Retranslating Victor Serge’s Memoirs of a Revolutionary

Socialist History seminar15 October 2012George Paizis (UCL)Retranslating Victor Serge’s Memoirs of a Revolutionary  Victor Serge (1890-1947) born Victor Lvovich Kibalchich, was a Russian revolutionary and writer.  He wrote essays, books, novels and many other...

From Marx to Metrics in Latin America’s Economic History

Latin American History2 October 2012John Coatsworth (Columbia)From Marx to Metrics in Latin America’s Economic History  Since World War Two many conflicting, opposing, or parallel approaches toward understanding economic history in Latin America have received weight...

Reshaping the past: the lingering colonial present

Imperial and World History seminar15 October 2012Tom Bentley (University of Sussex)Reshaping the past: the lingering colonial presentThis podcast is about 20 minutes long. Violence is a driving force of colonialism, but it is not the only narrative available.  There...