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Current person in role: Jar Turner (2015-present)

The Custom House – Agassiz, Inc. (Extended Conversation w/Christoph Irmscher)

This week, Doug speaks with biographer Christoph Irmscher about the legacy of Louis Agassiz, one of the most influential men in the development of the practice of science in America. This extended cut includes more biographical details as well as a deeper look at Agassiz’s involvement in the so-called Emancipation Commission as epistolary adviser to one its appointed leaders, Samuel …

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The Custom House – Episode 2: Agassiz, Inc.

This week, Doug speaks with biographer Christoph Irmscher about the legacy of Louis Agassiz, one of the most influential men in the development of the practice of science in America. Louis Agassiz, a co-discoverer of the Ice Age, is often portrayed as a racist proponent of miscegenation and a failure as a theorist of human development–as the scientist who refused …

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The Custom House – Episode 1: Babo’s Razor

This week: Jonathan Elmer, director of Indiana University’s College Arts and Humanities Institute discusses Herman Melville’s novella, Benito Cereno, a masterful exposure of 19th century cultural presumptions in the American slave nation. This week on The Custom House, Doug looks at how we use our reading experiences as tools for thinking in a conversation with Jonathan Elmer, the Director of …

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