(Lucy) What does Beowulf have to do with the linguistics of African-American history? The same man studied them both… and his scholarship on medieval literature helped frame his search for linguistic communities. This podcast examines the career of Lorenzo Dow Turner, celebrated linguist known as the Father of Gullah Studies. Turner studied the language, ideas, and culture of Black island communities in the southeastern United States, and created recognition for that culture in so doing.
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History for Halloween VI
The Chinese Exclusion Act
The Life and Travels of Newport Gardner
Evil Humors and the Common Cold
Revolutionary Notre-Dame de Paris
The Emu War
An Extraordinary Medicine Called Theriac
Purgatory is Not the Medium Place
Jessie Pope, (In)Famous Poet of World War One
The Woman Who Signed the Declaration of Independence
King John and His Dogs
Harlem Renaissance Man: James Weldon Johnson
Henry II and Thomas Becket, Part II: Rivals
Henry II and Thomas Becket, Part I: Friends
The History of Grading
The End is Nigh! The Apocalypse in the Renaissance
American Indian Prisoners of War
Mao and His Mango
Potosí: The Silver Mine that Changed the World
King Henry I of England and the White Ship
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