosity and reach. In this episode, 

Joanne asks Michael what first got him excited about the world of public and academic history. Michael also talks about how sources are not only at the heart of his research but also his story-telling, and how landscape and cultural elements like song and performance can tell so much about the past.


A Viral History Podcast. Hosted by Dr Joanne Paul, Produced by Paul Bradshaw, and Researched by Isabel Wilson.

This week, Dr Joanne Paul chats with historian, broadcaster, and author Professor Suzannah Lipscomb. Not only is Suzannah the author of numerous books on the Early Modern period, she is also one of the most recognisable names and faces in the world of history television. In this episode, 

Joanne asks Suzannah what drives her historical research and they discuss the divide between public and academic history. Suzannah also talks about  the overlooked French primary source that allows us to delve into the lives of Reformation women in her 2018 book, The Voices of Nîmes: Women, Sex, and Marriage in Reformation Languedoc.


A Viral History Podcast. Hosted by Dr Joanne Paul, Produced by Paul Bradshaw, and Researched by Isabel Wilson.