The Indian Ocean World Podcast

The Indian Ocean World Podcast seeks to educate and inform its listeners on topics concerning the relationship between humans and the environment throughout the history of the Indian Ocean World — a macro-region affected by the seasonal monsoon weather system, from China to Southeast and South Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. Based out of the Indian Ocean World Centre, a research centre affiliated with McGill University’s Department of History and Classical Studies, under the direction of Prof. Gwyn Campbell, the Indian Ocean World Podcast is part of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada funded Appraising Risk Partnership, an international collaboration of researchers dedicated to exploring the critical role of climatic crises in the past and future of the Indian Ocean World.

The Indian Ocean World Podcast is a history podcast hosted by Indian Ocean World Centre, with 79 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Indian Ocean World Centre hosts The Indian Ocean World Podcast, a history show with 79 episodes published.

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  Episode #2

  Gillian Mathys - "Fractured Pasts in Lake Kivu’s Borderlands"

  Apr 6, 202653 minS11

  <p>Gillian Mathys (University of Ghent) joins Philip Gooding to discuss her newly published book "Fractured Pasts in Lake Kivu’s Borderlands:<br> Conflicts, connections and mobility in Central Africa"</p> <p> </p> <p>Scholar Profile: https://research.flw.ugent.be/en/gillian.mathys </p> <p> </p> <p>Book: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/fractured-pasts-in-lake-kivus-borderlands/28EE1FFBB2BDDA8814964DD39656B959 </p> <p> </p> <p>Bukavu Series: https://www.lse.ac.uk/ideas/podcasts/the-bukavu-expo </p> <p> </p> <p >The Indian Ocean World podcast is hosted by Dr. Philip Gooding, produced and edited by Sofia O’Reilly, and published under the SSHRC-fu...

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  Eric Jennings - "Vanilla: The History of an Extraordinary Bean"

  Jan 29, 202646 minS11

  <p >Eric Jennings (University of Toronto) joins Philip Gooding to discuss his newly published book "Vanilla: The History of an Extraordinary Bean"</p> <p > </p> <p >Scholar profile: https://www.history.utoronto.ca/people/directories/all-faculty/eric-jennings </p> <p > </p> <p >Book: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300264531/vanilla/ </p> <p > </p> <p >The Indian Ocean World podcast is hosted by Dr. Philip Gooding, produced and edited by Sofia O’Reilly, and published under the SSHRC-funded Partnership, “Appraising Risk, Past and Present.”</p> <p > </p> <p >Music: “Nam Nhi-tu” by M. Nguyen Van Minh-Con.</p>

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  Episode #4

  Kundai Manamere - "Malaria on the Move"

  Nov 26, 202547 minS10

  <p >Kundai Manamere (University of the Free State) joins Philip Gooding to discuss her newly published book "Malaria on the Move: Rural Communities and Public Health in Zimbabwe, 1890-2015."</p> <p > </p> <p >Scholar profile: https://www.ssrc.org/fellows/f1b62cd1-500a-eb11-a813-000d3a3be5cf/  </p> <p > </p> <p >Book: https://www.ohioswallow.com/9780821425862/malaria-on-the-move/  </p> <p > </p> <p >The Indian Ocean World podcast is hosted by Dr. Philip Gooding, produced and edited by Sofia O’Reilly, and published under the SSHRC-funded Partnership, “Appraising Risk, Past and Present.”</p> <p > </p> <p >Music: “Nam Nhi-tu” by M. Ngu...

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  Episode #3

  Everjoy Chiimba - "The aftermath of Cyclone Idai (2019): Youth narratives beyond official and online discourses in Zimbabwe."

  Nov 13, 202526 minS10

  <p >Everjoy Grace Chiimba (University of Bonn) joins Philip Gooding to discuss her ongoing paper, which explores youth narratives and organization following Cyclone Idai.</p> <p > </p> <p >Scholar profile: https://kulturgeographie-mainz.de/team/everjoy-chiimba/ </p> <p > </p> <p >The Indian Ocean World podcast is hosted by Dr. Philip Gooding, produced and edited by Sofia O’Reilly, and published under the SSHRC-funded Partnership, “Appraising Risk, Past and Present.”</p> <p > </p> <p >Music: “Nam Nhi-tu” by M. Nguyen Van Minh-Con.</p>

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  Episode #2

  Devika Shankar - “An Encroaching Sea”

  Sep 25, 202532 minS10

  <p >Prof. Devika Shankar (The University of Hong Kong) joins Philip Gooding to discuss her new book, An encroaching sea : nature, sovereignty and development at the edge of British India 1860-1950(Cambridge University Press, 2025).</p> <p > </p> <p >Scholar profile: https://history.hku.hk/staff-d-shankar/</p> <p > </p> <p >Book: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/an-encroaching-sea/F95A7CEFEDC145611A2E27DC2751A5D7</p> <p > </p> <p >The Indian Ocean World podcast is hosted by Dr. Philip Gooding, produced and edited by Sofia O’Reilly, and published under the SSHRC-funded Partnership, “Appraising Risk, Past and Present.”</p> <p > </p> <p >Musi...

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