Scholarly Communication

Scholarly Communication

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The podcast about how knowledge gets known.

How Girls Achieve

October 1, 2026

How Girls Achieve

Sally Nuamah

How Girls Achieve points out a simple and overlooked truth: most schools never had girls in mind to begin with. That is why the world needs what Dr. S…

Librarians as Researchers: Developing Our Scholarly Identities with Paul C. Campbell and Sarah Nagle

September 28, 2026

Librarians as Researchers

Paul C. Campbell and Sarah Nagle
Hosted by Michael LaMagna

Librarians as Researchers: Developing Our Scholarly Identity (Bloomsbury, 2025) edited by Paul C. Campbell and Sarah Nagle is designed to empower libr…

Mary Beth Weber and Melissa De Fino, "Library Technical Services: Future Forward" (Bloomsbury, 2025)

September 21, 2026

Library Technical Services

Mary Beth Weber and Melissa De Fino
Hosted by Michael LaMagna

Library Technical Services: Future Forward (Bloomsbury, 2025) edited by Mary Beth Weber and Melissa De Fino looks at the future of technical services …

Laura Portwood-Stacer, "The Book Proposal Book: A Guide for Scholarly Authors" (Princeton UP, 2021)

September 17, 2026

The Book Proposal Book

Laura Portwood-Stacer

Whether you’re hoping to publish your first book or you’re a seasoned author with an unfinished proposal languishing on your hard drive, The Book Prop…

Ciara Breathnach, "Absence in the Archives" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

September 13, 2026

Absence in the Archives

Ciara Breathnach
Hosted by Aidan Beatty

Ciara Breathnach is Professor of Irish Gender History at University College Cork. She has published widely on Irish socio-economic, gender, cultural a…

Donald A. Barclay, "The Reinvention of the U.S. Academic Library: 1990 to 2025" (Bloomsbury, 2025)

September 13, 2026

The Reinvention of the U.S. Academic Library

Donald A. Barclay
Hosted by Michael LaMagna

Focusing on U.S. academic libraries, The Reinvention of the U.S. Academic Library: 1990 – 2025 (2025, Bloomsbury) provides a concise history of the tr…

The Grant Writing Guide: A Road Map for Scholars

September 3, 2026

The Grant Writing Guide

Betty S. Lai

The Grant Writing Guide: A Road Map for Scholars (Princeton UP, 2023) is an essential handbook for writing fundable grants. This easy-to-use guide fea…

How to Write a Book Proposal and Make Your Manuscript Work with Laura Portwood-Stacer

August 26, 2026

How to Write a Book Proposal and Make Your Manuscript Work

Laura Portwood-Stacer
Hosted by Sarah Russo

Are you a scholar sitting on a manuscript that you think could be a book — but you have no idea where to start? In this episode of The Publishing Play…

Linda Williams and eds. Christine Gledhill et al., "Melodrama As Provocateur" (Duke UP, 2026)

August 14, 2026

Melodrama As Provocateur

Linda Williams and Edited By Christine Gledhill, Laura Horak, and Elisabeth R Anker
Hosted by Alix Beeston

The centerpiece of Melodrama as Provocateur (Duke UP, 2026) is an essay by Linda Williams (1946–2025). Williams was Professor of Film Studies and Rhet…

In The Scholar’s Workshop: Hidden Histories of Collaboration and Authorship

August 6, 2026

In the Scholar’s Workshop

Ann Blair

For centuries, many of the world’s most influential thinkers relied on helpers who performed tasks such as taking dictation, correcting, indexing, com…

The YIVO Library in New York: Personal Reflections on Its History and Collections

July 31, 2026

The YIVO Library in New York

Zachary M. Baker
Hosted by YIVO Institute

In the mid-1930s a group of New York Yiddishist intellectuals established the Central Jewish Library and Press Archive, whose collections became the n…

Lisa Blaydes and Samuel Helfont eds., "Ba‘thist Iraq Through Archives: Reflections, Explorations, and Opportunities" (Stanford UP, 2026)

July 29, 2026

Ba‘thist Iraq Through Archives

Lisa Blaydes and Samuel Helfont
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

The opening of Iraq's Ba'th Party archives revolutionized the study of Iraqi politics and history, offering scholars unprecedented access to the i…

Siri Carpenter on Why She Self-Published First — and How It Led to a Traditional Book Deal

July 29, 2026

Why Self-Publish First?

Siri Carpenter
Hosted by Sarah Russo

What does it take to turn a self-published book into a traditional publishing deal? Science writer Siri Carpenter — executive director of The Open Not…

New Trends in YIVO Scholarship

July 27, 2026

New Trends in YIVO Scholarship

William Pimlott, Kamil Kijek, Nicolas Vallois and Jessica Kirzane
Hosted by YIVO Institute

Since 1925, the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research has been a pioneer in the field of Jewish studies. At the core of YIVO since its founding was its c…

Audio and Ideas, Panel #4

July 8, 2026

Audio and Ideas, Panel #4

Jody Avirgan, Sara McCrea, Caleb Zakarin, and Julia Barton

This is a special edition of the New York Institute for the Humanities’ Vault podcast. On May 13, 2026, Princeton’s Center for Human Values hosted a d…

Audio and Ideas Panel #3

July 3, 2026

Audio and Ideas Panel #3

Allison Carruth and Ellen Horne

This is a special edition of the New York Institute for the Humanities’ Vault podcast. On May 13, 2026, Princeton’s Center for Human Values hosted a d…

Introducing Periodically: A UC Press Journals Podcast with Journals Director David Famiano

June 25, 2026

Introducing Periodically

David Famiano
Hosted by Jessica Chesnutt

1. A complete list of University of California Press journals is available at UC Press Journals 2. Clare E. B. Cannon; Advancing sustainable transit…

What Running Your Own Imprint for 15 Years Teaches You about Books, Readers, and Risk with Sarah Crichton

June 24, 2026

What Running Your Own Imprint for 15 Years Teaches You about Books, Readers, and Risk

Sarah Crichton
Hosted by Sarah Russo

Great books don't happen by accident. Sarah Crichton, one of publishing's most respected voices and the founder of Sarah Crichton Books at FSG, joins…

Audio and Ideas: Exploring the Possibilities for Scholarly Podcasting, Panel #2

June 21, 2026

Audio and Ideas, Panel #2

Chenjerai Kumanyika, Vinson Cunningham, and Julia Barton

This is a special edition of the New York Institute for the Humanities’ Vault podcast. On May 13, 2026, Princeton’s Center for Human Values hosted a d…

Janani Balasubramanian and Natalie Gosnell, "Art-Science Undisciplined: A Playbook for Transformative Collaboration" (U California Press, 2026)

May 30, 2026

Art-Science Undisciplined

Janani Balasubramanian and Natalie Gosnell
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

Art-Science Undisciplined invites us into a collaborative journey grounded in mutual exploration and transformation. Moving beyond transactional excha…