Intelligent Speech Spring 2022 Program of Events
All Times Eastern Standard TimeSchedule is preliminary
(Updated 6/23/2022)
| Session Number | Time | Room 1 (Panels) | Room 2 | Room 3 | Room 4 | Chat Room |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 9:45-10:00 | Opening Remarks with Ben Jacobs | ||||
| 1 | 10:00-10:40 | Morning Keynote with Rexfactor | ||||
| 2 | 10:45-11:25 | Moderator Roberto Toro (History of Saqartvelo Georgia) and panelists Kristaps Andjreson (Eastern Border), and Eric Halsey (History of Bulgaria Podcast) present: Occupied! Or, a history of how we learned to love Russia | Teagan Phillips of History and Philosophy of Physics Presents: You Are My Sun-Line: Solar Spectroscopy and an Early Spectroscope | Richard Le Poidevin of Curiosity of a Child Presents: 22 Orphans to Save the World! | Dirk Hoffmann-Becking of The History of the Germans Presents: Crossing the Alps – The Germans’ relationship with Italy | Open Room for Chatting |
| 3 | 11:30-12:10 | Moderator Luke Baxter (The Things That Made England) and many other panelists present: The Great Balloon Debate | Kristaps Andjreson of Eastern Border Presents: Wartime Podcasts | Eric Halsey of History of Bulgaria Podcast Presents: How 19th Century Nationalism Chased The Circassians Across the Ottoman World | Totalus Rankium of Totalus Rankium Presents: It's a Surprise | Open Room for Chatting |
| 4 | 12:15-12:55 | Moderator Dr Zack White (TBD) and panelists Josh: Historyland (TBD ,Jimmy Chen (Napoleonic Impressions ,Jacqueline Reiter Author (Several Books), and Marcus Cribb (TBD) present: Over the Hills and Far Away: Crossing Boundaries in the Napoleonic Era | Greta Hardin of History of American Food Presents: Gumbo - How Many Trips Did it Take | Benjamin Jacobs of Wittenberg to Westphalia Presents: Munitions Disasters of New Jersey | Derek L. of The Hellenistic Age Podcast Presents: Across the Indus: Encounters between the Greek and Indian Worlds, 323-30 B.C. | Open Room for Chatting |
| 5 | 1:00-1:40 | Moderator Luke Baxter (The Things That Made England) and panelists Zach Twamley (When Diplomacy Fails ,Genn McMenemy (Ancient History Fangirls ,Jenny Williamson (Ancient History Fangirls), and Jennifer Dasal (ArtCurious) present: From Podcaster to Author: Crossing Formats | Sarah Tanksalvala of Rejects and Revolutionaries Presents: After Crossing | Pontifacts of Pontifacts Presents: Dangerous Cult Leaders: Early Popes Who Crossed the Line | Roberto Toro of History of Saqartvelo Georgia Presents: The Georgian Influence on the Holy Land | Open Room for Chatting |
| 6 | 1:45-2:25 | Lunch Keynote: Genn McMenemy and Jenny Williamson of the Ancient History Fangirl Podcast | ||||
| 7 | 2:30-3:10 | Moderator Pontifacts (Pontifacts) and panelists Totalus Rankium (Totalus Rankium), and Rex Factor (Rex Factor) present: RexyPanel | Michael Motley (Country Boi) of One Mic: Black History Podcast Presents: The Rise and Fall of the Black Panther Party | Alycia of Civics and Coffee Podcast Presents: Time for A Woman: Sandra Day O'Connor and the Supreme Court | Open Room for Chatting | |
| 8 | 3:15-3:55 | Moderator Roifield Brown (Mid Atlantic) and panelists Jordan Harbour, Sam Hume and Johnathan Putnam present: 1776 to now how could the history of North America have been different? | Garry Stevens of History in the Bible Podcast Presents: Remaking Judaism, Constructing Christianity: The Heirs of Abraham in the Second Century | David Montgomery of The Siècle Presents: The Wreck of the Medusa | Trevor Culley of The History of Persia Podcast Presents: Ancient Persian Propaganda, Past and Present | Open Room for Chatting |
| 9 | 4:00-4:40 | Moderator Iain Christie (Terranauts) and panelists Teagan Phillips (History and Philosophy of Physics), and Raven Forrest Fruscalzo (Tiny Vampires) present: STEM Panel | Caroline Vahrenkamp of Wonders of the World Presents: Crossing the Line: a History Podcaster's Tale of Transition | Wesley Livesay of History of the Second World War Podcast Presents: The Correct Wrong Choice: The Interwar Years and Results Based Analysis | Kenny Ryan of [Abridged] Presidential Histories Presents: The political double cross that saved American democracy. | Open Room for Chatting |
| 10 | 4:45-5:25 | Moderator Greta Hardin (History of American Food) and panelists Deb Freeman (Setting the Table ,Caroline Vahrenkamp (Wonders of the World), and Emmerline Smy (Smy Goodness Podcast) present: The Most International Food | Nia Hamm Clark Presents: Dreams of Black Wall Street | Iain Christie of Terranauts Presents: Themistocles and the Space Program: The collective power of the Big Idea | Mark Selleck of Casting Through Ancient Greece Presents: An Age of Change – The Greco-Persian Wars | Open Room for Chatting |
| 11 | 5:30-6:10 | Closing Keynote: Jamie Jeffers of the British History Podcast | ||||
Round Table Description 2022
The Round Tables for the first room of each time slot with a full description.Updated 6/23/2022
| 10:45 | 11:25 |
|---|---|
| Occupied! Or, a history of how we learned to love Russia | |
| Join us as we take a quick dive into the history many Eastern European nations share: Occupation by Russia under guise of protection. This is reflected throughout history where nations are in trouble, and Russia will come in to swoop and "save" them, thus incorporating them into their empire/union. | |
| 11:30 | 12:10 |
| The Great Balloon Debate | |
| What is the most significant Crossing in all of history ever? Only one can survive in a balloon that is crashing down. Our panellists will be putting the case for their Crossing and you, the audience will decide which Crossing survives. Will it be Alexander crossing Asia, Peter the Great crossing Europe or Fulvia living through the crossing from from Roman Republic to Roman Empire? | |
| 12:15 | 12:55 |
| Over the Hills and Far Away: Crossing Boundaries in the Napoleonic Era | |
| This roundtable brings together an acclaimed group of Napoleonic era historians and writers. Led by Dr Zack White, the speakers consider the crossing of physical and political boundaries during the Napoleonic period. From the Douro to the Niemen and the Mediterranean to the South Atlantic, the panellists set out the strategic and political significance of these crossings and how they impacted the course of the conflict that engulfed Europe at the beginning of the 19th century. | |
| 1:00 | 1:40 |
| From Podcaster to Author: Crossing Formats | |
| Our panellists have all made the crossing from Podcaster to Author and they will be telling us about this experience. We will be hearing about Zach's adventures in self publishing, Jennifer's marvellous Art History book and the soon to be published Women of Myth. | |
| 2:30 | 3:10 |
| RexyPanel | |
| TBD | |
| 3:15 | 3:55 |
| Midatlantic | |
| Roifield n Friends talk about their favorite set of coordinates between Ireland and Newfoundland. | |
| 4:00 | 4:40 |
| STEM Panel | |
| TBD | |
| 4:45 | 5:25 |
| The Most International Food | |
| This looks to be a battle royale - extremely civilized of course - to determine just what it means for a food to be International. Once that’s settled, this panel, coming at you from two separate continents and three extremely different approaches - International Travel, Food in Art History and American Black culinary history, will then convince you that their food is the winner. Or maybe we’ll just all end up hungry. | |
Individual Session Descriptions 2022
All Times ESTUpdated 6/23/2022
| Start | End | Room | Presenter | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:45 | 10:00 | Opening Remarks | Benjamin Jacobs | Opening Remarks |
| Some remarks to open the event. | ||||
| 10:00 | 10:40 | Morning Keynote | Rex Factor | Deadly Crossings That Changed British History |
| This session will look at two crossings (one in English and one in Scottish history) that ended in tragedy, and the devastating impact that both of these had on each nation's history. | ||||
| 10:45 | 11:25 | Room 1 | Roberto Toro | Occupied! Or, a history of how we learned to love Russia |
| Moderator Roberto Toro (History of Saqartvelo Georgia) and panelists Kristaps Andjreson (Eastern Border), and Eric Halsey (History of Bulgaria Podcast) present: Occupied! Or, a history of how we learned to love Russia | ||||
| 10:45 | 11:25 | Room 2 | Teagan Phillips | You Are My Sun-Line: Solar Spectroscopy and an Early Spectroscope |
| How do we know what stars are made of? What have lines got to do with it? This talk will answer these questions and more, with the help of a 19th century spectroscope. | ||||
| 10:45 | 11:25 | Room 3 | Richard Le Poidevin | 22 Orphans to Save the World! |
| In 1803 22 Spanish orphans were selected for a mission to the new world. As they crossed the Atlantic they would each in turn be infected with cowpox. Today this would be unethical but 200 years ago times were very different... | ||||
| 10:45 | 11:25 | Room 4 | Dirk Hoffmann-Becking | Crossing the Alps – The Germans’ relationship with Italy |
| German and Italian history has been inextricably linked ever since Otto I married Adelheid, queen of Italy in 951. Many historians of the 19th century saw the involvement in the south as a key driver in the collapse of central authority and delayed nationhood of Germany, whilst others longed for the “Land where the Citrons bloom”. This ambivalent relationship may go back a 1000 years but still shines through, most recently in the debates over support for Italy during the Sovereign debt Crisis of 2012. | ||||
| 11:30 | 12:10 | Room 1 | Luke Baxter | The Great Balloon Debate |
| Moderator Luke Baxter (The Things That Made England) and many other panelists present: The Great Balloon Debate | ||||
| 11:30 | 12:10 | Room 2 | Kristaps Andjreson | Wartime Podcasts |
| How to make a difference using your voice. | ||||
| 11:30 | 12:10 | Room 3 | Eric Halsey | How 19th Century Nationalism Chased The Circassians Across the Ottoman World |
| Beginning in the mid 19th century, Russian expansion pushed hundreds of thousands of Circassians out of their homes and into places like Bulgaria. There, they encountered a population in the process of a national revival which painted Islam, the Orient, and the Ottomans as enemies. The result was a series of exoduses to all corners of the Ottoman world, fleeing nationalisms and violence driven by new understandings of identity in a fast-changing world. | ||||
| 11:30 | 12:10 | Room 4 | Totalus Rankium | It's a Surprise |
| Rob is cooking something special up, but he doesn't want any spoilers. Hint: It involves a crossing. | ||||
| 12:15 | 12:55 | Room 1 | Dr Zack White | Over the Hills and Far Away: Crossing Boundaries in the Napoleonic Era |
| Moderator Dr Zack White (TBD) and panelists Josh: Historyland (TBD ,Jimmy Chen (Napoleonic Impressions ,Jacqueline Reiter Author (Several Books), and Marcus Cribb (TBD) present: Over the Hills and Far Away: Crossing Boundaries in the Napoleonic Era | ||||
| 12:15 | 12:55 | Room 2 | Greta Hardin | Gumbo - How Many Trips Did it Take |
| Gumbo - associated with New Orleans and Louisiana, this dish is a mind-bogglingly international mosaic. It required multiple crossings of the Atlantic, and other oceans, to get all the ingredients and techniques in one place. Get out a world map and some yarn, and let's see how this all (probably) happened. | ||||
| 12:15 | 12:55 | Room 3 | Benjamin Jacobs | Munitions Disasters of New Jersey |
| It is a fine line between stability and chaos, especially when you are supplying the maw of industrial war. Join Benjamin Jacobs as he examines three major catastrophies in his home state of New Jersey so that we all might learn the value of not doing dumb things and getting people killed. | ||||
| 12:15 | 12:55 | Room 4 | Derek L. | Across the Indus: Encounters between the Greek and Indian Worlds, 323-30 B.C. |
| The death of Alexander the Great inaugurated a period of unprecedented connectivity between the Mediterranean and South Asia in the fourth-first century B.C. Formerly on the opposite edges of the world, these new neighbors had to come to terms with one another through conflict and coexistence, which manifested itself through the exchange of ideas such as Greek literature and Buddhism. | ||||
| 1:00 | 1:40 | Room 1 | Luke Baxter | From Podcaster to Author: Crossing Formats |
| Moderator Luke Baxter (The Things That Made England) and panelists Zach Twamley (When Diplomacy Fails ,Genn McMenemy (Ancient History Fangirls ,Jenny Williamson (Ancient History Fangirls), and Jennifer Dasal (ArtCurious) present: From Podcaster to Author: Crossing Formats | ||||
| 1:00 | 1:40 | Room 2 | Sarah Tanksalvala | After Crossing |
| Regardless of century or culture, the first years of a new settlement have historically been characterized by the same challenges and patterns. Join Sarah Tanksalvala as she discusses the first years living in an unfamiliar environment, and uses this newfound understanding to re-evaluate the earliest years of American history. | ||||
| 1:00 | 1:40 | Room 3 | Pontifacts | Dangerous Cult Leaders: Early Popes Who Crossed the Line |
| Long before Christianity became the dominant religion of Europe, long before the pope was a figure of indisputable power critical to every major political and international decision, the Catholic Church looked very different. At its inception, the church was no more than a meddlesome, dangerous cult. Clandestine meetings, covert conversions and undermining the imperial decree was the cost of Christian faith, and the popes who provoked the Emperors of Rome paid the ultimate price. This presentation will be an exploration of those early popes, and how they crossed the most dangerous line. | ||||
| 1:00 | 1:40 | Room 4 | Roberto Toro | The Georgian Influence on the Holy Land |
| There were Georgians in the holy land? Come and find out about the major influence that the second Christian nation in the world had on Jerusalem and the areas around it. | ||||
| 1:45 | 2:25 | Lunch Keynote | Ancient History Fangirls | Our Lady of the Castration Foam: The Cult of Trans Aphrodite |
| Despite inspiring desire of all kinds in people of all genders, Aphrodite herself is often depicted as a cisgender woman. But not always. Despite inspiring desire of all kinds in people of all genders, Aphrodite herself is often depicted as a cisgender woman. But not always. Ancient writers tell us of mystery cults that worshipped Aphrodite as a transgender woman. And when you dig into her most ancient roots, there’s an even older tradition of worship led by transgender priestesses. In our talk, we’ll explore the role of trans women in the religious cults of ancient Greece and Rome, and the magical provenance of crossing the gender binary in the ancient world. | ||||
| 2:30 | 3:10 | Room 1 | Pontifacts | RexyPanel |
| Moderator Pontifacts (Pontifacts) and panelists Totalus Rankium (Totalus Rankium), and Rex Factor (Rex Factor) present: RexyPanel | ||||
| 2:30 | 3:10 | Room 2 | Michael Motley (Country Boi) | The Rise and Fall of the Black Panther Party |
| The Black Panther Party was a political organization founded to challenge police brutality in the African American community. During the late 60's The Party had an explosion of growth but with growth came overwhelming government repression. While their rise was rapid and but their demise was slow and brutal. Join me while I explain the history of the Black Panther Party. | ||||
| 2:30 | 3:10 | Room 3 | Alycia | Time for A Woman: Sandra Day O'Connor and the Supreme Court |
| Ketanji Brown Jackson recently made history as the first Black woman to be confirmed as a Supreme Court Justice. When she assumes her seat this summer, she will be the sixth woman to serve on the court, but who was the first? In 1981, Arizona Judge Sandra Day O'Connor was nominated as the first woman to ever serve on the Supreme Court. What was her confirmation process like? And how did she impact the court? | ||||
| 2:30 | 3:10 | Room 4 | Cancelled | |
| Cancelled | ||||
| 3:15 | 3:55 | Room 1 | Roifield Brown | Midatlantic |
| Moderator Roifield Brown (Midatlantic) and panelists TBD (TBD), and TBD (TBD) present: Midatlantic | ||||
| 3:15 | 3:55 | Room 2 | Garry Stevens | Remaking Judaism, Constructing Christianity: The Heirs of Abraham in the Second Century |
| The Judaism of the three centuries before Jesus would be unrecognisable to us. It was a lush jungle of beliefs, that produced a diverse and lavish literature. The jungle of Second Temple Judaism was razed to the ground along with the sacred Temple after the little province of Judea revolted against its Roman overlords. From its ashes arose the heirs of Abraham, the inventive Judaism of the rabbis, and the imperial church of the Christians. This talk explores how that happened, in the second century of our era. | ||||
| 3:15 | 3:55 | Room 3 | David Montgomery | The Wreck of the Medusa |
| In 1816, the French warship Méduse ran aground on a reef while sailing to reclaim France’s colony of Senegal. The infamous disaster that followed — death, starvation and cannibalism — encapsulates the new world of the Bourbon Restoration and of European colonization — while inspiring one of the most famous paintings of all time. | ||||
| 3:15 | 3:55 | Room 4 | Trevor Culley | Ancient Persian Propaganda, Past and Present |
| The same document has been used as propaganda by 20th Century politicians, 19th Century churches, and an ancient conqueror. The Cyrus Cylinder was carved from clay in 539 BC, but has a long legacy in the modern world. From Cyrus the Great to Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, I’ll have a look at how the same words have meant very different things over the last 2600 years. | ||||
| 4:00 | 4:40 | Room 1 | Iain Christie | STEM Panel |
| Moderator Iain Christie (Terranauts) and panelists Teagan Phillips (History and Philosophy of Physics), and Raven Forrest Fruscalzo (Tiny Vampires) present: STEM Panel | ||||
| 4:00 | 4:40 | Room 2 | Caroline Vahrenkamp | Crossing the Line: a History Podcaster's Tale of Transition |
| Blending stories of great journeys and world wonders, Caroline tells the story of her own journey: finding herself as a history podcaster. Expect all the feels as she shares her story amid the trials and tribulations of changing one's voice in an entirely audio medium. And just like her podcast, Wonders of the World, there will be history, travel, and even a recipe at the end! | ||||
| 4:00 | 4:40 | Room 3 | Wesley Livesay | The Correct Wrong Choice: The Interwar Years and Results Based Analysis |
| The Second World War casts a massive shadow on history, not just forwards from its end in 1945, but backwards and into the years between the First and Second World War. Decisions made during that time get judged based on events years, sometimes decades into the future. By approaching those decisions from a different perspective what can we learn about them, and what can we learn about how we should look at and interpret history? | ||||
| 4:00 | 4:40 | Room 4 | Kenny Ryan | The political double cross that saved American democracy. |
| In 1881, a corrupt New York boss plotted against the president; Vice President Chester Arthur was a tool of the boss's "stalwart" faction; and an assassin stalked the White House. When the assassin struck, screaming "I am a stalwart and Arthur shall be president," it appeared American Democracy might finally be over. But one woman, a stranger who had never met Arthur before, put pen to paper and urged him to reform. Her letters helped inspire one of the most momentous political doublecrosses in American history - a betrayal that may have saved democracy itself from an early grave. | ||||
| 4:45 | 5:25 | Room 1 | Greta Hardin | The Most International Food |
| Moderator Greta Hardin (History of American Food) and panelists Deb Freeman (Setting the Table ,Caroline Vahrenkamp (Wonders of the World), and Emmerline Smy (Smy Goodness Podcast) present: The Most International Food | ||||
| 4:45 | 5:25 | Room 2 | Ancient History Fangirls | Our Lady of the Castration Foam: The Cult of Trans Aphrodite |
| Despite inspiring desire of all kinds in people of all genders, Aphrodite herself is often depicted as a cisgender woman. But not always. Despite inspiring desire of all kinds in people of all genders, Aphrodite herself is often depicted as a cisgender woman. But not always. Ancient writers tell us of mystery cults that worshipped Aphrodite as a transgender woman. And when you dig into her most ancient roots, there’s an even older tradition of worship led by transgender priestesses. In our talk, we’ll explore the role of trans women in the religious cults of ancient Greece and Rome, and the magical provenance of crossing the gender binary in the ancient world. | ||||
| 4:45 | 5:25 | Room 3 | Iain Christie | Themistocles and the Space Program: The collective power of the Big Idea |
| In 493 BCE a Greek politician rose in the assembly to try to persuade his fellow citizens to devote their collective efforts as well as their new found prosperity to a project to go where no one had gone before. So what does any of that have to do with the space program? You'll have to tune in to find out. | ||||
| 4:45 | 5:25 | Room 4 | Mark Selleck | An Age of Change – The Greco-Persian Wars |
| The Greco-Persian Wars would mark a point in Greek history seeing the Archaic Age cross over into the Classical. While a number of city States would find themselves at a crossroads with what path to take forward in the face of this threat. Ultimately this leading to the climax of the period with Xerxes crossing of the Hellespont and invasion into Greek lands. | ||||
| 5:30 | 6:10 | Closing Keynote | British History Podcast | State of the Podcast Industry |
| The nature of Podcasts is changing. Advertisers push the industry towards bland content even as celebrities push out independent hosts. Jamie and Zee, grandparents of modern podcasting and the team behind the British History Podcast, have some things to say about it. | ||||