Dialogues in International History
This podcast intends to contribute to public education by offering listeners thorough and serious conversations on topics in international history and the history of international relations. It features interviews with authors of new monographs and recent books by historians and specialists.
Episodes
9 episodes
Patrice Dutil, ed., *Statesmen, Strategists & Diplomats: Canada’s Prime Ministers and the Making of Foreign Policy*. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2023.
Navigating the realm of foreign policy is a multifaceted challenge. Typically, obstacles and proposed solutions are seen as distinct unless a leader can rally enough support for an idea that promotes cohesion. As the prime minister often puts f...
Andrew Novo. *The EOKA Cause: Nationalism and the Failure of Cypriot Enosis*. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020.
This book explores the origins, actions, and failures of Greek Cypriot nationalists in their pursuit to unify Cyprus with Greece. Andrew Novo investigates the anti-colonial struggle through the lens of: the competition for the nationalist narra...
Charles Schaefer, *Peace Not War: Traditions of Restorative Justice in Imperial Ethiopia, 1769-1960*. Rochester, NY: James Currey (an imprint of Boydell and Brewer), 2025.
Ethiopian emperors and their adversaries documented their accomplishments, including initiatives aimed at promoting peace, through a written language. This book emphasizes and analyzes historically substantiated instances, tracing back to 1769,...
Bridget Conley, *Memory from the Margins: Ethiopia’s Red Terror Martyrs Memorial Museum*. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
This monograph poses an intriguing question: "What role does memory play during a political transition?" By exploring Ethiopian history, transitional justice, and academic fields that deal with memory, museums, and trauma, Bridget Conley reveal...
Charles Keith, *Subjects and Sojourners: A History of Indochinese in France*. Oakland: University of California Press, 2024.
During the era of French colonial rule in Indochina, around two hundred thousand Indochinese individuals spent time in France. This research presents a captivating and thorough social, cultural, and political history of this varied group, which...
Kieran Glennon, *From Pogrom to Civil War: Tom Glennon and the Belfast IRA*. Cork, Ireland: Mercier Press, 2013.
When the Belfast pogrom, which targeted Catholics, broke out in July 1920, Tom Glennon was a 20-year-old officer in the IRA. Over the next three years, he transitioned from fierce street battles in Belfast to organizing a flying column in the G...
Bohdan Kordan, *No Place Like Home: Enemy Alien Internment in Canada during the Great War*. Kingston & Montreal: McGill Queens University Press, 2025.
*No Place Like Home* explores a lesser-known chapter in Canada's national narrative: the initial use of internment during the Great War under the War Measures Act.By addressing the challenges of immigrant integration and belonging, Bohd...
Mark McGowan, *Finding Molly Johnson: Irish Famine Orphans in Canada*. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2024.
Ireland's Great Famine led to the most severe refugee crisis in Europe during the nineteenth century. Over 1.5 million individuals departed from Ireland, with many finding their way to Canada. Among the most at risk were nearly 1,700 orphaned c...
Mary Cardaras, ed., *Voices of the Lost Children of Greece: Oral Histories of Cold War International Adoption*. London: Anthem Press, 2023.
This book is a compilation of essays from Greek-born adoptees who lived through the 1950s, a time following two wars that devastated the nation. This collection is unique, as it marks the first time this group of adoptees has united to share th...
