Women’s Economic Empowerment, Past and Future – Episode 70 – The Oxford Comment

March 29, 2022The Oxford Commentgender wage gap, laura argys, laura edwards, only the clothes on her back, pink tax, susan averett, textiles, The Oxford Comment, women and the economy, women in the workforce, women's historyoxfordacademic

On today’s episode of The Oxford Comment, we discussed the global and historical implications of women, work, and economic empowerment.

First, we welcomed Laura M. Argys and Susan L. Averett, the authors of Women in the Workforce: What Everyone Needs to Know®, to share their research on women’s growing role in the workforce and the problems with definitively measuring the gender wage gap. We then interviewed, Laura Edwards, the author of Only the Clothes on Her Back: Clothing and the Hidden History of Power in the Nineteenth-Century United States, looking at the 19^th century legal status of textiles and how they provided a unique path to economic empowerment for women and people of color.

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Host: Rachel Havard

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The Color Line: Race and Education in the United States – Episode 69 – The Oxford Comment

February 22, 2022The Oxford Commentbaton rouge, black history month, brown v board of education, color line, critical race theory, desegregation, equality, equity, jim crow, race and education, segregation, The Oxford Commentoxfordacademic

Black History Month celebrates the achievements of a globally marginalized community still fighting for equal representation and opportunity in all areas of life. This includes education.

In 1954, the United States’ Supreme Court ruled “separate but equal” unconstitutional for American public schools in “Brown v. Board of Education.” While this ruling has been celebrated as a pivotal victory for civil rights, it has not endured without challenge.

On today’s episode, we spoke with Zoë Burkholder, author of An African American Dilemma: A History of School Integration and Civil Rights in the North and Color in the Classroom: How American Schools Taught Race, 1900-1954, and Nina M. Yancy, author of the upcoming How the Color Line Bends: The Geography of White Prejudice in Modern America, examining issues around education, integration, and segregation through their scholarship. In particular, we discussed segregation in northern schools and a recent case study from Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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Holiday Cheer – Episode 68 – The Oxford Comment

December 21, 2021The Oxford Commentchristmas traditions, cocktail culture, cocktails, david wondrich, eggnog, gerry bowler, holiday cheer, hot buttered rum, mulled wine, negroni, noah rothbaum, punch, spirits and cocktails, st nicholas, The Oxford Commentoxfordacademic

As we approach the end of 2021, we can look back at the previous two years of restrictions, lockdowns, COVID tests and vaccination lines, not to mention all the political strife… or we can look to the unknown, ahead to the new year. But let us pause for a moment and enjoy the now: a holiday season that should be livelier than last year’s. After all that’s gone on, we could use some old-fashioned holiday cheer.

On today’s episode, in the spirit of the holiday season, we spoke with Editor-in-chief David Wondrich and Associate Editor Noah Rothbaum of The Oxford Companion to Spirits and Cocktails to talk about their book, the growth of cocktail culture, and some of their favorite holiday drinks from around the world. Then, to speak on Christmas traditions, we revisited our interview with Gerry Bowler, the author of Christmas in the Crosshairs: Two Thousand Years of Denouncing and Defending the World’s Most Celebrated Holiday, from an Oxford Comment of Christmas Past.

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The Oxford Comment Crew:
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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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