Archive For The “HeadOnHistory” Category
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/S3HeadonHistoryEpisode09.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSIn light of the ongoing crackdowns in Xinjiang, this special episode explores the history of Islam in China. Pushing back against some of the narratives that imagine Islam as a foreign threat, we look at the premodern history of Islam and how it…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/S3HeadonHistoryEpisode08.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSContinuing from last week’s episode on Islam in Southeast Asia, in this podcast we take a closer look at the melding of Islam and folk religion in Javanese and Malay practices. We start with the story of famed Sufi saints like Sheikh Siti…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/S3HeadonHistoryEpisode07.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSHeading East from our last episode this podcast examines the entrance of Islam into Southeast Asia. Following the naval trade of the Indian Ocean we trace Islam to the port cities of Java, Sumatra, and the islands of Indonesia and Malaysia. We discuss…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/S3HeadonHistoryEpisode06.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSWho is Al Khidr and what can he tell us about Islam? In this episode we examine the enigmatic figure of Al Khidr, recording his appearance in the Qur’an, the Hadith, and Al Tabari’s Tarikh. We explore his connections to other figures in world…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/S3HeadonHistoryEpisode05.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSConcluding our mini series within the season on Islam and the Maghrib this episode looks at the history of Islam and Europe’s relationship. Arguing that while Islam and Europe imagine one another as oppositional civilization identities, the history reveals a much more entangled…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/S3HeadonHistorySpecialAPWorld.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSIn a break with our regularly scheduled podcast, this Head on History Special peaks behind the curtain of professional history to covers the latest controversy with AP World History. Starting with a brief coverage of the news that College Board will restructured AP…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/S3HeadonHistoryEpisode04.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSIslam expanded first into Africa before anywhere else. In this episode we trace the history of Islam in Africa. Starting with the hijra to Axum/Aksum by the early Muslim community, we trace the political conquests of the Rashidun and the Umayyad. We examine…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/S3HeadonHistoryEpisode03.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSWhat is Al Andalus and the history of Islam in the Iberian Peninsula? Join us as we take a closer look at the Muslim expansions into Portugal and Spain. In part one of two of discussing Islam in the Maghreb, we examine the Berber…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/S3HeadonHistoryEpisode02.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSWith the arrival of Ramadan, faithful Muslims around the world partake in fasting and prayer. In this episode of Head on History we discuss the origins of the practice. We start with the Qur’anic and theological explanation for Ramadan and then work towards…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/S3HeadonHistoryEpisodeIranDeal.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSIn our special episode of Head on History we examine the history of US-Iran relations. In light of the increased tension on the Golan Heights and Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Iran Deal we look at the historical context. We examine the…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/S3HeadonHistoryEpisode01.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSWe are back for Season 3, called “Other Islams.” Ten episodes dedicated to the history of Islam at the margins and the stuff they don’t teach you in school. In our first episode we explore how Islam arrived to Afghanistan and how the…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/S2HeadonHistoryEpisode10.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSIn our last episode of the season we wrap up the intellectual history of Islam by examining how the orthodoxies that we discussed in the previous episode were popularized. We talk about the emerging class of legal scholars called the ulema, the madhabs…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/S2HeadonHistoryEpisode09.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSIn this episode we discuss the formation of Shia orthodoxy. Picking up from our earlier episode on early Shi’ism we explore how the experience of persecution under the Umayyads and Abbasid shaped Shia thought and doctrine. We discuss the Muhammad al Baqir and…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/S2HeadonHistoryEpisode08.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSThis episode we trace the emergence of orthodoxy in Islamic thought. Starting with the debates about predestination and the nature of the Qu’ran we mark the development of Islamic theology from the writings of Hasan i Basri and the Qadarites or Qadiriyyah to…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/S2HeadonHistoryEpisodeIran.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSIn an exciting special episode we talk about the history behind the current Iran protests. Starting with the formation of Iran from the Safavid era we chart the introduction of Shia Islam to the region, the project of conversion, the the social structure…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/S2HeadonHistoryEpisodeXmas.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSIn a holiday Head on History Special, we come to you with a fun episode on the history of Muslims and Christmas. In light of both the fictitious “war on Christmas” and the ongoing debate in Muslim social media about whether Muslims can…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/S2HeadonHistoryEpisode07.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSThis episode traces the early developments of Shi’ism. In it we discuss the original schism of authority, how the Shiatul Ali form and the compromise that is reached by the community. We talk about how the divisions between the different tribes reflect the…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/S2HeadonHistoryEpisode06.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSWhat is Sunni Islam? In this episode we trace the origins of one of the largest denominations of Islam. We look to the period after the death of Muhammad and how the disagreement between Muslims on the issue of authority set in motion…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/S2HeadonHistoryEpisodeSp.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSA special podcast to contextualize the breaking news of Donald Trump recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and moving the US embassy. In this episode we discuss the history of Jerusalem from Biblical times until modern. We talk about how the city…
http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/S2HeadonHistoryEpisode05.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSWho is Muhammad? Did he even exist? In this podcast, we try to uncover the historical Muhammad. We start with the major debates and controversies among historians. Then we move to looking at the difference sources and evidence for the existence of Muhammad…
