Peoples & Places

African Studies

African Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Africa about their new books.

The French Médersa: Islamic Education and Empire in Northwest Africa with Samuel D. Anderson (Cornell UP, 2026)

October 11, 2026

The French Médersa

Samuel D. Anderson
Hosted by Madina Thiam
An Anticolonial Development: Race, Schooling, and Emancipation in Twentieth-Century West Africa with Elisa Prosperetti (Cambridge UP, 2026)

October 10, 2026

An Anticolonial Development

Elisa Prosperetti
African American Studies

African American Studies

episodes

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

The Centrality of Slavery: Empire and Enslavement in Colonial Illinois and Missouri with John Craig Hammond (U Pennsylvania Press, 2025)

October 8, 2026

The Centrality of Slavery

Hosted by Matthew Mason
To Exist as a Problem: Being Black, Being Palestinian with Zahi Zalloua (Bloomsbury, 2026)

October 7, 2026

To Exist as a Problem

Zahi Zalloua
American Politics

American Politics

episodes

Interviews with scholars of American politics about their new books.

Troubled Times: The Boston Courthouse Bombing Of 1976 with Kevin Galvin (Brandeis UP, 2026)

October 11, 2026

Troubled Times

Kevin Galvin
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan
Crime and No Punishment: Wealth, Power, and Violence in America with Marie Gottschalk (Princeton UP, 2026)

October 11, 2026

Crime and No Punishment

Marie Gottschalk
American Studies

American Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of America about their new books.

Crime and No Punishment: Wealth, Power, and Violence in America with Marie Gottschalk (Princeton UP, 2026)

October 11, 2026

Crime and No Punishment

Marie Gottschalk
Creating an Informed Citizenry: Knowledge and Democracy in the Early American Republic with George D. Oberle (U Virginia Press, 2025)

October 11, 2026

Creating an Informed Citizenry

George D. Oberle
Hosted by Edward Blum
American South

American South

episodes

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

The Biggest Lie: The Prehistory of American Fascism, 1818-1915

October 8, 2026

The Biggest Lie

Joseph Kelly
Flannery and Regina: The Andalusia Chronicles with Carol Loeb Shloss (NewSouth Books, 2026)

October 6, 2026

Flannery and Regina

Carol Loeb Shloss
Hosted by Daniel Moran
American West

American West

episodes

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

Indefensible Spaces: Policing and the Struggle for Housing with Rahim Kurwa (U California Press, 2025)

October 2, 2026

Indefensible Spaces

Rahim Kurwa
Hosted by Lilyanna D'Amato
The Quake That Drained the Desert with Mary Elizabeth Reynolds (U Nebraska Press, 2026)

September 30, 2026

The Quake That Drained the Desert

Mary Elizabeth Reynolds
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Asian American Studies

Asian American Studies

episodes

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

Racist by Design: Two Centuries of U.S. Immigration Control with Kelly Lytle Hernández (Norton, 2026)

October 3, 2026

Racist by Design

Kelly Lytle Hernández
Hosted by Michael Stauch
Christopher B. Patterson, "Domesticating Brown: Movements of Racial Imagination" (Duke UP, 2026)

September 14, 2026

Domesticating Brown

Christopher B. Patterson
Hosted by Donna Anderson
Asian Politics

Asian Politics

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Asian Politics about their new books

India, China, and Climate Change Governance: Leadership and Responsibility in the Asian Global South with Amit Ranjan and Agnieszka Nitza-Makowska (Routledge, 2026)

October 2, 2026

India, China, and Climate Change Governance

Amit Ranjan, Agnieszka Nitza-Makowska, and Elo Süld eds.
Hosted by Linas Didvalis
Australian and New Zealand Studies

Australian and New Zealand Studies

episodes

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

Edward Willis, "WWII in East Timor: An Australian Army Site and Travel Guide" (2/2 Commando Association of Australia, 2024)

September 22, 2026

WWII in East Timor

Edward Willis
Hosted by Natali Pearson
Hamish Maxwell-Stewart and Michael Quinlan, "Unfree Workers: Insubordination and Resistance in Convict Australia, 1788–1860" (Springer Nature, 2022)

August 30, 2026

Unfree Workers

Hamish Maxwell-Stewart and Michael Quinlan
Hosted by Hannah Forsyth
British Studies

British Studies

episodes

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

Tyrants and Traders: Tintagel, Arthur and the Lost Kings with Ken Dark (Bloomsbury, 2026)

October 9, 2026

Tyrants and Traders

Ken Dark
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Think of England: Nation, People, and Race in the English Imagination with Paul Kléber Monod (Cambridge UP, 2026)

October 7, 2026

Think of England

Paul Kléber Monod
Canadian Studies

Canadian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Canada about their new books.

Reinhold Kramer and Tom Mitchell, "'PS: Burn after Reading': The Kellock-Taschereau Commission and Soviet Espionage" (U Toronto Press, 2026)

August 29, 2026

'PS: Burn after Reading'

Reinhold Kramer and Tom Mitchell
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Peter C. Mancall, "Contested Continent: The Struggle for North America, c. 1000–1680" (Oxford UP, 2026)

July 11, 2026

Contested Continent

Peter C. Mancall
Hosted by Ryan Tripp
Caribbean Studies

Caribbean Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of the Caribbean about their new books.

Ecotexts in the Postcolonial Francosphere with Nsah Mala, Richard Watts and Giulia Champion

October 4, 2026

Ecotexts in the Postcolonial Francosphere

Nsah Mala and Nicki Hitchcott eds.
Hosted by Gina Stamm
Pablo F. Gomez, "Bloody Numbers: The Early Atlantic Slave Trade and the Invention of Modern Corporeality" (U Chicago Press, 2026)

September 20, 2026

Bloody Numbers

Pablo F. Gomez
Hosted by Amisah Bakuri
Central Asian Studies

Central Asian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Central Asia about their new books.

The Steppe and Its Empires: The Russian Empire and Its Eurasian Counterparts

October 8, 2026

The Steppe and Its Empires

Michael Khodarkovsky
Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
The Steppe and Its Empires: The Russian Empire and Its Eurasian Counterparts with Michael Khodarkovsky (Yale UP, 2026)

October 5, 2026

The Steppe and Its Empires

Michael Khodarkovsky
Hosted by Aruuke Uran Kyzy
Chinese Studies

Chinese Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of China about their new books.

The Steppe and Its Empires: The Russian Empire and Its Eurasian Counterparts

October 8, 2026

The Steppe and Its Empires

Michael Khodarkovsky
Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
The Steppe and Its Empires: The Russian Empire and Its Eurasian Counterparts with Michael Khodarkovsky (Yale UP, 2026)

October 5, 2026

The Steppe and Its Empires

Michael Khodarkovsky
Hosted by Aruuke Uran Kyzy
East Asian Studies

East Asian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of East Asia about their new books.

Alone in Japan: A Journey to the Future with Tom Feiling (Allen Lane, 2025)

October 1, 2026

Alone in Japan

Tom Feiling
Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
Eastern European Studies

Eastern European Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Eastern Europe about their new books.

Yiddish Scholarship Comes to America: The YIVO Institute at 100 with Kalman Weiser (Wayne State UP, 2026)

October 9, 2026

Yiddish Scholarship Comes to America

Kalman Weiser
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
European Politics

European Politics

episodes

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

The Institutional Foundations of Ukrainian Democracy with Nataliya Kibita (Oxford UP, 2024)

October 6, 2026

The Institutional Foundations of Ukrainian Democracy

Nataliya Kibita
Hosted by Megan Buskey
French Studies

French Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of France about their new books.

The French Médersa: Islamic Education and Empire in Northwest Africa with Samuel D. Anderson (Cornell UP, 2026)

October 11, 2026

The French Médersa

Samuel D. Anderson
Hosted by Madina Thiam
Ecotexts in the Postcolonial Francosphere with Nsah Mala, Richard Watts and Giulia Champion

October 4, 2026

Ecotexts in the Postcolonial Francosphere

Nsah Mala and Nicki Hitchcott eds.
Hosted by Gina Stamm
German Studies

German Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Germany about their new books.

A Pacific Power: Liberal Imperialism in German Samoa with Matthew P. Fitzpatrick (Oxford UP, 2025)

October 8, 2026

A Pacific Power

Matthew P. Fitzpatrick
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Into the Reich: The Red Army’s Advance to the Oder in 1945 with Prit Buttar (Osprey, 2025)

October 2, 2026

Into the Reich

Prit Buttar
Iberian Studies

Iberian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Iberia about their new books

Europe in the Eleventh Century: Beyond Revolution and Reform with Charles West (Oxford UP, 2025)

October 10, 2026

Europe in the Eleventh Century

Charles West
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Bernardo de Gálvez: Spanish Hero of the American Revolution with Gonzalo M. Quintero Saravia (UNC Press, 2026)

October 4, 2026

Bernardo de Gálvez

Gonzalo M. Quintero Saravia
Hosted by Edward Blum
India Studies

India Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of India about their new books.

India, China, and Climate Change Governance: Leadership and Responsibility in the Asian Global South with Amit Ranjan and Agnieszka Nitza-Makowska (Routledge, 2026)

October 2, 2026

India, China, and Climate Change Governance

Amit Ranjan, Agnieszka Nitza-Makowska, and Elo Süld eds.
Hosted by Linas Didvalis
Pushpesh Kumar et al. eds., "Sociology of Gender in India: Contemporary Issues and Perspectives" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

September 19, 2026

Sociology of Gender in India

Pushpesh Kumar, Rituparna Patgiri, and Deepali Aparajita Dungdung eds.
Hosted by Priyam Sinha
Indian Ocean World

Indian Ocean World

episodes

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

Sojourners, Sultans, and Slaves: America and the Indian Ocean in the Age of Abolition and Empire with Gunja SenGupta (U California Press, 2023)

October 6, 2026

Sojourners, Sultans, and Slaves

Gunja SenGupta and Awam Amkpa
Hosted by Ahmed Almaazmi
Ecotexts in the Postcolonial Francosphere with Nsah Mala, Richard Watts and Giulia Champion

October 4, 2026

Ecotexts in the Postcolonial Francosphere

Nsah Mala and Nicki Hitchcott eds.
Hosted by Gina Stamm
Indigenous Studies

Indigenous Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Indigenous Studies about their new books.

Green Thinking: Unlearning Outdated Ideas in Science, Economics and Politics with Natalie Bennett (Routledge, 2026)

October 10, 2026

Green Thinking

Natalie Bennett
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
A Pacific Power: Liberal Imperialism in German Samoa with Matthew P. Fitzpatrick (Oxford UP, 2025)

October 8, 2026

A Pacific Power

Matthew P. Fitzpatrick
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Iranian Studies

Iranian Studies

episodes

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

The Steppe and Its Empires: The Russian Empire and Its Eurasian Counterparts

October 8, 2026

The Steppe and Its Empires

Michael Khodarkovsky
Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
Cycling Cities: Lisbon and Tehran with M. Luísa Sousa and Kazem Afradi

August 6, 2026

Cycling Cities

M. Luísa Sousa and Kazem Afradi
Hosted by Jacob Ward
Irish Studies

Irish Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Ireland about their new books.

Fitness for Freedom: Disability, Degeneration, and Modern Irish Writing with Marion Quirici (Syracuse UP, 2025)

September 27, 2026

Fitness for Freedom

Marion Quirici
Hosted by Helen Penet
Tom Hulme, "Belfastmen: An Intimate History of Life Before Gay Liberation" (Cornell UP, 2026)

September 15, 2026

Belfastmen

Tom Hulme
Hosted by Niall Herron
Israel Studies

Israel Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Israel about their new books.

Who Gets to Write History? Wikibiases.org by Shlomit Aharoni Lir

September 30, 2026

Who Gets to Write History?

Shlomit Aharoni Lir
Hosted by Renee Garfinkel
Why Voters Support Politicians Who Undermine Democracy

September 14, 2026

Why Voters Support Politicians Who Undermine Democracy

Filip Milačić
Hosted by Nic Cheeseman
Italian Studies

Italian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Italy about their new books.

The Afterlife of a Fascist Murder: Giacomo Matteotti in Myth and Memory, 1924-2024 with Amy King (Cambridge UP, 2026)

October 5, 2026

The Afterlife of a Fascist Murder

Amy King
The Romans: A People’s History with Paul Chrystal (Reaktion, 2026)

October 1, 2026

The Romans - a People`s History

Paul Chrystal
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Japanese Studies

Japanese Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Japan about their new books.

Alone in Japan: A Journey to the Future with Tom Feiling (Allen Lane, 2025)

October 1, 2026

Alone in Japan

Tom Feiling
Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
Museums in Digital Age

September 18, 2026

Museums in Digital Age

Aya Kimura
Korean Studies

Korean Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Korea about their new books.

Jerome Sauvage, "Witness to North Korea: Three Years on the Ground in the DPRK" (Bloomsbury, 2026)

September 18, 2026

Witness to North Korea

Jerome Sauvage
Hosted by Anthony Kao
Remco E Breuker, "Not Everything Unfolds as Anticipated: Selections from Yi Kyubo’s Tongguk Yi Sangguk Chip" (U Hawaii Press, 2026)

September 14, 2026

Not Everything Unfolds As Anticipated

Translated by Remco E Breuker
Hosted by Leslie Hickman
Latino Studies

Latino Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Latinx Studies about their new books.

Ilan Stavans on Building Restless Books and Publishing in Translation

September 30, 2026

Building Restless Books and Publishing in Translation

Ilan Stavans
Hosted by Sarah Russo
Isabela Seong Leong Quintana, "Urban Borderlands: Multiracial Histories and Gendered Borders in Los Angeles" (UNC Press, 2026)

September 12, 2026

Urban Borderlands

Isabela Seong Leong Quintana
Latin American Studies

Latin American Studies

episodes
Valuing Nature at the Ends of the World: Natural Capital and Climate Disaster in Belize with Patrick M. Gallagher (Columbia UP, 2026)

October 7, 2026

Valuing Nature at the Ends of the World

Patrick M. Gallagher
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Tsunami: Women’s Voices From Mexico

September 24, 2026

Tsunami

Heather Cleary and Gabriela Jauregui eds.
Mexican Studies

Mexican Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholar of Mexico about their new books

Bernardo de Gálvez: Spanish Hero of the American Revolution with Gonzalo M. Quintero Saravia (UNC Press, 2026)

October 4, 2026

Bernardo de Gálvez

Gonzalo M. Quintero Saravia
Hosted by Edward Blum
The Quake That Drained the Desert with Mary Elizabeth Reynolds (U Nebraska Press, 2026)

September 30, 2026

The Quake That Drained the Desert

Mary Elizabeth Reynolds
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Middle Eastern Studies

Middle Eastern Studies

episodes

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

To Exist as a Problem: Being Black, Being Palestinian with Zahi Zalloua (Bloomsbury, 2026)

October 7, 2026

To Exist as a Problem

Zahi Zalloua
Egyptian Male Film Stars in the Nasser Era: Envisioning a National Identity with Samar Abdel-Rahman (American U of Cairo Press, 2026)

October 6, 2026

Egyptian Male Film Stars in the Nasser Era

Samar Abdel-Rahman
Hosted by Saman Nasser
Pacific Studies

Pacific Studies

episodes

Discussions with scholars of the Pacific region about their new books

A Pacific Power: Liberal Imperialism in German Samoa with Matthew P. Fitzpatrick (Oxford UP, 2025)

October 8, 2026

A Pacific Power

Matthew P. Fitzpatrick
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Christopher B. Patterson, "Domesticating Brown: Movements of Racial Imagination" (Duke UP, 2026)

September 14, 2026

Domesticating Brown

Christopher B. Patterson
Hosted by Donna Anderson
Polish Studies

Polish Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Poland about their new books

Into the Reich: The Red Army’s Advance to the Oder in 1945 with Prit Buttar (Osprey, 2025)

October 2, 2026

Into the Reich

Prit Buttar
Democratic Backsliding and Resistance: Poland’s Civil Society, Electoral Strategies, and Institutional Levers

July 12, 2026

Democratic Backsliding and Resistance

Mikołaj Cześnik, Michał Wawrykiewicz, Marek Tatała, and Dominika Lasota
Hosted by Frances Cayton
Russian and Eurasian Studies

Russian and Eurasian Studies

episodes

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

Painting Paranoia: Cold War Art and Anti-Communism with Julia Bailey (U Illinois Press, 2026)

October 10, 2026

Painting Paranoia

Julia Bailey
A Room of His Own: Joseph Brodsky and the Making of a Bilingual Poet with Daria S. Smirnova (Academic Studies Press, 2025)

October 9, 2026

A Room of His Own

Daria S. Smirnova
Hosted by Amber Nickell
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.

The Colombo Plan: Development Internationalism in Cold War Asia with David Lowe (Cambridge UP, 2025)

October 3, 2026

The Colombo Plan

David Lowe
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
The Range of the River: A Riverine History of Empire Across China, India, and Southeast Asia with Iftekhar Iqbal (Stanford UP, 2025)

October 1, 2026

The Range of the River

Iftekhar Iqbal
Hosted by Patrick Jory
South Asian Studies

South Asian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of South Asia about their new books.

The Steppe and Its Empires: The Russian Empire and Its Eurasian Counterparts

October 8, 2026

The Steppe and Its Empires

Michael Khodarkovsky
Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
Taiwan Studies

Taiwan Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Taiwan about their new books.

Wave Makers and the Rise of #MeToo in Taiwan: Media, Empathy, and Digital Testimony with Xinling Li (Anthem Press, 2026)

September 25, 2026

Wave Makers and the Rise of #MeToo in Taiwan

Xinling Li
Corrado Neri, "Taiwanese Horror Cinema in the 21st Century: Spectral Narratives and Screen Culture" (Anthem Press, 2026)

August 30, 2026

Taiwanese Horror Cinema in the 21st Century

Corrado Neri
Turkish Studies

Turkish Studies

episodes

Interviews with authors about new books in Turkish studies.

The Steppe and Its Empires: The Russian Empire and Its Eurasian Counterparts

October 8, 2026

The Steppe and Its Empires

Michael Khodarkovsky
Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
The Steppe and Its Empires: The Russian Empire and Its Eurasian Counterparts with Michael Khodarkovsky (Yale UP, 2026)

October 5, 2026

The Steppe and Its Empires

Michael Khodarkovsky
Hosted by Aruuke Uran Kyzy
Ukrainian Studies

Ukrainian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Ukraine about their new books

The Institutional Foundations of Ukrainian Democracy with Nataliya Kibita (Oxford UP, 2024)

October 6, 2026

The Institutional Foundations of Ukrainian Democracy

Nataliya Kibita
Hosted by Megan Buskey
Tamara Hundorova, "Transit Culture and Postcolonial Trauma" (Academic Studies Press, 2026)

September 19, 2026

Transit Culture and Postcolonial Trauma

Tamara Hundorova
Hosted by Megan Buskey
Western European Studies

Western European Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Western Europe about their new books.

Europe in the Eleventh Century: Beyond Revolution and Reform with Charles West (Oxford UP, 2025)

October 10, 2026

Europe in the Eleventh Century

Charles West
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
World Affairs

World Affairs

episodes

Interviews with scholars of World Affairs about their new books.

The Technocratic International: Experts and the Making of a World from Nowhere with Jan Eijking (Oxford UP, 2026)

October 9, 2026

The Technocratic International

Jan Eijking
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Beyond Incremental Reform: Rethinking the United Nations with Augusto López-Claros

October 3, 2026

Beyond Incremental Reform

Peter Hoffman and Augusto López-Claros