The SCAS Talks Podcast

Theme: Parliaments and Constitutions

Keywords: Parliaments, democracy, participatory democracy, referendums, history of parliaments, debate

Theme: Religion & Religious Studies

Keywords: Buddhism, world history, religion, religious politics, Inner Asia

Theme: Women and Medicine

Keywords: Immunology, menstruation, women's health, wound healing, construction of knowledge

Theme: Knowledge, Epistemes, Universities

Keywords: Global university, Cité U, empire and education, knowledge production, academic freedom

A collection of voices from "A Week on Academic Freedom" 2025.

Keywords: Academic freedom, democracy, student protests, Institutes for Advanced Study, political interference

A collection of voices from "A Week on Academic Freedom" 2025.

Keywords: Academic freedom, university autonomy, free speech, self-censorship, democracy

Theme: Global Governance

Keywords: Global governance, economic sanctions, cross-border trade, tariffs, regional connections

A collection of voices from the jubilee symposium "Future Trajectories of Institutes for Advanced Study (IASs) in Academia".

Keywords: Institutes for Advanced Study, academic hospitality, academic diplomacy, early career researchers, intellectual exchange

Theme: Knowledge, Epistemes, Universities

Keywords: Academic freedom, democratic society, individual and institutional autonomy, knowledge, organizational dynamics

A collection of voices from the jubilee symposium "Future Trajectories of Institutes for Advanced Study (IASs) in Academia".

Keywords: Institutes for Advanced Study, academic freedom, knowledge, intellectual curiosity, academic ecosystem

Theme: The Anthropocene

Keywords: Anthropocene, science fiction, utopianism, political imagination, social theory

A collection of voices from the symposium “Climate Policy in a Turbulent World: Complementary Perspectives”.

Keywords: climate policy, public-private partnerships, Agenda 2030, energy transition, anthropocene

Theme: Languages

Keywords: Indo-European languages, Rigveda, agricultural vocabulary, Center for the Human Past, academic career

Theme: Knowledge, Epistemes, Universities

Keywords: universities, history of knowledge, Europeanization, interdisciplinarity, Pro Futura Fellowship

Theme: Migration & Displacement

Keywords: Chinese migration, indentured labor migration, labor intermediaries, global history, migration patterns

Theme: Migration & Displacement

Keywords: migration, displacement, city making, political economy, social anthropology

 

Theme: Migration & Displacement

Keywords: migration, displacement, internally displaced persons, early modern history, historical concepts

Theme: Women and Medicine

Keywords: sexual health, reproductive rights, policy implementation, Ukraine

Theme: Women and Medicine

Keywords: gynecological cancers, biomarkers, self-screening, diagnosis, healthcare system

A collection of voices from the symposium "Sciences against Misinformation".

Keywords: misinformation, democracy, critical thinking, trust, post-truth era

Theme: Cities as Mega-Projects

Keywords: housing market, real estate investment, landlords, cities

Theme: Women and Medicine

Keywords: women's health, gender-based medicine, bias, sex differences, clinical trials

Theme: The Anthropocene

Keywords: climate change, agriculture, herbicide resistance, genetic engineering, anthropocene

Theme: Cities as Mega-Projects

Keywords: million program, suburbs, urban planning, social transformation, architecture

Theme: Cities as Mega-Projects

Keywords: Amaravati project, infrastructure, greenfield cities, urbanization

A collection of voices from "A Week on Academic Freedom".

Keywords: academic freedom, collegiality, research, education, Ukraine

Theme: AI

Keywords: artificial general intelligence, philosophy, language, large language models, interdisciplinary research

Theme: AI

Keywords: artificial intelligence, bioinformatics, life science, machine learning, scientific discovery

Theme: Diplomacy & International Relations

Keywords: diplomacy, international relations, Russia, ottoman empire, early modern history

Theme: The Anthropocene

Keywords: anthropocene, ecology, nature, landscape, photography

Theme: AI
Keywords: artificial intelligence, large language models, chatGPT, interdisciplinary research, technology

A collection of voices from the symposium Indo-European Afterlife.

Keywords: Indo-european languages, afterlife, religion, archeology, LAMP project

A collection of voices from the Nobel Symposium NS191: Efficient Light to Electric Power Conversion for a Renewable Energy Future

Keywords: solar energy, photovoltaics, renewable energy, Nobel prize, sustainability

Theme: The Anthropocene

Keywords: anthropocene, ecology, extinction, environmental humanities, rewilding

Theme: Global Governance

Keywords: global governance, vaccine, pharmaceutical industry, global health, covid-19

Theme: Diplomacy & International Relations

Keywords: diplomacy, international relations, Carl von Clausewitz, historical and political sociology, war

Theme: Diplomacy & International Relations

Keywords: global diplomacy, global history, Russia, China, microhistory

Theme: Asia (Citizens and state relations)

Keywords: Asia, citizen and state relations, sino-japanese trade, medieval societas, historical narratives

Theme: Africa

Keywords: Africa, urbanization, rural societies, post-colonial development, governance

Theme: Gender

Keywords: gender, middle ages, Katharina von Württemberg, women’s history, female mystics

Theme: Development Issues & Human Rights

Keywords: development aid, political science, GDP, sustainability, academic career

Theme: Latin America

Keywords: Latin America, microhistory, Inca kingdom, child marriage, Beatriz Coya

Theme: Development Issues & Human Rights

Keywords: human rights, development issues, oil industry, Nigeria, global south

Theme: Genetics & Evolution

Keywords: genomics, ancient DNA, human evolution, population genetics, diversity

Theme: Gender

Keywords: gender, work, economic history, verb-orientated method, open science, digital humanities

Theme: Development Issues & Human Rights

Keywords: human rights, democracy, activism, emancipatory politics, justice

A collection of voices from the symposium "Opening the Ivory Tower Wide"

Keywords: outreach, innovation, science and society, policy advice, academic freedom

Theme: Latin America

Keywords: Latin America, potato, food history, global history, plant domestication

Theme: Genetics & Evolution

Keywords: genetics, evolution, speciation, mathematical model, sexual selection

Theme: Genetics & Evolution

Keywords: genetics, maize, agriculture, seed banks, conservation, plant breeding