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Gender Studies
Philosophy January 20, 2021

Revolutionary Time

On Time and Difference in Kristeva and Irigaray

Fanny Söderbäck

Hosted by Sarah Tyson
What is the relationship between time and sexual difference? Are the categories of linearity and circularity that have so dominated conceptions of time sufficient for the emancipatory aims of feminist …

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Asian Review of Books January 14, 2021

Three Asian Divas

Women, Art and Culture In Shiraz, Delhi and Yangzhou

David Chaffetz

Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
The “diva” is a common trope when we talk about culture. We normally think of the diva as a Western construction: the opera singer, the Broadway actress, the movie star …
Australian and New Zealand Studies January 11, 2021

A Bridge Between

Spanish Benedictine Missionary Women in Australia

Katherine Massam

Hosted by Bede Haines
Katharine Massam's A Bridge Between: Spanish Benedictine Missionary Women in Australia (ANU Press, 2020) is the first book detailing the Benedictine women who worked at New Norcia, examining their life in the …
Islamic Studies January 8, 2021

Say What Your Longing Heart Desires

Women, Prayer and Poetry in Iran

Niloofar Haeri

Hosted by Shobhana Xavier
Say What Your Longing Heart Desires: Women, Prayer & Poetry in Iran (Stanford University Press, 2020) by Niloofar Haeri is a stunning and absorbing ethnography of the lived ritual experiences …
Dan Hill's EQ Spotlight January 7, 2021

Good Guys

How Men Can Be Better Allies for Women in the Workplace

David G. Smith and W. Brad Johnson

Hosted by Dan Hill
Today I talked to David Smith and Brad Johnson about their new book Good Guys: How Men Can Be Better Allies for Women in the Workplace (HBR Press, 2020). This episode addresses …
Gender Studies January 7, 2021

Traffic in Asian Women

Laura Hyun Yi Kang

Hosted by Ann Choi
Can we ever overcome the epistemological barrier to conceptualizing Asian women not as particular cases but as theories, and can women of color academics be heard in this process? This is one …
Popular Culture January 6, 2021

Laura's Ghost

Women Speak about Twin Peaks

Courtenay Stallings

Hosted by Miranda Corcoran
In this episode Miranda Corcoran speaks to Courtenay Stallings about her new book, Laura’s Ghost: Women Speak about Twin Peaks (Fayetteville Mafia Press, 2020). Laura’s Ghost is unique exploration of an iconic …
Mobilities and Methods January 5, 2021

Coming Out to the Streets

LGBTQ Youth Experiencing Homelessness

Brandon Andrew Robinson

Hosted by Alize Arıcan
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) youth are disproportionately represented in the U.S. youth homelessness population. In Coming Out to the Streets, Brandon Andrew Robinson examines their lives.Based on …
History January 4, 2021

Her Neighbor's Wife

A History of Lesbian Desire Within Marriage

Lauren Jae Gutterman

Hosted by Stephen Colbrook
Through interviews, diaries, memoirs, and letters, Her Neighbor's Wife: A History of Lesbian Desire Within Marriage (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019) traces the stories of hundreds of women, like Barbara Kalish, who …
LGBTQ+ Studies January 4, 2021

Female Husbands

A Trans History

Jen Manion

Hosted by Leo Valdes
Long before people identified as transgender or lesbian, there were female husbands and the women who loved them. Female husbands - people assigned female who transed gender, lived as men …
Academic Life December 31, 2020

The Self-Care Stuff: Considering Whether to Stay or Drop Out

A Discussion with Miriam Martin

Miriam Martin

Hosted by Christina Gessler
Welcome to The Academic Life. You are smart and capable, but you aren’t an island, and neither are we. So we reached across our mentor network to bring you podcasts …
Asian Review of Books December 31, 2020

The Baddest Bitch in the Room

A Memoir

Sophia Chang

Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
Enter the Wu-Tang. Return to the 36 Chambers. People listening to these albums by the Wu-Tang Clan and its members likely never knew about Sophia Chang: a Korean-Canadian woman who …
South Asian Studies December 30, 2020

Muscular India

Masculinity, Mobility & the New Middle Class

Michiel Baas

Hosted by Lakshita Malik
The gyms of urban ‘new India’ are intriguing spaces. While they cater largely to well-off clients, these shiny, modern institutions are also vehicles of upward mobility for the trainers and …
Chinese Studies December 29, 2020

Queer Chinese Cultures and Mobilities

Kinship, Migration, and Middle Classes

John Wei

Hosted by Laurie Dickmeyer
John Wei’s book Queer Chinese Cultures and Mobilities: Kinship, Migration, and Middle Classes (Hong Kong University Press, 2020) studies queer cultures and social practices in China and Sinophone Asia. Young …
Sociology December 28, 2020

Diagnosing Desire

Biopolitics and Femininity Into the Twenty-First Century

Alyson K. Spurgas

Hosted by Michael Johnston
In Diagnosing Desire: Biopolitics and Femininity into the Twenty-First Century (The Ohio State University Press, 2020), Alyson K. Spurgas, Ph.D. examines the “new science of female sexuality” from a critical, sociological …
Performing Arts December 28, 2020

My Autobiography of Carson Mccullers

A Memoir

Jenn Shapland

Hosted by Andy Boyd
Jenn Shapland's My Autobiography of Carson McCullers (Tin House Books, 2020) is a fascinating cross-genre book that combines elements of traditional biography with Shapland's own personal narrative of researching McCullers …
Islamic Studies December 24, 2020

The Routledge Handbook of Islam and Gender

Justine Howe

Hosted by Shehnaz Haqqani
The Routledge Handbook of Islam and Gender (Routledge, 2020), edited by Justine Howe, includes an excellent introduction to Islam and gender as well as to the volume and 31 content chapters …
Gender Studies December 23, 2020

Rivers of Light

The Life of Claire Myers Owens

Miriam Kalman Friedman

Hosted by Christina Gessler
Growing up in a conservative, middle-class family in Texas, Claire Myers Owens sought adventure and freedom at an early age. At twenty years old, she left home and quickly found …
History December 23, 2020

Debating Sex and Gender in Eighteenth-Century Spain

Marta V. Vicente

Hosted by Jana Byars
Today’s interview on New Books in History is with Dr. Marta Vicente, Professor of History at the University of Kansas to talk about her 2017 Cambridge University Press release, Debating …
Middle Eastern Studies December 22, 2020

Sacrificial Limbs

Masculinity, Disability, and Political Violence in Turkey

Salih Can Aciksoz

Hosted by Reuben Silverman
Sacrificial Limbs: Masculinity, Disability, and Political Violence in Turkey (University of California Press, 2020) is an exploration of “the ways in which . . .veterans’ gendered and classed experiences of warfare …