History

Ancient History

Ancient History

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Interviews with scholars of ancient history about their new books.

Tara Mulder, "A Womb of One's Own: Lost Histories of Childbirth in Ancient Rome" (U California Press, 2026)

May 16, 2026

A Womb of One's Own

Tara Mulder
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Philip Abbott, "Sounds for a New World: The Christianizing Soundscapes of Late Antiquity" (Oxford UP, 2026)

April 29, 2026

Sounds for a New World

Assistant Professor of Religion Philip Abbott and Philip Abbott
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Arguing History

Arguing History

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Scholarly discussions of controversial historical topics.

Biography & Memoir

Biography & Memoir

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Interviews with biographers and memoirists about their new books.

Shannon McKenna Schmidt, "You Can't Catch Us: Lady Bird Johnson’s Trailblazing 1964 Campaign Train and the Women Who Rode With Her" (Sourcebooks, 2026)

May 10, 2026

You Can't Catch Us

Shannon McKenna Schmidt
Hosted by Jane Scimeca
Diplomatic History

Diplomatic History

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Interviews with scholars of diplomatic history about their new books.

Inken Von Borzyskowski and Felicity Vabulas, "Exit from International Organizations: Costly Negotiation for Institutional Change” (Cambridge UP, 2025)

May 18, 2026

Exit from International Organizations

Inken von Borzyskowski and Felicity Vabulas
Ayşehan Jülide Etem, "Film Diplomacy: A Media History of Turkey-US Relations" (Columbia UP, 2026)

May 16, 2026

Film Diplomacy

Ayşehan Jülide Etem
Hosted by Ailin Zhou
Early Modern History

Early Modern History

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Interviews with scholars of early modern history about their new books.

Paola De Santo, "The Ambassador and the Courtesan: Political Bodies in Renaissance Italy" (U Delaware Press, 2026)

May 2, 2026

The Ambassador and the Courtesan

Paola De Santo
Hosted by Jana Byars
Economic and Business History

Economic and Business History

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Interviews with scholars of economic and business history about their new books.

Alice von Bieberstein, "Temptations in Ruin: Sovereign Accumulation and the Making of Post-Genocide Turkey" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2025)

May 17, 2026

Temptations in Ruin

Alice von Bieberstein
Hosted by Armanc Yildiz
Gerald F. Davis, "Taming Corporate Power in the 21st Century" (Cambridge UP, 2022)

May 16, 2026

Taming Corporate Power in the 21st Century

Gerald F. Davis
Hosted by Alfred Marcus
General History

General History

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Interviews with historians about their new books.

In the Midst of Civilized Europe: The Pogroms of 1918-1921 and the Onset of the Holocaust

May 18, 2026

In the Midst of Civilized Europe

Jeffrey Veidlinger in conversation with Steven Zipperstein
Hosted by YIVO Institute
Evan N. Dawley, "Taiwan: A People′s History" (Reaktion Books, 2026)

May 18, 2026

Taiwan

Evan N. Dawley
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Intellectual History

Intellectual History

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Interviews with intellectual historians about their new books.

Carlos Martins, "Fascism: Beyond Hitler and Mussolini" (Desassossego, 2022)

May 18, 2026

Fascismos

Carlos Martins
Hosted by Joe Williams
Paul Stob, "Empire of Skulls: Phrenology, the Fowler Family, and a New Nation's Quest to Unlock the Secrets of the Mind" (Counterpoint Publishing, 2026)

May 15, 2026

Empire of Skulls

Paul Stob
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Late Antiquity

Late Antiquity

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Interviews with authors of books about Late Antiquity. Sponsored by Ancient Jew Review.

Ishay Rosen-Zvi, "How to Read Mishnah and Midrash: An Introduction to Early Rabbinic Literature" (U California Press, 2026)

May 11, 2026

How to Read Mishnah and Midrash

Ishay Rosen-Zvi translated by Daniel Tabak
Hosted by Michael Motia
Philip Abbott, "Sounds for a New World: The Christianizing Soundscapes of Late Antiquity" (Oxford UP, 2026)

April 29, 2026

Sounds for a New World

Assistant Professor of Religion Philip Abbott and Philip Abbott
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Medieval History

Medieval History

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Interviews with scholars of medieval history about their new books.

Michelle P. Brown, "Illumino: A History of Medieval Britain in Twelve Illuminated Manuscripts" (Reaktion, 2025)

May 3, 2026

Illumino

Michelle P. Brown
D. Vance Smith, "Atlas’s Bones: The African Foundations of Europe" (U Chicago Press, 2025)

May 2, 2026

Atlas's Bones

D. Vance Smith
Military History

Military History

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Interviews with scholars of military history about their new books.

David Eisler, "Writing Wars: Authorship and American War Fiction, WWI to Present" (U Iowa Press, 2022)

May 17, 2026

Writing Wars

David F. Eisler
Hosted by John Armenta
Silvia Danielak, "Peace Infrastructures: How UN Peace Operations Build Roads, Bridges, and Solar Farms in the Pursuit of Sustainability" (MIT Press, 2026)

May 15, 2026

Peace Infrastructures

Silvia Danielak
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Revolutionary America

Revolutionary America

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Interviews with authors and scholars of revolutionary America.

Women's History

Women's History

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Interviews with scholars of women's history about their new books.

Tara Mulder, "A Womb of One's Own: Lost Histories of Childbirth in Ancient Rome" (U California Press, 2026)

May 16, 2026

A Womb of One's Own

Tara Mulder
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler’s Ghettos

May 13, 2026

The Light of Days

Judy Batalion
Hosted by YIVO Institute