The Podcast of the Institute of History

The devastating impacts of the man-made climate catastrophe are omnipresent. From New York City’s skyline covered in orange smoke, to melting glaciers in the Alps or the Himalaya, to the recent breaking of mountain summits at the Swiss Border. What can research on the past contribute to the solution of current and future challenges of climate change? A talk about «summits» and the challenges of environmental history with Christian Rohr, Professor of Environmental History at the University of Bern. From the 22 to the 26 August 2023, Christian Rohr and the department of Environmental History of the University of Bern will co-host the 12th conference of the European Society for Environmental History. The conference theme has been chosen in connection to Bern’s closeness to the Alps: «Mountains and Plains: Past, present and future environmental and climatic entanglements.»

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Zitierweise:
Podcast 12 Christian Rohr mit Philipp Horn: At the summit. Mountains, plains and the challenges of environmental history, Bern: Geschichte im Gespräch 2023.

The 50th anniversary of the moon landing of 20 July 1969 is an occasion to think back at the race for space that saw the Soviet and American superpowers competing during the Cold War. We all remember the history of the winners, the powerful images of Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the moon’s surface and the planting of the American flag. In this podcast Julia Richers talks to Isabelle Schürch about the often-forgotten Soviet side of the story and the long history of space exploration that preceded the American moon landing. They also talk about the role that the University of Bern, as the only foreign component, played in the Apollo 11 mission.

Julia Richers is Professor for General and Eastern European History at the University of Bern.

Isabelle Schürch is Lecturer for Medieval History at the University of Bern.

Zitierweise:
Podcast 2 Julia Richer smit Isabelle Schürch: The First Moon Landing in 1969 and the History of the Space Race, Bern: Geschichte im Gespräch 2019.