Smaller Narratives for a Larger World is an interdisciplinary public humanities and social sciences podcast organized by graduate students and faculty members at Binghamton University, State University of New York. The current series of SNLW investigates how the human story, the myths of humanity, have shaped who we believe we are as a species. Through different academic lenses, we explore solutions to today’s problems by seeking to understand how the stories we tell about each other may create the very social problems we seek to solve.

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Smaller Narratives for a Larger World

Introducing Smaller Narratives for a Larger World

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Introducing Smaller Narratives for a Larger World

Feb 27, 2021 • 00:49:26

In this episode, the three hosts Gillian Kenah, Lauren Pearce, and Alan Palacios introduce the podcast Smaller Narratives for a…Continue ReadingIntroducing Smaller Narratives for a Larger World
Biography, Transition, and Intimacy (with Mónica Szurmuk)

Apr 8, 2021 • 00:55:17

In this episode, our guest is Professor Mónica Szurmuk, who discusses three projects that focus on the genre of biographical…Continue ReadingIntroducing Smaller Narratives for a Larger World
“Doing Public Humanities” inside and outside the University (with Susan Smulyan)

May 17, 2021 • 00:53:16

In this episode, Gillian Kenah and Susan Smulyan of Brown University discuss ways to engage the community in University research,…Continue ReadingIntroducing Smaller Narratives for a Larger World
(Re)Narrativization of “Voice” within the American Literary Canon, Curriculum, & Culture (with Ulrich Baer)

May 17, 2021 • 01:00:15

Co-host Gillian Kenah and guest Ulrich Baer discuss complicating the storytelling process of national history in both academic and non-academic…Continue ReadingIntroducing Smaller Narratives for a Larger World
On Humanity and the Working Class with Joe Weil

Nov 5, 2021 • 00:52:06

“Because you see them in their fullness, you also see what’s beyond the human. You see something beautiful… The bear…Continue ReadingIntroducing Smaller Narratives for a Larger World
On Speculative Poetry and the Human Myth with Akua Lezli Hope

Nov 16, 2021 • 00:57:21

“My day is lit again, forever, because I’m reminded of what exists beyond the limitations of the vessel in which I exist.…Continue ReadingIntroducing Smaller Narratives for a Larger World
On Collective Memory and the Battle over History with David Mixter

Dec 3, 2021 • 01:00:08

“Why do we need gift shops at these kinds of solemn sites?.. It’s important for people to see these places, to…Continue ReadingIntroducing Smaller Narratives for a Larger World
"We Are All Animals" with Leslie Heywood

Dec 11, 2021 • 00:59:38

“Scientifically, no one life form is better than another. It’s all of those evaluative hierarchies that we’re still struggling with…Continue ReadingIntroducing Smaller Narratives for a Larger World
“Genocides Are Processes, Not Events”: Discussion with Kerry Whigham

Mar 26, 2022 • 00:55:55

There’s this precept by the philosopher George Santayana that gets said again and again: “He who does not remember the…Continue ReadingIntroducing Smaller Narratives for a Larger World
“Ever Heard of the Bobbies?” Conversation with John Havard

Apr 10, 2022 • 00:57:32

Violence can take many forms. George Floyd wasn’t killed by a gun. He was killed by someone carrying a gun.…Continue ReadingIntroducing Smaller Narratives for a Larger World