Humanities Podcasting Symposium 2021

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The first annual Humanities Podcast Network Symposium, “Academic Podcasting”, was held in October 2021.

It was organised by the HPN working group of Laura Perry, Milan Terlunen, Saronik Bosu, and Kim Adams. Ulrich Baer was able to provide sign language interpreters through the NYU Center for the Humanities and John Plotz convinced Latif Nasser to be our keynote speaker.

The hope of the symposium was to build on the aims of the HPN to offer guidance and support to instructors, scholars, and independent creators working in the Humanities who are interested in incorporating podcasts into their classroom practice and/or making their own podcasts.

The conference took place virtually and included a range of presentations, seminars, and workshops. You can watch the sessions back on our YouTube channel.

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2021’s Schedule

The event took place over two days.

Day 1

Session 1: Roundtable – Theorizing the Medium

  • Helen Shaw (chair)
  • Saronik Bosu (HPN)
  • Ray Belli
  • Michelle Chihara
  • Philip Joseph
  • Aarthi Vadde

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Session 2: Roundtable – Collaboration

  • Lauren Jae Gutterman (chair)
  • Lauren Cox
  • Zachary Davis
  • Saniya Lee Ghanoui
  • Nicole Hemmer
  • Wujun Ke
  • Natalia Petrzela
  • Neil J. Young

WATCH: Collaboration Roundtable: Humanities Podcasting Symposium 2021

Session 3: Roundtable – Audiences

  • Stephanie Garrett (chair)
  • Sarah Duignan
  • Ted Fox
  • Gillian Frank 
  • Allyson Healey
  • M. Elizabeth Thorpe

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Session 4: Roundtable – Podcasting as Scholarship / Research

  • Hannah McGregor (chair)
  • Milan Terlunen (HPN)
  • Merle Eisenberg
  • Emanuele Fantini
  • Alex Helberg
  • Dario Llinares
  • Katherine McLeod
  • Sadie Ryan

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Session 5: Workshop – Starting Your Podcast: Ideas, Concept and Structure

  • Kathri Achchige Thilini Prasadika (chair)
  • Tristan Boyle
  • Conor Reid

WATCH: Starting Your Podcast Workshop: Humanities Podcasting Symposium 2021

Session 6: Keynote – Radio host and historian of science, Latif Nasser, in conversation with John Plots

  • Intro by Kim Adams.
  • Q&A moderated by Milan Terlunen.

WATCH: Keynote Conversation with Latif Nasser: Humanities Podcasting Symposium 2021

Session 7: Roundtable – Money

  • Mary Ellen Kubit (chair)
  • John Barber
  • Claire Hardaker
  • Marshall Poe
  • Chris Webster
  • Charles Woods

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Session 8: Workshop – Assigning Podcasts as Texts in the Classroom

  • Nefise Kahraman (chair)
  • Dan Dissinger (HPN)
  • Lena Mattheis
  • Darby Orcutt

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Session 9: Workshop – Engaging your Guests (Booking, research, planning good questions)

  • Candace Skibba (chair)
  • John Plotz (HPN)
  • Chris Holmes
  • Richelle Wilson

WATCH: Engaging Your Guests Roundtable: Humanities Podcasting Symposium 2021

Here are the links to the respective podcasts referred to in the session 9’s workshop: Burned by Books / Recall This Book / Novel Dialogue / Collegeland / Pandemic Pedagogy Podcast / Edge Effects

Session 10: Flash Presentations

  • A series of 5-minute presentations on present, past, or future podcasts, given by individuals who have produced, hosted, supported or otherwise contributed to the project. Podcasts and presenters are announced in the session. The goal for this session was network-building – a chance for everyone at the symposium to rapidly find out more about many other people’s work. 

WATCH: Friday Flash Presentations: Humanities Podcasting Symposium 2021

Day 2

Session 11: Workshop – Basic Podcast Production (Recording, editing and publishing)

  • Cassidy Cash (chair)
  • Annie Galvin (HPN)
  • Tristan Grunow

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Session 12: Workshop – Podcast/Life Balance: How (and whether) to Sustain Your Podcast

  • Wesley Livesay (chair)
  • Laura Perry (HPN)
  • Daniel Richards

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Session 13: Flash Presentations

  • A series of 5-minute presentations on present, past, or future podcasts, given by individuals who have produced, hosted, supported or otherwise contributed to the project. Podcasts and presenters are announced in the session. The goal for this session was network-building – a chance for everyone at the symposium to rapidly find out more about many other people’s work. 

WATCH: Saturday Flash Presentations: Humanities Podcasting Symposium

Session 14: Roundtable – Editing Policies and Philosophies

  • Jessica McDonald (chair)
  • Olivia Branscum (HPN)
  • Stacey Copeland
  • Liz Covart
  • JF Martel
  • Martin O’Connor

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Session 15: Workshop – Teaching Students to Podcast

  • Eric Detweiler (chair)
  • Beth Kramer (HPN)
  • Harly Ramsey

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Session 16: Roundtable – Sources, Citation, and Fact Checking Podcasts

  • Aven McMaster (chair)
  • Talha Ahsan
  • Donna Langille
  • Mark Sundaram

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Session 17: Roundtable – Podcast Form

  • Abby Mullen (chair)
  • Myra Bloom
  • Robin Davies
  • Jared Green
  • Patrick Hamilton
  • Hanne W. Nijtmans
  • Lee M Pierce
  • Amanda Grimsbo Roswall

WATCH: Podcast Form: Humanities Podcasting Symposium 2021

Session 18: Roundtable – Interdisciplinary Communication

  • Jennifer Jill Fellows (chair)
  • Kim Adams (HPN)
  • Amanda M. Caleb
  • Elizabeth Ferry
  • Aliz Horvath
  • Erik Peterson
  • Sharon Sliwinski
  • Lesley Jo Weaver

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Session 19: Workshop – Finding Your Voice as a Podcast Host

  • Ayanni C. H. Cooper (chair)
  • Élaina Gauthier-Mamaril
  • Corinne Matthews
  • Matt Seybold

WATCH: Finding Your Voice as a Podcast Host: Humanities Podcasting Symposium 2021

About the Annual HPN Symposium

Each year, the Symposium brings together scholars, teachers and audio professionals from across the globe who take part in a series of free virtual discussions.

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