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Episode 41: The Book of Esther with Dr. Alexiana Fry and Dr. Esther Brownsmith
Dr. Alexiana Fry, a guest researcher at the University of Copenhagen, and Dr. Esther Brownsmith, an assistant professor of Hebrew Bible at the University of Dayton are interviewed by Charlotte Howley – a PhD candidate in UCLA’s Program of Iranian Studies. They discuss trauma theory/trauma hermeneutics, fan fiction theory as a lens for ancient rewriting, “feminist killjoys” and “affect aliens,” and propaganda and multiculturalism in Persian and modern contexts. We hope you enjoy this episode, and if you like what you hear, please give our show a 5-star rating, and review us on Apple or…
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