Disruption Discussed: Recent Episodes
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For the next episode of Disruption Discussed, BSHR hosts Dr. Jane Green, Professor of Political Science and British Politics, Director of the Nuffield Politics Research Centre and Westminster Bridge, and also Co-Director of the British Election Study.
In this episode, Jane is joined by committee members Calista Chong (Chairperson) and Jamie Slagel (Chief Editor), and shares insights on partisan de-alignment and increasing electoral volatility in the British political system. She also shares a few thoughts analysing the 2019 UK elections, antisemitism, and the Government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This week, BSHR hosts Dr. Michael Mayo, Fellow at Worcester College, Oxford.
In this episode, Michael is joined by committee member Leila Greening (Secretary). He discusses his new book on James Joyce and the Jesuits, along with links to religion, psychoanalysis and ideology.
This week, BSHR hosts Dr. Anthony Reddie, fellow at Regent's Park College Oxford, and Editor of the Black Theology International Journal, for the next episode of Disruption Discussed.
In this episode, Anthony is joined by committee members Leila Greening (Secretary) and Jamie Slagel (Chief Editor), and shares insights on Disruption through a theological interpretation of Brexit.
This week, BSHR hosts Dr Faridah Zaman, Associate Professor of the History of Britain and the World at the University of Oxford, and Tutor of Modern History at Somerville College, for the next episode of Disruption Discussed.
In this episode, Faridah is joined by committee members Calista Chong (Chairperson) and Aneeka Bhattarai (Publicity Officer), and shares insights on nostalgia and the memorialisation of historical ruptures in British India and the wider Empire. She more broadly also discusses the evolution of History as an academic discipline.
BSHR is delighted to host Dr Andrew Edwards, E&M tutor at Brasenose College and Career Development Fellow in the Global History of Capitalism in the Faculty of History, University of Oxford, for the inaugural Disruption Discussed podcast.
In this episode, Andrew is joined by committee members Deepesh Patel (Events Director) and Shariz Aslam (Treasurer), and discusses his thoughts on the most disruptive forces in the history of capitalism. He delves into silver being the basis of global trade, the strength and decline of China, Western imperial empires, global monetary regimes, and COVID-19 historical similarities.