Cambridge American History Seminar Podcast

Where big ideas in history meet open conversation. Each episode invites listeners into the Seminar experience, where, every Monday afternoon during term, visiting scholars and graduate students exchange ideas about new lines of historical inquiry shaping the future of the field. We talk about presenters' current research and paper, their broader academic interests and the significance of their research in the current moment. If you have any feedback, suggestions or questions, please contact our producer via email at ds2125@cantab.ac.uk. Thanks for listening!

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Episodes (75)

Wednesday Dr. Erin Shearer, 'Enslaved Women, Infanticide, and a Feminist History of Harm: A New Direction in Slavery Studies'
Mar 6th Prof. Eliga Gould, 'Union and Disunion: The Turbulent History of the United States' Founding Treaty'
Feb 19th Dr. Kathleen Belew, ‘Thoughts and Prayers: America in the Age of Mass Violence’

Cambridge American History Seminar Podcast

Apr 1, 2026
33 minutes
30 MB

“We’re still, as a society, so apprehensive about ascribing to women a nature of violence. When we do, we often use pathological discourses as a way of explaining why these women would be exceptions to the rule.” Note: this episode describes sexual violence and bodily harm. In this episode, Daisy Semmler speaks with Dr Erin Shearer, a Fellow in Residence at the Rothermere American Institute (University of Oxford), Associate Lecturer in History and Postgraduate Visiting Fellow (University of Reading), and Associate Tutor (University of Warwick). The paper ‘Enslaved Women, Infanticide, and a Feminist Hist...

Cambridge American History Seminar Podcast

Dr. Erin Shearer, 'Enslaved Women, Infanticide, and a Feminist History of Harm: A New Direction in Slavery Studies'

Cambridge American History Seminar Podcast

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