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This Burning Archive interview tackles a critical question: Can Australia and China rewrite their shared Asian history? Delving into the subtleties of China-Australia history, the Burning Archive interviews a brilliant Australian historian who specializes in Australian Chinese communities, Sophie Loy-Wilson. Sophie shows how we all have a capacity for a more "generous approach to storytelling". We can rewrite history, without relying on political leaders. Discover how historical narratives have shaped international relations, and how a shift in perspective can unlock new ways to connect across borders. Learn about the historical factors shaping the relationship between these two nations and how a reframing of the past can pave the way for a more compassionate future.And as a special bonus Sophie Loy-Wilson (Senior Lecturer in History at Sydney University) offers her top three history book recommendations to learn about the history of China through the lives of individuals.The article "Ruptured Histories: Australia, China and Japan", co-authored by Sophie Loy-Wilson and Andrew Levidis in History Australia can be read for free here https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14490854.2024.2312210Sophie Loy-Wilson's book, Australians in Shanghai is available at good public and university libraries and here https://amzn.to/3JkFsOF.Be sure to like and subscribe to the Burning Archive. If you enjoy this content, you can support my work by contributing through the Thanks button.You can read more insights into world history, geopolitics and culture today by signing up to my free weekly newsletter on world history, culture and geopolitics, the Burning Archive, at https://jeffrich.substack.com.Paid subscribers receive bonus content weekly: https://jeffrich.substack.com
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W.G. Sebald, The Rings of Saturn is an unclassifiable book - essayistic semi-fiction that traces the history of destruction and is haunted by the horrors of war and the Holocaust. I reflect on Sebald's histories of destruction, based on my recent essay at jeffrich.substack.com, and read from the first chapter of The Rings of Saturn.
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Warwick Powell and I had a wide-ranging conversation about Australia-China relationships, and how history has shaped the tensions in the relationship today. But history can also show us how Australia, Asia and America can learn to live together at peace with a multipolar world. Please enjoy this wonderful, inspiring conversation with Australia-China expert, Warwick Powell.Warwick Powell is an adjunct professor at the Queensland University of Technology, author, chairman of Smart Trade Networks, former adviser to former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, and a frequent commentator on geopolitics and Australia-Asia relationships. You can follow Warwick Powell on X (Twitter) at: https://twitter.com/baoshaoshanWarwick recommended two YouTube sites towards the end of the interview that can help you see the reality of contemporary daily life in China more clearly, and away from the often polarising rhetoric of politics. These sites areBlondie in China ( @BlondieinChina ) - https://www.youtube.com/@BlondieinChinaKatherine’s journey to the East ( @kats_journey_east ) - https://www.youtube.com/@kats_journey_eastYou can also watch my discussion with @TheDuran about AUKUS, China and Australia's role in a multipolar world here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VutieNNCkDc&t=1377sJeff Rich (the Burning Archive) writes on world history and cultural affairs, and offers courses to help you see the world more clearly, and connect with the world more compassionately, with some quality world history.▼ ▽ SEE THE WORLD MORE CLEARLY WITH MY COURSESWorld History Explorers and all my courses https://courses.jeffrichwriter.com/World History Explorers Season I, Civilizations has started. Join now, and read with me a modern masterpiece of world history, Felipe Fernández-Armesto, Civilizations - https://amzn.to/3OaNr3T▼ ▽ JOIN THE BURNING ARCHIVE - SEE THE WORLD MORE CLEARLYRead my weekly Substack, and receive insights from world history and my reading every Saturday. ✉️ Signup is free: https://jeffrich.substack.com✉️ Paid subscribers receive bonus content weekly: https://jeffrich.substack.com▼ ▽ MY BOOKSThirteen Ways of Looking at a Bureaucrat: Writing on Governing https://amzn.to/3SaI4TyFrom the Burning Archive: Essays and Fragments 2015-2022 https://amzn.to/4b7cyywGathering Flowers of the Mind: Collected Poems 1996-2020https://amzn.to/3u2Yh56
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How can smart defence strategies and multilateral diplomacy avoid a US-China war in Asia - for example over Taiwan? Have American and Australian advocates of war with China over Taiwan really thought about the realities of a war with China? How should middle powers - like Australia, Indonesia and the ASEAN nations - adapt their defence and foreign policies to the new realities of war, Asian strengths and US power today?My conversation with Sam Roggeveen about his book The Echidna Strategy: Australia's Search for Power and Peace asked these fundamental questions that concern everyone around the world. What would a war with China really be like, and how can defence - the echidna strategy - and some creative diplomacy avoid a US-China war in Asia.Our conversation covered Australian defence and foreign policy, AUKUS and nuclear submarines, the upcoming Australia-ASEAN meeting in Melbourne (March 2024), China, Indonesia, regional order in Asia and the West Pacific, lessons of the Ukraine war, & the USA.Is the USA becoming just a normal great power, and what does that mean for other countries all around the world?A big thank you to Sam Roggeveen, who is the Director, International Security at the Lowy InstituteLinks to Sam's book, The Echidna Strategy: Australia's Search for Power and Peace (2023) ▼ ▽ JOIN THE BURNING ARCHIVE - SEE THE WORLD MORE CLEARLY WITH QUALITY WORLD HISTORYJoin my free weekly newsletter to receive insights from world history and reflections on the intersection of culture, history and geopolitics. ✉️ Signup is free: https://jeffrich.substack.com✉️ Paid subscribers receive bonus content weekly: ▼ ▽ SEE THE WORLD MORE CLEARLY WITH MY COURSESWorld History Explorers and all my courses https://courses.jeffrichwriter.com/
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How did Western civilization rise up from the Atlantic Ocean? How did the idea of the West get confused with the military alliance of NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation? And how do we tell the story of the West if we view civilisation as a process, and civilisations as always plural?
You can explore the world history of civilizations, as discussed in this podcast, by joining me in reading in Felipe Fernández-Armesto, Civilizations. Join my World History Explorers world history book club, with Season 1 starting on March 1.
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There have been many civilizations of the sea - the Vikings, the Ancient Greeks, the great Polynesian navigators of the Pacific. But among the most intriguing is Sri Vijaya that thrived in what we think of as Indonesia, in the 'middle ages'.
You can explore the world history of civilizations, as discussed in this podcast, by joining me in reading in Felipe Fernández-Armesto, Civilizations. Join my World History Explorers world history book club, with Season 1 starting on March 1.
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When Americans described Afghani tribesmen as uncivilized people from the mountains they used old tropes about the culture of people from highlands.
However, we learn from Felipe Fernández-Armesto, Civilizations much more about the complex achievements of civilizations of the highlands from Scotland to New Guinea, and from Afghanistan to South America.
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Did civilization spread from a cradle in the river valleys of Mesopotamia? Or is there a different story of the emergence of civilizations from fields of mud?
In this episode of the special Summer of Civilizations series, I tell the story of Sumerian and Akkadian civilizations that developed in the river valleys of Mesopotamia. They left a legacy - carpets, the Epic of Gilgamesh - and an early piece of fake news, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. But is their true story how they struggled against the environment, and lost?
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In this episode of the special Summer of Civilizations series, I share the stories of civilizations that developed in tropical islands, including the great African walled city of Benin and the island off Papua New Guinea, once named by Europeans as Frederick Hendrick Island, and known now as Pulau Kolepom or Pulau Yos Sudarso.
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Gathering Flowers of the Mind: Collected Poems 1996-2020
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Fernandez-Armesto, Civilizations - https://amzn.to/3OaNr3T
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In this episode of the special Summer of Civilizations series, I share the stories of civilizations that developed in the ice and tundra of Northern Eurasia and the great Eurasian Steppe.
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What is a cradle of civilisation? A simple question, but quality world history gives us a more complex, but satisfying answer. There were many in different environments.
This episode will inform you about the well-known 'cradle' of civilisation in the fertile crescent of Western Asia, but also tell you about less honoured starting points for civilisation in East Asia and the Eurasian Steppe.
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Civilizations are back in 2024. There is talk of Western civilizations, the diverse civilizations of the multipolar world, and the upcoming release of the game Civilization 7. It is a great time to explore the real history of the many civilizations that have flourished and fallen in every environment around the world.
This 2nd episode of the Summer of Civilizations series explores new and old ideas of civilization. Is it the biggest and baddest idea in world history?
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Civilizations are back in 2024. There is talk of Western civilizations, the diverse civilizations of the multipolar world, and the upcoming release of the game Civilization 7. It is a great time to explore the real history of the many civilizations that have flourished and fallen in every environment around the world.
This introduction to the Summer of Civilizations series explores how the game Civilization 7 is a great way to become curious about world history.
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I review the highlights of the world in history that appeared on the Burning Archive podcast in 2023.
And I make a special announcement of the upcoming series on the podcast, linked to my upcoming online history courses. Yes, I will be releasing a special Summer of Civilisations series.
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Ridley Scott's movie Napoleon has sparked controversy? Is it great cinema yet terrible history? Jeff Rich gives his assessment of the movie, and points you to other classic movies about Napoleon made over the last 100 years. The podcast also shares some of the best recent history books on the intriguing character, myth and historical impact of Napoleon Bonaparte.
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My reflections on the death of US diplomat and grand strategist, Henry Kissinger at 100. Does his death toll the bell for US leadership of the world?
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Thanks to the Twisted Nixons, the Dead Kennedies, Thomas Fazi, Nina Byzantina, Thomas Fazi, Odd Arne Westad and Richard Nixon for material used in this program.
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Marie Favereau shows how the Mongol Horde changed the world and world history in this special interview. It was not only the conquests of Genghis Khan, but his successors in the Horde, especially the Golden Horde. Their culture, skilful diplomacy and embrace of diversity were the real reasons the Mongol Horde changed the world.If you're interested in world history, then this podcast is for you! Marie Favereau shares her insights from her book, The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World, the current exhibition at Musée d'Histoire de Nantes (Genghis Khan - how the Mongols changed the world), and her work with colleagues in Mongolia and Oxford on nomadic empires.Thanks to @chateaunantes44 and Musée d'Histoire de Nantes for opening video and music. Check out Marie Favereau's book The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World
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It is all about the story. We are all experts in story, aren't we? And every day amidst this current world crisis, we are bombarded with narratives. Some of these "geopolitical" narratives are based on good history. Some on very poor history. But how do you spot the difference? How do you know big historical comparisons like "Pearl Harbour or "Munich 1938" are flawed, when you don't know the details of events? You can with the help of stories. You do not need to be an expert historian. You just need to pay attention to stories.
Find out more at theburningarchive.com
Previous episodes referred to during this episode are:
31. Seven Basic Plots vs 1001 Nights of Stories
114 & 115. Exploring World History with leading Historian Felipe Fernández-Armesto
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If a modest librarian had not pulled the sole manuscript of the Old English poem, Beowulf from the fire, we might never have had J.R.R. Tolkein's Lord of the Rings. You have probably heard of Beowulf, but never have read the poem. Introduce yourself to this legend saved from a burning archive on the Burning Archive podcast.
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It covers the history of the Nobel Prize for Literature, some of my favourite winners and losers, and some controversies. I also cover in this episode the 2022 winner, French writer, Annie Ernaux.
This episode begins a mini-series on the Nobel Prize for Literature. There will be episodes in all in the lead-up to the announcement of the prize on 5 October.
William Butler (W.B) Yeats 1923 100th anniversary (15 September) Patrick White 1973 50th anniversary (22 September) Olga Tokarczuk 2018 my favourite discovery of the alst decade (15 September) 2023 Winner announced on the evening of 5 October my time (6 October)--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeff-rich4/message - Show more
