Siege of Kazan 1552, Part 2
Early reign of Ivan the Terrible Under his rule, Moscow resumes its bid for control of neighbouring Kazan, which is already weakened by decades of instability Audio Player https://media.acast.com/ahistoryofeurope/44.2ivantheterrible-earlyyears/media.mp3 00:00 00:00 00:00 Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume.
Siege of Kazan 1552, Part 1
Muscovy and her Asiatic neighbours 1400s-early 1500s The story of the complex relationship between the Russians and their southern and eastern neighbours in 1400s-early 1500’s.
Battle of Mohacs 1526, Background
Expansion of the Ottoman Empire in the early 1500’s. Conquest of the Balkans and Mamluk-controlled Egypt, and rivalry with Shia Persia. Also, the story of the kingdom of Hungary in the same period, leading up to the Battle of Mohacs 1526.
Battle of Diu Part 4
The Battle of Diu 1509 The fight for naval supremacy of the lucrative spice trade of the Indian Ocean between the Mamluk Sultanate based in Cairo and the Portuguese Audio Player https://media.acast.com/ahistoryofeurope/42.4battleofdiu1509/media.mp3 00:00 00:00 00:00 Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume.
Battle of Diu 1509 Part 3
Portuguese Conquests in India The Portuguese begin to seize control of the spice trade of the Indian Ocean, by a mixture of diplomacy and brute force.
Battle of Diu 1509 Part 2
Portuguese Discovery of India The epic voyage of Vasco Da Gama 1497-1499, who sailed from Portugal, around the southern tip of Africa, along the eastern coast of Africa and then onto India.
Battle of Diu 1509 Part 1
Portugal, having established its position in Iberia, begins to make conquests in Morocco. At the same time the Portuguese prince Henry the Navigator (pictured) sponsors the beginning of a series of discoveries along the west coast of Africa.
In Geveb and Yiddish Studies Online with Jessica Kirzane and Saul Noam Zaritt
Jessica Kirzane and Saul Zaritt join the podcast to talk about their work on In Geveb, an online journal of Yiddish studies.
Contemporary Yiddish Culture (and Podcasts!) with Sandra Fox
In this episode, we’re joined by Sandra Fox to talk about contemporary Yiddish culture and her Yiddish-language feminist podcast, Vaybertaytsh. The podcast recently came back for a new season, and so we’re going to be talking about the origin of the podcast as part of the development of contemporary Yiddish culture and its history.
The Kishinev Pogrom with Steven Zipperstein
Steven Zipperstein discusses the Kishinev pogrom and its afterlife in modern Jewish history and memory: the tremendous influence of Kishinev on how Jews have seen the world, the dangers of misinformation and propaganda, and how one event can shape a generation.
Cafes and Modern Jewish Culture with Shachar Pinsker
Shachar Pinsker discusses his book A Rich Brew: How Cafes Created Modern Jewish Culture and the ways in which cafes provide a window into understanding modern Jewish culture and modernity: What it means for cafes to be sites of the production of Jewish culture, how cafes sold not just coffee but also a concept of modernity, and the transformation of cafes and Jewish culture..
A German Jewish Cookbook with Sonya Gropman and Gabrielle Rossmer Gropman
Gabrielle Rossmer Gropman and Sonya Gropman talk about The German Jewish Cookbook: Recipes and History of a Cuisine, the ties between German and Jewish culture,what it means to document the everyday German Jewish experience and its food, and why it still matters.
A New History of Hasidism with David Biale
David Biale discusses Hasidism: A New History, an important and invaluable history of Hasidism from its origins in the 18th century until the present.
Vladimir Jabotinsky and Right-Wing Zionism with Daniel Kupfert Heller
Daniel Heller joins us to discuss his book Jabotinsky’s Children: Polish Jews and the Rise of Right-Wing Zionism and the big issues it brings up: The rise of the Revisionist Zionist movement in interwar Europe and its relationship with right-wing politics and fascism; Jabotinsky and his ideological and political legacy, particularly in Israel; the importance of youth and youth movements in the history of Zionism and politics broadly speaking; the history of fascism and how it relates to the present; and the implications of studying the history of politics for understanding our own world..
