Peoples & Places

African Studies

African Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Africa about their new books.

Lauren M. MacLean, "Negotiating Power and Inequality in Ghana: Electricity and Citizenship as Reciprocity (Indiana UP, 2026)

March 15, 2026

Negotiating Power and Inequality in Ghana

Lauren Morris MacLean
Jessica Ann Levy, "Black Power, Inc.: Corporate America and the Rise of Multinational Empowerment Politics" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2026)

March 13, 2026

Black Power, Inc.

Jessica Ann Levy
Hosted by Brigid Wallace
African American Studies

African American Studies

episodes

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

Lisa Nakamura, "The Inattention Economy: How Women of Color Built the Internet" (U Minnesota Press, 2026)

March 18, 2026

The Inattention Economy

Lisa Nakamura
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Antwain K. Hunter, "A Precarious Balance: Firearms, Race, and Community in North Carolina, 1715-1865" (UNC Press, 2025)

March 16, 2026

A Precarious Balance

Antwain K. Hunter
Hosted by Sullivan Summer
American Politics

American Politics

episodes

Interviews with scholars of American politics about their new books.

Our Age of War: A Discussion with Author Robert Pape

March 18, 2026

Our Age of War

Robert Pape
Hosted by Paul Starobin
A.J. Bauer, "Making the Liberal Media: How Conservatives Built a Movement Against The Press" (Columbia UP, 2026)

March 18, 2026

Making the Liberal Media

A J Bauer
Hosted by John Armenta
American Studies

American Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of America about their new books.

Lisa Nakamura, "The Inattention Economy: How Women of Color Built the Internet" (U Minnesota Press, 2026)

March 18, 2026

The Inattention Economy

Lisa Nakamura
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
A.J. Bauer, "Making the Liberal Media: How Conservatives Built a Movement Against The Press" (Columbia UP, 2026)

March 18, 2026

Making the Liberal Media

A J Bauer
Hosted by John Armenta
American South

American South

episodes

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

Abe Walker, "Reassembling the UAW: Insurgency, Contention, and the Struggle for Unionism in the American South" (Temple UP, 2026)

March 17, 2026

Reassembling the UAW

Abe Walker
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Antwain K. Hunter, "A Precarious Balance: Firearms, Race, and Community in North Carolina, 1715-1865" (UNC Press, 2025)

March 16, 2026

A Precarious Balance

Antwain K. Hunter
Hosted by Sullivan Summer
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.

Lisa Nakamura, "The Inattention Economy: How Women of Color Built the Internet" (U Minnesota Press, 2026)

March 18, 2026

The Inattention Economy

Lisa Nakamura
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Guoqi Xu, "The Idea of China: A Contested History" (Harvard UP, 2026)

March 8, 2026

The Idea of China

Guoqi Xu
Hosted by Lucas Tse
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
Found in Translation: Many Meanings on a North Australian Mission

February 25, 2026

Found in Translation

British Studies

British Studies

episodes

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

H. S. Jones, "Liberal Worlds: James Bryce and the Democratic Intellect" (Princeton UP, 2025)

March 17, 2026

Liberal Worlds

H. S. Jones
Alex Powell, "Queering UK Refugee Law: Sexual Diversity and Asylum Administration" (Bristol UP, 2026)

March 17, 2026

Queering UK Refugee Law

Alex Powell
Hosted by Rine Vieth
Canadian Studies

Canadian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Canada about their new books.

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

March 17, 2026

Irreconcilable

Joseph Weiss
Elliot B. Hanowski, "Towards a Godless Dominion: Unbelief in Interwar Canada" (McGill-Queen’s UP, 2023)

March 9, 2026

Towards a Godless Dominion

Elliot Hanowski
Caribbean Studies

Caribbean Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of the Caribbean about their new books.

Selina Nwulu, "Black Climates: Notes on Race, Our Environment, and Visions for Equitable Futures" (Chatto & Windus, 2025)

March 11, 2026

Black Climates

Selina Nwulu
Jennifer Boum Make, "Decolonial Care: Reimagining Caregiving in the French Caribbean" (Rutgers UP, 2025)

March 4, 2026

Decolonial Care

Jennifer Boum Make
Hosted by Gina Stamm
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.

Christopher Munn, "Penalties of Empire: Capital Trials in Colonial Hong Kong" (Hong Kong UP, 2025)

March 17, 2026

Penalties of Empire

Christopher Munn
Hosted by Lucas Tse
Yanshuo Zhang, "Creative Belonging: The Qiang and Multiethnic Imagination in Modern China" (U Michigan Press, 2026)

March 14, 2026

Creative Belonging

Yanshuo Zhang
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
East Asian Studies

East Asian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of East Asia about their new books.

Christopher Munn, "Penalties of Empire: Capital Trials in Colonial Hong Kong" (Hong Kong UP, 2025)

March 17, 2026

Penalties of Empire

Christopher Munn
Hosted by Lucas Tse
Cheng Li, "Contested Environmentalisms: Trees and the Making of Modern China" (Stanford UP, 2025)

March 12, 2026

Contested Environmentalisms

Cheng Li
Hosted by Yadong Li
Eastern European Studies

Eastern European Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Eastern Europe about their new books.

European Politics

European Politics

episodes

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

H. S. Jones, "Liberal Worlds: James Bryce and the Democratic Intellect" (Princeton UP, 2025)

March 17, 2026

Liberal Worlds

H. S. Jones
Gudrun Persson, "Russian Military Thought: The Evolution of Strategy Since the Crimean War" (Georgetown UP, 2025)

March 15, 2026

Russian Military Thought

Gudrun Persson
French Studies

French Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of France about their new books.

Michael Bycroft, "Gems and the New Science: Matter and Value in the Scientific Revolution" (U Chicago Press, 2026)

March 11, 2026

Gems and the New Science

Michael Bycroft
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Maud Anne Bracke, "Reproductive Rights in Modern France: Reproductive Rights in Modern France: Feminism, Contraception, and Abortion, 1950-1980 (Oxford UP, 2025)

March 9, 2026

Reproductive Rights in Modern France

Maud Anne Bracke
Hosted by Gina Stamm
German Studies

German Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Germany about their new books.

Caroline Sharples, "The Long Death of Adolf Hitler: An Investigative History" (Yale UP, 2026)

March 10, 2026

The Long Death of Adolf Hitler

Caroline Sharples
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Iberian Studies

Iberian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Iberia about their new books

Foster Chamberlin, "Uncivil Guard: Policing, Military Culture, and the Coming of the Spanish Civil War" (Louisiana State UP, 2025)

March 15, 2026

Uncivil Guard

Foster Chamberlin
Hosted by Reuben Silverman
Jonathan Sherry, "Stalinism on Trial: Communism and Republican Justice in the Spanish Civil War" (Liverpool UP, 2025)

March 14, 2026

Stalinism on Trial

Jonathan Sherry
Hosted by Samantha Lomb
India Studies

India Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of India about their new books.

Indian Ocean World

Indian Ocean World

episodes

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

Osamu Kitayama and Jhuma Basak, "Psychoanalytic Explorations into the Primal Relationship in Japan and India" (Routledge, 2025)

March 10, 2026

Psychoanalytic Explorations Into the Primal Relationship in Japan and India

Osamu Kitayama and Jhuma Basak
Hosted by Ashis Roy
David S. Powers and Eric Tagliacozzo, "Islamic Ecumene: Comparing Muslim Societies" (Cornell UP, 2023)

February 22, 2026

Islamic Ecumene

David S. Powers and Eric Tagliacozzo
Hosted by Ahmed Almaazmi
Indigenous Studies

Indigenous Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Indigenous Studies about their new books.

Lisa Nakamura, "The Inattention Economy: How Women of Color Built the Internet" (U Minnesota Press, 2026)

March 18, 2026

The Inattention Economy

Lisa Nakamura
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
Iranian Studies

Iranian Studies

episodes

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

Understanding Iran Under Attack: A Discussion with Author Vali Nasr

March 12, 2026

Understanding Iran Under Attack

Vali Nasr
Hosted by Paul Starobin
Donna Stein, "The Empress and I: How an Ancient Empire Collected, Rejected and Rediscovered Modern Art" (Skira, 2020)

January 26, 2026

The Empress and I

Donna Stein
Irish Studies

Irish Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Ireland about their new books.

Ailbhe Kenny, "Music Refuge: Living Asylum through Music" (Oxford UP, Press 2025)

March 3, 2026

Music Refuge

Ailbhe Kenny
Hosted by Dave O'Brien
Israel Studies

Israel Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Israel about their new books.

The Shtetl: Myth and Reality

February 27, 2026

The Shtetl

Samuel Kassow
Hosted by YIVO Institute
Jie-Hyun Lim, "Victimhood Nationalism: History and Memory in a Global Age" (Columbia UP, 2025)

February 21, 2026

Victimhood Nationalism

Jie-Hyun Lim
Hosted by Leslie Hickman
Italian Studies

Italian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Italy about their new books.

Jake Nabel, "The Arsacids of Rome: Misunderstanding in Roman-Parthian Relations" (U California Press, 2025)

March 16, 2026

The Arsacids of Rome

Jake Nabel
Hosted by Michael Motia
Jessica Clarke, "A New History of Ancient Roman Theatre" (Liverpool UP, 2025)

March 13, 2026

A New History of Ancient Roman Theatre

Jessica Clarke
Japanese Studies

Japanese Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Japan about their new books.

Pedro Thiago Ramos Bassoe, "Supernatural Japan: Izumi Kyoka and the Global Fantastic" (U Michigan Press, 2026)

March 18, 2026

Supernatural Japan

Pedro Thiago Ramos Bassoe
Hosted by Amanda Kennell
Osamu Kitayama and Jhuma Basak, "Psychoanalytic Explorations into the Primal Relationship in Japan and India" (Routledge, 2025)

March 10, 2026

Psychoanalytic Explorations Into the Primal Relationship in Japan and India

Osamu Kitayama and Jhuma Basak
Hosted by Ashis Roy
Korean Studies

Korean Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Korea about their new books.

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
Jie-Hyun Lim, "Victimhood Nationalism: History and Memory in a Global Age" (Columbia UP, 2025)

February 21, 2026

Victimhood Nationalism

Jie-Hyun Lim
Hosted by Leslie Hickman
Latino Studies

Latino Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Latinx Studies about their new books.

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
Pablo Zavala, "Forging a Mexican People: Collective Subjectivities in Postrevolutionary Print Culture, 1917-1968" (U Arizona Press, 2026)

March 10, 2026

Forging a Mexican People

Pablo Zavala
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Latin American Studies

Latin American Studies

episodes
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
Selina Nwulu, "Black Climates: Notes on Race, Our Environment, and Visions for Equitable Futures" (Chatto & Windus, 2025)

March 11, 2026

Black Climates

Selina Nwulu
Mexican Studies

Mexican Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholar of Mexico about their new books

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
Pablo Zavala, "Forging a Mexican People: Collective Subjectivities in Postrevolutionary Print Culture, 1917-1968" (U Arizona Press, 2026)

March 10, 2026

Forging a Mexican People

Pablo Zavala
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Middle Eastern Studies

Middle Eastern Studies

episodes

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

Zainab Saleh, "Political Undesirables: Citizenship, Denaturalization, and Reclamation in Iraq" (Stanford UP, 2025)

March 17, 2026

Political Undesirables

Zainab Saleh
Jake Nabel, "The Arsacids of Rome: Misunderstanding in Roman-Parthian Relations" (U California Press, 2025)

March 16, 2026

The Arsacids of Rome

Jake Nabel
Hosted by Michael Motia
Pacific Studies

Pacific Studies

episodes

Discussions with scholars of the Pacific region about their new books

Mike Pitts, "Island at the Edge of the World: The Forgotten History of Easter Island" (Bloomsbury, 2025)

March 11, 2026

Island at the Edge of the World

Mike Pitts
Hosted by Sidney Michelini
Allison Powers, "Arbitrating Empire: United States Expansion and the Transformation of International Law" (Oxford UP, 2024)

February 23, 2026

Arbitrating Empire

Allison Powers
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
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.

Gudrun Persson, "Russian Military Thought: The Evolution of Strategy Since the Crimean War" (Georgetown UP, 2025)

March 15, 2026

Russian Military Thought

Gudrun Persson
Jonathan Sherry, "Stalinism on Trial: Communism and Republican Justice in the Spanish Civil War" (Liverpool UP, 2025)

March 14, 2026

Stalinism on Trial

Jonathan Sherry
Hosted by Samantha Lomb
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.

Olivier Hein, "Borneo: The History of an Enigma" (Hurst, 2026)

March 12, 2026

Borneo

Olivier Hein
Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
Miles Kenney-Lazar, "Socializing Land: Plantations, Dispossession, and Resistance in Laos" (U Hawai’i Press, 2025)

March 4, 2026

Socializing Land

Miles Kenney-Lazar
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
South Asian Studies

South Asian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of South Asia about their new books.

P. Thirumal and K. A. Nuaiman eds., "Inhabiting Technologies/Modernities: Media and Cultural Practices in South Asia" (Orient BlackSwan, 2025)

March 17, 2026

Inhabiting Technologies/Modernities

P. Thirumal and K. A. Nuaiman eds.
Hosted by Khadeeja Amenda
Taiwan Studies

Taiwan Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Taiwan about their new books.

Honghong Tinn, "Island Tinkerers: Innovation and Transformation in the Making of Taiwan's Computing Industry" (MIT Press, 2025)

February 26, 2026

Island Tinkerers

Honghong Tinn
Hosted by Li-Ping Chen
Natasha Heller, "Literature for Little Bodhisattvas: Making Buddhist Families in Modern Taiwan" (U Hawai'i Press, 2025)

January 26, 2026

Literature for Little Bodhisattvas

Natasha Heller
Hosted by Li-Ping Chen
Turkish Studies

Turkish Studies

episodes

Interviews with authors about new books in Turkish studies.

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
Eray Çayli, "Earthmoving: Extractivism, War, and Visuality in Northern Kurdistan" (U Texas Press, 2025)

February 20, 2026

Earthmoving

Eray Çayli
Hosted by Ronay Bakan
Ukrainian Studies

Ukrainian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Ukraine about their new books

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
Denys Gorbach, "The Making and Unmaking of the Ukrainian Working Class: Everyday Politics and Moral Economy in a Post-Soviet City" (Berghahn Books, 2024)

February 19, 2026

The Making and Unmaking of the Ukrainian Working Class

Denys Gorbach
Hosted by Adam Quinn
Western European Studies

Western European Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Western Europe about their new books.

H. S. Jones, "Liberal Worlds: James Bryce and the Democratic Intellect" (Princeton UP, 2025)

March 17, 2026

Liberal Worlds

H. S. Jones
World Affairs

World Affairs

episodes

Interviews with scholars of World Affairs about their new books.

Our Age of War: A Discussion with Author Robert Pape

March 18, 2026

Our Age of War

Robert Pape
Hosted by Paul Starobin
Andreas Malm and Wim Carton, "The Long Heat: Climate Politics When It’s Too Late" (Verso Books, 2025)

March 18, 2026

The Long Heat

Andreas Malm and Wim Carton
Hosted by Cody Skahan