History Slam Episode 50: Growing Up Consumers

09/03/14 • 26 min

In this episode of the History Slam, Sean Graham chats with Katharine Rollwagen of Vancouver Island University about her research on childhood consumerism. They talk about marketing towards kids during the Depression, the impact of the Baby Boom, and the methodology of studying consumerism.

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In this episode of the History Slam Sean Graham talks with Justin Bengry about his article on the question of coming out to students when teaching. They chat about the utility of revealing personal information in the classroom, the role of the university in fostering discussions on these issues, and voyeurism in the study of […]

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History Slam Episode 51: The History of Women in Science and Engineering

In this episode of the History Slam, Sean Graham talks with Anne Millar of the University of Ottawa about the History of Women in Science and Engineering. They chat about systematic barriers and the efforts of early pioneers to break the glass ceiling, conceptions of gender and their influence on these fields, and the emerging […]