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This month, we talk about the ancient world going digital, pedagogy through virtual reality, how open access is changing scholarly publishing, and whether digital tools could make non-Western scholarship more mainstream. Also, is AI the greatest disruption yet to the humanities?All this and more with editors of Brill's Journal of Digital Islamicate Research, The Ancient World Goes Digital and Ancient Egypt, New Technology. Liked this podcast? Have thoughts on the topic? Want us to address a specific theme in the future? Write to us at podcast@brill.com. Host: Ramzi NasirGuests: Eid Ahmed Mohamed, Mai Zaki, Vanessa Bigot Juloux, Alessandro Di Ludovico, Rita Lucarelli, Joshua A. Roberson, and Steve Vinson
Rwanda witnessed a 100-day mass genocide back in 1994, when the ethnic Hutu government and its supporters led a campaign that left around 800,000 people, including Tutsis and moderate Hutus, dead. And while, shockingly, the event was not given enough attention by the international community at the time, Rwanda's genocide later led to reform and innovation in order to prevent and respond to such crises and to help the recovery of societies post conflicts.In this episode, Dr. Philip Drew, Associate Professor at Australia National University and Assistant Dean of Faculty of Law at Queens University, and Dr. Bruce Oswald, Professor at Melbourne Law School talk about what led to the events of 1994 and how it generated more focus on international communities' responses to government-sponsored violence in the future. This discussion is an extension of a special issue of Brill's Journal of International Peacekeeping, called “Rwanda Revisited: Genocide, Civil War, and the Transformation of International Law.” Guests: Dr Philip Drew and Dr Bruce OswaldHost: Leigh Giangreco
Rwanda witnessed a 100-day mass genocide back in 1994, when the ethnic Hutu government and its supporters led a campaign that left around 800,000 people, including Tutsis and moderate Hutus, dead. And while, shockingly, the event was not given enough attention by the international community at the time, Rwanda's genocide later led to reform and innovation in order to prevent and respond to such crises and to help the recovery of societies post conflicts.In this episode, Dr. Philip Drew, Associate Professor at Australia National University and Assistant Dean of Faculty of Law at Queens University, and Dr. Bruce Oswald, Professor at Melbourne Law School talk about what led to the events of 1994 and how it generated more focus on international communities' responses to government-sponsored violence in the future. This discussion is an extension of a special issue of Brill's Journal of International Peacekeeping, called “Rwanda Revisited: Genocide, Civil War, and the Transformation of International Law.” Guests: Dr Philip Drew and Dr Bruce OswaldHost: Leigh Giangreco
The recent COVID-19 pandemic has received unprecedented media coverage in the past 3 months. A large part of this coverage includes comparisons of the ongoing crisis to some major crises of the past, including the SARS epidemic of 2002-2003. In a new study titled “When the Analogy Breaks: Historical References in Flemish News Media at the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic” published in Brill's Journal of Applied History, Dr. Bram De Ridder from KU Leuven, Belgium, analyzes how three Flemish media outlets covered the crisis recently and how their misplaced historical analogies could affect public perception, causing a problem in dealing with the current pandemic. Guest: Bram De Ridder Host: Leigh Giangreco
Selective breeding of dogs currently helps meet the high demand for purebred dogs, but there are concerns about the ethicality of this practice.In this podcast, Dr. Candace C. Croney of Purdue University talks about commercial breeding practices in the United States, social opposition to the practice, and the potential consequences of its outright abolition on the beings central to the discussion: dogs themselves. Her discussion is an extension of her paper “Turning up the Volume on Man's Best Friend: Ethical Issues Associated with Commercial Dog Breeding,” which is published in Brill's Journal of Applied Animal Ethics Research. Guest: Candace Croney Host: Emily Tamkin
Technological advancement through the 20th century has allowed religious leaders to broaden their reach, first through print, then televangelism, and now, social media. In this podcast, Dr Ryan P. Burge, of the Eastern Illinois University, discusses how religious leaders use twitter today, whether successful tweeting means having conversations, and the extent to which evangelicals engage with politics on twitter. His discussion is an extension of his paper “Is Social Media a Digital Pulpit? How Evangelical Leaders Use Twitter to Encourage the Faithful and Publicize Their Work,” which is published in Brill's Journal of Religion, Media, and Digital Culture.Guest: Ryan BurgeHost: Emily Tamkin