UNCP History Department Podcasts

Becoming Historians Episode 4: The Protestant Reformation

Why are there so many Protestant churches today? Dr. Hudson talks about this and other questions with his guest of the week.

Becoming Historians Episode 3: The Aztecs and Spain

Dr. Hudson and his guest talk about some of the major empires of the Americas and the impact of the colonial encounter with Spain.

Becoming Historians Episode 2: The State of the World Before 1500

Dr. Hudson talks about some of the dominant non-European empires of the early modern world, and chats with his guest of the week.

Episode 1 - Welcome to Becoming Historians

In this first episode, Dr. Hudson introduces the podcast, covers some of the reasons why studying history is useful for students, and talks with the Chair of the History Department at UNCP, Dr. Jaime Martinez.

 

The Aztecs

To learn more about the Aztecs: who they were, what they did, and if we even need to be speaking about this civilization in the past tense, I spoke with Dr. Chris Woolley. Dr. Woolley is an Associate Professor of Latin American history at UNCP.

The Silk Roads

This season we are exploring topics that our students said they wanted to know more about after taking our classes. Our fifth episode explores the Silk Roads. To learn about the Silk Roads: where they were and who and what traveled on them, I spoke with Dr. Charles Beem. Dr. Beem is a professor of British history at UNCP.

Grigori Rasputin

Our fourth episode explores the life and death of Grigori Rasputin, the religious mystic who wormed his way into the Russian tsar’s family. To learn more about Rasputin and the historical memory of his death, I spoke with Dr. Anthony Johnson.

The Vietnam War

This season we are exploring topics that our students said they wanted to know more about after taking our classes. Our third episode explores the Vietnam War in a Cold War context.

Reconstruction

This season we will be exploring topics that our students said they wanted to know more about after taking our classes. Our second episode explores Reconstruction, the turbulent period of time after the United States Civil War, when the federal government worked to reunify the nation and implement civil rights legislation.

The Civil Rights Movement

This episode explores how young people shaped the struggle for civil rights in mid-century America.