View from the Solovetsky Monastery, Northern Russia. Photo credit Clare Griffin
Publications for a General Audience
I regularly share my research on the global history of premodern science on podcasts, open access blogs, and articles written for the general public. Please contact me here for writing or interview requests.
Podcasts and Videos
Episode 179, 'Ivan the Terrible,' Well That Aged Well (May 2024). Listen here.
Episode 028, 'Sassafras!' rootbound. Listen here.
Episode 47, 'Sassafras and Human Flesh,' Untenured Tracks. Listen here.
'Clare Griffin on Histories of Medicine, Trade, and Translation in the Early Modern Russian Empire,' The Global History Podcast. Listen here.
History of Science ON CALL - a history of science response to the COVID-19 pandemic
My video in Russian
My video in English
Episode 028, 'Sassafras!' rootbound. Listen here.
Episode 47, 'Sassafras and Human Flesh,' Untenured Tracks. Listen here.
'Clare Griffin on Histories of Medicine, Trade, and Translation in the Early Modern Russian Empire,' The Global History Podcast. Listen here.
History of Science ON CALL - a history of science response to the COVID-19 pandemic
My video in Russian
My video in English
Essays, Blogs and Articles
Here are some of my publications on the history of science and Russian history written for a general audience:
'Spoiling Joseph Gordon Levitt's Hilariously Bad Prime Video Film, 'Killer Heat,'' Pajiba, October 2024.
‘The Depressing Relevance of Early Modern Russian History,’ The Many-Headed Monster, November 2022.
‘East of the Winter Sun: Global Trade and Medicinal Plants,’ Viewpoint (June 2021), 6-7.
'Such a Pretty Tsaritsa' Nursing Clio (July 2020).
'Bodies Without Pain: Examining Soldiers’ Wounds in Early Modern Russia' All of Us: The Disability History Association Blog (June 2020).
'Human Remains in Russia' Mummy Stories Blog (March 2020).
'Of Roots and Scrolls' Open Book Publishers (December 2017).
'Re-Centering Europe' The Recipes Project (April 2016).
'What's in a Vodka? Juniper Vodkas and the History of Distilling in Russia' The Recipes Project (May 2015).
'Russian Recipes' The Recipes Project (July 2014).
‘How to Heal a Foreigner in Early Modern Russia’ The Recipes Project (July 2014).
'Spoiling Joseph Gordon Levitt's Hilariously Bad Prime Video Film, 'Killer Heat,'' Pajiba, October 2024.
‘The Depressing Relevance of Early Modern Russian History,’ The Many-Headed Monster, November 2022.
‘East of the Winter Sun: Global Trade and Medicinal Plants,’ Viewpoint (June 2021), 6-7.
'Such a Pretty Tsaritsa' Nursing Clio (July 2020).
'Bodies Without Pain: Examining Soldiers’ Wounds in Early Modern Russia' All of Us: The Disability History Association Blog (June 2020).
'Human Remains in Russia' Mummy Stories Blog (March 2020).
'Of Roots and Scrolls' Open Book Publishers (December 2017).
'Re-Centering Europe' The Recipes Project (April 2016).
'What's in a Vodka? Juniper Vodkas and the History of Distilling in Russia' The Recipes Project (May 2015).
'Russian Recipes' The Recipes Project (July 2014).
‘How to Heal a Foreigner in Early Modern Russia’ The Recipes Project (July 2014).