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b'It\\u2019s pretty fair to say that the last year has been a tumultuous one. We are still living through the pandemic, and we lived through the endless news cycles and uncertainties of the American election in 2020. Climate change is still threatening, with dramatic weather happening around the globe. But this certainly isn\\u2019t the first time that a society has lived through disruption and this episode takes a look back at history to help us understand today.\\nOur featured guest is Dr. Colin Rose, a professor with the Department of History and a social historian examining conflict in 16th and 17th century Italy. His 2019 book A Renaissance of Violence: Homicide in Early Modern Italy (Cambridge University Press), examines how economic decline, climate-induced\\xa0drought\\xa0and plague lead to the decline of social institutions and rise of interpersonal violence\\xa0in 1660s Bologna.\\xa0\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nLinks\\nColin Rose faculty bio\\nMisinformation, prolonged pandemic pose security threat in Canada: Brock experts (Brock News, Jan. 11, 2021)\\nA Renaissance of Violence: Homicide in Early Modern Italy (Cambridge University Press, 2019)\\nHistory course provides context for current pandemic (Brock News, Sept. 17, 2020)\\nViolence in 17th century Italy has modern policy lessons (Brock News, Dec. 19, 2019)\\nDepartment of History\\n\\xa0\\nCredits\\nThank you for listening to Foreword.\\xa0\\nFind our footnotes, links\\xa0to\\xa0more information,\\xa0transcripts,\\xa0and past episodes on our website\\xa0brocku.ca/humanities.\\xa0\\nWe love to hear from our listeners! Join us on\\xa0Twitter,\\xa0Facebook, and\\xa0Instagram\\xa0@brockhumanities.\\xa0\\nPlease subscribe and rate us on your favourite podcasting app\\xa0so you don\\u2019t miss an episode.\\xa0\\nForeword\\xa0is hosted and produced by Alison Innes for the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University.\\xa0\\nSeries two sound design and editing is by Nicole Arnt. Theme music is by\\xa0Khalid Imam.\\xa0\\nSpecial thanks to Brock University\\u2019s\\xa0MakerSpace\\xa0and Brock University Marketing and Communications for\\xa0studio and web support.\\xa0\\nThis podcast is financially supported by the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University.'