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SSH: The Podcast
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SSH: The Podcast features conversations with leading experts from across the social sciences and humanities, showcasing the diversity and impact of research and creative activities within the College of Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Alberta.
Recorded at the Sound Studies Institute at the University of Alberta.
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Episode 23: Layers of Impact: Connection and Research in Business
2w ago00:26:55Tap to summarizeA discussion with Vikas Mehrotra, Dean of the Alberta School of Business. In this episode, Dean Mehrotra shares how peeling back the layers of disciplines and borders creates transformative engagement opportunities for students and communities, while broadening the depth of research across academia.
Transcribe →Episode 22: Research-Informed Education for the Public Good
Apr 1600:22:55Tap to summarizeA conversation with Jennifer Tupper, Dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta. In this episode, Dean Tupper describes the research ecosystem in the Faculty of Education and how it informs public education, advances the public good and transforms lives.
Transcribe →Episode 21: SpokenWeb Literary Sound Archive
Mar 3000:37:07Tap to summarizeA conversation with Michael O’Driscoll, KIAS Director, and Sean Luyk, Digital Curation Librarian, about the SSHRC SpokenWeb Partnership, a multi-campus project to build a literary sound archive to transcend page-based literary studies, create sonic-study methodologies and pedagogy, and preserve sound artifacts from multiple sources.
Transcribe →Episode 20: Literature and Landscape in Conversation
Feb 1700:24:58Tap to summarizeA conversation with Sarah Krotz, director of the Centre for Literatures in Canada, who talks about her love of learning and her research into how we inhabit our landscape. She details how the CLC reaches across faculties and communities through its research and its interactions with authors.
Transcribe →Episode 19: Central European Connections: Arts, History and Cultural Exchange
Feb 900:29:25Tap to summarizeA conversation with Dominique Reill, the new director of the Faculty of Arts' Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies. In this episode, learn about the extraordinary connections between research, arts, history and cultural exchange at the Institute and in Professor Reill's own wide-ranging academic work.
Transcribe →Episode 18: The Arts Impact
Nov 2600:24:53Tap to summarizeA discussion with Dean Robert Wood, who is the Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Alberta. In this episode, Dean Wood talks through the strategic directions of the Faculty of Arts, the breadth of research and creativity within the faculty, and the impact the Arts has both institutionally and on broader society.
Transcribe →Episode 17: New Season of SSH: The Podcast
Oct 3100:18:30Tap to summarizeMarking the first anniversary of SSH: Podcast, this episode kicks off a new chapter as we welcome Professor Temitope Oriola, associate dean, research for the College of Social Sciences and Humanities, as host of the podcast. Learn more about Professor Oriola and what’s up and coming this season.
Transcribe →Episode 16: Modernizing Family Law
Jul 2800:16:32Tap to summarizeA discussion with Dean Fiona Kelly about her work in family law and law reform, the legal regulation of assisted reproduction, donor linking laws, and the need for interdisciplinarity in research to address the complexities of modern families. Professor Kelly is Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Alberta.
Transcribe →Episode 15: Transnational Black Writing
Jul 800:24:40Tap to summarizeIn this episode, we chat with Professor Michael Bucknor about the transnational connections between Black writers and Black communities and the importance of these connections for creating an ecosystem for Black writers. Dr Bucknor is a Canada Research Chair in Black Global Studies and Decolonial Practice and a Professor in the Department of English and Film Studies at the University of Alberta.
Transcribe →Episode 14: Affirming Disfluency
Jun 1600:20:42Tap to summarizeA discussion with Professor Joshua St Pierre about disfluency studies, the Stuttering Commons project, and his work to provide accessible public resources about speech disabilities. Dr St Pierre is a Canada Research Chair in Critical Disability Studies and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Alberta.
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