Europe Was INVENTED. Here’s How | Roderick Beaton

About this episode

Ash Sarkar interviews Roderick Beaton about the historical and contemporary implications of Europe's identity and borders.

As the American empire teeters, China gains dominance, and war spreads across Eastern Europe and West Asia, questions arise as to Europe’s place in this rapidly changing world order. On Downstream this week, Ash Sarkar speaks to Roderick Beaton, former Koraes Professor of History at King's College London, about his latest book ‘Europe: A New History’. How did the boundaries between Europe and Asia come to be drawn in the first place? How were immigration and borders administered by the empires of antiquity? How do the stories we tell about our collective history in Europe shape contemporary political thought? And in an age of mass migration, who gets to be European today – and why? Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-truth--6487495/support .

People in this episode

Host: Ash Sarkar

Guest: Roderick Beaton

Topics covered

• Europe
• history
• migration
• political thought
• borders
• empire

Keywords

• Europe
• history
• migration
• borders
• political thought
• Roderick Beaton
• Ash Sarkar

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: King's College London

Books & works: Europe: A New History

Places: Europe, China, Eastern Europe, West Asia, American

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