Peoples & Places

African Studies

African Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Africa about their new books.

Michael W. Tuck, "The Castle Slaves of the Gambia River: A Creole Community in the Eighteenth Century Atlantic World" (Brill, 2026)

April 8, 2026

The Castle Slaves of the Gambia River

Michael W. Tuck
Hosted by Amisah Bakuri
Bimbola Akinbola, "Transatlantic Disbelonging: Unruliness, Pleasure, and Play in Nigerian Diasporic Women's Art" (Duke UP, 2025)

April 6, 2026

Transatlantic Disbelonging

Bimbola Akinbola
Hosted by Abigail Celis
African American Studies

African American Studies

episodes

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

Cedric de Leon, "Freedom Train: Black Politics and the Story of Interracial Labor Solidarity" (U California Press, 2025)

April 9, 2026

Freedom Train

Cedric De Leon
Hosted by Thomas Discenna
Michael W. Tuck, "The Castle Slaves of the Gambia River: A Creole Community in the Eighteenth Century Atlantic World" (Brill, 2026)

April 8, 2026

The Castle Slaves of the Gambia River

Michael W. Tuck
Hosted by Amisah Bakuri
American Politics

American Politics

episodes

Interviews with scholars of American politics about their new books.

Melissa Butcher, "The Trouble with Freedom: Love, Hate and America’s Future" (Manchester UP, 2026)

April 7, 2026

The Trouble with Freedom

Melissa Butcher
Hosted by Matt Dawson
Mark Pennington, "Foucault and Liberal Political Economy: Power, Knowledge, and Freedom" (Oxford UP, 2025)

March 30, 2026

Foucault and Liberal Political Economy

Mark Pennington
American Studies

American Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of America about their new books.

The Coroner’s Silence: Death Records and the Hidden Victims of Police Violence

April 9, 2026

The Coroner’s Silence

Terence Keel
Cedric de Leon, "Freedom Train: Black Politics and the Story of Interracial Labor Solidarity" (U California Press, 2025)

April 9, 2026

Freedom Train

Cedric De Leon
Hosted by Thomas Discenna
American South

American South

episodes

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

Michael W. Tuck, "The Castle Slaves of the Gambia River: A Creole Community in the Eighteenth Century Atlantic World" (Brill, 2026)

April 8, 2026

The Castle Slaves of the Gambia River

Michael W. Tuck
Hosted by Amisah Bakuri
Lindsay Rae Smith Privette, "The Surgeon's Battle: How Medicine Won the Vicksburg Campaign and Changed the Civil War" (UNC Press, 2025)

April 4, 2026

The Surgeon's Battle

Lindsay Rae Smith Privette
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
American West

American West

episodes

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

Karen McNally ed., "Women in Hollywood's Dream Factory: Tales of Inequality, Abuse, and Resistance" (U Illinois Press, 2026)

March 18, 2026

Women in Hollywood's Dream Factory

Karen McNally
Hosted by Priyam Sinha
Paul Gillingham, "Mexico: A 500-Year History" (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2025)

March 7, 2026

Mexico

Paul Gillingham
Hosted by Stephen Hausmann
Asian American Studies

Asian American Studies

episodes

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

Lee Ann S. Wang, "The Violence of Protection: Policing, Immigration Law, and Asian American Women" (Duke UP, 2026)

April 1, 2026

The Violence of Protection

Lee Ann S. Wang
Hosted by Ailin Zhou
Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese Food

March 30, 2026

Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese Food

Andrew Coe
Hosted by YIVO Institute
Australian and New Zealand Studies

Australian and New Zealand Studies

episodes

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

Trish FitzSimons and Madelyn Shaw, "Fleeced: Unraveling the History of Wool and War" (Bloomsbury, 2025)

March 1, 2026

Fleeced

Trish FitzSimons and Madelyn Shaw
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
British Studies

British Studies

episodes

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

Pavel Brunssen, "The Making of 'Jew Clubs': Performing Jewishness and Antisemitism in European Football and Fan Cultures" (Indiana UP, 2025)

April 9, 2026

The Making of "Jew Clubs"

Pavel Brunssen
Hosted by Keith Rathbone
Christine Grandy, "Race on Screen: Audience Racism in Twentieth-Century Britain" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

April 4, 2026

Race on Screen

Christine Grandy
Hosted by Dave O'Brien
Canadian Studies

Canadian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Canada about their new books.

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
Joseph Weiss, "Irreconcilable: Indigeneity and the Violence of Colonial Erasure in Contemporary Canada" (UNC Press, 2026)

March 17, 2026

Irreconcilable

Joseph Weiss
Caribbean Studies

Caribbean Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of the Caribbean about their new books.

Tyesha Maddox, "A Home Away from Home: Mutual Aid, Political Activism, and Caribbean American Identity" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2024)

March 31, 2026

A Home Away from Home

Tyesha Maddox
Hosted by Kiana Knight
Ricardo Wilson, "Troubled Lands: Stories of Mexico and Cuba as Translated by Langston Hughes" (Princeton UP, 2026)

March 27, 2026

Troubled Lands

Ricardo Wilson
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
Central Asian Studies

Central Asian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Central Asia about their new books.

Warwick Ball, "Ancient Civilizations of Afghanistan: From the Earliest Times to the Mongol Conquest" (Reaktion, 2025)

February 26, 2026

Ancient Civilizations of Afghanistan

Warwick Ball
Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
Joanna Lillis, "Silk Mirage: Through the Looking Glass in Uzbekistan" (Bloomsbury, 2025)

February 19, 2026

Silk Mirage

Joanna Lillis
Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
Chinese Studies

Chinese Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of China about their new books.

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
Ho-fung Hung, "The China Question: Eight Centuries of Fantasy and Fear" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

April 6, 2026

The China Question

Ho-fung Hung
Hosted by Lucas Tse
East Asian Studies

East Asian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of East Asia about their new books.

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
Eastern European Studies

Eastern European Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Eastern Europe about their new books.

Avrom Sutzkever: Ten Poems

April 10, 2026

Avrom Sutzkever

Hosted by YIVO Institute
Scott M. Kenworthy, "The People's Patriarch: Tikhon Bellavin and the Orthodox Church in North America and Revolutionary Russia" (Oxford UP, 2026)

April 6, 2026

The People's Patriarch

Scott M. Kenworthy
Hosted by Roland Clark
European Politics

European Politics

episodes

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

Marta Lorimer, "Europe As Ideological Resource: European Integration and Far Right Legitimation in France and Italy" (Oxford UP, 2024)

April 5, 2026

Europe As Ideological Resource

Marta Lorimer
Mark Pennington, "Foucault and Liberal Political Economy: Power, Knowledge, and Freedom" (Oxford UP, 2025)

March 30, 2026

Foucault and Liberal Political Economy

Mark Pennington
French Studies

French Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of France about their new books.

Michaela Hulstyn, "Unselfing: Global French Literature at the Limits of Consciousness" (U Toronto Press, 2022)

April 7, 2026

Unselfing

Michaela Hulstyn
Hosted by Gina Stamm
Marta Lorimer, "Europe As Ideological Resource: European Integration and Far Right Legitimation in France and Italy" (Oxford UP, 2024)

April 5, 2026

Europe As Ideological Resource

Marta Lorimer
German Studies

German Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Germany about their new books.

Pavel Brunssen, "The Making of 'Jew Clubs': Performing Jewishness and Antisemitism in European Football and Fan Cultures" (Indiana UP, 2025)

April 9, 2026

The Making of "Jew Clubs"

Pavel Brunssen
Hosted by Keith Rathbone
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.

Tulasi Srinivas, "The Goddess in the Mirror: An Anthropology of Beauty" (Duke UP, 2025)

March 26, 2026

The Goddess in the Mirror

Tulasi Srinivas
Hosted by Raj Balkaran
Indian Ocean World

Indian Ocean World

episodes

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

Tulasi Srinivas, "The Goddess in the Mirror: An Anthropology of Beauty" (Duke UP, 2025)

March 26, 2026

The Goddess in the Mirror

Tulasi Srinivas
Hosted by Raj Balkaran
Indigenous Studies

Indigenous Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Indigenous Studies about their new books.

Kristina Jonutytė, "Between the Buddha and the New Tsar: Urban Religion and Minority Politics at the Asian Borderlands of Russia" (Cornell UP, 2026)

April 1, 2026

Between the Buddha and the New Tsar

Kristina Jonutytė
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
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
Iranian Studies

Iranian Studies

episodes

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

Irish Studies

Irish Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Ireland about their new books.

Deirdre Flynn and Mary McGill eds., "Irish Digital Cultures: Identity, Contexts, Space" (Routledge, 2025)

March 22, 2026

Irish Digital Cultures

Deirdre Flynn and Mary McGill eds.
Hosted by Helen Penet
Israel Studies

Israel Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Israel about their new books.

Yiddish in Israel: A History

March 27, 2026

Yiddish in Israel

Rachel Rojanski
Hosted by YIVO Institute
Sidra Hamidi, "After Fission: Recognition and Contestation in the Atomic Age" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

March 21, 2026

After Fission

Sidra Hamidi
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Italian Studies

Italian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Italy about their new books.

Marta Lorimer, "Europe As Ideological Resource: European Integration and Far Right Legitimation in France and Italy" (Oxford UP, 2024)

April 5, 2026

Europe As Ideological Resource

Marta Lorimer
Martha Feldman, "Castrato Phantoms: Moreschi, Fellini, and the Sacred Vernacular in Rome" (Zone Books, 2026)

March 22, 2026

Castrato Phantoms

Martha Feldman
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Japanese Studies

Japanese Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Japan about their new books.

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
Korean Studies

Korean Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Korea about their new books.

Sidra Hamidi, "After Fission: Recognition and Contestation in the Atomic Age" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

March 21, 2026

After Fission

Sidra Hamidi
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Patrick Chung, "Standardizing Empire: The US Military, Korea, and the Origins of Military-Industrial Capitalism" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2026)

March 6, 2026

Standardizing Empire

Patrick Chung
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Latino Studies

Latino Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Latinx Studies about their new books.

Ken Chitwood, "Borícua Muslims: Everyday Cosmopolitanism Among Puerto Rican Converts to Islam" (U Texas Press, 2025)

March 23, 2026

Borícua Muslims

Ken Chitwood
Hosted by Shobhana Xavier
Anne W. Johnson, "Mexico in Space: From La Raza Cósmica to the Space Race" (U Arizona Press, 2026)

March 12, 2026

Mexico in Space

Anne W. Johnson
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
Latin American Studies

Latin American Studies

episodes
Alex Diamond, "Governing the Excluded: Rural Livelihoods Beyond Coca in Colombia's Peace Laboratory" (U Chicago Press, 2026)

April 6, 2026

Governing the Excluded

Alex Diamond
Hosted by Sneha Annavarapu
Amelia Frank-Vitale, "Leave If You Can: Migration and Violence in Bordered Worlds" (U California Press, 2026)

April 2, 2026

Leave If You Can

Amelia Frank-Vitale
Hosted by Rachel Newman
Mexican Studies

Mexican Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholar of Mexico about their new books

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
Ricardo Wilson, "Troubled Lands: Stories of Mexico and Cuba as Translated by Langston Hughes" (Princeton UP, 2026)

March 27, 2026

Troubled Lands

Ricardo Wilson
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
Middle Eastern Studies

Middle Eastern Studies

episodes

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

Pacific Studies

Pacific Studies

episodes

Discussions with scholars of the Pacific region about their new books

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
Gregory Smits, "The Ryukyu Islands: A New History from the Stone Age to the Present" (U Chicago Press, 2026)

March 30, 2026

The Ryukyu Islands

Gregory Smits
Hosted by Ran Zwigenberg
Polish Studies

Polish Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Poland about their new books

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
Agata Fijalkowski, "Law, Visual Culture, and the Show Trial" (Routledge, 2023)

December 30, 2025

Law, Visual Culture, and the Show Trial

Agata Fijalkowski
Hosted by Alex Batesmith
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Russian and Eurasian Studies

Russian and Eurasian Studies

episodes

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

Scott M. Kenworthy, "The People's Patriarch: Tikhon Bellavin and the Orthodox Church in North America and Revolutionary Russia" (Oxford UP, 2026)

April 6, 2026

The People's Patriarch

Scott M. Kenworthy
Hosted by Roland Clark
Kristina Jonutytė, "Between the Buddha and the New Tsar: Urban Religion and Minority Politics at the Asian Borderlands of Russia" (Cornell UP, 2026)

April 1, 2026

Between the Buddha and the New Tsar

Kristina Jonutytė
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
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.

Nurhaizatul Jamil, "Faithful Transformations: Islamic Self-Help in Contemporary Singapore" (U Illinois Press, 2025)

April 10, 2026

Faithful Transformations

Nurhaizatul Jamil
Hosted by Jaclyn Michael
Tim Connor et al., "Global Business and Local Struggle: Reimagining Non-Judicial Remedy for Human Rights" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

April 10, 2026

Global Business and Local Struggle

Tim Connor, Annie Delaney, Fiona Haines, Kate Macdonald, and Shelley Marshall
Hosted by Caitlin Murphy
South Asian Studies

South Asian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of South Asia about their new books.

Taiwan Studies

Taiwan Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Taiwan about their new books.

Jeffrey Wasserstrom, "Everything You Wanted to Know about China*: * But Were Afraid to Ask" (Brixton Ink, 2025)

March 31, 2026

Everything You Wanted to Know about China*

Jeffrey Wasserstrom
Hosted by Lucas Tse
James Lin, "The Global Vanguard: Agrarian Development and the Making of Modern Taiwan" (U California Press, 2025)

March 25, 2026

The Global Vanguard

James Lin
Turkish Studies

Turkish Studies

episodes

Interviews with authors about new books in Turkish studies.

Prolepsis

March 23, 2026

Prolepsis

Gloria Fisk
Sezai Ozan Zeybek, "Animals, Justice, and the Politics of Violence: Shared Struggles in Turkey" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025)

March 9, 2026

Animals, Justice, and the Politics of Violence

Sezai Ozan Zeybek
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Ukrainian Studies

Ukrainian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Ukraine about their new books

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
Elliot Dolan-Evans, "Making War Safe for Capitalism: The World Bank, IMF, and the Conflict in Ukraine" (Bristol UP, 2025)

February 28, 2026

Making War Safe for Capitalism

Elliot Dolan-Evans
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Western European Studies

Western European Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Western Europe about their new books.

Pavel Brunssen, "The Making of 'Jew Clubs': Performing Jewishness and Antisemitism in European Football and Fan Cultures" (Indiana UP, 2025)

April 9, 2026

The Making of "Jew Clubs"

Pavel Brunssen
Hosted by Keith Rathbone
Karen L. Bowen and Dirk Imhof, "The Burgeoning European Print Trade: The Distribution of Prints Via the Plantin-Moretus Press of Antwerp" (Harvey Miller, 2025)

April 8, 2026

The Burgeoning European Print Trade

Karen L. Bowen and Dirk Imhof
Hosted by Jana Byars
World Affairs

World Affairs

episodes

Interviews with scholars of World Affairs about their new books.