History of Education Society UK Podcast

6_01 AnneMarie Brosnan - A Contested Terrain

Dr AnneMarie Brosnan, Associate Professor in the History of Education at Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick joins Oliver Mumford to discuss her latest book: A Contested Terrain: Freedpeople’s Education in No

5_06 Tim Allender - Empire Religiosity (Part 2 of 2)

In this two-part instalment of Passing Notes Oliver Mumford is joined by Professor Tim Allender of the University of Sydney to discuss his award-winning book Empire Religiosity: Convent habits in colonial and postcolonia

5_05 Tim Allender - Empire Religiosity (Part 1 of 2)

In this two-part instalment of Passing Notes Oliver Mumford is joined by Professor Tim Allender of the University of Sydney to discuss his award-winning book Empire Religiosity: Convent habits in colonial and postcolonia

5_04 Jonathan Doney - Policies of Instrumentalization in English Religious Education

In this episode Oliver Mumford is joined by Dr Jonathan Doney from the University of Exeter to discuss Dr Doney's book: Unearthing Policies of Instrumentalization in English Religious Education Using Statement Archaeolog

5_03 Gary McCulloch - Brian Simon and the Struggle for Education

Professor Gary McCulloch joins Oliver Mumford to discuss the life and work of Brian Simon, following Professor McCulloch’s recent biography of Brian Simon, authored with Antonio F. Canales and Hsiao-Yuh Ku. The episode e

5_02 Anne Swift - The National Education Museum

In this episode Oliver Mumford speaks with the Chair of Trustees at the National Education Museum, Anne Swift. Anne discusses the ideas behind the Museum's foundation, its development, and future. The significance of a n

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5_01 Rosalind Crone - Illiterate Inmates: Educating Criminals in Nineteenth Century England

In this episode Professor Rosalind Crone of the Open University joins Oliver Mumford to discuss her book Illiterate Inmates: Educating Criminals in Nineteenth Century England. The book was awarded the 2023 Anne Bloomfiel

4_01 Catherine Lee Legacies of Section 28

Professor Catherine Lee of Anglia Ruskin University in conversation with Syeda Ali about her research into Section of the Local Government Act which was passed in the UK in 1988. The law prohibited the 'promotion' of 'ho

3_02 Johannes Westberg - Bright Nordic Lights, A revitalized interdisciplinary history of education in the massified higher education of the Nordics

To accompany the 50th Anniversary special edition of the History of Education Journal, we spoke to some of the contributors. These podcasts focus on two of the themes in the journal: Geographical historiographies of educ

3_04 Roland Wittje - Relocating Education in the History of Science and Technology

To accompany the 50th Anniversary special edition of the History of Education Journal, we spoke to some of the contributors. These podcasts focus on two of the themes in the journal: Geographical historiographies of educ

3_03 Laura Newman - Bodies of Knowledge: Historians, Health, and Education

To accompany the 50th Anniversary special edition of the History of Education Journal, we spoke to some of the contributors. These podcasts focus on two of the themes in the journal: Geographical historiographies of educ

3_01 Desmond Ikenna Odugu - Education in Africa: A Critical Historiographic Review

To accompany the 50th Anniversary special edition of the History of Education Journal, we spoke to some of the contributors. These podcasts focus on two of the themes in the journal: Geographical historiographies of educ

2.12 - Performance Nineteenth Century Jesuit Schools with Michael Zampelli, SJ

We’re back today with our second of three episodes looking at the performing arts in education. In this episode, we move forward to the nineteenth century to look at theatre in Jesuit schools in the United States. My gue

2.11 - Performance in Early Modern Schools with Amanda Eubanks Winkler

For our next few episodes, we’re going to turn to performance and look at how music, theatre and dance have intersected with education in the past. Our stop will be in early modern England, where Dr Amanda Eubanks Winkle

2.10 - Time and Community in Medieval Schools with Sarah Lynch

We're excited to share a special guest episode today from our colleagues at HEQ&A, the official podcast of History of Education Quarterly. They have an outstanding archive of episodes, but given the interdisciplinary foc

2.9 - The history of knowledge with Tamson Pietsch and Joel Barnes (Replay)

I'm taking a few weeks off this summer to work on my dissertation, so instead of new episodes we'll be sharing some of our favorite interviews from the archive. We'll also have some guest episodes from other history of e

2.8 - International Education in Australia with Anna Kent

Continuing our exploration of international student experiences, this episode we move to the other side of the world and examine the experience of overseas students in Australia. Beginning in 1948, Australia offered a nu

2.7 - Differential Fees for Overseas Students with Jodi Burkett

The half a million international students studying in the UK are heirs to a complex legacy of overseas students studying in Britain. From medieval scholars traveling between Oxford and Paris, medical students traveling t

2.6 - Networks of Empire with Brianna Lafoon

Today’s conversation picks up on the discussion of American imperial education from our last episode. I speak with Brianna Lafoon, who researches the education networks that formed within and between the mainland United