MSU Denver History Faculty

Road Running Through the Past: The MSU Denver History Podcast

History EN ↓ 5 episodes

A podcast dedicated to the history of everything (and the great work that scholars are doing at the Metropolitan State University of Denver). Your podcast producers and history professors: Matthew Mahr Monica Black Jennifer Koshatka Seman

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MSU Denver History Faculty

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Special Episode on the War in Iran with Alex Boodrookas 22.04.2026 59:47

As the U.S. assault on Iran rages, we asked our resident Middle East expert Alex Boodrookas to provide some historical perspective. Dr. Boodrookas is an Assistant Professor of History at MSU Denver specializing in the Modern Middle East; Labor History; Immigration; Decolonization. His book is published this April by Stanford University Press and is entitled Comrades Estranged: Labor and Citizenshi...

Witches – Ripped from the Headlines – The Late Lancashire Witches (Analysis) 01.04.2026 31:17

An analysis of Part 1 of our series on Witches, with Brian Weiser. Brian Weiser is Professor of History at MSU-Denver, where he teaches world history, European history, and upper-level courses such as Renaissance and Reformation, Tudor and Stuart England, and Magic in Britain. He has published a book, Charles II and the Politics of Access, and several articles on topics such as representations of...

Witches – Ripped from the Headlines – The Late Lancashire Witches (the Play) 31.03.2026 27:38

Part 1 of our series on Witches featuring an impromptu performance of The Late Lancashire Witches . Richard Brome’s plays, including The Late Lancashire Witches, can be found in both the original and modernized form at Richard Brome Online https://www.dhi.ac.uk/brome/ . The site also has extensive notes and scholarly interpretations. For more on Witchcraft in early modern Europe and England: Clark...

Informal Metropolis: An Interview with David Yee 01.11.2025 1:03:38

This episode features MSU-Denver history professors David Yee, Monica Black, Matthew Mahr, and Jennifer Koshatka Seman, as well as history student Niko, all in conversation about David's book, Informal Metropolis: Life on the Edge of Mexico City,1940-1976. In Informal Metropolis: Life on the Edge of Mexico City,1940-1976, David Yee uncovers how this former lake bed grew into the world’s largest sh...

Tortilleras Negotiating Intimacy: An Interview with Anahi Russo Garrido 01.11.2025 55:40

Anahi Russo Garrido is the Associate Professor and Chair/Director of Gender, Women and Sexualities Studies/The Gender Institute for Teaching and Advocacy, GITA at MSU-Denver. We are so excited to have her as our guest on our very first episode of this podcast, thank you Professor Russo Garrido! Anahi's book, Tortilleras Negotiating Intimacy: Love, Friendship, and Sex in Queer Mexico City is the fi...