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Documentary Film – The Very Short Introductions Podcast – Episode 44

April 14, 2022The Very Short Introductions Podcastdocumentary film, man with the movie camera, patricia aufderheide, the very short introductions podcast, waltz with bashiroxfordacademic

In this episode, Patricia Aufderheide introduces documentary film, a diverse genre that encompasses films from March of the Penguins to Fahrenheit 9/11 but is always rooted in the desire to represent reality.

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Patricia Aufderheide is a professor in the School of Communication at American University in Washington, D.C., and founder-director of its Center for Social Media. She received the career achievement award for scholarship from the International Documentary Association in 2006 and has served as a Sundance Film Festival juror and as a board member of the Independent Television Service. She is the author, most recently, of The Daily Planet: A Critic on the Capitalist Culture Beat.

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Ageing – The Very Short Introductions Podcast – Episode 43

December 9, 2021The Very Short Introductions Podcastageing, ageing research, gerontology, Geropsychology, nancy pachana, the very short introductions podcast, vsioxfordacademic

In this episode, Nancy A. Pachana introduces ageing, an activity with which we are familiar from childhood, and the lifelong dynamic changes in biological, psychological, and social functioning associated with it.

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Nancy A. Pachana is a Professor of Geropsychology at the University of Queensland, Australia. She is the co-founder and co-director of the UQ Ageing Mind Initiative, which promotes ageing research and translation into policy and practice at the University and beyond.

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Pakistan – The Very Short Introductions Podcast – Episode 42

December 2, 2021The Very Short Introductions Podcasthistory of pakistan, islam, pakistan, partition, pippa virdee, the very short introductions podcast, vsioxfordacademic

In this episode, Pippa Virdee introduces Pakistan, one of the two nation-states of the Indian sub-continent that emerged in 1947 but has a deep past covering 4,000 years.

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Pippa Virdee is a reader in Modern South Asian History at De Montfort University. Virdee is the author of From the Ashes of 1947: Reimagining Punjab (2017), and Coming to Coventry, Stories from the South Asian Pioneers (2006), and is co-editor of Refugees and the End of Empire: Imperial Collapse and Forced Migration in the Twentieth Century (2011), with P. Panayi.

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Henry James – The Very Short Introductions Podcast – Episode 41

November 18, 2021The Very Short Introductions Podcastamerican literature, colm toibin, daisy miller, henry james, susan mizruchi, the portrait of a lady, the turn of the screw, the very short introductions podcast, vsioxfordacademic

In this episode, Susan Mizruchi introduces American author Henry James, who created a unique body of fiction that includes Daisy Miller, The Portrait of a Lady, and The Turn of the Screw.

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Susan L. Mizruchi is William Arrowsmith Professor in the Humanities, Boston University and Director of the Boston University Center for the Humanities. Her previous books include Libraries and Archives in the Digital Age (2020) and Brando’s Smile: His Life, Thought, and Work (2015).

Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, the next episode of The Very Short Introductions Podcast will premiere on 2 December 2021.

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Secularism – The Very Short Introductions Podcast – Episode 40

November 11, 2021The Very Short Introductions Podcastandrew copson, church vs state, humanism, humanist, secular, secularism, state vs religion, the very short introductions podcast, vsioxfordacademic

In this episode, Andrew Copson introduces secularism, an increasingly hot topic in public, political, and religious debate across the globe that is more complex than simply ‘state versus religion.’

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Andrew Copson is the Chief Executive of the British Humanist Association, where he was previously Director of Education and Public Affairs; First Vice President of the International Humanist and Ethical Union; and a former Director of the European Humanist Federation.

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