About Zachary Lowell

Zachary Lowell is a PhD candidate at University of Melbourne. He holds an MA in global studies from Humboldt-Universtität zu Berlin.
Zachary Lowell is a PhD candidate at University of Melbourne. He holds an MA in global studies from Humboldt-Universtität zu Berlin.

NBN Episodes hosted by Zachary:

Peter B. Lavelle, "The Profits of Nature: Colonial Development and the Quest for Resources in Nineteenth-Century China" (Columbia UP, 2020)

March 22, 2022

The Profits of Nature

Peter B. Lavelle
Hosted by Zachary Lowell

In The Profits of Nature: Colonial Development and the Quest for Resources in Nineteenth-Century China (Columbia UP, 2020), Peter Lavelle offers a fas…

Toby Lincoln, "An Urban History of China" (Cambridge UP, 2021)

October 25, 2021

An Urban History of China

Toby Lincoln
Hosted by Zachary Lowell

In An Urban History of China (Cambridge UP, 2021), Toby Lincoln offers the first history of Chinese cities from their origins to the present. Despite …

Lisa Z. Sigel, "The People's Porn: A History of Handmade Pornography in America" (Reaktion Books, 2020)

June 18, 2021

The People's Porn

Lisa Z. Sigel
Hosted by Zachary Lowell

The People's Porn: A History of Handmade Pornography in America (Reaktion Books, 2020) is a beautifully written and groundbreaking historical study of…