Infinite Women

Dr. Beth Hubble, Director of the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program at The University of Montana, joins us to talk about the complexities of transgender histories, including gender fluid, two-spirit and other non-binary identities. Read the interview transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Beth-Hubble-on-trans-history-transcript.pdfFind more trans stories on the Infinite Women site: https://www.infinite-women.com/tag/queer-trans/

Dr Caroline Sequin, Assistant Professor of History at Lafayette College, joins us to discuss the intersection of racial politics and sex. Dr Sequin is the author of new book, Desiring Whiteness: A Racial History of Prostitution in France and Colonial Senegal, 1848–1950. More about the book: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501777035/desiring-whiteness/Read the interview transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Caroline-Sequin-on-racial-politics-and-commercial-sex-in-colonial-Senegal-transcripts.pdf

Dr Ellie Woodacre, Reader in Renaissance History at the University of Winchester and author of Queens and Queenship, joins us to discuss the impact and shaping of queens' image.Read the interview transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Ellie-Woodacre-on-queenly-image-transcript.pdf

Dr Jennifer deWinter and Dr Carly Kocurek from the Illinois Institute of Technology tell us about some of the pioneering women in the video game industry. Read the interview transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Dr-Jennifer-deWinter-and-Dr-Carly-Kocurek-on-women-and-the-evolution-of-video-games-transcript.pdf

Dr. Gwendolyn Collaço, Anne S.K. Brown Curator for Military & Society at Brown University Library, to talk about both the namesake of her role, military historian Anne S.K. Brown, as well as art collector Adrienne Minassian. Read the interview transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Dr.-Gwendolyn-Collaco-on-Anne-S.K.-Brown-and-Adrienne-Minassian-transcript.pdf

Barbara Winslow, professor emerita in women and gender studies at Brooklyn College and founder and director emerita of the Shirley Chisholm Project of Brooklyn Women’s Activism, joins us to discuss the rise and fall of Roe v Wade and how the activist tactics used to gain American abortion rights decades ago can prove effective in protecting them today. Read the interview transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Barbara-Winslow-on-abortion-activism-transcript.pdf

Dr Deborah Hart, Head Curator of Australian Art at the National Gallery of Australia, joins us to talk about Post-Impressionist painter Ethel Carrick. An exhibition of Carrick’s work is on display at the NGA through 27 April 2025, and the accompanying publication is available for purchase: nga.gov.au/exhibitions/ethel-carrickRead the interview transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Dr-Deborah-Hart-on-Ethel-Carrick-transcript.pdf

Dr Marlene L. Daut, Professor of French and African-American Studies at Yale University and author of the new book, The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe, as well as Awakening the Ashes: An Intellectual History of the Haitian Revolution, joins us to tell the story of Marie-Louise, who was queen of Haiti from 1811 to 1820. More about The First and Last King of Haiti: kingofhaiti.comMore about Awakening the Ashes: uncpress.org/book/9781469676845/awakening-the-ashesRead the interview transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Marlene-Daut-on-Queen-Marie-Louise-of-Haiti-transcript.pdf

Dr Maria Antico, a Postdoctoral Fellow in Medical Image analysis at the Australian e-Health Research Centre and Adjunct Lecturer at the Queensland University of Technology, joins us for a chat about her scientific forebear, astrophysicist Margherita Hack, as well as her own research developing wearable ultrasound technology for use in space and here on Earth.Read the interview transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Maria-Antico-on-Margherita-Hack-transcript.pdf

Amy-Jane Humphries, PhD Student at the University of Liverpool, joins us to talk about the Hanoverian rise to the English throne, and royals like Caroline of Ansbach and Augusta of Saxe-Gotha.Read the interview transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Amy-Jane-Humpries-on-the-Hanoverians-transcript.pdf