FGW Students: Gender and Race in Historical International Relations: Recent Episodes
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FGW Students is a series designed to highlight the podcasts our students have made as part of their BA and MA programmes. In the first season, we showcase the podcasts made for the 'Gender and Race in Historical International Relations' course (offered as part of the Global Order in Historical Perspective specialisation of the MA International Relations). In each episode, students discuss one book on gender and race.
Rüya Erdoğan and Mirjam Wolting discuss Bernardine Evaristo's 'Blonde Roots'. Evaristo’s 2008 novel reverses the roles in the narrative of slavery, placing Africans as masters and Europeans as slaves through a fictional story of Doris, a white girl from England who is abducted and shipped to the fictional United Kingdom of Great Ambossa.
Sveltana Alexievich's ' 'The Unwomanly Face of War' documents the experiences of Soviet women who participated in the second world war – both at the front lines and at home. This episode by Milou Makaske, Betty Kincová and Annemijn de Vries considers the book and its themes.
In this podcast episode, Sorcha Lanigan and Sophie Carr-Brulard discuss Saidia Hartman's book 'Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments' which is an exploration of the intimate lives of young Black women in Philadelphia and New York in early 20th century.
Njabuko S. Ndebele's 'The Cry of Winnie Mandela', discussed here by Meri Kajaia and Nina Hamann, is fictional narrative centred around the stories of several women, including Winnie Mandela. The novel is a meditation on what it is to be a woman in the struggle – on waiting, longing, catharsis, and redemption.
In this episode, Joël Kous and Jeroen Kreis review Maaza Mengiste's 'The Shadow King'. The novel is situated in the Second Italian-Ethiopian War, 1935-37 and highlights the role of women in this war.
Jung Chang’s 'Wild Swans' is a family history of three generation of women spread over a hundred years. The book, discussed here by Lin Monen and Hosoo Kim, examines the lives and struggles of Chinese women under different regimes.
In this podcast, Julia de Wit and Mauricio Mandujano Manriquez discuss Chimamanda Adhichie's 2013 novel 'Americannah'. Americannah is a Nigerian slang for Nigerians who live in America and through her characters Adhichie explores the questions of migration, race and belonging.
In this podcast, Julia de Wit and Mauricio Mandujano Manriquez discuss Chimamanda Adhichie's 2013 novel 'Americannah'. Americannah is a Nigerian slang for Nigerians who live in America and through her characters Adhichie explores the questions of migration, race and belonging.
Jung Chang’s 'Wild Swans' is a family history of three generation of women spread over a hundred years. The book, discussed here by Lin Monen and Hosoo Kim, examines the lives and struggles of Chinese women under different regimes.
In this episode, Joël Kous and Jeroen Kreis review Maaza Mengiste's 'The Shadow King'. The novel is situated in the Second Italian-Ethiopian War, 1935-37 and highlights the role of women in this war.
Njabuko S. Ndebele's 'The Cry of Winnie Mandela', discussed here by Meri Kajaia and Nina Hamann, is fictional narrative centred around the stories of several women, including Winnie Mandela. The novel is a meditation on what it is to be a woman in the struggle – on waiting, longing, catharsis, and redemption.
In this podcast episode, Sorcha Lanigan and Sophie Carr-Brulard discuss Saidia Hartman's book 'Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments' which is an exploration of the intimate lives of young Black women in Philadelphia and New York in early 20th century.
Sveltana Alexievich's ' 'The Unwomanly Face of War' documents the experiences of Soviet women who participated in the second world war – both at the front lines and at home. This episode by Milou Makaske, Betty Kincová and Annemijn de Vries considers the book and its themes.
Rüya Erdoğan and Mirjam Wolting discuss Bernardine Evaristo's 'Blonde Roots'. Evaristo’s 2008 novel reverses the roles in the narrative of slavery, placing Africans as masters and Europeans as slaves through a fictional story of Doris, a white girl from England who is abducted and shipped to the fictional United Kingdom of Great Ambossa.