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Roots and Branches

Roots and Branchesis the ideaspodcast with Selma Sondern from the Institute of Intellectual History at the University of St Andrews. This podcast is all about digging into the roots of ideas, and seeing how they branch out into every corner of our lives. Join us each month as we explore why anyone and everyone should care about the History of Ideas. How does it connect to the issues of our days? What does it matter for you and me right now and how can we use it to make change? Find us on Instagram ↗

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Riley Linebaugh, who does the past belong to?

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2025/11/02

Along the case of Kenya’s “Migrated Archives” Dr Riley Linebaugh illustrates how questions of archival custody shape justice, memory, and public life, how they relate to W. E. B. Du Bois’ “colour line” and why archival accessibility is a vital asset for democracy.📚REFERENCESRiley Linebaugh.Curating the Colonial Past: The ‘Migrated Archives' and the Struggle for Kenya's History(Cambridge University Press, 2025).Riley Linebaugh & James Lowry (2021). “The archival colour line: race, records and

Quentin Skinner, is republican liberty fit for the...

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2025/10/01

Public intellectual Quentin Skinner discusses his view on liberty, how freedom relates to democracy, and whether there are limits to liberty in representative government. He is regarded as one of the pioneers of the Cambridge School of the History of Political Thought.📚REFERENCESQuentin Skinner,Liberty as Independence: The Making and Unmaking of a Political Ideal(Cambridge University Press, 2025)Quentin

Patricia Owens, how do we prevent historical erasure?

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2025/09/01

Patricia Owens (University of Oxford) explores how the gender binary shaped the production and reception of international thought, what recovering overlooked voices means for present-day international relations and how centring historically marginalised perspectives alters theory and practice in the field.📚REFERENCESOwens, Patricia. 2025.Erased:A History of International Thought Without Men,Princeton:Princeton University Press.Prof Patricia

Apeike Umolu, how do we embrace 19th century...

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2025/08/01

Apeike Umolu(University of Cambridge) talks aboutpanafricanism, patriotism and time and what these ideas have to do with the call for reparations and the policies of the African Union today.📚REFERENCESTáíwò, Olúfẹ́mi. 2022.Against Decolonisation: Taking African Agency Seriously.London: Hurst Publishers.Apeike Umolu: https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/people/apeike-umolu🔗LINKS• Website ↗http://www.intellectualhistory.net/roots-and-branches• Instagram ↗@roots_and_branches_podcast• X ↗@rbpod_ih• Selma

Richard Whatmore, can Intellectual History save liberty?

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2025/07/01

Intellectual Historian Richard Whatmore (University of St Andrews) explains why the Enlightenment, 18th century republicanism and the history of free states matter for today’s global politics.📚 REFERENCESWhatmore, Richard. 2023. The End of Enlightenment: Empire, Commerce, Crisis. London: Allen Lane.Whatmore, Richard. When Liberty Dies: Fanaticism, Free States and the Future. Forthcoming with Allen Lane.Prof Richard

Introducing Roots and Branches

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2025/05/21

Welcome toRoots and Branches, the ideas podcast from the Institute of Intellectual History at the University of St Andrews. HostSelma Sondernexplains what Intellectual History is, why it matters, and what to expect when we launch on 1 July 2025 with Prof Richard Whatmore.🔗LINKS• Show page ↗http://www.intellectualhistory.net/roots-and-branches • Follow on Instagram ↗@roots_and_branches_podcast• Follow on X ↗@rbpod_ih• Selma Sondern ↗www.linkedin.com/in/selma-sondern • Institute of Intellectual

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