PAX: A History of Empire Podcast

PAX History Podcast
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PAX is a podcast about empire from the ancient world to the 21st century, highlighting the less well-trodden parts of history. Join John and Ed as they discuss the long, complicated and interesting histories of imperial projects, powers, and resistance across time.

Episodes

  1. 06/20/2023

    6: Ancient Slavery

    This week, John and Ed begin their on-and-off series discussing slavery's relationship with Empire, beginning with slavery in the Ancient World. They talk about the place of the enslaved in society, their role within agriculture and the economy, the nature of freedom in the Roman world and the key differences with the chattel slave system of the Enlightenment era. Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/PodcastPax

    58 min

  2. 05/29/2023

    5. The Imperial Buy-In

    In this episode, we talk to Charlton Cussans about "The Imperial Buy-In", and how Rhodesia - the most notorious settler state in Imperial history - built itself into a society that could only ever survive within the boundaries of the British Empire. Follow us on twitter at https://twitter.com/PodcastPax

    1h 21m

  3. 05/13/2023

    4: Researching Empire

    In this episode, John and Ed discuss the difficulties and intricacies of researching Empires. Ed talks about getting to "walk the ground" of the Roman World, and we get into the political nature of research, archaeology and archiving, from Mussolini's Italy to British Kenya. Follow us on twitter at https://twitter.com/PodcastPax

    56 min

  4. 04/07/2023

    3. The Balkan Frontier

    This episode, John and Ed are joined by Josselin Pérouse to talk about the Balkan's place in Imperial History. From the roman's nebulous neighbours, through the perils of the Serbian Empire and Byzantines to the playground of the Concert of Europe, Join us in a short by exciting tour of the Balkan Frontier! Follow us at ⁠https://twitter.com/PodcastPax⁠

    58 min

  5. 03/10/2023

    1. Empire: Ancient, Modern and Fantasy

    In our inaugural episode, John and Ed introduce themselves and their areas of study, the mission statement of PAX podcast, and get to grips with Nigel Biggar's new book Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning. Spoiler Alert: we don't like it! Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastPax Email us with Episode Suggestions at paxhistorypodcast@gmail.com Tacitus; http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0081%3Achapter%3D30 The Books: The Dawn of Everything: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-dawn-of-everything/david-graeber/david-wengrow/9780141991061 Ring of Steel: https://www.waterstones.com/book/ring-of-steel/alexander-watson/9780141042039

    1h 1m
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PAX is a podcast about empire from the ancient world to the 21st century, highlighting the less well-trodden parts of history. Join John and Ed as they discuss the long, complicated and interesting histories of imperial projects, powers, and resistance across time.

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