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Sophie Loy-Wilson

Senior Lecturer in Australian History @Sydney_Uni | Chinese Australians | immigration history | she/her

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S1 E6 May 05, 2021

When a pandemic plague hit Florence in 1630, why were city health officers worried about smells?

When the pandemic plague hit, the first action taken by the government was to impose an emergency lockdown. It was known that the disease could pass from person to per...

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S1 E5 May 04, 2021

How did West Papuan people become invisible?

In geographical terms, the island of Papua New Guinea is one of Australia's closest neighbours. Yet most Australians know little about it, and we know even less about ...

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S1 E4 Apr 13, 2021

Why did the duck go to the Canadian supreme court?

Sometimes progressive politics and good intentions create unexpected consequences for the marginal groups they are supposed to help. In this HWIR Sydney historian, Mir...

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S1 E3 Apr 12, 2021

How do you build your own personal archive of China's Cultural Revolution?

When she began Saturday-morning Chinese language classes as a 7-year-old, Minerva Inwald could hardly have imagined what she would be doing in far-off 2010. That year ...

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Recommended Episode S1 E2 Apr 07, 2021

How close could prostitutes get to nuns in Renaissance Florence?

The DECIMA Project, based at the University of Toronto, is a mapping tool that allows 21st-century humans to explore the streets and piazzas of Florence as it was in t...

Appears in 5 Episodes

When a pandemic plague hit Florence in 1630, why were city health officers worried about smells?

How did West Papuan people become invisible?

Why did the duck go to the Canadian supreme court?

How do you build your own personal archive of China's Cultural Revolution?

How close could prostitutes get to nuns in Renaissance Florence?

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