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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 …
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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 …
Princeton UP Ideas Podcast
January 15, 2021
Goya
A Portrait of the Artist
Janis Tomlinson
Hosted by Marshall Poe
The life of Francisco Goya (1746–1828) coincided with an age of transformation in Spanish history that brought upheavals in the country’s politics and at the court which Goya served, changes …
Science
January 13, 2021
A Natural History of Color
The Science Behind What We See and How We See it
Rob DeSalle
Hosted by Galina Limorenko
Is color a phenomenon of science or a thing of art? Over the years, color has dazzled, enhanced, and clarified the world we see, embraced through the experimental palettes of …
Art
January 12, 2021
Knowledge Beside Itself
Contemporary Art's Epistemic Politics
Tom Holert
Hosted by Pierre d'Alancaisez
What is the role and function of contemporary art in economic and political systems that increasingly manage data and affect? Knowledge Beside Itself: Contemporary Art's Epistemic Politics (Sternberg Press, 2020) delves into …
Literary Studies
December 30, 2020
Avant-Garde Art in Ukraine, 1910-1930
Contested Memory
Myroslav Shkandrij
Hosted by Nataliya Shpylova-Saeed
Myroslav Shkandrij’s Avant-Garde Art in Ukraine, 1910-1930: Contested Memory (Academic Studies Press, 2019) offers an insight into the development of the Ukrainian avant-garde, a topic which still remains unjustifiably understudied …
French Studies
December 29, 2020
Vénus Noire
Black Women and Colonial Fantasies in Nineteenth-Century France
Robin Mitchell
Hosted by Roxanne Panchasi
The preface to Robin Mitchell's new book, Vénus Noire: Black Women and Colonial Fantasies in Nineteenth-Century France (University of Georgia Press, 2020) moves me. In it, the author tells the story of her …
Princeton UP Ideas Podcast
December 15, 2020
Sexuality, Gender, and Race in the Middle Ages
A Discussion with Roland Betancourt
Roland Betancourt
Hosted by Allison Leigh
In Byzantine Intersectionality: Sexuality, Gender, and Race in the Middle Ages (Princeton University Press, 2020), Roland Betancourt reveals the fascinating, little-examined conversations in medieval thought and visual culture around matters …
Indian Ocean World
November 30, 2020
Painter and Patron
The Maritime Silk Road in the Códice Casanatense
Peter Gordon and Juan José Morales
Hosted by Jenny Peruski
Today I talked to Peter Gordon and Juan José Morales about their book Painter and Patron: The Maritime Silk Road in the Códice Casanatense (Abbreviated Press, 2020). The Códice Casanatense …
Architecture
November 27, 2020
Making Architecture Through Being Human
A Handbook of Design Ideas
Philip D. Plowright
Hosted by Bryan Toepfer
Architecture can seem complicated, mysterious or even ill-defined, especially to a student being introduced to architectural ideas for the first time. One way to approach architecture is simply as the …
History
November 18, 2020
Against the Avant-Garde
Pier Paolo Pasolini, Contemporary Art, and Neocapitalism
Ara H. Merjian
Hosted by Jana Byars
On this episode of New Books in History, Jana Byars talks with Ara Marjian, Professor of Italian and affiliate of the Institute of Fine Arts and the Department of Art …
Animal Studies
November 17, 2020
Insect Artifice
Nature and Art in the Dutch Revolt
Marisa Anne Bass
Hosted by Akash Ondaatje
In Insect Artifice: Nature and Art in the Dutch Revolt (Princeton UP, 2019) Marissa Anne Bass explores the moment when the seismic forces of the Dutch Revolt wreaked havoc on …
Italian Studies
November 16, 2020
Italian Neorealism
A Cultural History
Charles L. Leavitt IV
Hosted by Ellen Nerenberg
In Italian Neorealism: A Cultural History (University of Toronto Press, 2020), Charles Leavitt steps back from the micro-histories focusing more narrowly on, for example, Italian cinema so as to weave …
East Asian Studies
November 16, 2020
The Art of Persistence
Akamatsu Toshiko and the Visual Cultures of Transwar Japan
Charlotte Eubanks
Hosted by Victoria Lupascu
The Art of Persistence: Akamatsu Toshiko and the Visual Cultures of Transwar Japan (U Hawaii Press, 2019) examines the relations between art and politics in transwar Japan, exploring these via …
Latino Studies
November 13, 2020
Latinx Art
Artists, Markets, and Politics
Arlene Davila
Hosted by David-James Gonzales
In Latinx Art: Artists, Markets, and Politics (Duke UP, 2020), Arlene Dávila draws on numerous interviews with artists, dealers, and curators to explore the problem of visualizing Latinx art and …
East Asian Studies
November 12, 2020
The City of Blue and White
Chinese Porcelain and the Early Modern World
Anne Gerritsen
Hosted by Sarah Bramao-Ramos
We think of blue and white porcelain as the ultimate global commodity: throughout East and Southeast Asia, the Indian Ocean including the African coasts, the Americas and Europe, consumers desired …
East Asian Studies
November 11, 2020
Where Dragon Veins Meet
The Kangxi Emperor and His Estate at Rehe
Stephen H. Whiteman
Hosted by Suvi Rautio
In 1702, the second emperor of the Qing dynasty ordered construction of a new summer palace in Rehe (now Chengde, Hebei) to support his annual tours north among the court’s …
Philosophy
November 10, 2020
Games
Agency As Art
C. Thi Nguyen
Hosted by Carrie Figdor
Monopoly, Solitaire, football and Minecraft are all games, but for C. Thi Nguyen they are also an art form – specifically, the art form of agency, our capacity to set …
Art
November 3, 2020
Art Schools and Place
Geographies of Emerging Artists and Art Scenes
Silvie Jacobi
Hosted by Dave O'Brien
What is an art school? In Art Schools and Place: Geographies of Emerging Artists and Art Scenes (Rowman and Littlefield, 2020), Dr Silvie Jacobi, a researcher and head of education …
Art
October 20, 2020
Theory of the Gimmick
Aesthetic Judgment and Capitalist Form
Sianne Ngai
Hosted by Michael Eby
In Theory of the Gimmick: Aesthetic Judgment and Capitalist Form (Harvard University Press, 2020), Sianne Ngai continues her theoretical work of demystifying the vernacular aesthetic categories encountered in late capitalist …
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