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# Episode Title Description People Date
1 Industry in the Global South, 1840s-1940s: Unfinished Business William Clarence-Smith (Emeritus Professor of History, SOAS) gives a lecture on ‘Industry in the Global South, 1840s-1940s: Unfinished Business’. William Clarence-Smith 28 Sep 2019
2 Empire of Things: A New History of Humans and Their Stuff Professor Frank Trentmann (Birkbeck, University of London) sketches the history of consumption to the present day, and examines the historical dynamics that have shaped our material lifestyles. Frank Trentmann 04 Dec 2017
3 The fat(tened) American: Between consumption, disgust, and animality Chris Forth gives a talk for the UBVO Seminar series on 26th October 2015. Chris Forth 22 Feb 2016
4 Media Uses and Gratifications: Some Features of the Approach: Response by Denis McQuail Denis McQuail's response to Jay G. Blumler's talk on the origins and sources of the appeal of the 'uses and gratifications' paradigm. Denis McQuail 02 Jan 2013
5 Creative Commons Media Uses and Gratifications: Some Features of the Approach In this seminar Jay G. Blumler discusses the origins and sources of the appeal of the 'uses and gratifications' paradigm. Jay Blumler 02 Jan 2013
6 Two Perspectives on the Longitudinal Trends in Food Consumption: The Case of Denmark 1900-2000 Tenna Jensen, Department of History, University of Copenhagen, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series. Tenna Jensen 27 May 2011
7 The Dilemmas of Affluence: Lessons from the Great American Experiment Peter Whybrow gives a talk as part of the UBVO seminar series on health and obesity in America. Peter Whybrow 20 Jul 2010