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Japanese Studies September 30, 2022

Okinawan Women's Stories of Migration

From War Brides to Issei

Johanna O. Zulueta

Hosted by Jingyi Li
The phenomenon of “war brides” from Japan moving to the West has been quite widely discussed, but this book tells the stories of women whose lives followed a rather different …

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Canadian Studies September 28, 2022

The Women Who Transformed the National Gallery of Canada

A Discussion with Diana Nemiroff

Diana Nemiroff

Hosted by Greg Marchildon
Greg Marchildon interviews Diana Nemiroff. As a former curator of contemporary and modern art at the National Gallery of Canada and former director of the Carleton University Art Gallery, and …
Women's History September 28, 2022

Wings of Gold

The Story of the First Women Naval Aviators

Beverly Weintraub

Hosted by Jane Scimeca
On Feb. 2, 2019, the skies over Maynardville, Tennessee, filled with the roar of four F/A-18F Super Hornets streaking overhead in close formation. In each aircraft were two young female …
Critical Theory September 28, 2022

Organize, Fight, Win

Black Communist Women's Political Writing

Charisse Burden-Stelly and Jodi Dean

Hosted by Catriona Gold
Black Communist women throughout the early to mid-twentieth century fought for and led mass campaigns in the service of building collective power in the fight for liberation. Through concrete materialist …
Popular Culture September 27, 2022

Listen, World!

How the Intrepid Elsie Robinson Became America's Most-Read Woman

Julia Scheeres and Allison Gilbert

Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan
Together, bestselling author Julia Scheeres and award-winning journalist Allison Gilbert have written Listen, World!: How the Intrepid Elsie Robinson Became America's Most-Read Woman (Seal Press, 2022), the first biography of Elsie Robinson …
History of Science September 26, 2022

Gender, Embodiment, and the History of the Scholarly Persona

Incarnations and Contestations

Kirsti Niskanen and Michael J. Barany

Hosted by Victor Monnin
In Gender, Embodiment, and the History of the Scholarly Persona. Incarnations and Contestations (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021), Professors Kirsti Niskanen and Michael J. Barany present a rich collection of essays on …
General History September 23, 2022

Long Days, Short Years

A Cultural History of Modern Parenting

Andrew Bomback

Hosted by Deidre Tyler
When did "parenting" become a verb? Why is it so hard to parent, and so rife with the possibility of failure? Sitcom families of the past--the Cleavers, the Bradys, the …
Gender Studies September 21, 2022

The Goddess Myth in Contemporary Literature and Popular Culture

A Feminist Critique

Mary J. Magoulick

Hosted by Iqra Shagufta Cheema
Goddess characters are revered as feminist heroes in the popular media of many cultures. However, these goddess characters often prove to be less promising and more regressive than most people …
Sports September 21, 2022

Never Say Die

The Hundred-Year Overnight Success of Australian Women's Football

Fiona Crawford and Lee McGowan

Hosted by Keith Rathbone
Today we are joined by two guests: Dr. Fiona Crawford, a writer, editor, and researcher whose work engages with social, environmental, and sports. Dr. Crawford writes for a range of …
African American Studies September 16, 2022

Buy Black

How Black Women Transformed US Pop Culture

Aria S. Halliday

Hosted by Mickell Carter
Buy Black: How Black Women Transformed US Pop Culture (U Illinois Press, 2022) examines the role American Black women play in Black consumption in the US and worldwide, with …
Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work September 13, 2022

Rape by the Numbers

Producing and Contesting Scientific Knowledge about Sexual Violence

Ethan Czuy Levine

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Science plays a substantial, though under-acknowledged, role in shaping popular understandings of rape. Statistical figures like “1 in 4 women have experienced completed or attempted rape” are central for raising …
Jewish Studies September 13, 2022

Dirshuni

Contemporary Women's Midrash

Tamar Biala

Hosted by Matthew Miller
Dirshuni: Contemporary Women's Midrash (Brandeis UP, 2022), is the first-ever English edition of a historic collection of midrashim composed by Israeli women, which has been long-anticipated by multiple American audiences …
Think About It September 12, 2022

Courtney B. Hodrick and Amir Eshel on Hannah Arendt's "Rachel Varnhagen: The Life of a Jewish Woman"

Book Talk 55

Courtney Blair Hodrick and Amir Eshel

Hosted by Uli Baer
Hannah Arendt said that she had one life-long “best friend.” That was Rachel Varnhagen, a Jewish woman who lived in Enlightenment-era Berlin around 1800 and died 73 years before Arendt …
Women's History September 12, 2022

Workers Like All the Rest of Them

Domestic Service and the Rights of Labor in Twentieth-Century Chile

Elizabeth Quay Hutchison

Hosted by Jennifer Davis Cline
Leah Cargin (Ph.D student, University of Oklahoma) speaks with Elizabeth Quay Hutchison (Professor, University of New Mexico) about Hutchison’s recent book, Workers Like All the Rest of Them: Domestic Service …
Biography September 12, 2022

Empress Eugenie: A Footnote History

A Footnote History, 1826-1920

Joanne Watson

Hosted by Nathan Moore
Empress Eugenie: A Footnote History, 1826-1920 (Grosvenor House, 2022) is the story of the glamorous French Empress who escaped from a vengeful mob in 1870 and spent the next fifty …
General History September 9, 2022

Atlantic Piracy in the Early Nineteenth Century

The Shocking Story of the Pirates and the Survivors of the Morning Star

Sarah Craze

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
The pirate attack on the British brig Morning Star, en route from Ceylon to London, near Ascension Island in 1828 was one of the most shocking episodes of piracy in …
General History September 8, 2022

High-Risk Feminism in Colombia

Women's Mobilization in Violent Contexts

Julia Margaret Zulver

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
In High-Risk Feminism in Colombia: Women's Mobilization in Violent Contexts (Rutgers University Press, 2022), Dr. Julia Zulver documents the experiences of grassroots women’s organizations that united to demand gender justice …
Music September 7, 2022

Her Country

How the Women of Country Music Became the Success They Were Never Supposed to Be

Marissa R. Moss

Hosted by Bradley Morgan
It was only two decades ago, but, for the women of country music, 1999 seems like an entirely different universe. With Shania Twain, country's biggest award winner and star, and …
Women's History September 7, 2022

Equal Partners

Improving Gender Equality at Home

Kate Mangino

Hosted by Jane Scimeca
From gender expert and professional facilitator Kate Mangino comes Equal Partners: Improving Gender Equality at Home (St. Martin’s Press, 2022), an informed guide about how we can all collectively work …
Popular Culture September 1, 2022

Buy Black

How Black Women Transformed US Pop Culture

Aria S. Halliday

Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan
In Buy Black: How Black Women Transformed US Pop Culture (University of Illinois Press, 2022), Aria Halliday negotiates the line between "sell out" and "for us, by us," exploring how Black women cultural …