Sociology

Sociology

episodes

Interviews with sociologists about their new books.

Lisa-Jo K. Van den Scott, "Walled-In: Arctic Housing and a Sociology of Walls" (Lexington Book, 2024)

October 11, 2024

Walled-In

Lisa-Jo K. Van den Scott
Hosted by Michael Johnston

Walls profoundly shape the spaces we live in and the places we move through, impinge on our everyday lives, and entangle power relations, identity, an…

Civil Society in China: How Society Speaks to the State

October 11, 2024

Civil Society in China: How Society Speaks to the State

Runya Qiaoan

What skills and strategies enable civil society to be effective under authoritarian rule? Dr. Runya Qiaoan, assistant professor and senior researcher …

Kanupriya Dhingra, "Old Delhi's Parallel Book Bazaar" (Cambridge UP, 2024)

October 11, 2024

Old Delhi's Parallel Book Bazaar

Kanupriya Dhingra

Old Delhi's Parallel Book Bazaar (Cambridge UP, 2024) looks at Old Delhi's Daryaganj Sunday Book Market, popularly known as Daryaganj Sunday Patri Kit…

Virginia Nicholson, "All the Rage: Power, Pain, Pleasure: Stories from the Frontline of Beauty 1860-1960" (Pegasus Books, 2024)

October 11, 2024

All the Rage

Virginia Nicholson
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

In All the Rage: Power, Pain, Pleasure: Stories from the Frontline of Beauty 1860-1960 (Pegasus Book, 2024) richly detailed account, Virginia Nichols…

Risa Cromer, "Conceiving Christian America: Embryo Adoption and Reproductive Politics" (NYU Press, 2023)

October 9, 2024

Conceiving Christian America

Risa Cromer
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

In 1997, a group of white pro-life evangelical Christians in the United States created the nation’s first embryo adoption program to “save” the thousa…

Frank R. Baumgartner, "Suspect Citizens: What 20 Million Traffic Stops Tell Us about Policing and Race" (Cambridge UP, 2018)

October 8, 2024

Suspect Citizens

Frank R. Baumgartner, Derek A. Epp, and Kelsey Shoub
Hosted by Stephen Pimpare

We recently marked the 50th Anniversary of Terry vs. Ohio, the US Supreme Court case that dramatically expanded the scope under which agents of the st…

Fazil Moradi, "Being Human: Political Modernity and Hospitality in Kurdistan-Iraq" (Rutgers UP, 2024)

October 6, 2024

Being Human

Fazil Moradi
Hosted by Yadong Li

In the contemporary world, political violence has been an unavoidable issue for everyone. It is therefore essential to criticize political violence in…

Bananapocalypse: Plantation Southeast Asia and Its Many Afterlives

October 6, 2024

Bananapocalypse: Plantation Southeast Asia and Its Many Afterlives

Alyssa Paredes

This episode focuses on a cluster of issues of longstanding significance in Southeast Asia and in Southeast Asian Studies – plantation agriculture, gl…

Transnational Communicative Care

October 6, 2024

Transnational Communicative Care

Lynnette Arnold

How do families care for each when they are divided over generations by powerful geopolitical forces beyond their control? In this episode, Hanna Tors…

Michael J. Thompson, "Descent of the Dialectic: Phronetic Criticism in an Age of Nihilism" (Routledge, 2024)

October 5, 2024

Descent of the Dialectic

Michael J. Thompson
Hosted by Michael Johnston

In Descent of the Dialectic: Phronetic Criticism in an Age of Nihilism (Routledge, 2024), Michael J. Thompson reconstructs the concept and practice of…

Kristina Kolbe, "The Sound of Difference: Race, Class and the Politics of 'Diversity' in Classical Music" (Manchester UP, 2024)

October 5, 2024

The Sound of Difference

Kristina Kolbe
Hosted by Dave O'Brien

What is the future of classical music? In The Sound of Difference: Race, Class and the Politics of 'Diversity' in Classical Music (Manchester UP, 2024…

Francesco Piraino,"Sufism in Europe: Islam, Esotericism and the New Age" (Edinburgh UP, 2024)

October 4, 2024

Sufism in Europe

Francesco Piraino
Hosted by Shobhana Xavier

Francesco Piraino’s Sufism in Europe: Islam, Esotericism and the New Age (University of Edinburgh Press, 2024) is a vital contribution to the growing …

Alexandre Lefebvre, "Liberalism as a Way of Life" (Princeton UP, 2024)

October 4, 2024

Liberalism as a Way of Life

Alexandre Lefebvre

Why liberalism is all you need to lead a good, fun, worthy, and rewarding life—and how you can become a better and happier person by taking your liber…

Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani, "The Cities We Need: Essential Stories of Everyday Places" (MIT Press, 2024)

October 2, 2024

The Cities We Need

Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

An expressive book of prose and photographs that reveals the powerful ways our everyday places support our shared belonging. Where would you take some…

A Short History of Relations Between Peoples

October 2, 2024

A Short History of Relations Between Peoples

John Ellis
Hosted by Laura Laurent

For most of recorded history, neighboring countries, tribes, and peoples everywhere in the world regarded each other with apprehension—when not outrig…

Steven T. Katz, "The Holocaust and New World Slavery: A Comparative History" (Cambridge UP, 2019)

September 30, 2024

The Holocaust and New World Slavery

Steven T. Katz
Hosted by Ari Barbalat

The Holocaust and New World Slavery: A Comparative History (Cambridge UP, 2019) offers the first, in-depth comparison of the Holocaust and new world s…

Uroš Kovač, "The Precarity of Masculinity: Football, Pentecostalism, and Transnational Aspirations in Cameroon" (Berghahn Books, 2022)

September 30, 2024

The Precarity of Masculinity

Uroš Kovač
Hosted by Yadong Li

A compelling work that explores the lives and aspirations of young footballers with deep nuance and insight, The Precarity of Masculinity: Football, P…

Lynne B. Sagalyn, "Times Square Remade: The Dynamics of Urban Change" (MIT Press, 2023)

September 30, 2024

Times Square Remade

Lynne B. Sagalyn
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

What is it about Times Square that has inspired such attention for well over a century? And how is it that, despite its many changes of character, the…

Alessandra Seggi, "Youth and Suicide in American Cinema: Context, Causes, and Consequences" (Palgrave MacMillan, 2022)

September 29, 2024

Youth and Suicide in American Cinema

Alessandra Seggi
Hosted by Ailin Zhou

Listener note: This interview contains discussions of suicide. Resources for people in a crisis: If you or someone you know is in a crisis or is fe…

Police First Responders Interacting with Domestic Violence Victims

September 27, 2024

Police First Responders Interacting with Domestic Violence Victims

Tazin Abdullah and Kate Steel

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Tazin Abdullah speaks with Dr. Kate Steel, Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of the West …