History Watch: The Podcast Series

History Watch Project

The History Watch Podcast series explores the ways in which ideas of the past shape our everyday realities. In each episode, Dr. Audra A. Diptée is in conversation with invited guests from across the globe to discuss the ways in which history can be manipulated, shape our perceptions of the present, and influence how we imagine the future.

  1. 06/13/2020

    History, Racism, and Anti-Black Violence in Brazil

    In this episode Dr. Audra Diptée is in conversation with Professor Ana Lucia Araujo of Howard University. They discuss the politics of race and the practice of racism in modern-day Brazil. Professor Araujo's research focuses on the history, memory, and legacy of slavery and the Atlantic slave trade in global perspectives. To learn more about her work see her website: http://www.analuciaaraujo.org

  2. 10/05/2019

    Finding the Caribbean Coolie Woman: History, Power and Memory

    In this podcast, Professor Gaiutra Bahadur of Rutgers University is in conversation with Audra A. Diptée. Professor Bahadur discusses the story of and challenges in writing her book "Coolie Woman" which was shortlisted for Britain's Orwell Prize. The podcast discusses the history of her great-grandmother who left India alone and pregnant in the early 20th century to go to British Guiana (modern day Guyana). Together Bahadur & Diptee discuss the ways in which the very remarkable story of her grandmother was in fact a very ordinary history of Indian women travelling to the Caribbean under the indentured labour system. They also discuss the challenges of recovering lost voices and the ways in which the politics and power of historical memory operates in the present day.

    Finding the Caribbean Coolie Woman: History, Power and Memory

  3. 06/15/2019

    Water Insecurity - Commodifying the Human Right to Clean Water

    In this espisode, Dr. Audra Diptee is in conversation with Dr. Raul Pacheco-Vega about the challenges of developing public policy when addressing water insecurity and water privitization. They also discuss the importance of using a historical lens and historical methods when undertaking policy analysis. Dr. Raul Pacheco-Vega is a faculty member with the Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas (Mexico). Their discussion was recorded in Paris (April 2019) while they were both holding the post of Invited Professor with the Institut des Hautes Etudes de l'Amérique Latine at the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle. Podcast notes: Dr. Raul Pacheco-Vega: http://www.raulpacheco.org/ Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas (Mexico) https://www.cide.edu/ Private Water Companies Mentioned * Suez Environnement * Veolia Water People Mentioned in Podcast: Dr. Michael Bess, División de Historia at the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas in Mexico https://cide.academia.edu/MikeBess Dr. Juliette Levy, University of California (Riverside) https://history.ucr.edu/people/juliette-levy Book Mentioned: Heiko Feldner, Kevin Passmore, Stefan Berger, Writing History: Theory and Practice (Bloomsbury, 2010)

    Water Insecurity - Commodifying the Human Right to Clean Water

  4. 05/04/2019

    History and Its Impact on the Caribbean Present

    In this episode, you will hear Bridget Brereton who is Professor Emerita of the University of the West Indies in Trinidad as she is being interviewed by Professor David Trotman of York University. The two discuss a number of themes including the politics of history, reparations for slavery, Caribbean regionalism, and the link between public history and collective memory. Podcast notes: Historical References * Woodford Square named after Sir Ralph James Woodford (Governor of Trinidad, 1813-1828), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_James_Woodford * Sir Thomas Picton, Governor of Trinidad, 1797-1803, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Picton * Destruction of Grey Friars Church in Trinidad, https://www.joshualuecheekong.com/greyfriars-grief Organizations Mentioned Alma Jordan Library https://libraries.sta.uwi.edu/ajl/ Caricom Reparations Commission http://ncr.org.tt/about-us/caricom-regional-commission Citizens for Conservation (Rudylynn Roberts) https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/City/Citizens-for-Conservation-Trinidad-and-Tobago-462499293822720/ Cross Rhodes Project (Shabaka Kambon) crossrhodestt.com/ Heritage Library https://www.nalis.gov.tt/Libraries/Heritage-Library National Trust of Trinidad and Tobago http://nationaltrust.tt/ Paria Publishing - Gerard ‘Jerry’ Besson. — Caribbean History Archives http://caribbeanhistoryarchives.blogspot.com/ Trinidad and Tobago Heritage Library https://www.nalis.gov.tt/Libraries/Heritage-Library Trinidad & Tobago National Committee on Reparations (Chairman, Mr. Aiyegoro Ome) http://ncr.org.tt/about-us Trinidad and Tobago National Archives https://www.natt.gov.tt/ Trinidad and Tobago National Library https://www.nalis.gov.tt/About-Us/National-Library-of-Trinidad-and-Tobago Academics Mentioned Sir Roy Augier https://www.mona.uwi.edu/history/staff/our-staff-0 Sir Hilary Beckles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilary_Beckles Dr. Susan Craig-James The Changing Society of Tobago, 1838-1938 (Cornerstone, 2008) Dr. Elsa Goveia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Goveia Sir Arthur Lewis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Arthur_Lewis Dr. Rita Pemberton: https://sta.uwi.edu/fhe/history/RitaPemberton.asp Dr. Verene Shepherd Radio program mentioned: “Talking History”, Jamaica’s first weekly radio history education programme https://nationwideradiojm.com/personalities/talking-history/ Dr. David V. Trotman, http://www.davidvtrotman.com/ Article mentioned: ‘Acts of Possession and Symbolic Decolonisation in Trinidad and Tobago,’ Caribbean Quarterly, Vol. 58, No. 1 (2012), 21-43. Dr. Maureen Warner-Lewis: https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/2094635407_Maureen_Warner-Lewis

    History and Its Impact on the Caribbean Present

  5. 01/12/2019

    Decolonizing The African City: Legacies and Challenges

    In this episode of the History Watch Podcast series, Audra Diptee is conversation with Dr. Vanessa Watson about the legacies of colonial urban planning on present day Africa. For more on Dr. Watson, please see the following link: https://uct.academia.edu/VanessaWatson

    Decolonizing The African City: Legacies and Challenges

  6. 05/15/2018

    Transcending Imperial Fragmentation: The Association of Caribbean Historians

    In this podcast, Sir Woodville Marshall of the University of the West Indies discusses the role of the Association of the Caribbean Historians as well as power and historical narratives in Caribbean contexts. About Sir Woodville Marshall: He is one of the founding members of the Association of Caribbean Historians and a scholar of Caribbean history. His publications include the following books: From Plantations to University Campus: The Social History of Cave Hill, 2013. I Speak for the People: The Memoirs of Wynter Crawford (2003) The Colthurst Journal: Journal of a Special Magistrate in the Islands of Barbados and St. Vincent, July 1835-September 1838 (1977)

    Transcending Imperial Fragmentation: The Association of Caribbean Historians

  7. 05/14/2018

    Palestine - The Day of Catastrophe and Its Consequences

    In this podcast Dr. Audra Diptee is in conversation with the celebrated and award winning Palestinian author and poet Mourid Barghouti at The Rockefeller's Bellagio Center in Italy. They discuss the creation of state Israel, the Palestinian commemoration of Nakba Day (Day of Catastrophe), the reality facing everyday Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, and what it means to have a Palestinian identity when the nation of Palestine no longer exists on current world maps. The podcast ends with a recital of one of his poems entitled "It's all so fine." Acknowledgements: The History Watch Project acknowledges and thanks The Rockefeller Foundation for facilitating an opportunity that made this interview possible. About Mourid Barghouti: He has published 12 books of poetry and several books. In 2010, he was awarded the Palestine Award for Poetry. His poems are published in both Arabic and English. His work has appeared in various international literary magazines including The Times Literary Supplement and Modern Poetry in Translation. He prose has been published in several languages. He was also awarded the very prestigious Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature in 1997. Select Publications: Midnight and Other Poems (2008) I Was Born There, I Was Born Here, Bloomsbury, 2011 I Saw Ramallah, 2003 A Small Sun, 2003

    Palestine - The Day of Catastrophe and Its Consequences

  8. 02/23/2018

    The Politics of Remembering: The Many Diasporas of Africa

    In this podcast Dr. Pablo Idahosa of York University discusses the politics of displacement and the varied meanings of diaspora to different communities. Pablo Idahosa's: http://founders.laps.yorku.ca/about/message-from-college-head/ About Pablo Idahosa: Dr. Pablo Idahosa is a professor in the Faculty of Social Sciences at York University. He is an internationally recognized specialist in African Studies. His publications, include The Populist Dimension of African Political Thought: Essays in Reconstruction and Retrieval and Development’s Displacements: Ecologies, Economies and Cultures at Risk. Dr. Idahosa’s research interests include, but are not limited to, the relationship between development and modernity in Africa, the relationship between development and cultural production in Africa, ethnicity and displacement in the Niger Delta, and the politics of ethnicity, globalization and development. He has previously served as the Coordinator of the African Studies Program at York University and is currently the Head of Founder’s College.

    The Politics of Remembering: The Many Diasporas of Africa
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The History Watch Podcast series explores the ways in which ideas of the past shape our everyday realities. In each episode, Dr. Audra A. Diptée is in conversation with invited guests from across the globe to discuss the ways in which history can be manipulated, shape our perceptions of the present, and influence how we imagine the future.

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