The Mobility Studies Podcast
The Mobility Studies Podcast is a space for conversations about mobility — as a concept, a framework, and a way of studying history. You’ll hear from professors, guest scholars, current students, and alumni, as we share ideas, research experiences, and critical reflections.Whether you are a UniPD student, staff member, prospective applicant, or interested in humanities and social sciences, we invite you to join us in this space to discuss how the concept of mobility serves as a strong yet fine thread that connects and intertwines disciplines.
S1E4 Translating Mobility – From Tehran to Padua, Archives to Academia
How can Mobility Studies help to shape our personal growth and academic orientation? In this episode, we speak with Kosar Rousta, a recent graduate and tutor in the Mobility Studies program at the University of Padua. With a background in English translation and experience across education, and academic archives, Kosar offers a deeply interdisciplinary and international perspective on what mobility truly means—both as a scholarly concept and as a lived experience.
We trace her journey from translating texts across languages and cultures to researching overlooked figures in British Orientalism, particularly William Marsden, whose archival legacy spans continents and ce...
S1E3 Board games and softwares: Prof. Daniel Zilio on Digital Humanities and AI
Technology has become essential in every aspect of life, and of course, the social sciences and humanities have taken this shift as an opportunity to re-think and re-imagine their craft. Professor Daniel Zilio has been working on understanding the mechanics of communication using technology as an extension to the historian’s research work. Join us in this discussion about his hands-on, creativity-driven approach to software and AI usage. We also talked about the challenges and possibilities of Zilio’s introductory course to Big Data analysis and programming and how his passion for board games inspired Maplee, a start-up that merges cult...
S1E2 Establishing the archive of your knowledge: PhD Student Michael Vsemirnov on his academic path
If mobility is everything, how can we limit our research? In this episode, Michael Vsemirnov, a former Master’s student in the Mobility Studies program and now a PhD student, told us about his academic journey and how he reinterpreted the term mobility, using it as a lens to study historical processes. We also discussed the possibilities and opportunities for Mobility Studies scholars and some tips and insights on the crafting and writing process of a Master’s thesis and a PhD proposal.
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S1E1 - The spirits of time and place: Prof. Lucio Biasiori on becoming an early modern historian.
We’re excited to welcome you to the very first episode of The Mobility Studies Podcast — a project created by Master’s students at the University of Padua.
Our first guest is Professor Lucio Biasiori, a historian of early modern Europe and lecturer of the course Ideas and Culture in Motion. In this episode, Professor Biasiori reflects on his academic path, how the concept of mobility unexpectedly became central to his work, and why it continues to shape his historical research today. Together, we explore what mobility means — not only as a subject of histo...
