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Between, Across, and Through is the official podcast of the Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies at the University of Toronto. The Centre’s research focuses on individual experiences of migration in consideration of the complex dynamics of politics, culture, and society. Our podcast features conversations between leading scholars and Professor Kevin Lewis O’Neill, the director of the Centre of Diaspora and Transnational Studies. In each episode, we discuss the links that bind humanity, how we learn from the past, and how we learn from each other.

Our podcast's name is inspired by the Greek word for diaspora, which is composed of the verb speirō, meaning "to scatter," and dia, defined as "between, across, through.”

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Between, Across, and Through is the official podcast of the Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies at the University of Toronto. The Centre’s research focuses on individual experiences of migration in consideration of the complex dynamics of politics, culture, and society. Our podcast features conversations between leading scholars and Professor Kevin Lewis O’Neill, the director of the Centre of Diaspora and Transnational Studies. In each episode, we discuss the links that bind humanity, how we learn from the past, and how we learn from each other.

Our podcast's name is inspired by the Greek word for diaspora, which is composed of the verb speirō, meaning "to scatter," and dia, defined as "between, across, through.”

    War, Destruction, and Reconstruction.

    War, Destruction, and Reconstruction.

    On today's episode we discuss what happened to Beirut's City Centre after the Civil War in Lebanon.
    We take a look at how the land was reclaimed after the conflict, who was served best by the expropriation of land, and the consequences that the reconstruction had for regular citizens.

    Please join us, as Professor Kevin Lewis O'Neill sits down with Professor Nada Moumtaz, from the University of Toronto.

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    This podcast is sponsored by the Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies at the University of Toronto.
    Our Host is Professor Kevin Lewis O'Neill.
    Between, Across, & Through is produced, edited, and mixed by Ianeke L Romero

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    • 37 min
    Can Jazz build a nation?

    Can Jazz build a nation?

    How does a colony build nationhood after independence?
    How do they define who they are, and how they're different - through their sovereignty? How can music help shape and build a nation?

    In today's episode, we discuss all these questions, as we examine the Independence movement in Jamaica.
    In particular, we will discuss how one LP (and the musicians behind it) reflected the attitudes and beliefs of pro-black civil rights movements of the 60's.

    Please join us, as Professor Kevin Lewis O'Neill sits down with Professor Ted Sammons, from the University of Toronto.

    In this episode, we will discuss the legacy of the Workshop Octet, their album Jazz Jamaica, and how they imagined the project of nationhood should move forward.

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    This podcast is sponsored by the Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies at the University of Toronto.
    Our Host is Professor Kevin Lewis O'Neill.
    Between, Across, & Through is produced, edited, and mixed by Ianeke L Romero

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    • 45 min
    Crisis in the Mediterranean

    Crisis in the Mediterranean

    Thousands fleeing violence
    Thousands desperate for hope
    A long, dangerous journey across an unforgiving sea.

    The result: thousands drowned, displaced, orphaned, stranded, and alone.

    Professor Kevin Lewis O'Neill is joined by Professor Naor Ben-Yehoyada, from the University of Columbia - in a conversation recorded in 2019.

    In this episode, we will discuss the refugee crisis in the Mediterranean, -- and how re-framing the conversations we have about refugees can open a political avenue to help alleviate the ongoing suffering in the Mediterranean Sea.

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    This podcast is sponsored by the Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies at the University of Toronto.
    Our Host is Professor Kevin Lewis O'Neill.
    Between, Across, & Through is produced, edited, and mixed by Ianeke L Romero

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    • 28 min
    The double edge of Amelioration

    The double edge of Amelioration

    During the 19th Century, Britain still held onto many of its colonial territories. But throughout the world, the abolishment of slavery was spreading fast. In the Caribbean and at home, amelioration became a heated topic, used both by abolitionists and slave-owners, to advocate for their interests and decide the future of the sugar-cane industry and the people bound to it.

    Today, Professor Kevin Lewis O'Neill is joined by Professor Padraic Scanlan, from the University of Toronto.

    In this episode, we will discuss how the implementation of amelioration policies did not intend to end racism against newly freed people in the Caribbean.

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    This podcast is sponsored by the Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies at the University of Toronto.
    Our Host is Professor Kevin Lewis O'Neill.
    Between, Across, & Through is produced, edited, and mixed by Ianeke L Romero

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    • 40 min
    Yiddish Glory

    Yiddish Glory

    *This episode features some graphic content. Listener discretion is advised*




    Music is often the only way to express sorrow, loss, and perhaps leave your story behind.

    This might be especially true for some Jewish communities, who were rounded up and killed during the Holocaust. 




    Today, Professor Kevin Lewis O'Neill is joined by Professor Anna Shternshis - Director of the Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies at the University of Toronto




    In this episode, we will discuss Yiddish Glory - a research project that revives Yiddish songs that were thought lost or destroyed. 

    The songs feature lyrics and poetry written by jews in concentration camps -- and cover issues like Soviet Jewish wartime service in the Red Army, survival and death in Nazi-occupied Europe.

    These songs were curated, arranged, and performed throughout Europe. -- later they were recorded into an album. 




    All the music in this episode was used with permission from Professor Shternshis. The full album can be found at soundcloud.com/yiddishglory


    To learn more about this project please visit www.yiddishglory.com.




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    This podcast is sponsored by the Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies at the University of Toronto.

    Our Host is Professor Kevin Lewis O'Neill.

    Between, Across, & Through is produced, edited, and mixed by Ianeke L Romero

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    • 41 min
    Dancing Dissent

    Dancing Dissent

    Ballet appears to have a very well studied and rigid history. But what happens when you dig a little deeper into its less well-known past?
    What can ballet tell us about Peruvian emperors and french colonizers?

    Today, Professor Kevin Lewis O'Neill is joined by Professor VK Preston, from the Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies at the University of Toronto.

    In this episode, we will discuss how the history of French ballet allows us to explore themes of appropriation, extraction, political dissent, and indigenous ideologies of third gender.

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    This podcast is sponsored by the Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies at the University of Toronto.
    Our Host is Professor Kevin Lewis O'Neill.
    Between, Across, & Through is produced, edited, and mixed by Ianeke L Romero

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    • 43 min

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