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Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra: conversations on the history of Portugal and Spain, 1415-1898

Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra: conversations on the history of Portugal and Spain, 1415-1898

21 episodes

Ep20: Francois Soyer - Antisemitism, Forgeries, and Conspiracy Theories in Early Modern Iberia

Episode 20 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Dr. François Soyer, Senior Lecturer in Late Medieval and Early Modern History at the University of New England, in conversation with series host Edward Collins.

Jun 29, 20201h 13m

Ep19: Palmira Fontes da Costa - Garcia de Orta: Portuguese physician, herbalist and naturalist

Episode 19 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Assistant Professor Palmira Fontes da Costa (Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCT)) in conversation with series host Edward Collins.

Aug 13, 20191h 29m

Ep18: Ben Vinson - Mestizaje and the Frontiers of Race and Caste in Colonial Mexico.

Episode 18 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Professor Ben Vinson III (Case Western Reserve) in conversation with series host Edward Collins.

Nov 7, 201859 min

Ep17: Adrian Masters - Petition and Response: Spanish America and the Council of the Indies in the 16th Century.

Episode 17 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Dr Adrian Masters (UT Austin) in conversation with series host Edward Collins.

Aug 19, 20181h 13m

Ep16: Stephanie Cavanaugh - Moriscos, Enslaved Children, and Litigating for Liberty in sixteenth-century Spain.

Episode 16 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Dr Stephanie Cavanaugh, Sir John Elliot Junior Research Fellow in Spanish History at Oxford University.

Jun 24, 20181h 11m

Ep15: Carla Rahn Phillips - The Struggle for the South Atlantic: The Armada of the Strait of Magellan, 1581-1584.

Episode 15 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Carla Rahn Phillips, author of The Struggle for the South Atlantic: The Armada of the Strait, 1581-84.

Jan 15, 201859 min

Ep14: Amelia Almorza Hidalgo - Spanish women on transatlantic voyages in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Episode 14 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Amelia Almorza Hidalgo.

Nov 6, 201744 min

Ep13: Aaron Alejandro Olivas - The Iberian Atlantic and the War of the Spanish Succession, 1700-1715.

Episode 13 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Aaron Alejandro Olivas.

Sep 25, 20171h 21m

Ep12: Barbara E. Mundy - Tenochtitlan: Transformation and Endurance after the Spanish Conquest.

Episode 12 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Barbara E. Mundy, Chair and Professor of Art History at Fordham University.

Aug 14, 20171h 13m

Ep11: Pedro Cardim - The Idea of Hispania: Portugal and the Spanish Monarchy in the 16th and 17th Centuries.

Episode 11 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Pedro Cardim, Associate Professor at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa (New University of Lisbon).

Jul 17, 20172h 8m

Ep10: Tamar Herzog - Frontiers of Possession: Spain and Portugal in Europe and the Americas.

Episode 10 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' features Tamar Herzog, Monroe Gutman Professor of Latin American Affairs and Radcliffe Alumnae Professor in the History Department at Harvard University

Jun 12, 20171h 39m

Ep9: Flora Cassen - Philip II of Spain and His Italian Jewish Spy.

In episode 9 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra', Flora Cassen (UNC) discusses her current project on Italian Jewish spies in the employ of Spain with series host Edward Collins (UCD).

May 15, 201758 min

Ep8: Zoltan Biedermann - A Negotiating Empire: Portuguese diplomacy in Asia and the Global Renaissance.

In episode 8 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra', Zoltan Biedermann (UCL) discusses the importance of diplomacy in the Portuguese Empire, especially in Asia, with series host Dr Edward Collins.

May 1, 20171h 39m

Ep7: Jorge Canizares-Esguerra - Old Testament Culture in the Spanish Monarchy in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries.

In episode 7 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra', Jorge Canizares-Esguerra (UT Austin) discusses Old Testament Culture of the Spanish Monarchy in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries with series host Dr Edward Collins.

Feb 6, 20171h 25m

Ep6: Onesimo T. Almeida - Portugal and the Dawn of Modernity, 1419-1620.

In episode 6 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra', Onesimo T. Almeida (Brown) discusses Portugal and the dawn of modern science, from 1419 to 1620, with series host Dr Edward Collins.

Jan 13, 20171h 21m

Ep5: Vivien Kogut Lessa de Sa - Early Colonial Brazil, English Piracy, and the Adventures of Anthony Knivet (1591-1599).

In episode 5 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra', Vivien Kogut Lessa de Sa (Cambridge) is in conversation with Edward Collins on early colonial Brazil.

Aug 29, 20161h 27m

Ep4: Allison Bigelow. The Science of Colonial Silver: Rethinking the History of Mining and Metallurgy in the Early Americas.

In Ep 4 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra', Allison Bigelow (Virginia) is in conversation with Edward Collins on 'The Science of Colonial Silver: Rethinking the History of Mining and Metallurgy in the Early Americas'

Aug 8, 20161h 8m

Ep3: Ricardo Padron. The Spanish Lake: America, the Pacific, and Asia in the Imperial Imagination, 1513-1609.

In episode 3 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra', Ricardo Padron (University of Virginia) discusses Spanish attempts to represent and conquer the Pacific as part of the greater Spanish imperial imagination in the sixteenth century with historian Edward Collins.

Jul 18, 20161h 30m

Ep2: Ellen Dooley on the Spanish Inquisition and the religious image in Spain and America, 1478-1700

In episode 2 of 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra', art historian Ellen Dooley discusses the Spanish Inquisition and the religious image in Spain and America, 1478-1700 with historian Edward Collins.

Jul 4, 201633 min

Ep1: Portugal and Spain in the 15th and early-16th centuries: a brief overview by Edward Collins.

In episode 1 of his series 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra', historian Edward Collins gives an overview of Portugal and Spain in the 15th and early-16th centuries

Jun 20, 201627 min

Introduction to 'Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra' podcast series by Edward Collins.

Edward Collins introduces his series of conversations on the history of Portugal and Spain, 1415-1898.

Jun 10, 20161 min