Best GHIL Podcasts (2025)

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Dhruv Raina: After Colonial Forms of Knowledge and Post-Colonial Technoscience: Revisiting the Historiography of Techniques and Technology 0:53

6d ago0:53

0:53

Dhruv Raina's lecture explores the conceptual challenges of developing a comprehensive historiography of techniques and technology in a global context. The encounter between Europe and Asia in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries produced several discourses on the non-Western/non-European worlds that played a formative role in the crystallizatio…

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Christine Krüger, Pascale Siegrist and Kim König: The Future of Historical Reconciliation Research 0:10

30d ago0:10

0:10

Irreconcilability seems to define both global politics and societal dynamics today, leading to a growing focus on reconciliation processes. While political science has long established reconciliation as a key area of research, especially since the 1990s, historians have engaged with it far less. Despite its obvious relevance to their discipline, as…

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Christine Krüger: Analysing Reconciliation and Irreconcilability from a Historical Perspective 0:50

30d ago0:50

0:50

Whether in a global political context or within society, irreconcilability seems to be the hallmark of our present times. This explains the growing interest in reconciliation processes. Since the 1990s, ‘reconciliation’ has been an established field of research in political science. Historians, however, have explored this field only to a limited ex…

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Split the Veil 104: Well, It's Not Good... 1:41:52

2M ago1:41:52

1:41:52

In this episode, Caitie and Jordan discuss the most recent layoffs that have taken place at BioWare and talk through what it means for BioWare and the Mass Effect and Dragon Age franchises.

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Lucy Noakes and Frank Trentmann: Winners and Losers? 1:03

2M ago1:03

1:03

How do historical narratives and memories shape our understanding of national identity and collective memory?Lucy Noakes (University of Essex) and Frank Trentmann (Birkbeck) reflect on how the Second World War has shaped Germany and Britain after 1945. The conversation offers insights into the ways in which the two nations navigated the aftermath o…

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Split the Veil 103: Dragon Age: The Veilguard vs. Origins 1:14:09

4M ago1:14:09

1:14:09

In this episode, Caitie and Jordan look back at Dragon Age: Origins and compare and contrast with The Veilguard, from companions to combat to the tone of each game. Also: lots of talk about the recent departure of The Veilguard director Corrine Busche.

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Roland Wenzlhuemer: Raise, Reuse, Recycle 0:49

4M ago0:49

0:49

Oceans and seas have long been a focal point in historiography, particularly in the field of global history, which emphasizes the connective power of these vast bodies of water. This focus naturally extends to the study of seafaring, shipbuilding, and maritime infrastructures. Yet while global history highlights oceanic linkages, it has also acknow…

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Split the Veil 102: Of Veilguard Reality 2:54:45

6M ago2:54:45

2:54:45

In this episode, Caitie and Jordan finally get to talk about Dragon Age: The Veilguard in its entirety. We dive into the main story, Solas, companion quests, romance, the lore, the gameplay, the armors, the music, the art, the reviews, the community, and everything else we can think of. Spoilers abound. Also: maybe some Titanic.…

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Julia Angster: ‘Post-Democracy’? 0:42

6M ago0:42

0:42

Is ‘globalization’ a threat to democracy? From the 1990s to the late 2010s, social scientists, economists, and historians in Western countries thought so. They worried about a loss of national sovereignty and agency, about national identity, and most of all about liberal democracy, which was based upon the national framing of state and society. Thi…

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Frederick Cooper: Understanding Power Relations in a Colonial Context: Top-Down, Bottom-Up, In-Between 0:49

7M ago0:49

0:49

Some years ago, historians reacted to the elite bias of much historical writing by advocating a ‘bottom-up’ approach focusing on peasants, workers, the urban and rural poor, racial minorities, women, and others of subordinate status in their social contexts. To do so is not only to bring out the violence, exploitation, and suffering to which people…

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Split the Veil 101: Dragon Age: The Veilguard Hands-On Preview 1:45:15

8M ago1:45:15

1:45:15

In this episode, Caitie and Jordan discuss Caitie's hands-on time with the game. We go in-depth on character creator, discuss overall impressions on the game, talk about companions including Caitie's early front runner for favorite companion, flirt options, class abilities, some mostly non-spoiler-y story bits, combat and gameplay, The Lighthouse d…

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Split the Veil 100: Dragon Age: The Veilguard Release Date & Trailer 59:18

9M ago59:18

59:18

In this episode, Caitie and Jordan discuss the latest trailer for Veilguard, talk about the release date, discuss pre-order bonuses and special editions of the game, as well as the upcoming roadmap for pre-release information. Also: we've been at it for 100 episodes. Also: also: the Titanic is sort of back.…

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Matthias Pohlig: Religious Decision-Making in the Reformation 0:58

9M ago0:58

0:58

It is a widespread belief that the Reformation introduced the possibility of choosing between different variants of the Christian faith. In contrast, this lecture argues that the early German Reformation created a field of experimentation in which it was disputed who was able, and who was permitted, to decide on which faith options, and how. The Re…

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Radhika Singha: International Penology in Colonial India: Too Advanced, Too American, Too Expensive? 0:43

10M ago0:43

0:43

The Indian Jail Committee report of 1919–20 is often cast as the turning point in colonial penal policy, when reform and rehabilitation were added to deterrence. But it is also acknowledged that very little changed on the ground. Why after all did a cash-strapped, politically-besieged regime sponsor a globe-trotting tour of jails and reformatories?…

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Split the Veil 99: Game Informer Article 1:07:39

11M ago1:07:39

1:07:39

In this episode, Caitie and Jordan dive deep into the details about Veilguard that have been revealed in the Game Informer cover article, including character creator, the player home base, gameplay thoughts, discussion about difficulty, and some discussion about what happens early in the game after the gameplay demo section. Also: Dragon Age Inquis…

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Stefanie Middendorf: Societies under Siege: Experiencing States of Emergency in the Long Twentieth Century 0:49

11M ago0:49

0:49

Today, the state of emergency seems to be as permanent as it is omnipresent. The term became ubiquitous in the early twentieth century and continues to guide the self-description of contemporary societies. Yet, referring to ‘emergencies’ implies a large range of meanings, from actual states of war to moments of humanitarian crisis, from abstract re…

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Split the Veil 98: Veilguard Gameplay Revealed 1:07:06

12M ago1:07:06

1:07:06

In this episode, Caitie and Jordan discuss their thoughts on the Veilguard gameplay. We talk about the combat, the dialogue wheel, custom character creator, and lots of other details that have been unveiled. Also: we give "photo mode dev" his flowers.

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Split the Veil 97: Dragon Age: The Veilguard 51:30

12M ago51:30

51:30

In this episode, Caitie and Jordan dive into the latest trailer for Dragon Age: The Veilguard (formerly Dragon Age: Dreadwolf). We also discuss the name change, revealed companions, expectations for the game, and briefly divert into some DA vs. Baldur's Gate 3 discussion.

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Eva Marlene Hausteiner: Should Federations be Made to Last? 0:35

1y ago0:35

0:35

In political theory and political debates, an implicit expectation looms large: a ‘good’ polity is durable, ideally even permanent. Federal polities are accordingly conceptualized as orders which can regulate heterogeneity and resolve conflict—for the sake of long-term stability. The lecture will question this expectation of permanence by pointing …

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Split the Veil 96: Dragon Age Dreadwolf Dreams (2024) 59:57

1y ago59:57

59:57

In this episode, Caitie and Jordan return to where they began, revisiting some old wishlist items for "Dragon Age 4" and updating their list of wants for Dragon Age Dreadwolf.

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Sebastian Conrad: Colonial Times, Global Times: History and Imperial World-Making 0:50

1y ago0:50

0:50

This podcast episode is a recording of the second Thyssen Lecture, given by Sebastian Conrad, and organized by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation in cooperation with the GHIL. Sebastian Conrad’s lecture explores how the construction of a particular, western notion of time and temporality, of modernity, was central to the constitution of western imperial …

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Philipp Rössner: Peasants, Wars, and Evil Coins: 0:41

1y ago0:41

0:41

The ‘Great German Peasant War’ of 1524–6 has quietly slipped off the historian’s agenda. Structural-materialist interpretations have waned since the fall of the Iron Curtain, giving rise to several ‘cultural’ and other ‘turns’, most of which have also passed. One phenomenon, however, has been missed completely, in older as well as more recent histo…

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Nina Verheyen: Global Connections and Personal Achievements: 0:47

1y ago0:47

0:47

Within a few decades, people in Imperial Germany witnessed a dramatic rise in global exchange, as well as an increased public interest in personal achievement. Work performance, intelligence, sporting achievements, and so on were measured, standardized, optimized and—above all—cherished. This lecture scrutinizes the link between both of these trend…

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Clare Anderson: Convicts, Creolization and Cosmopolitanism: 1:00

1+ y ago1:00

1:00

Between the late eighteenth and mid-twentieth centuries, the British transported over a quarter of a million convicts to colonies and settlements including in Australia, the Andaman Islands, Indian Ocean, and Southeast Asia. About one percent of the approximately 167,000 convicts shipped to the Australian colonies (1787-1868) were of Asian, African…

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Kokou Azamede: The Perception of Colonial Cultural Goods and Human Remains among Communities in the Former German Colony of Togo in the Context of the Restitution Debate 0:49

1+ y ago0:49

0:49

The issue of restitution continues to animate public debate in both European and African societies. The search for ways and means to present the problem and to involve communities is becoming a challenge for some African leaders because opinions on the issue tend to diverge between the communities and social groups concerned, depending in part on t…

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Split the Veil 95: Dragon Age Day 2023 1:13:31

1+ y ago1:13:31

1:13:31

In this episode, Caitie and Jordan discuss the latest Dragon Age: Dreadwolf teaser trailer released on Dragon Age Day in December. Also there's quite a bit of talk about how well we think Dreadwolf will end up doing once it's released, and... more BG3. Also: spiders.

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Regina Toepfer: Homer’s Heroes in Early Modern Germany: 0:50

1+ y ago0:50

0:50

In this lecture Regina Toepfer will present her concept of translational anthropology and show how philological comparisons can reveal patterns of thought, systems of knowledge, and values held by historical individuals and societies. She considers literary translations to be key anthropological texts and sees shifts in meaning between the source a…

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Awadhendra Sharan: India’s Atmospheric Modernity: 0:52

1+ y ago0:52

0:52

Around the mid nineteenth century, air pollution began to be discussed in India, especially in its largest cities, Calcutta and Bombay. The concern was with black smoke and the impact that this had on the quality of urban life, human health, and economic efficiency. In time, visible smoke yielded to invisible particulate matter as a serious object …

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Split the Veil 94: BioWare Layoffs and N7 Day 57:02

1+ y ago57:02

57:02

In this episode, Caitie and Jordan lament the departure of the BioWare employees laid off in August and discuss what it means for the studio. Also: N7 Day teaser and what it means for Mass Effect fans. Also: also: maybe something about the voyages of the "Titanic."

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Sumathi Ramaswamy: Imagining India in the Empire of Science 0:49

1+ y ago0:49

0:49

This podcast episode is a recording of the inaugural Thyssen Lecture, given by Sumathi Ramaswamy, and organized by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation in cooperation with the GHIL. Drawing inspiration from Edward Said's concept of imperialism as geographical violence, she delves into the ways in which various scientific disciplines, like geography and car…

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Janaki Nair: The Classroom as Sensorium: 0:48

1+ y ago0:48

0:48

How was the hand to be guided, the eye to be trained, the senses sharpened in preparing the child for an adult world? In princely Mysore in southern India, the missionaries, who took the initial steps in opening up education to wider circles than those entitled to forms of knowledge, and the Government efforts that followed were faced with new and …

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Dhruv Raina: After Colonial Forms of Knowledge and Post-Colonial Technoscience: Revisiting the Historiography of Techniques and Technology 0:53

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Christine Krüger, Pascale Siegrist and Kim König: The Future of Historical Reconciliation Research 0:10

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Christine Krüger: Analysing Reconciliation and Irreconcilability from a Historical Perspective 0:50

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Split the Veil 104: Well, It's Not Good... 1:41:52

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Lucy Noakes and Frank Trentmann: Winners and Losers? 1:03

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Split the Veil 103: Dragon Age: The Veilguard vs. Origins 1:14:09

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Roland Wenzlhuemer: Raise, Reuse, Recycle 0:49

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Split the Veil 102: Of Veilguard Reality 2:54:45

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Julia Angster: ‘Post-Democracy’? 0:42

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Frederick Cooper: Understanding Power Relations in a Colonial Context: Top-Down, Bottom-Up, In-Between 0:49

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Split the Veil 101: Dragon Age: The Veilguard Hands-On Preview 1:45:15

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Split the Veil 100: Dragon Age: The Veilguard Release Date & Trailer 59:18

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Matthias Pohlig: Religious Decision-Making in the Reformation 0:58

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Radhika Singha: International Penology in Colonial India: Too Advanced, Too American, Too Expensive? 0:43

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Split the Veil 99: Game Informer Article 1:07:39

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Stefanie Middendorf: Societies under Siege: Experiencing States of Emergency in the Long Twentieth Century 0:49

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Split the Veil 98: Veilguard Gameplay Revealed 1:07:06

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Split the Veil 97: Dragon Age: The Veilguard 51:30

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Eva Marlene Hausteiner: Should Federations be Made to Last? 0:35

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Split the Veil 96: Dragon Age Dreadwolf Dreams (2024) 59:57

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Sebastian Conrad: Colonial Times, Global Times: History and Imperial World-Making 0:50

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Philipp Rössner: Peasants, Wars, and Evil Coins: 0:41

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Nina Verheyen: Global Connections and Personal Achievements: 0:47

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Clare Anderson: Convicts, Creolization and Cosmopolitanism: 1:00

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Kokou Azamede: The Perception of Colonial Cultural Goods and Human Remains among Communities in the Former German Colony of Togo in the Context of the Restitution Debate 0:49

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Split the Veil 95: Dragon Age Day 2023 1:13:31

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Regina Toepfer: Homer’s Heroes in Early Modern Germany: 0:50

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Awadhendra Sharan: India’s Atmospheric Modernity: 0:52

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Split the Veil 94: BioWare Layoffs and N7 Day 57:02

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Sumathi Ramaswamy: Imagining India in the Empire of Science 0:49

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Janaki Nair: The Classroom as Sensorium: 0:48