Episode 6: Dalton Liggett

Episode 6: Dalton Liggett

Dalton Liggett, current HSA President, discusses the relationships between gay identity, performances (and non-performances) of masculinity, and experiences of violence amongst gay men in the inter-war period.

Episode 5: Jeffrey Rowe

Jeffrey Rowe, a McGill Masters Student, discusses how spiritualism fit into the Canadian imagination and how the elusive issues of fraudulence work towards legislator’s enforcement of Canada’s witchcraft throughout the twentieth century.

Episode 4: Robin Vochelet

Robin Vochelet, a fourth year McGill undergraduate student, describes his research on the development of post-independence Singapore, covering the “Mother Tongue Policy” and the controversial theory of “Asian Values.”

Episode 3: Mike Davis

Dr. Mike Davis, a recent McGill PhD graduate, discusses past Governor of Louisiana, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, and his engagement in ritual tattooing.

Episode 2: Lauren Parison

Lauren Parison, a first year graduate student, discusses her research on the relationships between the Muslim, Christian, and Jewish citizens of al-Andalus, emphasizing female and familial relations within such topic.