Archive For The “HeadOnHistory” Category
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/HOHGenderBending.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSBuilding upon our exploration of gender in Islamic history we dive into the topic of gender bending and how it can help us see gender as socially constructed, historically contingent, and contextual. We explore multiple figures throughout Islamic history from the ghulamiyya to…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/HoHTransgender.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSContinuing our exploration of gender and sexuality in Islamic history we turn to the figure of the mukhannathun, a third gender category in early Islam. We trace ideas of gender as a fluid spectrum through the lives of these individuals examining their existence…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/HoHGayLove.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSIn this episode we dive into the history of homosexuality, same-sex desire, and gay love in Islamic societies. We examine the realm of religion, scripture, literature, and medicine and what they tell us about same-sex desire. We recount the lives of famous gay…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/HoHSexandPleasure.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSHow did early Muslims define sex? In this episode we examine the role of pleasure and specifically mutual pleasure as a key definition of sex in Islamic society. We trace the role of pleasure from the Qur’anic ethos to the subsequent development of…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/HoHs5Episode1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSThe theme for season 5 is gender and sexuality in Islam. In our first episode we provide the framework for understanding gender, sex, and sexuality in the Islamic world. We discuss three influences on the framework: cultural beliefs, the Qur’an, and the philosophical…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/HOHSPECIALISLAMOPHOBIA.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSIn this special we cover the history of Islamophobia and the way it intersects with other forms of bigotry like antisemitism and its connection with Orientalism. We try to put the tragedy of the Christchuch, New Zealand shooting into a broader context by…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/HoHs4Episode10.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSIn our final episode of the season, we wrap up our theme of Empires of Faith. We start out with some shout outs and then present a brief timeline of the Roman and Byzantine Empire. We discuss the Romanization of Christianity and the…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/HoHs4Episode9.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSIn this episode we explore the history of Israelite religion under Hellenism and the Roman empire. We examine the ways in which Judeans responded to, absorbed, and resisted Hellenic culture resulting in messianic movements, the Sadducee sect, Pharisee sect, and Essene sect. We…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/HoHs4Episode8.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSIn this episode we explore Roman religion and how it was shaped by the empire. We begin with a brief chronology of Roman history from its early days through the republic until the empire. We sketch out the structure of Roman society and…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/HoHs4Episode7.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSThis episode provides a brief sketch of the history of the Greeks. We start with a short discussion on the Minoans and the Mycenaean invasion. We talk about the emergence of a common culture within Homer’s epic of the Iliad and Odyssey while…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/HoHs4Episode6.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSIn this episode we pick up with the Babylonian Captivity. We discuss the rise of Cyrus the Great and the Achaemenid empire. We examine the origins of the Persians and their consolidation into an empire that conquers the Neo-Babylonians. We talk about the…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/HoHs4Episode5.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSIn this episode we examine the complexities of ancient Israelite religion by placing it within the historical context. We put forth theories about the origins of the religions while situating it within the broader ancient near east and Mediterranean religious traditions. We talk…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/HoHs4Episode4.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSToday we discuss the rise of the Assyrian empire. From the Old Assyrian Empire to the Neo Assyrians we discuss how the technological developments of the Iron Age radically transformed the empire-building powers of the ancient world and the ways it impacted the…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/HoHs4Episode3.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSIn this episode we dive into the world of ancient Egypt. We start with a discussion on religion in the ancient world and the difference between our modern assumptions of religion. We discuss the impact of the Nile as a stable irrigation system…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/HoHs4Episode2.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSToday we take a look at the Babylonian empire and the rise of Hammurabi. We analyze the way kingship and religion worked hand-in-hand to justify rule. We take a close look at the Code of Hammurabi and what it tells us about Babylonian…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/HoHs4Episode1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSWelcome to season 4 of Head on History: Empires of Faith. This season we are going to discuss the ancient world up to the arrival of Islam through an examination of the intersection of empire and religion. In this episode we establish the…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/HOHSPECIALSAUDI.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSWith the recent tragic news of Jamal Khashoggi’s murder likely at the hands of Saudi officials, it is imperative we take a look at the long history of Saudi Arabia’s troubled past and its relationship with the United States. In this episode we…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/S3HeadonHistorySpecialMuharaam.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSS**Apologies for the incorrect outro music, will correct**In this special episode of Head On History we discuss the history, origin, and practices of Muharram and Ashura. We start with the Battle of Karbala and the lead up to the schism in the nascent…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/S3HeadonHistoryEpisode11.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSIn the last episode of season 3 we look at the Male Revolt and dig deeper into the history of Islam in South America. We look at the slave trade to Brazil and the formation of Muslim communities. We examine the unique rituals…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/S3HeadonHistoryEpisode10.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSFrom colonial America to 20th century, Islam has a long history in the United States. We start with the transatlantic slave trade and tracing some of the demographics that made up the colonial US. We examine material evidence, paintings, and written sources to…
