The History of Colonisation

Fidellithy Tan

A chronological introduction to the history of European imperialism and colonialism from a history student's perspective. For further reading, check out the sources used in the episodes at https://hocpodcast.wordpress.com. Follow me on Twitter @hoc_pod, and support the show at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/hocpodcast. [Music used: Kevin MacLeod - Apero Hour (incompetech.com)]

  1. 03/27/2022

    Ep 19: Verrazzano and the Cèllere Codex

    We look at the first European voyage to the US Eastern coast undertaken by Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524, which produced the first ethnological and geographical account of the region known as the Cèllere Codex. For further reading, check out the sources used in this episode at https://hocpodcast.wordpress.com. This episode was co-written with Satya.

    12 min

  2. 11/30/2021

    Ep 18: The "German" Colonisation of Venezuela

    We explore a forgotten period in the history of colonisation in Latin America, when the Welser banking family briefly colonised Klein-Venedig (Little Venice) in Venezuela from 1526-1546. For further reading, check out the sources used in this episode at https://hocpodcast.wordpress.com. This episode was co-written with Satya.

    16 min

  3. 07/07/2021

    Ep 17: The Aztec-Spanish War (Part 3)

    In this final installment to the Aztec-Spanish War series, we wrap up the events leading up to the 1521 fall of Tenochtitlan. We also examine the aftermath of the war, and rebut the conventional 'explorer' narrative. For further reading, check out the sources used in this episode at https://hocpodcast.wordpress.com.

    14 min

  4. 06/12/2021

    Ep 16: La Malinche: Interview with Laura Esquivel

    In this episode, we focus on Malinche, the interpreter for Hernán Cortés. In an interview with Laura Esquivel, the author of Malinche (2006), she shares her insight into Malinche’s perspective, and her reinterpretation of the figure of Malinche as a Mexican herself. The full interview is available on Youtube and both the Spanish and English transcriptions are available on https://hocpodcast.wordpress.com/2021/06/12/ep-16-la-malinche-interview-with-laura-esquivel.

    21 min

  5. 05/18/2021

    Ep 15: The Aztec-Spanish War (Part 2)

    In the second part of the Aztec-Spanish War, we venture into Tenochtitlan and deconstruct a few myths around the encounter between the Spanish and the Mexica. For further reading, check out the sources used in this episode at https://hocpodcast.wordpress.com.

    18 min

  6. 04/03/2021

    Ep 14: Retelling the Aztec-Spanish War: Interview with Paul Guinan

    Paul Guinan, writer and artist of the graphic novel, Aztec Empire, speaks about his creative process, combing through Spanish and indigenous sources, and popular depictions of the Aztec-Spanish War. Read Aztec Empire for free on https://www.bigredhair.com/books/aztec-empire, and check out their Twitter @AztecEmpire1520. The transcript of the interview is available at https://hocpodcast.wordpress.com/2021/04/03/ep-14-retelling-the-aztec-spanish-war-interview-with-paul-guinan.

    34 min

  7. 03/10/2021

    Ep 13: The Aztec-Spanish War (Part 1)

    We're back in the Americas! The Aztec-Spanish War was so much more than the narratives centered around Hernán Cortés versus Moctezuma II. We look at the history of Mesoamerica, historical sources and the events leading up to the war. For further reading, check out the sources used in this episode at https://hocpodcast.wordpress.com.

    19 min

  8. 01/13/2021

    Ep 12: Enrique of Malacca in Postcolonial Literature

    Harun Aminurrashid's 1957 postcolonial novel Panglima Awang portrayed the first circumnavigation from Enrique of Malacca's perspective. Dr Pitchay Gani Aziz, educator/writer and winner of the 2020 Singapore Literature Prize for creative non-fiction in Malay, speaks about Harun's life, the significance of the novel and nationalist Malay literature in postcolonial Malaya. Check out notes on the interview at https://hocpodcast.wordpress.com. Also subscribe to HERstory Southeast Asia at https://linktr.ee/herstoryseapod, and follow them on Twitter @herstoryseapod.

    26 min
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A chronological introduction to the history of European imperialism and colonialism from a history student's perspective. For further reading, check out the sources used in the episodes at https://hocpodcast.wordpress.com. Follow me on Twitter @hoc_pod, and support the show at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/hocpodcast. [Music used: Kevin MacLeod - Apero Hour (incompetech.com)]

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