Scholarly Communication

Scholarly Communication

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The podcast about how knowledge gets known.

Vākyamālā:  A Garland of Words in Honour of John D. Smith with Wendy J. Phillips Rodríguez (Cardiff UP, 2026)

November 5, 2026

Vākyamālā

Wendy J. Phillips Rodríguez and Simon Brodbeck
Hosted by Raj Balkaran

A multimedia collection dedicated to John D. Smith on the occasion of his eightieth birthday, edited by Wendy J. Phillips Rodríguez and Simon Brodbeck…

Applied History in the US Department of State

November 5, 2026

Applied History in the US Department of State

Lydia Sizer
Hosted by Patryk Babiracki

I sat down with Lydia Sizer to chat about her experience developing applied history initiatives at the US Department of State’s Office of the Historia…

University Press Week 2026 with President Stephanie Williams

November 4, 2026

University Press Week 2026

Stephanie Williams
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

Today I’m speaking with Stephanie Williams, Director of Wayne State University Press, and president of the Association of University Presses. Every ye…

Upskilling for Library Workers: A Guide for Future-Ready Professionals with Ann Medaille (ALA Editions, 2026)

November 2, 2026

Upskilling for Library Workers

Ann Medaille 
Hosted by Michael LaMagna

Many of today's libraries and their workers are facing a skills crisis. By some estimates, an employee's current skills are only relevant for a maximu…

No! The Art and Activism of Complaining

October 22, 2026

No! The Art and Activism of Complaining

Sara Ahmed

To be heard as complaining is not to be heard, writes Sara Ahmed. In No! The Art and Activism of Complaining, her sweeping exploration of complaint as…

Designing Historical Games for Classrooms: A Practical Guide for Educators with Jeremiah McCall (Routledge, 2026)

October 20, 2026

Designing Historical Games for Classrooms

Jeremiah McCall

Designing Historical Games for Classrooms: A Practical Guide for Educators (Routledge, 2026) is a complete introductory guide for designing analog gam…

Refugees and Citizens in Twentieth-Century East Central Europe: An Unlikely Refuge? with Michal Frankl, Doina Anca Cretu and Lidia Zessin-Jurek (CEU Press, 2026)

October 11, 2026

Refugees and Citizens in Twentieth-Century East Central Europe

Michal Frankl ed
Hosted by CEU Press

In this episode of the CEU Press Podcast host Andrea Talabér talked to Michal Frankl, Doina Anca Cretu and Lidia Zessin-Jurek about the new edited vol…

Working with Critical Realism: Stories of Methodological Encounters with Alpesh Maisuria and Grant Banfield (Routledge, 2022)

October 10, 2026

Working with Critical Realism

Alpesh Maisuria and Grant Banfield eds.

Working with Critical Realism: Stories of Methodological Encounters (Routledge, 2022) is an international and interdisciplinary collection that gather…

How Girls Achieve

October 1, 2026

How Girls Achieve

Sally Nuamah

How Girls Achieve points out a simple and overlooked truth: most schools never had girls in mind to begin with. That is why the world needs what Dr. S…

Librarians as Researchers: Developing Our Scholarly Identities with Paul C. Campbell and Sarah Nagle

September 28, 2026

Librarians as Researchers

Paul C. Campbell and Sarah Nagle
Hosted by Michael LaMagna

Librarians as Researchers: Developing Our Scholarly Identity (Bloomsbury, 2025) edited by Paul C. Campbell and Sarah Nagle is designed to empower libr…

Mary Beth Weber and Melissa De Fino, "Library Technical Services: Future Forward" (Bloomsbury, 2025)

September 21, 2026

Library Technical Services

Mary Beth Weber and Melissa De Fino
Hosted by Michael LaMagna

Library Technical Services: Future Forward (Bloomsbury, 2025) edited by Mary Beth Weber and Melissa De Fino looks at the future of technical services …

Laura Portwood-Stacer, "The Book Proposal Book: A Guide for Scholarly Authors" (Princeton UP, 2021)

September 17, 2026

The Book Proposal Book

Laura Portwood-Stacer

Whether you’re hoping to publish your first book or you’re a seasoned author with an unfinished proposal languishing on your hard drive, The Book Prop…

Ciara Breathnach, "Absence in the Archives" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

September 13, 2026

Absence in the Archives

Ciara Breathnach
Hosted by Aidan Beatty

Ciara Breathnach is Professor of Irish Gender History at University College Cork. She has published widely on Irish socio-economic, gender, cultural a…

Donald A. Barclay, "The Reinvention of the U.S. Academic Library: 1990 to 2025" (Bloomsbury, 2025)

September 13, 2026

The Reinvention of the U.S. Academic Library

Donald A. Barclay
Hosted by Michael LaMagna

Focusing on U.S. academic libraries, The Reinvention of the U.S. Academic Library: 1990 – 2025 (2025, Bloomsbury) provides a concise history of the tr…

The Grant Writing Guide: A Road Map for Scholars

September 3, 2026

The Grant Writing Guide

Betty S. Lai

The Grant Writing Guide: A Road Map for Scholars (Princeton UP, 2023) is an essential handbook for writing fundable grants. This easy-to-use guide fea…

How to Write a Book Proposal and Make Your Manuscript Work with Laura Portwood-Stacer

August 26, 2026

How to Write a Book Proposal and Make Your Manuscript Work

Laura Portwood-Stacer
Hosted by Sarah Russo

Are you a scholar sitting on a manuscript that you think could be a book — but you have no idea where to start? In this episode of The Publishing Play…

Linda Williams and eds. Christine Gledhill et al., "Melodrama As Provocateur" (Duke UP, 2026)

August 14, 2026

Melodrama As Provocateur

Linda Williams and Edited By Christine Gledhill, Laura Horak, and Elisabeth R Anker
Hosted by Alix Beeston

The centerpiece of Melodrama as Provocateur (Duke UP, 2026) is an essay by Linda Williams (1946–2025). Williams was Professor of Film Studies and Rhet…

In The Scholar’s Workshop: Hidden Histories of Collaboration and Authorship

August 6, 2026

In the Scholar’s Workshop

Ann Blair

For centuries, many of the world’s most influential thinkers relied on helpers who performed tasks such as taking dictation, correcting, indexing, com…

The YIVO Library in New York: Personal Reflections on Its History and Collections

July 31, 2026

The YIVO Library in New York

Zachary M. Baker
Hosted by YIVO Institute

In the mid-1930s a group of New York Yiddishist intellectuals established the Central Jewish Library and Press Archive, whose collections became the n…

Lisa Blaydes and Samuel Helfont eds., "Ba‘thist Iraq Through Archives: Reflections, Explorations, and Opportunities" (Stanford UP, 2026)

July 29, 2026

Ba‘thist Iraq Through Archives

Lisa Blaydes and Samuel Helfont
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

The opening of Iraq's Ba'th Party archives revolutionized the study of Iraqi politics and history, offering scholars unprecedented access to the i…