Race, Gender, & Identity Episodes

Today, our hair is often a means of self-expression. But what if you had no control over what your hair expressed? And I’m not just talking about a bad hair day! In nineteenth-century America, hair conveyed something very different than what it does today. In this episode of The Clio Dialogues, I am joined by my friend and former classmate (Go Bears!), historian Dr. Sarah Gold McBride to discuss the surprising American cultural history of hair. She explains that by taki...

What if almost everything you've heard about the history of American immigration is missing half the story? Less than 24 hours after the Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship with its decision in Trump v. Barbara, historian Anna O. Law joins The Clio Dialogues to explain why today's debates over birthright citizenship reach back centuries. Rather than beginning with modern immigration policy, Law takes listeners into colonial America, the expansion of slavery, Native American disposses...