IHSHG Podcast

Confabulating History

​Join us every month for thought-provoking and educational discussions with international experts in various fields of history. Our talks feature innovative ideas and perspectives, and provide a space for exchange and exploration. Stay up-to-date with the latest developments in the world of history and connect with like-minded individuals. Watch our recorded talks on YouTube to deepen your understanding and appreciation for the past.

  1. Experiencing Climate change in the Middle Ages

    07/19/2024

    Experiencing Climate change in the Middle Ages

    Andrew Moore successfully defended his PhD thesis, “Manorial Regulation and Negotiation in a Late Medieval Environment: Land and Community at Herstmonceux, 1308-1440,” on 17 November 2021. His dissertation examines the role that environment played in the negotiation of rights and responsibilities on a fundamental socioeconomic institution of rural communities in late medieval England — the manor. It analyzes all of the extant documentation generated by the manor, especially a series of fourteenth-century court rolls, and uses it as a lens through which to observe this process. What emerges is a picture of continuous negotiation of power that affected, and was affected by, the environment. Some effects of this negotiation included the creation of new bureaucracies, the increasing standardization of procedure and documentation, and regulations promoting intensive, rather than extensive, land use. This occurred during a period of significant environmental crises, including marshland flooding, disease, and the increasingly unsustainable clearing of woodlands. Andrew is currently teaching a fourth-year seminar at St. Jerome’s University (SJU) in the University of Waterloo, and is coordinating research internships for UW’s Digital Research Arts and Graphical Environmental Networks (DRAGEN) Lab. Housed at SJU, the lab as part of the SSHRC-funded Partnership Grant, Environments of Change, directed by Dr. Steven Bednarski. Andrew is next planning to explore publication opportunities for his thesis. He is also investigating post-doctoral fellowship opportunities, with the aim to expand the geographical scope of his research to more coastal North Sea regions, and to analyze the relationship between environment and conflict in those areas during the Hundred Years’ War. The Tri-University Program in History was a great support to Andrew during his time at UW.

    1h 12m
  2. História Global da Alimentação

    03/07/2024

    História Global da Alimentação

    À Conversa com Isabel Drumond Braga Professora auxiliar com agregação da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa, na área de História, onde leciona desde 1990. Tem desenvolvido investigação e lecionado nas áreas de História Social, História de Género, História Cultural e História das Práticas do Quotidiano, em especial História da Alimentação, das épocas Moderna e Contemporânea. Membro de diversos projetos de investigação em Portugal, Espanha e Brasil, do qual se destaca, no presente âmbito, o projeto DIAITA: Património Alimentar da Lusofonia. Orientadora de projetos de pós-doutoramento, doutoramento e mestrado, nas áreas História da Inquisição, da História das Práticas Culturais e da História da Alimentação. Neste último âmbito tem trabalhado sobre produtos (doces, gelados, peixe e diversos produtos provenientes do continente americano); receituários (de origem leiga e conventual), literatura (provérbios e autores como Armando Ferreira), dietética e gastronomia (dietas alimentares das minorias, vegetarianismo em Portugal, gastronomia e turismo), sem esquecer a história dos menus e da sociabilidade e etiqueta à mesa, a publicidade alimentar e a economia doméstica. Publicações selecionadas BRAGA, Isabel Drumond, Das Origens do Vegetarianismo em Portugal: Amílcar de Sousa (1876-1940), o apóstolo verde, Lisboa, Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, 2018, no prelo. ​BRAGA, Isabel Drumond, Sabores e Segredos. Receituários Conventuais Portugueses da Época Moderna, Coimbra, Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, Annablume, 2015, 412pp. ISBN 978-989-26-1079-5. ISBN Digital 978-989-26-1080-1. ​BRAGA, Isabel Drumond, Os Menus em Portugal. Para uma História das Artes de servir à Mesa, Lisboa, Chaves Ferreira Publicações, 2006, 240 pp. ISBN 972-794-264-4. Versão inglesa sob o título Menus. Towards a history of the art of serving at table, Lisboa, Chaves Ferreira Publicações, 2006, 240 pp. ISBN 972-8987-07-2. BRAGA, Isabel Drumond, Do Primeiro Almoço à Ceia. Estudos de História da Alimentação, Sintra, Colares Editora, 2004, 160 pp. ISBN 972-782-070-0. BRAGA, Isabel Drumond, “Carne e Peixe: Uma Hierarquia de Consumos Alimentares”, Animais e Companhia na História de Portugal, coordenação de Isabel Drumond Braga e Paulo Drumond Braga, Lisboa, Círculo de Leitores, 2015, pp. 35-85. BRAGA, Isabel Drumond, “Confeiteiros na Época Moderna: Cultura Material, Produção e Conflituosidade”, Ensaios sobre o Património Alimentar Luso-Brasileiro, coordenação de Carmen Soares e Irene Coutinho de Macedo, Coimbra, Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, 2014, pp. 165-192.

    55 min

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​Join us every month for thought-provoking and educational discussions with international experts in various fields of history. Our talks feature innovative ideas and perspectives, and provide a space for exchange and exploration. Stay up-to-date with the latest developments in the world of history and connect with like-minded individuals. Watch our recorded talks on YouTube to deepen your understanding and appreciation for the past.