Time to Eat the Dogs
A Podcast About Science, History, and ExplorationScience, Islam, and Evolution
Indian Postal Stamp of Sayyid Ahmad Khan
Sarah Qidwai talks about her research on Sayyid Ahmad Khan as well as her own journey to Mecca and Medina. Qidwai is a Ph.D candidate in the History of Science at the University of Toronto. Her essay “Reexamining Complexity: Sayyid Ahmad Khan’s Interpretation of ‘Science’ in Islam” is in the edited collection Rethinking History, Science and Religion: Exploring Complexity published this year by the University of Pittsburgh Press.
Sarah Qidwai
Replay: Creatures of Cain
Erika Milam talks about the scientific search for human nature, a project that captured the attention of paleontologists, anthropologists, and primatologists in the years after World War II. Milam is a professor of history at Princeton University. She is the author of Creatures of Cain: The Hunt for Human Nature in Cold War America.
The City Built by Travel
The West Indian Social Club of Hartford
Fiona Vernal talks about the travel experiences of Hartford’s many communities. Vernal is an associate professor of history at the University of Connecticut. She’s the creator of the exhibition “From Human Rights to Civil Rights: African American, Puerto Rican, and West Indian Housing Struggles in Hartford County Connecticut, 1940-2019” currently showing at the Hartford Public Library.
Fiona Vernal
Replay: Higher and Colder: A History of Extreme Physiology and Exploration
Dr. Vanessa Heggie talks about the history of biomedical research in extreme environments. Heggie is a Fellow of the Institute for Global Innovation at the University of Birmingham. She is the author of Higher and Colder: A History of Extreme Physiology and Exploration.
Dr. Vanessa Heggie
Replay: The Medieval Invention of Travel
Shayne Legassie talks about medieval travel, especially long distance travel, and the way it was feared, praised, and sometimes treated with suspicion. He also talks about the role the Middle Ages played in creating modern conceptions of travel and travel writing. Legassie is an associate professor of English and Comparative literature at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He is the author of The Medieval Invention of Travel.
Shayne Legassie
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