About Jonathan Judaken

NBN Episodes hosted by Jonathan:

Preston Lauterbach, "Beale Street Dynasty: Sex, Song, and the Struggle for the Soul of Memphis" (Norton, 2015)

August 4, 2015

Beale Street Dynasty

Preston Lauterbach
Hosted by Jonathan Judaken

Following the Civil War, Memphis emerged a center of black progress, optimism, and cultural ferment, after a period of turmoil. Preston Lauterbach joi…

James Gelvin, "The Arab Uprisings: What Everyone Needs to Know" (Oxford UP, 2012)

August 3, 2015

The Arab Uprisings

James Gelvin
Hosted by Jonathan Judaken

Professor James Gelvin joins host Jonathan Judaken to discuss the Arab Uprisings, democratization in the Middle-East and Northern Africa, ISIS, al-Qae…

James D. Le Sueur, "Algeria Since 1989: Between Terror and Democracy" (Zed Books, 2010)

November 12, 2014

Algeria Since 1989

James D. Le Sueur
Hosted by Jonathan Judaken

"History doesn't repeat itself," so the saying goes, "but it does rhyme." This is particularly true in the recent history of the Middle East. As James…

Alice Conklin, "In the Museum of Man: Race, Anthropology, and Empire in France, 1850-1950" (Cornell UP, 2013)

July 29, 2014

In the Museum of Man

Alice Conklin
Hosted by Jonathan Judaken

Host Jonathan Judaken and author Alice Conklin discuss the thorny relationship between science, society, and empire at the high water mark of French i…

Amy L. Wood, "Lynching and Spectacle: Witnessing Racial Violence in America, 1890-1940" (UNC Press, 2011)

January 25, 2014

Lynching and Spectacle

Amy L. Wood
Hosted by Jonathan Judaken

Host Jonathan Judaken talks with author and professor Amy Wood about her book, Lynching and Spectacle: Witnessing Racial Violence in America, 1890-194…

Xolela Mangcu, "Biko: A Life" (Tauris, 2013)

January 25, 2014

Biko

Xolela Mangcu
Hosted by Jonathan Judaken

Host Jonathan Judaken speaks with Xolela Mangcu, biographer of Anti-Apartheid leader Steve Biko, about the life and murder of Steve Biko, as well as t…

Robert Darnton, "On the Future of Libraries"

January 25, 2014

On the Future of Libraries

Robert Darnton
Hosted by Jonathan Judaken

Robert Darnton, author of books, articles, and Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor and Director of the University Library at Harvard. Darnton joi…

Leora Batnitzky, "How Judaism Became a Religion: An Introduction to Modern Jewish Thought" (Princeton UP, 2011)

January 8, 2014

How Judaism Became a Religion

Leora Batnitzky
Hosted by Jonathan Judaken

From her first book about the Jewish philosopher Franz Rosenzweig, Leora Batnitzky has been heralded as a rising star in contemporary Jewish thought a…