This podcast showcases original historical research done by students at Fort Hays State University. You can listen to our students talk about a wide range of historical topics from various periods in history. Give us a listen and a shout out if you like what you hear!
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Masala History is a podcast on the history of India and the Indian Subcontinent hosted by a historian and an art historian. We talk a lot of history and a little of historical gossip! New episode comes out every three weeks.
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Master's student Matt Davenport joins Hollie to discuss how music, silence, and violence contributed to the soundscapes of Polish ghettos during World War II and how studying those soundscapes contributes to a wider understanding of Jewish experiences in those ghettos.De către Hollie Marquess
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1950s North Carolina Women's Prison Riots
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In our first episode of season six, Chelsea Kiefer joins Hollie Marquess to discuss the social dynamics of two 1950s prison riots that took place in the women's prison in Raleigh, North Carolina. While both riots were motivated by very different circumstances, together they demonstrate that these women felt that rioting was the only way they could …
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In the last episode of the season, Joanna Lockwood, History Masters Student at FHSU, joins Hollie Marquess to discuss the orphan train. Joanna explains how and why the orphan train began, the experiences faced by orphan train riders on their journey and in their new homes, and modern memorialization efforts. Joanna's great-grandfather, George Lockw…
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Keith Kuehn, senior history major at Fort Hays State University, joins Hollie Marquess to discuss the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. Keith unpacks the use of Nazi propaganda in the efforts to get countries to come to the games and their use of propaganda to prop up their image at the games as well. He also discusses Helene Mayer, a German Jewish fencer w…
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Futball: A Voice for the Silenced in Nazi Germany
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David Solis, senior history major at Fort Hays State University, joins Hollie in this episode to discuss Soccer's role in Nazi Germany. He covers individuals and soccer clubs who resisted the Nazi regime in complex ways during World War II.De către Hollie Marquess
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"Through Hell to the Midwest: Mapping Holocaust Survival in Kansas City"
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April is Holocaust Remembrance Month. In this episode, Hollie Marquess is joined by Dr. Amber Nickell and senior history major Sarah Keiss to discuss their project "Through Hell to the Midwest: Mapping Holocaust Survival in Kansas City." This project uses oral history testimonies from the Fortunoff Archive to trace the stories of Holocaust survivor…
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Pauline Sabin and the Campaign Against Prohibition
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In this episode, junior history education major Whitney Befort joins Hollie Marquess to discuss Pauline Sabin and her efforts to repeal the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Whitney covers her early life, her involvement in politics, and how she mobilized women all over the country to dismantle Prohibition in the U.S.…
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Women and Mourning Culture in the Victorian Era
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Kylah Smith, junior history major at FHSU, joins Hollie to discuss what mourning practices looked like in Victorian Era America. She unpacks differences in mourning practices based on gender, societal status, and relationship to the deceased. Kylah also discusses mourning fashion and etiquette and how women's roles changed during the Civil War.…
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The German Genocide of the Herero
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Larry Zieammermann, graduate student at FHSU history, joins Hollie to discuss the German genocide of the Herero in the early 20th century.De către Hollie Marquess
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Susan Elliott, Junior history major at FHSU, joins Hollie to discuss The Ku Klux Klan in Kansas and in particular, the interactions between the KKK and the Kansas Methodists.De către Hollie Marquess
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In the final episode of Season 4, Hollie is joined by Brianna Buller. Brianna earned her B.A. in History at FHSU and went on to a M.A. in Public History at Royal Holloway in London. The two discuss her time at both universities, her Threads of Herstory Project, and adventures in Europe.De către Hollie Marquess
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Epidemic Disease and Medical Relief during the Irish Potato Famine with Dr. Robert Lane
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In this episode, Dr. Rob Lane, ENT Physician and current FHSU M.A. in History student, joins Hollie to discuss epidemic disease and medical relief during the Irish Potato Famine.De către Hollie Marquess
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Child-free Women in the early 20th Century
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Senior history major Chelsea Kiefer joins Hollie Marquess to discuss women who chose to remain childless in the first half of the 20th century. She unpacks rates of childfree women, methods to prevent pregnancy (including reusable condoms), and Eugenic postcards and other images.De către Hollie Marquess
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Study Abroad to Prague and Florence
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Hollie Marquess is joined by Dr. Kim Perez of the FHSU history program and several of her students that went on a Study Abroad to Prague and Florence over the summer. Savanna Baumgart, Rachel Waddell, Becca Balzan, and Erin Adams discuss all things Prague and Florence in this episode.De către Hollie Marquess
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Jacqueline Cochran and the creating of the Women's Flying Training Detachment
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Kayla Nelson, graduate Public History major at FHSU, joins Hollie to discuss female aviation pioneer Jacqueline Cochran, who advocated that women had women pilots had the skills and abilities to fly for the war effort during WWII. She formed the Women Flying Training Detachment and eventually headed the Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs).…
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Obscenity law and the Supreme Court
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Ashlynn Kelly, senior history major at FHSU, joins Hollie Marquess to talk about Anthony Comstock, how the Supreme Court tried to define obscenity, and Kansas's relationship with obscenity law.De către Hollie Marquess
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Alumnus Chris Dinkel- history and law school
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Host Hollie Marquess visits with history department alumnus Chris Dinkel as well as FHSU History faculty Dr. Kim Perez. Chris discusses his experience in the FHSU M.A. program, studying for the LSAT, Columbia law, and his case that recently went to the Supreme Court.De către Hollie Marquess
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Poland 2023: Students discuss study abroad
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For our last episode of this semester, Dr. Guha is joined by Dr. Amber Nickell and Hollie Marquess, as well as three students who accompanied them to Poland as part of a Study Abroad trip earlier this year. Alex White, Sarah Keiss, and Ashlyn Carlson discuss the experience of studying Jewish life before, during, and after the Holocaust in Poland. T…
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Edythe Eyde: A Queer Media Pioneer
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Hollie Marquess is joined by Lucy Martin, a Junior at FHSU, to discuss Edythe Eyde and how her contributions to queer media at mid-century helped shape and inspire LGBTQ rights.De către Manamee Guha and Hollie Marquess
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Entrapment, Mattachine Society, and Gay Rights
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Sophomore Megan Householter joins Hollie Marquess to discuss how the tactics of Vice Squads, like entrapment, led to the forming of the Mattachine Society at mid-century and, ultimately, to a modern gay rights movement.De către Hollie Marquess and Megan Householter
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Fatherhood Among The Ancient Gods
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Prof. Manamee Guha is joined by FHSU History junior Jason Rivera to discuss his paper Fatherhood Among Ancient Gods. The podcast explores the life cycle of father-son relationships through the lens of three different father-son pairs across three different mythologies, Zeus and his father Cronos, Odin and Thor and God and Jesus.…
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FHSU History Alumnus: What Are They Up To Now?
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US Army Major Ben Peeler, alumnus of Fort Hays State University History Department joins Hollie Marquess to discuss his time at FHSU and how his degrees from Fort Hays prepared him for his successful military career.De către Hollie Marquess and Major Ben Peeler
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Nintendo: A Gamechanger in American Culture
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In the second episode of the season, History Education student Keith Kuehn joins Dr. Manamee Guha to discuss the ways Nintendo and the beloved character of Mario transformed the culture of video games in America.De către Manamee Guha and Keith Kuehn
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Zoot Suits, Las Pachucas, and the Sleepy Lagoon Murder
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Sophomore history education majors Lizbeth Guardado and David Solis join Hollie Marquess to discuss the Zoot Suit Riots, the Sleeply Lagoon Murder, and a lesser known group involved, Las Pachucas.De către Hollie Marquess, Lizbeth Guardado and David Solis
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In this episode, graduate student Erin Adams joins Hollie Marquess to discuss the sale of patent medicines in the west and how they used Native American imagery to sell their potions. They also discuss how the Great British Bake Off relates to Turner's theory of the West.De către Erin Adams and Hollie Marquess
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In this episode, our online Master's student Miranda Edwards joins Dr. Manamee Guha to talk more about Nicholas II and World War I. How much did his autocratic ideals clash with revolutionaries who were looking for large-scale reforms? Miranda also discusses the role Nicholas II's wife Alexandra Feodorovna and her ally Rasputin played in pushing Ru…
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In this episode, Hollie Marquess is joined by senior history major Shelby Oshel to discuss "Cartoons and Communism: Understanding Themes of Gender and Nationalism in Soviet Animations." Shelby uses the lens of gender to analyze Soviet animated cartoons and films from their infancy through the collapse of the Soviet Union.…
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In the years 1932-1933, Ukraine suffered a famine that historians estimate killed over four million Ukrainians. As a result of the famine, women had to come up with different survival strategies and methods for procuring and preparing food for themselves and their families. Senior history major Alissa Zajac joins Hollie Marquess to discuss women's …
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British Christianity and Opium in the Formation of the Oriental Other
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In this episode Dr. Manamee Guha is joined by Drew Legere, a Junior at Fort Hays State University to discuss her research project on the tense relationship between the British and the Chinese leading up to the Opium Wars. As the British involved themselves in the opium trade, which brought British controlled Indian opium to China, both the opium me…
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"Nursing Under Fire: The Experiences and Achievements of World War I Allied Nurses on the Western Front”
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In this episode, Lizz Dobmeyer, a master's student in the FHSU History Department online, joins Hollie Marquess to discuss "Nursing Under Fire: The Experiences and Achievements of World War I Allied Nurses on the Western Front.”De către Manamee Guha and Hollie Marquess
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Spring Break 2023, Trip to Poland
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Join Dr. Manamee Guha as she chats with Dr. Amber Nickell and Prof. Hollie Marquess discuss plans for their upcoming trip to Poland as part of a study abroad program during Spring of 2023. Food, finances, enrollment requirements are just some of the questions they address in this podcast. Get all the answers you need about this trip, right here in …
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'You Wanna Play Rough?': The Italian Mafia and Butch Lesbian Partnership in Greenwich Village, 1945-1968
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In our final episode of season one, FHSU graduate student in history, Alison Helget, joins Hollie Marquess to discuss her master's thesis "'You Wanna Play Rough?': The Italian Mafia and Butch Lesbian Partnership in Greenwich Village, 1945-1968." We visit about the role of Anna Genovese, wife of mob boss Vito Genovese, in gay nightlife and the surpr…
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"Fight for the West: Black Cowboys and the Rodeo"
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In our penultimate episode, join us with Colton Wagner, Master's student in History at Fort Hays State University, for a chat on the history of African Americans in the West, African American rodeo in the Jim Crow era, and the inclusion of African Americans into professional rodeo. Image of Myrtis Dightman. Courtesy: https://nationalcowboymuseum.or…
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"A Mug of Silver and a Pipe of Tea"
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In episode seven of Victor E History podcast, we are in conversation with Chelsea Kiefer, a sophomore history major at Fort Hays State University, to discuss how Britain developed its tea obsession and how it led to two opium wars fought between Britain and China. Image courtesy: © duncan1890/iStock.com…
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Lucy Parsons: Anarchist Revolutionary
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Episode Six of the Victor E History podcast features Larry Zimmerman, a junior History major at Fort Hays State University. In this episode he discusses his original research on Lucy Parsons, anarchism, the Haymarket affair, and the labor movement during the 19th century.De către Manamee Guha and Hollie Marquess
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Commerce Above All Else: The Role Diplomacy and Secularism Played in the Story of the Dutch in Japan
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Dylan Schmidt, a Junior History/Secondary education major at Fort Hays State Univeristy, visits with Hollie Marquess about his recent research on Dutch interactions with Japan. In this episode, Dylan examines how the Dutch were able to remain relevant to the Japanese in an era in which the Japanese were isolating from foreign influence. For more in…
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Winter in America: A Cultural History of Neoliberalism, From the Sixties to the Reagan Revolution
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In our latest episode, Assistant Professor of History, Prof. Daniel McClure discusses his latest book Winter in America. Join him as he talks to Prof. Manamee Guha about pivotal moments in 20th century American history and its impact, both nationally and globally. To stay updated on all our latest episode, do visit victorehistory.com and subscribe!…
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Spectres, Séance, Sex, and Spirit Cabinets: Victorian England's Obsession With Death
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Shelby Oshel, senior history major at Fort Hays State University discusses her original research on séance, sprit cabinets, and the obsession with contacting the dead in Victorian Era England. For more information and a selected bibliography, see www.victorehistory.comDe către Hollie Marquess and Shelby Oshel
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Holocaust of the East: Judeo-Bolshevism and Auschwitz Syndrome
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Join Prof. Hollie Marquess in conversation with Matt Davenport, a Senior at Fort Hays State University majoring in History/Secondary Education. In this episode Matt discusses his original research findings on Auschwitz Syndrome, Judeo-Bolshevism and the Holocaust in Ukraine, Lithuania, and Poland. *Content Warning*: Discussion of Genocide and Viole…
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Chasing Normalcy: Relationship Dynamics in WWII Japanese-American Internment Camps
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Listen to Chelsea Kiefer, a Sophomore in the History department at Fort Hays State University talk about her original research on the deplorable conditions that Japanese-Americans were subjected to at the American internment camps during World War II and how that experience changed relationship dynamics. For more information and a selected bibliogr…
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In this episode, we explore the history of Kanhoji Angre and his exploits in the Arabian Sea, particularly against the British East India Company. Angre and his sons are perhaps better known to history as the fierce and dangerous “Angria pirates” who plundered and murdered poor innocents on the Indian Seas. But was Kanhoji Angre a pirate as the Bri…
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Episode 13 | European Pirates in the Indian Ocean
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European pirates in the Indian Ocean were a menace for European East India trading companies as much as Indian rulers, the Mughals and the Marathas, of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. In this episode, we discuss the life of pirates in the Indian Ocean and the companies that chased them, thinking of piracy as more than just thievery in the…
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p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'} She was a concubine, courtesan, wife, lover, warrior, leader, a Mughal noble, a British ally. She was Christian and Muslim. She threw grand parties that South Asians and Europeans alike were enamored with. In the nineteenth-century male-dominated world of South Asia, Begum Samru …
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The act of men impersonating women has had a long history in the performance cultures of South Asia. Our understanding of these enactments in theater, dance, or in religious rituals has, however, remained marginal, often considering these in western modes as 'drag' while discounting complex issues of gendered gaze, sexuality, and social mores in wh…
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Is she the great illusion or the gravest ignorance? Is she the destroyer of Mahisha or the avenger of the demonic twins Shumbha and Nishumbha? Is she Ambika, or Chandika, or Kali, or Parvati, or Mahamaya, or Durga? Who is Devi, the Great Goddess? Why did she drink alcohol and get inebriated? Did she eat people? In this episode, the different forms …
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How did one cook fish in medieval South India? Was there an ideal woman for a king to marry? Were pedicures a thing? In this podcast, we discuss the 12th century treatise on all things pleasurable that was made available for royalty. Written by the erudite scholar king Someshwara III, Manasollasa, the encyclopedic work on kingship and pleasure, pro…
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The history of Mehr-un-Nissa, the future Empress Nur Jahan, twentieth and last wife of Emperor Jahangir, is marked by intrigue, bravery, and everything in between. It is no wonder that the seventeenth-century life of Nur Jahan has been subject of both feminist interpretations and mythical readings. We have seen her in movies; she is a stock figure …
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The history of the Government House, now the residence of the Governor of West Bengal, is a history of the British Empire in India condensed into 26 acres of land at the heart of the "white town" of Calcutta. Amongst its maidan, gardens, and cannons, the Government House stands tall in typical neoclassical fashion--conservative, traditional, and im…
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Emperor Jahangir loved alcohol, opium, hunting (shikar), and, like all good South Asians, mangoes. His numerous experiences with all the above, his beloved wife Nur Jahan, his son, the future emperor Shah Jahan, and more were written down by him in his autobiography Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri. In this podcast, we discuss the colorful pleasure-seeking life o…
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Pem Nem, a love story of longing, despair, and ultimate unification is discussed in this pod as an example of the multiculturalism of the Deccan Sultanate courts of the seventeenth …
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