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Japanese Studies
August 5, 2022
Middlemen of Modernity
Local Elites and Agricultural Development in Meiji Japan
Christopher Craig
Hosted by
Ran Zwigenberg
Christopher Craig’s Middlemen of Modernity: Local Elites and Agricultural Development in Meiji Japan (U Hawaii Press, 2021) is a thoroughly research and engaging study of the role of local elites …
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Grinnell College: Authors and Artists
August 1, 2022
Tasting Paradise on Earth
Jiangnan Foodways
Jin Feng
Hosted by
Marshall Poe
Today I talked to Jin Feng of Grinnell College about her fascinating book Tasting Paradise on Earth: Jiangnan Foodways (U Washington Press, 2019). Preparing and consuming food is an integral part …
On Religion
July 29, 2022
On Tibetan Buddhist Vegetarianism
A Discussion with Geoffrey Barstow
Geoffrey Barstow
Hosted by
Gregory Soden
Dr. Geoffrey Barstow is assistant professor of religious studies at Oregon State University. His research focuses on the history and theory of vegetarianism in Tibet. He is the editor and …
Food
July 18, 2022
Food Discourse of Celebrity Chefs of Food Network
Kelsi Matwick and Keri Matwick
Hosted by
Carrie Helms Tippen
Kelsi Matwick and Keri Matwick's book Food Discourse of Celebrity Chefs of Food Network (Palgrave MacMillan, 2019) explores a fascinating, yet virtually unexplored research area: the language of food used on …
East Asian Studies
July 14, 2022
Milk Craze
Body, Science, and Hope in China
Veronica S. W. Mak
Hosted by
Nathan Hopson
Veronika Mak’s Milk Craze: Body, Science, and Hope in China (U of Hawaii Press, 2021) mixes historical and ethnographic research on milk to understand the morality politics of class, labor, and identity …
Food
July 14, 2022
Baking, Bourbon, and Black Drink
Foodways Archaeology in the American Southeast
Tanya M. Peres and Aaron Deter-Wolf
Hosted by
Carrie Helms Tippen
Understanding and explaining societal rules surrounding food and foodways have been the foci of anthropological studies since the early days of the discipline. Baking, Bourbon, and Black Drink: Foodways Archaeology …
On Religion
July 7, 2022
On 'Just Enough,' Oryoki, and Japanese Cooking
A Discussion with Gesshin Claire Greenwood
Gesshin Claire Greenwood
Hosted by
Gregory Soden
Gesshin Claire Greenwood is the author of Bow First, Ask Questions Later and the popular blog That’s So Zen. She trained in Japanese Zen monasteries, including in the kitchen, for …
High Theory
July 4, 2022
Biscuit Art
A Discussion with Ella Hawkins
Ella Hawkins
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Kim Adams and Saronik Bosu
Ella Hawkins talks about the biscuits she makes, inspired by her research on Elizabethan dress, and on everything from William Morris wallpapers to TV shows like Outlander and Game of …
Food
June 29, 2022
Edible Insects
A Global History
Gina Louise Hunter
Hosted by
Amir Sayadabdi
From grasshoppers to grubs, an eye-opening look at insect cuisine around the world. An estimated two billion people worldwide regularly consume insects, yet bugs are rarely eaten in the West …
Italian Studies
June 23, 2022
Pasta, Pizza and Propaganda
A Political History of Italian Food TV
Francesco Buscemi
Hosted by
Miranda Melcher
The three protagonists of Pasta, Pizza and Propaganda: A Political History of Italian Food TV (Intellect, 2022) are food, television and politics. These are the three main characters that interrelate …
Food
June 22, 2022
Food Instagram
Identity, Influence, and Negotiation
Emily J. H. Contois and Zenia Kish
Hosted by
Amir Sayadabdi
Image by image and hashtag by hashtag, Instagram has redefined the ways we relate to food. Emily J. H. Contois and Zenia Kish edit contributions that explore the massively popular …
Latino Studies
June 17, 2022
A Place at the Nayarit
How a Mexican Restaurant Nourished a Community
Natalia Molina
Hosted by
Ari Barbalat
In 1951, Doña Natalia Barraza opened the Nayarit, a Mexican restaurant in Echo Park, Los Angeles. With A Place at the Nayarit: How a Mexican Restaurant Nourished a Community (U California …
On Religion
June 17, 2022
On Religion, Food, and Eating in America
A Discussion with Nora Rubel and Ben Zeller
Nora Rubel and Ben Zeller
Hosted by
Gregory Soden
Dr. Nora Rubel is the Jane and Alan Batkin Professor of Jewish Studies and Chair of the Department of Religion and Classics at the University of Rochester in New York …
On Religion
June 16, 2022
On Buddhism, Adventures, and Cooking Ethics
A Discussion with Eric Ripert
Eric Ripert
Hosted by
Gregory Soden
Eric Ripert is chef and co-owner of Le Bernardin on 7th Avenue in Manhattan’s Theater District, author of the autobiography 32 Yolks: From My Mother’s Table to Working the Line …
Disability Studies
June 10, 2022
Food Allergy Advocacy
Parenting and the Politics of Care
Danya Glabau
Hosted by
Autumn Wilke
A detailed exploration of parents' fight for a safe environment for their kids, interrogating how race, class, and gender shape health advocacy The success of food allergy activism in highlighting …
Sociology
June 3, 2022
School Farms
Feeding and Educating Children
Alshimaa Aboelmakarem Farag, Samaa Badawi, and Gurpinder Lalli
Hosted by
Rituparna Patgiri
School Farms: Feeding and Educating Children (Routledge, 2021) highlights the potential of school farms to fight hunger and malnutrition by providing access to locally produced, fresh, and healthy food as …
Economic and Business History
May 31, 2022
Building a Housewife's Paradise
Gender, Politics, and American Grocery Stores in the Twentieth Century
Tracey Deutsch
Hosted by
Paula De La Cruz-Fernández
The title of the book that we are introducing today is Building a Housewife's Paradise Gender, Politics, and American Grocery Stores in the Twentieth Century. This is not a new …
Environmental Studies
May 30, 2022
Economic Poisoning
Industrial Waste and the Chemicalization of American Agriculture
Adam M. Romero
Hosted by
Eyad Houssami
The toxicity of pesticides to the environment and humans is often framed as an unfortunate effect of their benefits to agricultural production. In Economic Poisoning: Industrial Waste and the Chemicalization …
Anthropology
May 30, 2022
Genetically Modified Democracy
Transgenic Crops in Contemporary India
Aniket Aga
Hosted by
Sneha Annavarapu
How the debate over genetically modified crops in India is transforming science and politics. Genetically modified or transgenic crops are controversial across the world. Advocates see such crops as crucial …
High Theory
May 30, 2022
Modernist Mushrooms
A Discussion with Shalini Sengupta
Shalini Sengupta
Hosted by
Kim Adams and Saronik Bosu
Shalini Sengupta thinks together ‘the mycological turn’ in the humanities and the narrative and aesthetic work that mushrooms do in some modernist literature. She draws from Anna Tsing’s The Mushroom …
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