History

Ancient History

Ancient History

episodes

Interviews with scholars of ancient history about their new books.

Daisy Dunn, "The Missing Thread: How Women Shaped the Course of Ancient History" (Viking, 2024)

July 26, 2024

The Missing Thread

Daisy Dunn
Travis B. Williams, "History and Memory in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Remembering the Teacher of Righteousness" (Cambridge UP, 2019)

July 24, 2024

History and Memory in the Dead Sea Scrolls

Travis B. Williams
Hosted by Ari Barbalat
Arguing History

Arguing History

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Scholarly discussions of controversial historical topics.

The Idea of "Central Europe" from Naumann to Kundera

November 24, 2023

The Idea of "Central Europe" from Naumann to Kundera

Martyn Rady and Alexander Watson
Hosted by Charles Coutinho
The Gaza War in Military-Historical Perspective

October 16, 2023

The Gaza War in Military-Historical Perspective

Jeremy Black
Hosted by Charles Coutinho
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Biography

Biography

episodes

Interviews with memoirists and biographers about their new books.

Naomi Westerman, "Happy Death Club: Essays on Death, Grief, and Bereavement Across Cultures" (404 Inklings, 2024)

July 26, 2024

Happy Death Club

Naomi Westerman
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
David Burke, "The Puppet Masters: How MI6 Masterminded Ireland's Deepest State Crisis" (Mercier Press, 2024)

July 25, 2024

The Puppet Masters

David Burke
Hosted by Ari Barbalat
Diplomatic History

Diplomatic History

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Interviews with scholars of diplomatic history about their new books.

Tiffany Gill, "To Turn the Whole World Over: Black Women and Internationalism" (U Illinois Press, 2019)

July 21, 2024

To Turn the Whole World Over

Keisha Blain and Tiffany Gill
Jacob Lee, "Masters of the Middle Waters: Indian Nations and Colonial Ambitions Along the Mississippi" (Harvard UP, 2019)

July 16, 2024

Masters of the Middle Waters

Jacob Lee
Hosted by Ryan Tripp
Early Modern History

Early Modern History

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

Michael J. Douma, "The Slow Death of Slavery in Dutch New York: A Cultural, Economic, and Demographic History, 1700-1827" (Cambridge UP, 2024)

July 20, 2024

The Slow Death of Slavery in Dutch New York

Michael J. Douma
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
Pekka Hämäläinen, "Lakota America: A New History of Indigenous Power" (Yale UP, 2019)

July 20, 2024

Lakota America

Pekka Hämäläinen
Economic and Business History

Economic and Business History

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

Mark Baker, "Pivot of China: Spatial Politics and Inequality in Modern Zhengzhou" (Harvard UP, 2024)

July 24, 2024

Pivot of China

Mark Baker
Hosted by Huiying Chen
Anton Howes, "Arts and Minds: How the Royal Society of Arts Changed a Nation" (Princeton UP, 2020)

July 22, 2024

Arts and Minds

Anton Howes
Hosted by Matthew Jordan
General History

General History

episodes

Interviews with historians about their new books.

Daisy Dunn, "The Missing Thread: How Women Shaped the Course of Ancient History" (Viking, 2024)

July 26, 2024

The Missing Thread

Daisy Dunn
Sonia-Doris Andras, "The Women of 'Little Paris': Women’s Fashion in Interwar Bucharest" (Bloomsbury, 2024)

July 26, 2024

The Women of 'Little Paris'

Sonia-Doris Andras
Hosted by Roland Clark
Intellectual History

Intellectual History

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Interviews with intellectual historians about their new books.

Hannah Freed-Thall, "Modernism at the Beach: Queer Ecologies and the Coastal Commons" (Columbia UP, 2023)

July 25, 2024

Modernism at the Beach

Hannah Freed-Thall
Medieval History

Medieval History

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Interviews with scholars of medieval history about their new books.

Nancy M. Bradbury, "Rival Wisdoms: Reading Proverbs in the Canterbury Tales" (Penn State UP, 2024)

July 23, 2024

Rival Wisdoms

Nancy M. Bradbury
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Anthony Kaldellis, "The New Roman Empire: A History of Byzantium" (Oxford UP, 2024)

July 20, 2024

The New Roman Empire

Anthony Kaldellis
Hosted by Charles Coutinho
Military History

Military History

episodes

Interviews with scholars of military history about their new books.

Austin Knuppe, "Surviving the Islamic State: Contention, Cooperation, and Neutrality in Wartime Iraq" (Columbia UP, 2024)

July 26, 2024

Surviving the Islamic State

Austin Knuppe
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Tim Sweijs and Jeffrey H. Michaels, "Beyond Ukraine: Debating the Future of War" (Oxford UP, 2024)

July 26, 2024

Beyond Ukraine

Tim Sweijs and Jeffrey H. Michaels
Women's History

Women's History

episodes

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

Daisy Dunn, "The Missing Thread: How Women Shaped the Course of Ancient History" (Viking, 2024)

July 26, 2024

The Missing Thread

Daisy Dunn
Sonia-Doris Andras, "The Women of 'Little Paris': Women’s Fashion in Interwar Bucharest" (Bloomsbury, 2024)

July 26, 2024

The Women of 'Little Paris'

Sonia-Doris Andras
Hosted by Roland Clark