Peoples & Places

African Studies

African Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Africa about their new books.

Caroline Séquin, "Desiring Whiteness: A Racial History of Prostitution in France and Colonial Senegal, 1848-1950" (Cornell UP, 2024)

November 29, 2024

Desiring Whiteness

Caroline Séquin
Hosted by Michael Vann
Beverly Tomek and Matthew J. Hetrick, "New Directions in the Study of African American Recolonization" (UP of Florida, 2017)

November 24, 2024

New Directions in the Study of African American Recolonization

Beverly Tomek and Matthew J. Hetrick
Hosted by Ari Barbalat
African American Studies

African American Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of African America about their new books.

Too Black and Rasul A. Mowatt, "Laundering Black Rage: The Washing of Black Death, People, Property, and Profits" (Routledge, 2024)

November 29, 2024

Laundering Black Rage

Too Black and Rasul A. Mowatt
Hosted by Adam McNeil
Sabrina Strings, "The End of Love: Racism, Sexism, and the Death of Romance" (Beacon Press, 2024)

November 27, 2024

The End of Love

Sabrina Strings
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
American Politics

American Politics

episodes

Interviews with scholars of American politics about their new books.

Amy J. Binder and Jeffrey L. Kidder, "The Channels of Student Activism: How the Left and Right Are Winning (and Losing) in Campus Politics Today" (U Chicago Press, 2022)

December 2, 2024

The Channels of Student Activism

Amy J. Binder and Jeffrey L. Kidder
Corey Brettschneider, "The Presidents and the People: Five Leaders Who Threatened Democracy and the Citizens Who Fought to Defend It" (W. W. Norton, 2024)

December 2, 2024

The Presidents and the People

Corey Brettschneider
Hosted by Susan Liebell
American Studies

American Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of America about their new books.

Voices Part 1: Hut-Hut-Hike

December 2, 2024

Voices Part 1: Hut-Hut-Hike

Travis Vogan and Jonathan Sterne
Hosted by Mack Hagood
Amy J. Binder and Jeffrey L. Kidder, "The Channels of Student Activism: How the Left and Right Are Winning (and Losing) in Campus Politics Today" (U Chicago Press, 2022)

December 2, 2024

The Channels of Student Activism

Amy J. Binder and Jeffrey L. Kidder
American South

American South

episodes

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

Maria Angela Diaz, "A Continuous State of War: Empire Building and Race Making in the Civil War–Era Gulf South" (U Georgia Press, 2024)

November 30, 2024

A Continuous State of War

Maria Angela Diaz
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Beverly Tomek and Matthew J. Hetrick, "New Directions in the Study of African American Recolonization" (UP of Florida, 2017)

November 24, 2024

New Directions in the Study of African American Recolonization

Beverly Tomek and Matthew J. Hetrick
Hosted by Ari Barbalat
American West

American West

episodes

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

Maria Angela Diaz, "A Continuous State of War: Empire Building and Race Making in the Civil War–Era Gulf South" (U Georgia Press, 2024)

November 30, 2024

A Continuous State of War

Maria Angela Diaz
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Olivia Chilcote, "Unrecognized in California: Federal Acknowledgment and the San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians" (U Washington Press, 2024)

November 30, 2024

Unrecognized in California

Olivia Chilcote
Hosted by Stephen Hausmann
Asian American Studies

Asian American Studies

episodes

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

Phuc Tran, "Sigh, Gone: A Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In" (Flatiron Books, 2020)

November 2, 2024

Sigh, Gone

Phuc Tran
Hosted by Gregory Soden
Jackie Wang, "Alien Daughters Walk Into the Sun: An Almanac of Extreme Girlhood" (Semiotext(e), 2023)

October 14, 2024

Alien Daughters Walk Into the Sun

Jackie Wang
Hosted by Rachel Pafe
Australian and New Zealand Studies

Australian and New Zealand Studies

episodes

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

British Studies

British Studies

episodes

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

Steven King et al., "In Their Own Write: Contesting the New Poor Law, 1834–1900" (McGill-Queen's Press, 2022)

December 2, 2024

In Their Own Write

Steven King, Paul Carter, Natalie Carter, Peter Jones, and Carol Beardmore
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Adrian Tinniswood, "The Power and the Glory: Life in the English Country House Before the Great War" (Basic Books, 2024)

December 2, 2024

The Power and the Glory

Adrian Tinniswood
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Canadian Studies

Canadian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Canada about their new books.

Julie Salverson, "A Necessary Distance: Confessions of a Scriptwriter's Daughter" (Wolsak and Wynn, 2024)

December 1, 2024

A Necessary Distance

Julie Salverson
Hosted by Hollay Ghadery
James T. White and John Punter, "Condoland: The Planning, Design, and Development of Toronto's CityPlace" (UBC Press, 2023)

December 1, 2024

Condoland

James T. White and John Punter
Hosted by Timi Koyejo
Caribbean Studies

Caribbean Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of the Caribbean about their new books.

Benjamin Barson, "Brassroots Democracy: Maroon Ecologies and the Jazz Commons" (Wesleyan UP, 2024)

November 19, 2024

Brassroots Democracy

Benjamin Barson
Doyle D. Calhoun, "The Suicide Archive: Reading Resistance in the Wake of French Empire" (Duke UP, 2024)

November 6, 2024

The Suicide Archive

Doyle D. Calhoun
Hosted by Sarah Miles
Central Asian Studies

Central Asian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Central Asia about their new books.

Masha Kirasirova, "The Eastern International: Arabs, Central Asians, and Jews in the Soviet Union's Anticolonial Empire" (Oxford UP, 2024)

November 19, 2024

The Eastern International

Masha Kirasirova
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
J. Arch Getty and Lewis H. Siegelbaum, "Reflections on Stalinism" (Northern Illinois UP, 2024)

November 16, 2024

Reflections on Stalinism

J. Arch Getty and Lewis H. Siegelbaum
Hosted by Alisa Kuzmina
Chinese Studies

Chinese Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of China about their new books.

Ken Wilcox, "The China Business Conundrum: Ensure That "Win-Win" Doesn't Mean Western Companies Lose Twice" (John Wiley & Sons, 2024)

December 1, 2024

The China Business Conundrum

Ken Wilcox
Hosted by Peter Lorentzen
Samantha A. Vortherms, "Manipulating Authoritarian Citizenship: Security, Development, and Local Membership in China" (Stanford UP, 2024)

November 30, 2024

Manipulating Authoritarian Citizenship

Samantha A. Vortherms
Hosted by Peter Lorentzen
East Asian Studies

East Asian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of East Asia about their new books.

Ken Wilcox, "The China Business Conundrum: Ensure That "Win-Win" Doesn't Mean Western Companies Lose Twice" (John Wiley & Sons, 2024)

December 1, 2024

The China Business Conundrum

Ken Wilcox
Hosted by Peter Lorentzen
Samantha A. Vortherms, "Manipulating Authoritarian Citizenship: Security, Development, and Local Membership in China" (Stanford UP, 2024)

November 30, 2024

Manipulating Authoritarian Citizenship

Samantha A. Vortherms
Hosted by Peter Lorentzen
Eastern European Studies

Eastern European Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Eastern Europe about their new books.

Krzysztof Bielawski, "The Destruction of Jewish Cemeteries in Poland" (Academic Studies Press, 2024)

December 1, 2024

The Destruction of Jewish Cemeteries in Poland

Krzysztof Bielawski
Hosted by Ari Barbalat
Johanna Drucker, "Iliazd: A Meta-Biography of a Modernist" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2020)

November 29, 2024

Iliazd

Johanna Drucker
European Politics

European Politics

episodes

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

Nick Butler, "The Trouble with Jokes: Humour and Offensiveness in Contemporary Culture and Politics" (Policy Press, 2023)

November 27, 2024

The Trouble with Jokes

Nick Butler
Robert B. Talisse, "Civic Solitude: Why Democracy Needs Distance" (Oxford UP, 2024)

November 21, 2024

Civic Solitude

Robert B. Talisse
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
French Studies

French Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of France about their new books.

Theara Thun, "Epistemology of the Past: Texts, History, and Intellectuals of Cambodia, 1855–1970" (U Hawaii Press, 2024)

December 2, 2024

Epistemology of the Past

Theara Thun
Hosted by Patrick Jory
Caroline Séquin, "Desiring Whiteness: A Racial History of Prostitution in France and Colonial Senegal, 1848-1950" (Cornell UP, 2024)

November 29, 2024

Desiring Whiteness

Caroline Séquin
Hosted by Michael Vann
German Studies

German Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Germany about their new books.

Daniel Cowling, "Don't Let's Be Beastly to the Germans: The British Occupation of Germany, 1945-49" (Bloomsbury, 2023)

November 28, 2024

Don't Let's Be Beastly to the Germans

Daniel Cowling
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Iberian Studies

Iberian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Iberia about their new books

Melissa Teixeira, "A Third Path: Corporatism in Brazil and Portugal" (Princeton UP, 2024)

November 5, 2024

A Third Path

Melissa Teixeira
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Seth Kimmel, "The Librarian's Atlas: The Shape of Knowledge in Early Modern Spain" (U Chicago Press, 2024)

October 23, 2024

The Librarian's Atlas

Seth Kimmel
Hosted by Jana Byars
India Studies

India Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of India about their new books.

Robert M. Geraci, "Futures of Artificial Intelligence: Perspectives from India and the U.S." (Oxford UP, 2021)

January 5, 2023

Futures of Artificial Intelligence

Robert M. Geraci
Hosted by Raj Balkaran
Sandeep Banerjee, "Space, Utopia and Indian Decolonization: Literary Pre-Figurations of the Postcolony" (Routledge, 2021)

October 14, 2022

Space, Utopia and Indian Decolonization

Sandeep Banerjee
Hosted by Gargi Binju
Indian Ocean World

Indian Ocean World

episodes

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

Allen James Fromherz, "The Center of the World: A Global History of the Persian Gulf from the Stone Age to the Present" (U California Press, 2024)

November 21, 2024

The Center of the World

Allen James Fromherz
Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
Sasikumar Harikrishnan, "Social Spaces and the Public Sphere: A Spatial-history of Modernity in Kerala" (Routledge, 2023)

November 20, 2024

Social Spaces and the Public Sphere

Sasikumar Harikrishnan
Hosted by Sneha Annavarapu
Iranian Studies

Iranian Studies

episodes

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

Arash Azizi, "What Iranians Want: Women, Life, Freedom" (Oneworld, 2024)

October 23, 2024

What Iranians Want

Arash Azizi
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
Irish Studies

Irish Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Ireland about their new books.

Megan Rae Blakely, "Technology, Intellectual Property Law, and Culture: The Tangification of Cultural Heritage" (Routledge, 2024)

November 25, 2024

Technology, Intellectual Property Law, and Culture

Megan Rae Blakely
Hosted by Dave O'Brien
Israel Studies

Israel Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Israel about their new books.

Writing on the Wall: A Conversation with William Kolbrener

November 23, 2024

Writing on the Wall

William Kolbrener
Hosted by Renee Garfinkel
Italian Studies

Italian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Italy about their new books.

Denys Turner, "Dante the Theologian" (Cambridge UP, 2022)

November 27, 2024

Dante the Theologian

Denys Turner
Hosted by Adrian Guiu
Nina Valbousquet, "Lukewarm Souls: The Vatican facing the Shoah" (La Découverte, 2024)

November 26, 2024

Lukewarm Souls: The Vatican facing the Shoah

Nina Valbousquet
Japanese Studies

Japanese Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Japan about their new books.

Ryan Moran, "Selling the Future: Community, Hope, and Crisis in the Early History of Japanese Life Insurance" (Cornell UP, 2024)

November 29, 2024

Selling the Future

Ryan Moran
Hosted by Nathan Hopson
Margaret Mehl, "Music and the Making of Modern Japan: Joining the Global Concert" (Open Book, 2024)

November 23, 2024

Music and the Making of Modern Japan

Margaret Mehl
Hosted by Nathan Hopson
Korean Studies

Korean Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Korea about their new books.

Park Jeong-Mi, "The State's Sexuality: Prostitution and Postcolonial Nation Building in South Korea" (U California Press, 2024)

November 19, 2024

The State's Sexuality

Park Jeong-Mi
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Dennis Wuerthner, "Poems and Stories for Overcoming Idleness: P’ahan chip by Yi Illo" (U Hawaii Press, 2024)

October 28, 2024

Poems and Stories for Overcoming Idleness

Dennis Wuerthner, trans.
Hosted by Leslie Hickman
Latino Studies

Latino Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Latinx Studies about their new books.

Maria Angela Diaz, "A Continuous State of War: Empire Building and Race Making in the Civil War–Era Gulf South" (U Georgia Press, 2024)

November 30, 2024

A Continuous State of War

Maria Angela Diaz
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Disabled Ecologies: Lessons From a Wounded Desert

November 27, 2024

Disabled Ecologies: Lessons From a Wounded Desert

Sunaura Tayler
Latin American Studies

Latin American Studies

episodes
Maria Angela Diaz, "A Continuous State of War: Empire Building and Race Making in the Civil War–Era Gulf South" (U Georgia Press, 2024)

November 30, 2024

A Continuous State of War

Maria Angela Diaz
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Without Parents or Papers: A Discussion with Stephanie L. Canizales

November 21, 2024

Without Parents or Papers

Stephanie L. Canizales
Mexican Studies

Mexican Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholar of Mexico about their new books

Maria Angela Diaz, "A Continuous State of War: Empire Building and Race Making in the Civil War–Era Gulf South" (U Georgia Press, 2024)

November 30, 2024

A Continuous State of War

Maria Angela Diaz
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Without Parents or Papers: A Discussion with Stephanie L. Canizales

November 21, 2024

Without Parents or Papers

Stephanie L. Canizales
Middle Eastern Studies

Middle Eastern Studies

episodes

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

Native American Studies

Native American Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Native America about their new books.

Olivia Chilcote, "Unrecognized in California: Federal Acknowledgment and the San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians" (U Washington Press, 2024)

November 30, 2024

Unrecognized in California

Olivia Chilcote
Hosted by Stephen Hausmann
Pacific Studies

Pacific Studies

episodes

Discussions with scholars of the Pacific region about their new books

Julian Hanna, "Island" (Bloomsbury, 2024)

November 21, 2024

Island

Julian Hanna
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Polish Studies

Polish Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Poland about their new books

Krzysztof Bielawski, "The Destruction of Jewish Cemeteries in Poland" (Academic Studies Press, 2024)

December 1, 2024

The Destruction of Jewish Cemeteries in Poland

Krzysztof Bielawski
Hosted by Ari Barbalat
Janusz Korczak, "How to Love a Child and Other Selected Works" (Vallentine Mitchell, 2018)

November 12, 2024

How to Love a Child

Janusz Korczak
Hosted by Ari Barbalat
Russian and Eurasian Studies

Russian and Eurasian Studies

episodes

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

Johanna Drucker, "Iliazd: A Meta-Biography of a Modernist" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2020)

November 29, 2024

Iliazd

Johanna Drucker
S4E15 To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause: A Conversation with Dr. Benjamin Nathans

November 20, 2024

To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause

Benjamin Nathans
Hosted by Laura Laurent
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, and Duncan McCargo.

Theara Thun, "Epistemology of the Past: Texts, History, and Intellectuals of Cambodia, 1855–1970" (U Hawaii Press, 2024)

December 2, 2024

Epistemology of the Past

Theara Thun
Hosted by Patrick Jory
How Are Southeast Asia’s Toxic Alliances Undermining the Region’s Prospects for Democracy?

November 29, 2024

How Are Southeast Asia’s Toxic Alliances Undermining the Region’s Prospects for Democracy?

Duncan McCargo and Rendy Pahrun Wadipalapa
Hosted by Petra Alderman
South Asian Studies

South Asian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of South Asia about their new books.

Fatima Rajina, "British Bangladeshi Muslims in the East End: The Changing Landscape of Dress and Language" (Manchester UP, 2024)

November 30, 2024

British Bangladeshi Muslims in the East End

Fatima Rajina
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
James Mallinson, "The Dattatreyayogasastra" (Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient, 2024)

November 27, 2024

The Dattatreyayogasastra

James Mallinson
Hosted by Kshitij Jain
Turkish Studies

Turkish Studies

episodes

Interviews with authors about new books in Turkish studies.

Infrastructure, Development, and Racialization: A Conversation with Begüm Adalet

November 24, 2024

Infrastructure, Development, and Racialization

Begüm Adalet
Hosted by Geoffrey Gordon
Emrah Yildiz, "Zainab's Traffic: Moving Saints, Selves, and Others Across Borders" (U California Press, 2024)

October 22, 2024

Zainab's Traffic

Emrah Yildiz
Hosted by Shobhana Xavier
Ukrainian Studies

Ukrainian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Ukraine about their new books

J. Arch Getty and Lewis H. Siegelbaum, "Reflections on Stalinism" (Northern Illinois UP, 2024)

November 16, 2024

Reflections on Stalinism

J. Arch Getty and Lewis H. Siegelbaum
Hosted by Alisa Kuzmina
Maksim Goldenshteyn, "So They Remember: A Jewish Family’s Story of Surviving the Holocaust in Soviet Ukraine" (U Oklahoma Press, 2022)

November 13, 2024

So They Remember

Maksim Goldenshteyn
Hosted by Ari Barbalat
Western European Studies

Western European Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Western Europe about their new books.

Steven King et al., "In Their Own Write: Contesting the New Poor Law, 1834–1900" (McGill-Queen's Press, 2022)

December 2, 2024

In Their Own Write

Steven King, Paul Carter, Natalie Carter, Peter Jones, and Carol Beardmore
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Adrian Tinniswood, "The Power and the Glory: Life in the English Country House Before the Great War" (Basic Books, 2024)

December 2, 2024

The Power and the Glory

Adrian Tinniswood
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
World Affairs

World Affairs

episodes

Interviews with scholars of World Affairs about their new books.

How Are Southeast Asia’s Toxic Alliances Undermining the Region’s Prospects for Democracy?

November 29, 2024

How Are Southeast Asia’s Toxic Alliances Undermining the Region’s Prospects for Democracy?

Duncan McCargo and Rendy Pahrun Wadipalapa
Hosted by Petra Alderman
In Conversation: Islamophobia, Race and Global Politics

November 27, 2024

Islamophobia, Race and Global Politics

Nazia Kazi
Hosted by Radio Reorient