Gettin' Historical With It

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Welcome to Gettin' Historical With It, a student-led podcast produced in collaboration with the Collaborative Digital Research Space (CDRS) and the Department of Historical Studies at the University of Toronto Mississauga. Hosted by Nihal Naqvi, this podcast dives into diverse historical topics, featuring engaging conversations with professors and students. Episodes cover topics such as the intersection of history and law, the influence of colonialism, and the social movements that shaped our world. Each discussion highlights groundbreaking research and provides fresh perspectives on the past.

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Professor Tong Lam: Policing the Imperial Nation — Late Qing & Xinhai 14.07.2025 1:53:29

Welcome to Gettin’ Historical With It, a student-led podcast from the University of Toronto Mississauga. Host Nihal Naqvi is joined by co-host David Casazza and guest Professor Tong Lam. In this episode they unpack Professor Lam’s article “Policing the Imperial Nation: Sovereignty, International Law, and the Civilizing Mission in Late Qing China.” Professor Lam explains how late-Qing policing ref...

Professor Julie MacArthur: Redrawing Borders in Colonial Kenya 25.02.2025 1:31:49

Welcome to Gettin’ Historical With It , a student-led podcast from the University of Toronto Mississauga. I’m your host, Nihal Naqvi, joined by co-host Selena Haddad and our guest, Professor Julie MacArthur. In this episode, we discuss her paper, Decolonizing Sovereignty: States of Exception along the Kenya-Somali Frontier . Professor MacArthur explores how colonial power structures persist throug...

Professor Brian Gettler: Colonialism’s Currency - Money, Power, and Indigenous Displacement 25.02.2025 1:18:23

Welcome to the inaugural episode of Gettin’ Historical With It , a student-led podcast produced in partnership with the Collaborative Digital Research Space and the Department of Historical Studies at the University of Toronto Mississauga. Hosted by Nihal Naqvi, with co-host Helky Herrera, this episode features an insightful conversation with Professor Brian Gettler about his book, Colonialism’s C...

Professor Elspeth Brown: Queer Photography in Vogue during WWI by Baron Adolph de Meyer 25.02.2025 1:22:56

In this episode, host Nihal Naqvi and co-host Lorelai McKeown sit down with Professor Elspeth Brown to explore the groundbreaking work of Baron Adolph de Meyer, a pioneering fashion photographer whose queer identity shaped his artistic vision. We discuss how de Meyer’s pictorialist style and first Vogue publication in 1913 helped redefine fashion photography and challenge gender norms during World...

Professor Mairi Cowan: Missionaries, Francisation, and Demons in New France 18.02.2025 1:05:05

Episode Title: In this episode of Gettin’ Historical With It , hosts Nihal Naqvi and Gurjot Kaur sit down with Professor Mairi Cowan from the University of Toronto Mississauga to explore the intricate intersections of faith, colonialism, and education in 17th-century New France. Diving into Professor Cowan's work on the Ursuline Convent and Jesuit missionaries, we discuss how nuns sought to "Franc...

Professor Christopher Petrakos: The Klondike Borderlands 28.01.2025 1:10:14

Welcome to Gettin' Historical With It, a student-led podcast hosted by Nihal Naqvi, with co-host Evan Di Maria, this episode features Dr. Christopher Petrakos from the University of Toronto Mississauga’s Department of Historical Studies. Together, we delve into the Klondike Borderlands and the collision of gold, theology, and the making of empire in Canada’s far northwest. From contested borders t...