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Islamic Studies
January 22, 2021
The Golden Calf Between Bible and Qur'an
Scripture, Polemic, and Exegesis from Late Antiquity to Islam
Michael E. Pregill
Hosted by Shehnaz Haqqani
In his exciting and thorough book, The Golden Calf between Bible and Qur'an: Scripture, Polemic, and Exegesis from Late Antiquity to Islam (Oxford, 2020), Michael Pregill explores the biblical and …
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History
January 22, 2021
Feral Atlas
The More-than-human Anthropocene
Anna L. Tsing
Hosted by Michael Vann
Do you feel lost in the Anthropocene? Would you like a map to chart your way through our changing world? How about an atlas? Well, the Feral Atlas Collective has …
Biography
January 22, 2021
Poet of Revolution
The Making of John Milton
Nicholas McDowell
Hosted by Mark Klobas
Decades before he wrote his epic work Paradise Lost, John Milton was an active republican and polemicist. How Milton came to espouse such radical views is just one of the …
African American Studies
January 22, 2021
Careers
A Discussion with Dorothy Berry, DIgital Archivist
Dorothy Berry
Hosted by Adam McNeil
On today’s podcast, I am chatting with Dorothy Berry, Houghton Library's Digital Collections Program Manager. In it, we discuss why she became an archivist, what digital archivists do, and about the great …
Literary Studies
January 22, 2021
Archive Feelings
A Theory of Greek Tragedy
Mario Telò
Hosted by Britton Edelen
On this episode, I interview Mario Telò, professor of Classics and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Berkeley, about his new book, Archive Feelings: A Theory of Greek Tragedy …
Asian Review of Books
January 21, 2021
These Violent Delights
Chloe Gong
Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
“These violent delights have violent ends. And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, which as they kiss, consume.” These Violent Delights (Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2020) is the …
Dan Hill's EQ Spotlight
January 21, 2021
The Saddest Words
William Faulkner's Civil War
Michael Gorra
Hosted by Dan Hill
Today I talked to Michael Gorra about his new book The Saddest Words: William Faulkner's Civil War (Liveright, 2020). This episode touches on two of William Faulkner’s novels in particular: The Sound and …
Psychoanalysis
January 20, 2021
Memory's Eyes
A New York Oedipus Novel
Cordelia Schmidt-Hellerau
Hosted by Philip Lance
Cordelia Schmidt-Hellerau's Memory’s Eyes is a contemporary New York Oedipus novel. It is written for readers who enjoy playing with concepts and storylines, here namely the classical Oedipus myth, Sophocles’ three …
Caribbean Studies
January 20, 2021
Rogue Revolutionaries
The Fight for Legitimacy in the Greater Caribbean
Vanessa Mongey
Hosted by Sharika Crawford
The University of Pennsylvania describes Mongey's work as follows. "When we think of the Age of Revolutions, George Washington, Robespierre, Toussaint Louverture, or Simon Bolivar might come to mind. But Rogue Revolutionaries …
Literature
January 20, 2021
I'll Go
War, Religion, and Coming Home, From Cairo to Kansas City
Alexs Thompson
Hosted by Eric LeMay
Today I interview Alexs Thompson about his new memoir, I'll Go: War, Religion, and Coming Home, from Cairo to Kansas City (2020). Let me begin with a moment of honesty …
Performing Arts
January 20, 2021
This Is Not My Memoir
André Gregory and Todd London
Hosted by Andy Boyd
André Gregory's not-memoir This Is Not My Memoir (FSG, 2020) is a fascinating trip through theatre history as seen through the eyes of one of its greatest directors. The André we …
Literature
January 19, 2021
Song of the Sisters
Songs of Steppe and Forest 3
Five Directions Press
Hosted by G. P. Gottlieb
Everywhere young Russian noblewoman Darya Sheremeteva turns, someone in her circle of family and friends reminds her that she exists to serve a single purpose: to marry a powerful man …
Sociology
January 19, 2021
Other End of the Needle
Continuity and Change Among Tattoo Workers
David C. Lane
Hosted by Michael Johnston
In The Other End of the Needle (Rutgers University Press, 2020), David C. Lane, Ph.D. investigates the intricacies of the tattoo industry. Particularly, Lane found that tattooing is more complex …
Intellectual History
January 19, 2021
Forms, Formats and the Circulation of Knowledge
British Printscape’s Innovations, 1688-1832
Louisiane Ferlier and Benedicte Miyamoto
Hosted by Alexandra Ortolja-Baird
Forms, Formats and the Circulation of Knowledge: British Printscape’s Innovations, 1688-1832 (Brill, 2020) explores the printscape – the mental mapping of knowledge in all its printed shapes – to chart the …
American Studies
January 19, 2021
As a City on a Hill
The Story of America's Most Famous Lay Sermon
Daniel T. Rodgers
Hosted by Ryan Shelton
Since the presidency of Ronald Reagan, John Winthrop's famous phrase, "We shall be as a city upon a hill," has become political creed and rallying cry for American exceptionalism. But for …
LGBTQ+ Studies
January 18, 2021
Live At Jackson Station
Music, Community, and Tragedy in a Southern Blues Bar
Daniel M. Harrison
Hosted by Morris Ardoin
The smoke was thick, the music was loud, and the beer was flowing. In the fast-and-loose 1980s, Jackson Station Rhythm & Blues Club in Hodges, South Carolina, was a festive …
The Common Magazine
January 15, 2021
Stories from Sudan in Translation
Elisabeth Jaquette
Hosted by Emily Everett
Translator Elisabeth Jaquette speaks to managing editor Emily Everett about four stories she translated from Arabic for Issue 19 of The Common magazine. These stories appear in a special portfolio …
Architecture
January 15, 2021
Practiceopolis: Stories from the Architectural Profession
Yasser Megahed
Hosted by Bryan Toepfer
Practiceopolis: Stories from the Architectural Profession (Routledge, 2020) is a graphic novel about the contemporary architectural profession, in which it acts as the protagonist in the form of an imaginary …
Art
January 15, 2021
The Life and Art of Felrath Hines
From Dark to Light
Rachel Berenson Perry
Hosted by Kirstin Ellsworth
Today I talked to Rachel Berenson Perry about her book The Life and Art of Felrath Hines: From Dark to Light (Indiana University Press, 2019). Felrath Hines (1913–1993), the first African American man to …
Literary Studies
January 15, 2021
Teaching in Times of Crisis
Applying Comparative Literature in the Classroom
Hosted by Victoria Lupascu
Teaching in Times of Crisis: Applying Comparative Literature in the Classroom (Routledge, 2021) explores how comparative methods, which are instrumental in reading and teaching works of literature from around the …
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