Susan Pedersen

Susan Pedersen is the Morris Professor of British History at Columbia University. Her most recent book is The Guardians: The League of Nations and the Crisis of Empire.

FilmNovember 2, 2020

Michael Apted’s Flawed but Brilliant Epic of British Social Life

The Up series was meant to investigate inequities of British class. It also ended up telling a different story as well.

Susan Pedersen
Science and HealthOctober 1, 2019

Is Our Food Culture Killing Us?

How we “choose” what to eat takes place within a contained food environment shaped by availability and advertising, traditions and trends—and, above all else, economics.

Susan Pedersen

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Susan Pedersen

FilmNovember 2, 2020

Michael Apted’s Flawed but Brilliant Epic of British Social Life

The Up series was meant to investigate inequities of British class. It also ended up telling a different story as well.

Susan Pedersen

Science and HealthOctober 1, 2019

Is Our Food Culture Killing Us?

How we “choose” what to eat takes place within a contained food environment shaped by availability and advertising, traditions and trends—and, above all else, economics.

Susan Pedersen