S2 E5 Enslaved Women’s Bodies in Fifteenth-Century Spain + Seeing Black America in Iran

Debra Blumenthal examines slave markets in 15th century Spain and their influence on conceptions of women’s health. And Beeta Baghoolizadeh discusses the legacy of racialized forms of enslavement in 19th and 20th century Iran.

S2 E5 Enslaved Women’s Bodies in Fifteenth-Century Spain + Seeing Black America in Iran (Transcript)

In this Episode

• Debra Blumenthal (Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara)
• Beeta Baghoolizadeh (Associate Research Scholar at the Sharmin and Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies at Princeton University) 
• Conor Howard (Producer, PhD Candidate in History at Indiana University, Bloomington)
• Matt Hermane (Producer, PhD Candidate in History at Indiana University, Bloomington)

Links

• Debra Blumenthal, “As [Healthy] Women Should”: Enslaved Women, Medical Experts, and “Hidden” Menstrual Disorders in Late Medieval Mediterranean Slave Markets
• Beeta Baghoolizadeh, Seeing Black America in Iran

Music

By Blue Dot Sessions

• Floretin
• Scallat
• Anippe
• Venndet
• Hermes Gray
• The Onyx
• Morning Glare
• Pxl Deter

Production

• Produced by Daniel Story, Matt Hermane, and Conor Howard
• Audio engineering and transcription support by Phoebe Rettberg