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Foreword explores how the Humanities can help us make sense of the rapidly changing world around us. Produced by the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University, Canada.
S5E04 Preserving History at the Brown Homestead with John R. Heckman and Jess Linzel
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1 hour 31 minutes 21 seconds
1 year ago
S5E04 Preserving History at the Brown Homestead with John R. Heckman and Jess Linzel
In today’s crossover episode between Foreword, The Tattooed Historian, and the Brown Homestead, PhD student John R. Heckman and history MA alumna Jess Linzel take us on an audio tour of St. Catharine’s oldest house and explore what it means to preserve and study local history.
Jess Linzel (BA ’18, MA ’21) is a graduate of both the BA and MA programs in Brock’s Department of History. She has unrivalled passion for Niagara history, and she has been recognized with scholarships and awards both locally and provincially. She is now the Director of Community Engagement at the Brown Homestead in St. Catharines, where she co-supervises a team of seven staff, produces heritage restoration video content, and co-leads research initiatives at the heritage home.
John R. Heckman is a talented podcaster and a PhD candidate in the Interdisciplinary Humanities PhD program at Brock University. Known to thousands online as the “Tattooed Historian,” John’s mission is to make history inclusive and accessible to the public. John channels his passion for history into YouTube videos, podcasts, live-streaming, and social media content.
Links
Department of History
Interdisciplinary Humanities PhD
Tattooed Historian YouTube
Tattooed History Podcast
Brown Homestead Website
Brown Homestead Podcast
Brock grad puts local history on the map (Brock News, 25 Aug. 2023)
Grad student earns scholarship for digitizing Niagara history (Brock News, 9 June 2021)
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Podcast Learning Network (Foreword)
Foreword explores how the Humanities can help us make sense of the rapidly changing world around us. Produced by the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University, Canada.
