Peoples & Places

African Studies

African Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Africa about their new books.

Tania Sengupta and Stuart King eds., "Reclaiming Colonial Architecture" (Routledge, 2024)

June 9, 2026

Reclaiming Colonial Architecture

Tania Sengupta and Stuart King eds
Hosted by Matt Wells
Delia Duong Ba Wendel, "Rwanda's Genocide Heritage: Between Justice and Sovereignty" (Duke UP, 2025)

June 5, 2026

Rwanda's Genocide Heritage

DELIA DUONG BA. WENDEL
Hosted by Kelly McFall
African American Studies

African American Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of African American and Black studies about their new books.

American Politics

American Politics

episodes

Interviews with scholars of American politics about their new books.

“America’s Founding Son”: Author & Musician Bob Crawford on the Life of John Quincy Adams

June 11, 2026

“America’s Founding Son”

Moderated by Brian McCarthy
Hosted by Max Rudin
Karine Premont and Christopher J. Devine eds., "Second in Command: Reevaluating the Role of Vice Presidents and Running Mates in Modern American Politics" (U Michigan Press, 2026)

June 11, 2026

Second in Command

Karine Prémont and Christopher J. Devine
Hosted by Lilly Goren
American Studies

American Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of America about their new books.

“America’s Founding Son”: Author & Musician Bob Crawford on the Life of John Quincy Adams

June 11, 2026

“America’s Founding Son”

Moderated by Brian McCarthy
Hosted by Max Rudin
Karine Premont and Christopher J. Devine eds., "Second in Command: Reevaluating the Role of Vice Presidents and Running Mates in Modern American Politics" (U Michigan Press, 2026)

June 11, 2026

Second in Command

Karine Prémont and Christopher J. Devine
Hosted by Lilly Goren
American South

American South

episodes

Interviews with scholars of the American South about their new books.

American West

American West

episodes

Interviews with scholars of the American West about their new books.

Javier Arbona-Homar, "Explosivity: Following What Remains" (U Minnesota Press, 2025)

June 8, 2026

Explosivity

Javier Arbona-Homar
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Robert B. Marks, "Deep Time in the Mono Lake Basin: Nature and History Over the Last 10,000 Years" (U California Press, 2026)

June 7, 2026

Deep Time in the Mono Lake Basin

Robert B. Marks
Hosted by Stephen Hausmann
Asian American Studies

Asian American Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Asian America about about their new books.

The Diasporic Hindu Right with Savera

June 8, 2026

The Diasporic Hindu Right with Savera

Prachi Patankar and Ram Vishwanathan
Julie J. Park, "Race, Class, and Affirmative Action: College Admissions in a New Era" (Harvard Education Press, 2026)

May 31, 2026

Race, Class, and Affirmative Action

Julie J. Park
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
Australian and New Zealand Studies

Australian and New Zealand Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Australia and New Zealand about their new books.

Mardi Reardon-Smith, "Making Do: Conservation Ethics and Ecological Care in Australia" (Stanford UP, 2025)

June 10, 2026

Making Do

Mardi Reardon-Smith
Hosted by Amisah Bakuri
Geraldine Fela, "Critical Care: Nurses on the Frontline of Australia's AIDS Crisis" (UNSW Press, 2024)

June 3, 2026

Critical Care

Geraldine Fela
Hosted by Hannah Forsyth
British Studies

British Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of the United Kingdom about their new books.

Brexit Britain: 10 Years on from the Referendum

June 9, 2026

Brexit Britain

Maria Sobolewska, Charlotte Galpin and Monika Brusenbauch Meislova
Hosted by Tim Haughton
Canadian Studies

Canadian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Canada about their new books.

Gabriel S. Estrada, "Queer Indigenous Cinemas: Sovereign Genders from Seven Directions" (U Arizona Press, 2026)

April 13, 2026

Queer Indigenous Cinemas

Gabriel S. Estrada
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
Allan Greer, "Canada in the Age of Rum" (McGill-Queen's UP, 2026)

March 31, 2026

Canada in the Age of Rum

Allan Greer
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Caribbean Studies

Caribbean Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of the Caribbean about their new books.

Don Thomas Deere, "The Invention of Order: On the Coloniality of Space" (Duke UP, 2026)

June 11, 2026

The Invention of Order

Don Thomas Deere
Justin F Jackson, "The Work of Empire: War, Occupation, and the Making of American Colonialism in Cuba and the Philippines" (UNC Press, 2025)

June 10, 2026

The Work of Empire

Justin F Jackson
Hosted by Jack Werner
Central Asian Studies

Central Asian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Central Asia about their new books.

Stephen F. Jones, "The First Social Democracy: The Democratic Republic of Georgia, 1918–1921" (Harvard UP, 2026)

April 21, 2026

The First Social Democracy

Stephen F. Jones
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Chinese Studies

Chinese Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of China about their new books.

Michael Dillon, "Shanghai: The Story of China's Most Dynamic City" (Yale UP, 2026)

June 9, 2026

Shanghai

Michael Dillon
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Eileen Otis, "Walmart: Made in China" (Stanford UP, 2026)

June 6, 2026

Walmart

Eileen Otis
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
East Asian Studies

East Asian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of East Asia about their new books.

Michael Dillon, "Shanghai: The Story of China's Most Dynamic City" (Yale UP, 2026)

June 9, 2026

Shanghai

Michael Dillon
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Eileen Otis, "Walmart: Made in China" (Stanford UP, 2026)

June 6, 2026

Walmart

Eileen Otis
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Eastern European Studies

Eastern European Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Eastern Europe about their new books.

Tania Sengupta and Stuart King eds., "Reclaiming Colonial Architecture" (Routledge, 2024)

June 9, 2026

Reclaiming Colonial Architecture

Tania Sengupta and Stuart King eds
Hosted by Matt Wells
David Petruccelli, "A Scourge of Humanity: The Origins of Interpol and the End of Empire in Central and Eastern Europe" (Oxford UP, 2025)

May 31, 2026

A Scourge of Humanity

David Petruccelli
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
European Politics

European Politics

episodes

Interview with scholars of modern European politics about their new books.

Brexit Britain: 10 Years on from the Referendum

June 9, 2026

Brexit Britain

Maria Sobolewska, Charlotte Galpin and Monika Brusenbauch Meislova
Hosted by Tim Haughton
Andrew Demshuk, "The Filthiest Village in Europe: Grassroots Ecology and the Collapse of East Germany" (Cornell UP, 2026)

May 30, 2026

The Filthiest Village in Europe

Andrew Demshuk
Hosted by Jenna Pittman
French Studies

French Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of France about their new books.

Joanna Stalnaker, "The Rest Is Silence: Enlightenment Philosophers Facing Death" (Yale UP, 2025)

June 9, 2026

The Rest Is Silence

Joanna Stalnaker
German Studies

German Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Germany about their new books.

Matti Friedman, "Out of the Sky: Heroism and Rebirth in Nazi Europe" (Spiegel & Grau, 2026)

June 9, 2026

Out of the Sky

Matti Friedman
Hosted by Renee Garfinkel
Sarah M. Cushman et al eds., "The Routledge Handbook to Auschwitz-Birkenau" (Routledge, 2026)

June 7, 2026

The Routledge Handbook to Auschwitz-Birkenau

Sarah M. Cushman, Joanne Pettitt, and Dominic Williams
Hosted by Kelly McFall
Iberian Studies

Iberian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Iberia about their new books

India Studies

India Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of India about their new books.

The Diasporic Hindu Right with Savera

June 8, 2026

The Diasporic Hindu Right with Savera

Prachi Patankar and Ram Vishwanathan
Rahul Mukherjee, "Unlimited: Aspirational Politics and Mobile Media Distribution" (MIT Press, 2026)

June 2, 2026

Unlimited

Rahul Mukherjee
Hosted by Priyam Sinha
Indian Ocean World

Indian Ocean World

episodes

Interviews with scholars of the Indian Ocean World about their new books.

Shyam Ranganathan, "Moral Philosophy and De-Colonialism: The Irrationality of Oppression" (Bloomsbury Academic, 2026)

May 21, 2026

Moral Philosophy and De-Colonialism

Shyam Ranganathan
Hosted by Raj Balkaran
Robert Rouphail, "Cyclonic Lives in an Indian Ocean World: Environment, Disaster, and Identity in Modern Mauritius" (Ohio UP, 2026)

May 18, 2026

Cyclonic Lives in an Indian Ocean World

Robert M. Rouphail
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Indigenous Studies

Indigenous Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Indigenous Studies about their new books.

Mardi Reardon-Smith, "Making Do: Conservation Ethics and Ecological Care in Australia" (Stanford UP, 2025)

June 10, 2026

Making Do

Mardi Reardon-Smith
Hosted by Amisah Bakuri
Kenna Neitch, "A Praxis of Persistence: Central American Feminist Testimony and Sustainable Activism" (SUNY Press, 2026)

June 1, 2026

A Praxis of Persistence

Kenna Neitch
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Iranian Studies

Iranian Studies

episodes

Interviews with authors about their new books in Iranian and Persian studies.

Robert Templer, "The Shah's Party: And the Iranian Revolution That Followed (Hurst, 2026)

June 11, 2026

The Shah's Party

Robert Templer
Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
Homa Katouzian, "Iran and the Revolution: A History" (Yale UP, 2026)

June 4, 2026

Iran and the Revolution

Homa Katouzian
Hosted by Raghav Verma
Irish Studies

Irish Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Ireland about their new books.

Judith Hill, "Gothic: Building Castles in Post-Union Ireland" (Four Courts Press, 2026)

May 27, 2026

Gothic

Judith Hill
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Angela Byrne, "Finding Mary: The untold story of an Inishowen murder, 1844" (Four Courts Press, 2025)

May 26, 2026

Finding Mary

Angela Byrne
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Israel Studies

Israel Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Israel about their new books.

Gideon Reuveni, "The Great Repair: Emotions, Memory, and the German–Jewish Settlement after the Holocaust" (Cornell UP, 2026)

May 9, 2026

The Great Repair

Gideon Reuveni
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Karolina Przewrocka-Aderet, "Polanim: From Poland to Israel" (Academic Studies Press, 2026)

April 19, 2026

Polanim

Karolina Przewrocka-Aderet
Hosted by Marc Katz
Italian Studies

Italian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Italy about their new books.

Japanese Studies

Japanese Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Japan about their new books.

Hannah Shepherd, "The Narrowing Sea: Fukuoka, Pusan, and the Rise and Fall of an Imperial Region" (U California Press, 2025)

May 27, 2026

The Narrowing Sea

Hannah Shepherd
Hosted by Samee Siddiqui
Matthieu Felt, "Meanings of Antiquity: Myth Interpretation in Premodern Japan" (Harvard UP, 2023)

May 25, 2026

Meanings of Antiquity

Matthieu Felt
Hosted by Jingyi Li
Korean Studies

Korean Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Korea about their new books.

Paige Towers, "What They Stole: A Familicide Rooted in Intercountry Adoption" (U Iowa Press, 2026)

May 28, 2026

What They Stole

Paige Towers
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Hannah Shepherd, "The Narrowing Sea: Fukuoka, Pusan, and the Rise and Fall of an Imperial Region" (U California Press, 2025)

May 27, 2026

The Narrowing Sea

Hannah Shepherd
Hosted by Samee Siddiqui
Latino Studies

Latino Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Latinx Studies about their new books.

Sarah McNamara, "Ybor City: Crucible of the Latina South" (UNC Press, 2023)

June 11, 2026

Ybor City

Sarah McNamara
Michael Staudenmaier, "White, Black, Brown: Becoming Puerto Rican in Chicago" (UNC Press, 2026)

June 10, 2026

White, Black, Brown

Michael Staudenmaier
Hosted by Michael Stauch
Latin American Studies

Latin American Studies

episodes
Michael Staudenmaier, "White, Black, Brown: Becoming Puerto Rican in Chicago" (UNC Press, 2026)

June 10, 2026

White, Black, Brown

Michael Staudenmaier
Hosted by Michael Stauch
Kenna Neitch, "A Praxis of Persistence: Central American Feminist Testimony and Sustainable Activism" (SUNY Press, 2026)

June 1, 2026

A Praxis of Persistence

Kenna Neitch
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Mexican Studies

Mexican Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholar of Mexico about their new books

Rachel Grace Newman, "The Future in Their Hands: Making Mexico's Foreign-Educated Elite" (U California Press, 2026)

May 10, 2026

The Future in Their Hands

Rachel Grace Newman
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Richard Ivan Jobs and Steven Van Wolputte, "In the Land of the Lacandón: A Graphic History of Adventure and Imperialism" (McGill-Queen’s UP, 2025)

May 2, 2026

In the Land of the Lacandón

Richard Ivan Jobs and Steven Van Wolputte
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Middle Eastern Studies

Middle Eastern Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of the Middle East about their new books.

Robert Templer, "The Shah's Party: And the Iranian Revolution That Followed (Hurst, 2026)

June 11, 2026

The Shah's Party

Robert Templer
Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
Anand Gopal, "Days of Love and Rage: A Story of Ordinary People Forging a Revolution" (Viking, 2026)

June 4, 2026

Days of Love and Rage

Anand Gopal
Hosted by Chris Holmes
Pacific Studies

Pacific Studies

episodes

Discussions with scholars of the Pacific region about their new books

Jeremy Yellen, "The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere: When Total Empire Met Total War" (Cornell UP, 2019)

May 25, 2026

The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere

Jeremy Yellen
Hosted by Nathan Hopson
Ruth Mandujano López, "Steamships Across the Pacific: Maritime Journeys between Mexico, China, and Japan, 1867–1914" (Hong Kong UP, 2025)

April 9, 2026

Steamships across the Pacific

Ruth Mandujano López
Polish Studies

Polish Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Poland about their new books

Karolina Przewrocka-Aderet, "Polanim: From Poland to Israel" (Academic Studies Press, 2026)

April 19, 2026

Polanim

Karolina Przewrocka-Aderet
Hosted by Marc Katz
Joshua D. Zimmerman, "Jozef Pilsudski: Founding Father of Modern Poland" (Harvard UP, 2022)

February 8, 2026

Jozef Pilsudski

Joshua D. Zimmerman
Hosted by Piotr Kosicki
Russian and Eurasian Studies

Russian and Eurasian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Russia and Eurasia about their new books.

Gennady Estraikh, "The History of Birobidzhan: Building a Soviet Jewish Homeland in Siberia" (Bloombury, 2023)

April 26, 2026

The History of Birobidzhan

Gennady Estraikh
Hosted by Alisa Kuzmina
Southeast Asian Studies

Southeast Asian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Southeast Asia about their new books hosted by Nick Cheesman, Michele Ford, Patrick Jory, Duncan McCargo and Natali Pearson.

Justin F Jackson, "The Work of Empire: War, Occupation, and the Making of American Colonialism in Cuba and the Philippines" (UNC Press, 2025)

June 10, 2026

The Work of Empire

Justin F Jackson
Hosted by Jack Werner
Joshua Comaroff, "Spectropolis: The Enchantment of Capital in Singapore" (U Minnesota Press, 2025)

June 7, 2026

Spectropolis

Joshua Comaroff
Hosted by Alyssa Kee
South Asian Studies

South Asian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of South Asia about their new books.

Manasicha Akepiyapornchai, "Surrender to God Across Languages: Multilingual Intellectual History of Premodern India" (Oxford UP, 2026)

June 11, 2026

Surrender to God Across Languages

Manasicha Akepiyapornchai
Hosted by Raj Balkaran
Tania Sengupta and Stuart King eds., "Reclaiming Colonial Architecture" (Routledge, 2024)

June 9, 2026

Reclaiming Colonial Architecture

Tania Sengupta and Stuart King eds
Hosted by Matt Wells
Taiwan Studies

Taiwan Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Taiwan about their new books.

Terao Tetsuya, "Spent Bullets" (HarperVia, 2025)

June 3, 2026

Spent Bullets

Terao Tetsuya and translated by Kevin Wang
Hosted by Anthony Kao
Evan N. Dawley, "Taiwan: A People′s History" (Reaktion Books, 2026)

May 18, 2026

Taiwan

Evan N. Dawley
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Turkish Studies

Turkish Studies

episodes

Interviews with authors about new books in Turkish studies.

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
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
Ukrainian Studies

Ukrainian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Ukraine about their new books

Alex Averbuch, "Furious Harvests" (Harvard UP, 2026)

May 22, 2026

Furious Harvests

Alex Averbuch
Hosted by Megan Buskey
The Remarkable Life and Afterlife of Sholem Aleichem

March 24, 2026

The Remarkable Life and Afterlife of Sholem Aleichem

Jeremy Dauber and Adam Kirsch
Hosted by YIVO Institute
Western European Studies

Western European Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Western Europe about their new books.

Don Thomas Deere, "The Invention of Order: On the Coloniality of Space" (Duke UP, 2026)

June 11, 2026

The Invention of Order

Don Thomas Deere
Brexit Britain: 10 Years on from the Referendum

June 9, 2026

Brexit Britain

Maria Sobolewska, Charlotte Galpin and Monika Brusenbauch Meislova
Hosted by Tim Haughton
World Affairs

World Affairs

episodes

Interviews with scholars of World Affairs about their new books.

Brexit Britain: 10 Years on from the Referendum

June 9, 2026

Brexit Britain

Maria Sobolewska, Charlotte Galpin and Monika Brusenbauch Meislova
Hosted by Tim Haughton
Ladan Rahbari and Olga Burlyuk eds., "From the Margins: Migrant Academics’ Narratives of Precarity" (Open Book Publishers, 2026)

June 8, 2026

From the Margins

Ladan Rahbari and Olga Burlyuk eds.
Hosted by Amisah Bakuri