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Podcast: In Common
Episode: 008: A history of the oceans and the importance of taking a historical research perspective with Helen Rozwadowski
Description: Helen Rozwadowski is an associate professor of History and founder the Maritime Studies program at the University of Connecticut. Her teaching includes environmental history, history of science, and public history, as well as interdisciplinary maritime studies courses.
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https://history.uconn.edu/faculty-by-name/helen-m-rozwadowski/#
Helen is the author of numerous books about the history of the ocean, including her most recent book titled ‘Vast Expanses: A History of the Oceans’. In the book she demonstrates that the human relationship with the ocean began in evolutionary time and has tightened dramatically since them, aims...