Raph de Bont
Raf de Bont is Professor of History and Vice-Dean of Research at Maastricht University, where he holds the chair of History of Science and the Environment. He is a historian of human-animal relations, environmental history, and nature protection, and co-editor of "Globalizing Wildlife" (UNC Press, 2026).
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PODCASTS
Aug 31, 2026
Jacob WardHOST
So who was Sudan and why did you choose their story to begin a larger and longer story about the relationship between globalization and wildlife?
Raph de BontGUEST
And even more in particular, he's the last male northern white rhino to have lived.
Raph de BontGUEST
And one of the reasons we chose him is because he or his life is entangled with all these global phenomena or these transnational connections.
24 MINS LATER
Jacob WardHOST
So what are looking at these global networks of animals and humans kind of reveal that we haven't heard so far?
Jacob WardHOST
So who was Sudan and why did you choose their story to begin a larger and longer story about the relationship between globalization and wildlife?
Raph de BontGUEST
And even more in particular, he's the last male northern white rhino to have lived.
Raph de BontGUEST
And one of the reasons we chose him is because he or his life is entangled with all these global phenomena or these transnational connections.
24 MINS LATER
Jacob WardHOST
So what are looking at these global networks of animals and humans kind of reveal that we haven't heard so far?
Jacob WardHOST
So who was Sudan and why did you choose their story to begin a larger and longer story about the relationship between globalization and wildlife?
Raph de BontGUEST
And even more in particular, he's the last male northern white rhino to have lived.
Raph de BontGUEST
And one of the reasons we chose him is because he or his life is entangled with all these global phenomena or these transnational connections.
23 MINS LATER
Jacob WardHOST
So what are looking at these global networks of animals and humans kind of reveal that we haven't heard so far?