JCL - Gender and the Politics of War Historio...

In this podcast, Amy Burge discusses her paper Marriage migration, intimacy and genre in Helen Hoang's The Bride Test (2019) and Brigitte Bautista's You, Me, U.S. (2019). 

Author Hans-Georg Erney reads an abridged version of his article 'This Be the Pukka Variorum'. 

Pauline Hopkins (1859-1930) was a pioneering writer who published articles and serialized novels across genres. She’s known as the author of the first science fiction novel by a woman of color – written decades before the term sci-fi was widely used. Today, you can see her ideas ...  Show more

Historian Margaret MacMillan asks why both men and women go to war. "We are both fascinated and repulsed by war and those who fight," she says. In this lecture, recorded at York University, she explores looks at the role of the warrior in history and culture and analyses how warr ...  Show more

As the conflict continues in Ukraine, we've seen footage of predominately women and children fleeing the country. But that is just one aspect of this conflict. There are also many women who have stayed in Ukraine and signed up to fight. Back in December, Ukraine's Ministry of Def ...  Show more

Jill Jarvis talked about the aesthetics and politics of North Africa and her book “Decolonizing Memory: Algeria and the Politics of Testimony.” 

Jill Jarvis specializes in the aesthetics and politics of North Africa. Her forthcoming book, Decolonizing Memory : Algeria an ...