Interdisciplinary History Pod

In this episode we reconnect with friends of the Nerd Crusade to discuss time travel in popular media and how common tropes within the genre can effect understandings of historical events. 

This episode was recorded as part of Nerd Crusade's Holiday Rush live stream fundraiser for Santa's Anonymous Edmonton.  

Academic Articles, Films, Videos, Television, and Books mentioned on the podcast-

Academic Articles:

Recovery of Damaged Information and the Out-of-Time-Ordered Correlators

Bin Yan and Nikolai A. Sinitsyn

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 040605 – Published 24 July 2020

https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.040605

Tempting Fate

The Historian as Time Traveler

by Karin Wulf

Tempting Fate | Perspectives on History | AHA

Drawing the historian back into history: creativity, writing, and The Art of Time Travel

By Meg Foster

https://content.ebscohost.com/ContentServer.asp?EbscoContent=dGJyMMvl7ESeqLA4zOX0OLCmsEmeprRSsKu4TbWWxWXS&ContentCustomer=dGJyMPGqt0uyrLVRuePfgeyx43zx1%2B6B&T=P&P=AN&S=R&D=31h&K=127698790

Videos on Time Travel:

A Concise Breakdown of How Time Travel Works in Popular Movies, Books & TV Shows | Open Culture

Books:

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

The Outlander Series by Diana Gabaldon

A Stitch in Time Series by Kelley Armstrong

TV Shows:

Timeless

Outlander

Loki

Doctor Who

Films:

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

Avengers- Endgame

If you are looking to listen to more podcasts like this, we highly recommend checking out Nerd Crusade's podcast on all available podcast directories, or Lit with Vik as well.

In this episode we discus penal reforms of the mid nineteen century, asylums and the Victorian spiritualist movement. 

This episode concludes a three part series where we have examined the 2017 mini-series Alias Grace. This CBC production  is a fictionalized retelling of the events surrounding a murder trial in mid-19th century Canada. Over the next few episodes Sloan and Viktoria will unpack the depiction of pre-confederation urban life in Ontario. The story told in Alias Grace is only inspired by the historical events surrounding the murder trial and conviction of  Grace Marks. As such, rather than analyzing the events depicted, these episodes will instead focus on how well this min-series depicts the historical realities of life and society in the era.

Alias Grace is based off the 1996 book by Margaret Atwood by the same title. If you'd like to watch the series yourself as we continue to discuss it over the next few episodes it is available on Netflix to Canadian service users at the time of this instalment being published.

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Citations and further reading:

McCoy, Ted.(2012) Hard Time: Reforming the Penitentiary in 19th Century Canada. 

Chu, E. M.-Y., van Santen, J., & Harbishettar, V. (2018). Views from an asylum: a retrospective case note analysis of a nineteenth century asylum. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 53(10), 1141–1147. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-018-1575-1

In this episode, Viktoria discusses gender and sexuality in mid 19th century Canada, and Sloan looks at the shows depictions of class stratification. Content warnings for mention of sexual assault and abortion. 

This episode continues as the second of a three part series where we will be examine the 2017 mini-series Alias Grace. This CBC production  is a fictionalized retelling of the events surrounding a murder trial in mid-19th century Canada. Over the next few episodes Sloan and Viktoria will unpack the depiction of pre-confederation urban life in Ontario. The story told in Alias Grace is only inspired by the historical events surrounding the murder trial and conviction of  Grace Marks. As such, rather than analyzing the events depicted, these episodes will instead focus on how well this min-series depicts the historical realities of life and society in the era.

Alias Grace is based off the 1996 book by Margaret Atwood by the same title. If you'd like to watch the series yourself as we continue to discuss it over the next few episodes it is available on Netflix to Canadian service users at the time of this instalment being published.

Please support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/interdis_hist

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Citations and further reading: 

 Burley, David G. (1994). Particular Condition in Life : Self-Employment and Social Mobility in Mid-Victorian Brantford, Ontario. McGill-Queen’s University Press.

Darroch, G. (1988). Class in nineteenth-century, central Ontario: A reassessment of the crisis and demise of small producers during early industrialization, 1861-1871. Canadian Journal of Sociology, 13(1/2), 49.

David Gagan. (1976). “The Prose of Life”: Literary Reflections of the Family, Individual Experience and Social Structure in Nineteenth-Century Canada. Journal of Social History, 9(3), 367–381.

O'Neill, Teresa.(2016) Unmentionables: The Victorian Ladies Guide to Sex, Marriage and Manners. 

Stanley, Sandra Kumamoto. (2003) "Eroticism of class and the Enigma of of Margaret Atwood's 'Alias grace'." Tulsa Studies in Woman's Literature. 22, No. 2: 371-386

Rimstead, Roxanne. (2002) "Working class Intruders: Female Domestics in Kamouraska and Alias Grace" Canadian Literature 175: 44-65

This episode kicks off the first of a three part series where we will be examine the 2017 mini-series Alias Grace. This CBC production  is a fictionalized retelling of the events surrounding a murder trial in mid-19th century Canada. Over the next few episodes Sloan and Viktoria will unpack the depiction of pre-confederation urban life in Ontario. The story told in Alias Grace is only inspired by the historical events surrounding the murder trial and conviction of  Grace Marks. As such, rather than analyzing the events depicted, these episodes will instead focus on how well this min-series depicts the historical realities of life and society in the era. 

In this first installment of looking at Alias Grace, Viktoria discusses depictions of urban and rural domesticity, and Sloan unpacks experiences of immigration.  

Alias Grace is based off the 1996 book by Margaret Atwood by the same title. If you'd like to watch the series yourself as we continue to discuss it over the next few episodes it is available on Netflix to Canadian service users at the time of this instalment being published. 

Please support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/interdis_hist

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Source Materials and Further Reading

Kenneally, Michael. 2014 "Irish Immigration to Nineteenth Century Canada: Alternative Narratives" 

Keough, Willeen G. 2013 "Unpacking the Discursive Irish Woman Immigrant in Eighteenth- and Nineteen-Century Newfoundland" https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09670882.2012.759709

Melnyk, George. 2018 "The County of Half Welcomes: Canada's Checkered History With Refugees" 

Palmer, Bryan D. 1993 "Nineteenth-Century Canada and Australia: The Paradoxes of Class Formation" 

Inspired by the virtual launch event for the digital archival exhibition From Our Mothers' Kitchens': Cooking in Rural Canada put on by Archival and Special Collections at the University of Guelph, this episode features Viktoria and Sloan discussing topics in food history and theory. Viktoria gives some perspective into the historiographical trends in the way historians treat food in history. Sloan presents arguments made by scholars as to the potential for interdisciplinary work on topics relating to historical  food and recipes. Together in this episode your hosts hope to get you thinking about the things we eat as primary sources of our era and to consider how future historians will look back on our contemporary.

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Citations

Claflin, Kyri, and Peter Scholliers. 2012. Writing Food History : A Global Perspective. English ed. Berg.

Pilcher, Jeffery M. 2017 Food in Word History. 2nd edition. Themes in World History. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group

Voss, Kimberly Wilmot. 2014. The Food Section : Newspaper Women and the Culinary Community. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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In this episode we hear from Terri Suntjen’s, Director of indigenous Initiatives at MacEwan University and cohost of the 2 Crees in a Pod podcast. Terri speaks to us about the work she and many others are doing in academic circles and in the broader Edmonton community to engage with Canada’s Indigenous past, present and future. We also hear from Terri on the importance of honoring traditional understandings of knowledge and teaching practices as Indigenous scholars and community members work to repair the legacies of colonialism. We hope you enjoy listening to this episode and will have links below to additional resources. 

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Hello everyone! We are so glad to be back from our brief hiatus with a fantastic episode. In today's show, we will be discussing the new critically acclaimed Netflix film, The Trial of the Chicago Seven, discussing historical context and giving our thoughts along the way. (Yes, we do love Sacha Baron Cohen) This film kept us thinking long after it ended, and we hope you all enjoy listening to our thoughts about it and maybe check it out for yourself!  A special thanks to our patrons Tommy B and Sheila Clarke! We are so grateful for your support. It means the world to us. Relevant links and resources: Invoking Summary Criminal Contempt Procedures: Use or Abuse? United States v. Dellinger: The "Chicago Seven" Contempts: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1287445 Yahya Abdul-Mateen II On Playing Bobby Seale in 'The Trial of the Chicago 7': https://library.macewan.ca/full-record/p3h/6XN2020102407 Lessons of the '60s. (ebscohost.com) Drawing the line - Filmmakers employ an edgy animation style to re-create the drama at the 1968 Democratic National Convention: ContentServer.asp (ebscohost.com) PUBLIC REACTION TO POLITICAL PROTEST: CHICAGO 1968. (ebscohost.com) Then and Now: New Examinations of the Sixties: https://content.ebscohost.com/ContentServer.asp?EbscoContent=dGJyMMTo50Sep7Q4v%2BbwOLCmsEmeprNSsq24S7OWxWXS&ContentCustomer=dGJyMPGqt0uyrLVRuePfgeyx43zx1%2B6B&T=P&P=AN&S=R&D=31h&K=42858542 The Chicago Seven and the Sanctuary Eleven: Conspiracy and Spectacle in U.S. Courts- https://www.jstor.org/stable/24497870 Framing Protest: The Chicago Tribune and the New York Times during the 1968 Democratic Convention: AJC1301.vp (ebscohost.com) You can find us on all our social media here. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IHGatMacewan/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistatMac Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historyatmac/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcsB7Q-NyysE7TiR7vN442A?app=desktop Website: https://interdisciplinaryh.wixsite.com/mysite Please support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/interdis_hist If you have an idea for an episode, wish to partner with us, or have an idea for a topic you want to see us cover, please shoot us an email at interdisciplinaryhistgroupmu@gmail.com. We would also appreciate it if you took the time to share our podcast with your friends and family if you have the chance, or please leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts! It is so important and helps us a lot. We really appreciate it. Thank you for listening! Stay safe and wear a mask! Love Vik and Sloan

In this episode, we discuss Hallie Rubenhold's nonfiction book, The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed By Jack The Ripper. We examine how news media influences historical narratives and reinforces social norms. We unpack the pitfalls of using sensationalized sources in historiography, using the examples argued by Rubenhold to examine other media as well. This thought-provoking book lingered with us long after it finished. We hope our episode will convince you to read this great book, and encourage you even further we will be giving away a copy of the book and a bag of tea through our Instagram account. As always, thank you all for listening to our show. It means so much to us. Extra special thanks go to our patrons Sheila and Thomas for their support of the podcast! You both are amazing, and we are so grateful to you. Giveaway Link and Info: https://www.instagram.com/p/CMmgmZTF35N/?igshid=a789sthq4j76 Relevant Resources and Information: William Robinson Case File- https://www.canadianmysteries.ca/sites/robinson/murder/indexen.html Books Mentioned- The Five by Hallie Rubenhold Rubenhold, Hallie. The Five : The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper. First Mariner books edition. Mariner Books Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020. https://library.macewan.ca/full-record/cat00565a/8973075. The Convent Garden Ladies by Hallie Rubenhold Rubenhold, Hallie. The Covent Garden Ladies : Pimp General Jack & the Extraordinary Story of Harris’s List. Tempus, 2005. https://library.macewan.ca/full-record/cat00565a/3253740. The Shades of London Series by Maureen Johnson Stalking Jack the Ripper Series by Kerri Maniscalco Movies, TV and Podcasts- Murder Mile True Crime Podcast V for Vendetta Portman, N., Weaving, H., Rea, S., Hurt, J., Hill, G., Silver, J., Wachowski, L., Wachowski, L., McTeigue, J., Moore, A., & Lloyd, D. (2006). V for vendetta. [videorecording] (Widescreen ed.). Warner Home Video. Harlots on Hulu "Episode 4: Historical Depictions in Film- A Discussion About Jojo Rabbit and Inglourious Basterds (A Collaboration with Nerd Crusade Podcast." Articles: “IS EMPATHY AN AID OR A HINDRANCE TO HISTORIANS? Leading Historians Discuss One of the Burning Questions of the Day.” History Today 69, no. 5 (May 2019): 8–10. https://library.macewan.ca/full-record/a9h/135761120. You can find us on all our social media here. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IHGatMacewan/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistatMac Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historyatmac/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcsB7Q-NyysE7TiR7vN442A?app=desktop Website: https://interdisciplinaryh.wixsite.com/mysite Please support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/interdis_hist If you have an idea for an episode, wish to partner with us, or have an idea for a topic you want to see us cover, please shoot us an email at interdisciplinaryhistgroupmu@gmail.com. We would also appreciate it if you took the time to share our podcast with your friends and family if you have the chance, or please leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts! It is so important and helps us a lot. We really appreciate it. Thank you for listening! Stay safe and wear a mask! Love Vik and Sloan

Hello everyone! In this episode, Vik and Sloan teach each other a topic of their choice and answer some of our listener's questions about us and the podcast. Expect to hear about Viktoria's opinions on cucumber sandwiches and Kylo Ren, learn about how the creation of the postal system lead to the massive Valentine's industry, and much more.

 Relevant Resources and links:

 Becoming Jane (movie) Belle (Movie) Dinner with Mr. Darcy by Pen Vogler: Dinner with Mr Darcy: Recipes inspired by the novels and letters of Jane Austen: Vogler, Pen: 9781782490562: Books - Amazon.ca 

The Letters of Jane Austen- Collected and Edited by Deirdre Le Faye- The Letters of Jane Austen :: Jane Austen's Letters, 3d edition :: [The Letters] (macewan.ca) 

The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things by Paula Byrne- The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things: Byrne, Paula: 9780061999109: Books - Amazon.ca 

Belle: The Slave Daughter and the Lord Chief Justice by Paula Byrne- Belle: The Slave Daughter and the Lord Chief Justice: Byrne, Paula: Books - Amazon.ca Jane Austen and the Abolitionist Turn by Patricia A. Matthew- https://library.macewan.ca/full-record/hlh/139978842 Vincent, David. Literacy and Popular Culture: England 1750–1914. Cambridge University Press. pp. 44, 45: Literacy and Popular Culture: England 1750-1914, Book by David Vincent (Paperback) | www.chapters.indigo.ca 

Young Man's Valentine Writer: https://library.macewan.ca/full-record/cat00565a/5027917 

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Hello everyone! In today's episode, we talk to the amazing Dr. Seika Boye from the University of Toronto about her exhibit. It's About Time: Dancing Black in Canada 1900-1970 and Now and the research and collaboration processes she had while curating the exhibition. In it, we also talk about how the shift to online creates a whole new problem for archivists and how having the exhibition online has changed the experience. Thank you for listening, and enjoy! Resources Mentioned in the Episode and Additional Material- It's About Time: Dancing Black in Canada 1900-1970 and Now online exhibit from the Mitchell Art Gallery: MAG | It's About Time (blainecampbell.com) Gatherings: Oral and Archival Histories of Performance in Canada (SSHRC Partnership Development Grant) https://gatheringspartnership.com/ Dr. Seika Boye Faculty Bio for the University of Toronto: Seika Boye | Centre for Drama, Theatre & Performance Studies (utoronto.ca) University of Toronto Institute for Dance Studies: Institute for Dance Studies | Centre for Drama, Theatre & Performance Studies (utoronto.ca) Black History Month and the Macewan Library: Library News | Library Website (macewan.ca) Oral History Theory Book: Full Record | Library Website (macewan.ca) Sloan's Article on the Snowball Method: Snowball (wixsite.com) You can find us on all our social media here. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IHGatMacewan/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistatMac Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historyatmac/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcsB7Q-NyysE7TiR7vN442A?app=desktop Website: https://interdisciplinaryh.wixsite.com/mysite Please support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/interdis_hist If you have an idea for an episode, wish to partner with us, or have an idea for a topic you want to see us cover, please shoot us an email at interdisciplinaryhistgroupmu@gmail.com. We would also appreciate it if you took the time to share our podcast with your friends and family if you have the chance, or please leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts! It is so important and helps us a lot. We really appreciate it. Thank you for listening! Stay safe and wear a mask! Love Vik and Sloan