Thematic

Slavery, Women, Gender, & Sexuality

Geographic

Europe, Middle East

Episode Description

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.

Show Notes

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