Peoples & Places

African Studies

African Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Africa about their new books.

David Zeitlyn, "Mambila Divination: Framing Questions, Constructing Answers" (Routledge, 2021)

September 7, 2024

Mambila Divination

David Zeitlyn
Robin E. Möser, "Disarming Apartheid: The End of South Africa's Nuclear Weapons Programme and Accession to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 1968–1991" (Cambridge UP, 2024)

August 26, 2024

Disarming Apartheid

Robin E. Möser
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
African American Studies

African American Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of African America about their new books.

Michael L. Walker, "Indefinite: Doing Time in Jail" (Oxford UP, 2022)

September 15, 2024

Indefinite

Michael L. Walker
Hosted by Deidre Tyler
Grant Olwage, "Paul Robeson's Voices" (Oxford UP, 2023)

September 13, 2024

Paul Robeson's Voices

Grant Olwage
Hosted by Nathan Smith
American Politics

American Politics

episodes

Interviews with scholars of American politics about their new books.

S4E6 Celebrating Constitution Day, Part. 2: A Conversation with Julia Mahoney

September 18, 2024

Celebrating Constitution Day, Part. 2

Julia Mahoney
Hosted by Laura Laurent
Kevin J. McMahon, "A Supreme Court Unlike Any Other: The Deepening Divide Between the Justices and the People" (U Chicago Press, 2024)

September 16, 2024

A Supreme Court Unlike Any Other

Kevin J. McMahon
Hosted by Susan Liebell
American Studies

American Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of America about their new books.

Joy Knoblauch, "The Architecture of Good Behavior: Psychology and Modern Institutional Design in Postwar America" (U Pittsburgh Press, 2020)

September 18, 2024

The Architecture of Good Behavior

Joy Knoblauch
Hosted by Claire Clark
S4E6 Celebrating Constitution Day, Part. 2: A Conversation with Julia Mahoney

September 18, 2024

Celebrating Constitution Day, Part. 2

Julia Mahoney
Hosted by Laura Laurent
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.

Pamela Riney-Kehrberg, "When a Dream Dies: Agriculture, Iowa, and the Farm Crisis of the 1980s" (UP of Kansas, 2022)

September 13, 2024

When a Dream Dies

Pamela Riney-Kehrberg
Hosted by Stephen Hausmann
Asian American Studies

Asian American Studies

episodes

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

Sharon M. Quinsaat, "Insurgent Communities: How Protests Create a Filipino Diaspora" (U Chicago Press, 2024)

September 9, 2024

Insurgent Communities

Sharon M. Quinsaat
Hosted by Michael Johnston
Australian and New Zealand Studies

Australian and New Zealand Studies

episodes

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

Gary Mucciaroni, "Answers to the Labour Question: Industrial Relations and the State in the Anglophone World, 1880–1945" (U Toronto Press, 2024)

August 24, 2024

Answers to the Labour Question

Gary Mucciaroni
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Karen Patel, "Craft as a Creative Industry" (Routledge, 2024)

August 20, 2024

Craft as a Creative Industry

Karen Patel
Hosted by Dave O'Brien
British Studies

British Studies

episodes

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

Caroline Burt and Richard Partington, "Arise, England: Six Kings and the Making of the English State" (Faber & Faber, 2024)

September 17, 2024

Arise, England

Caroline Burt and Richard Partington
Hosted by Charles Coutinho
Wendy Ugolini, "Wales in England, 1914-1945: A Social, Cultural, and Military History" (Oxford UP, 2024)

September 16, 2024

Wales in England, 1914-1945

Wendy Ugolini
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Canadian Studies

Canadian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Canada about their new books.

Michael Hill, "The Lost Prime Ministers: Macdonald's Successors Abbott, Thompson, Bowell, and Tupper" (Dundurn, 2022)

August 24, 2024

The Lost Prime Ministers

Michael Hill
Hosted by Ari Barbalat
Gary Mucciaroni, "Answers to the Labour Question: Industrial Relations and the State in the Anglophone World, 1880–1945" (U Toronto Press, 2024)

August 24, 2024

Answers to the Labour Question

Gary Mucciaroni
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Caribbean Studies

Caribbean Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of the Caribbean about their new books.

Will Grant, "Populista: The Rise of Latin America's 21st Century Strongman" (Bloomsbury, 2021)

September 17, 2024

Populista

Will Grant
Hosted by Katie Coldiron
Jennifer L. Lambe, "The Subject of Revolution: Between Political and Popular Culture in Cuba" (UNC Press, 2024)

September 13, 2024

The Subject of Revolution

Jennifer L. Lambe
Hosted by Katie Coldiron
Central Asian Studies

Central Asian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Central Asia about their new books.

Victoria Smolkin, "A Sacred Space Is Never Empty: A History of Soviet Atheism" (Princeton UP, 2018)

August 18, 2024

A Sacred Space Is Never Empty

Victoria Smolkin
Chinese Studies

Chinese Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of China about their new books.

Gil Hizi, "Self-Development Ethics and Politics in China Today: A Keyword Approach" (Amsterdam UP, 2024)

September 15, 2024

Self-Development Ethics and Politics in China Today

Gil Hizi, Xinyan Peng, and Mieke Matthyssen
Hosted by Suvi Rautio
Thomas White, "China's Camel Country: Livestock and Nation-Building at a Pastoral Frontier" (U Washington Press, 2024)

September 14, 2024

China's Camel Country

Thomas White
Hosted by Yadong Li
East Asian Studies

East Asian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of East Asia about their new books.

Gil Hizi, "Self-Development Ethics and Politics in China Today: A Keyword Approach" (Amsterdam UP, 2024)

September 15, 2024

Self-Development Ethics and Politics in China Today

Gil Hizi, Xinyan Peng, and Mieke Matthyssen
Hosted by Suvi Rautio
Thomas White, "China's Camel Country: Livestock and Nation-Building at a Pastoral Frontier" (U Washington Press, 2024)

September 14, 2024

China's Camel Country

Thomas White
Hosted by Yadong Li
Eastern European Studies

Eastern European Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Eastern Europe about their new books.

Azra Hromadžić, "Riverine Citizenship: A Bosnian City in Love with the River" (CEU Press, 2024)

September 18, 2024

Riverine Citizenship

Azra Hromadžić
Hosted by CEU Press
Aleksandra Djuric Milovanovic, "The Untold Journey of the Nazarene Emigration from Yugoslavia to North America" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2024)

September 13, 2024

The Untold Journey of the Nazarene Emigration from Yugoslavia to North America

Aleksandra Djuric Milovanovic
Hosted by Roland Clark
European Politics

European Politics

episodes

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

Jennifer Redmond and Mary McAuliffe, "The Politics of Gender and Sexuality in Modern Ireland: A Reader" (Four Courts Press, 2024)

September 14, 2024

The Politics of Gender and Sexuality in Modern Ireland

Jennifer Redmond and Mary McAuliffe
Hosted by Aidan Beatty
Lynn M. Tesser, "Rethinking the End of Empire: Nationalism, State Formation, and Great Power Politics" (Stanford UP, 2024)

September 13, 2024

Rethinking the End of Empire

Lynn M. Tesser
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
French Studies

French Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of France about their new books.

Isaac Nakhimovsky, "The Holy Alliance: Liberalism and the Politics of Federation" (Princeton UP, 2024)

September 12, 2024

The Holy Alliance

Isaac Nakhimovsky
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Morgane Cadieu, "On Both Sides of the Tracks: Social Mobility in Contemporary French Literature" (U Chicago Press, 2024)

September 10, 2024

On Both Sides of the Tracks

Morgane Cadieu
German Studies

German Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Germany about their new books.

William H. F. Altman, "The German Stranger: Leo Strauss and National Socialism" (Lexington Books, 2010)

September 18, 2024

The German Stranger

William H. F. Altman
Hosted by Joseph Liss
Karl Marx, "Capital: Critique of Political Economy, Volume 1" (Princeton UP, 2024)

September 16, 2024

Capital

Karl Marx
Hosted by Mark Klobas
Iberian Studies

Iberian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Iberia about their new books

Naomi Leite, "Unorthodox Kin: Portuguese Marranos and the Global Search for Belonging" (U California Press, 2017)

September 6, 2024

Unorthodox Kin

Naomi Leite
Hosted by Adam Bobeck
Duncan Simpson, "I am pleased to inform the director: letters from Portuguese people to PIDE (1958-1968)" (Silveira, BookBuilders, 2022)

September 5, 2024

I am pleased to inform the director

Duncan Simpson
Hosted by Joe Williams

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.

Arang Keshavarzian, "Making Space for the Gulf: Histories of Regionalism and the Middle East" (Stanford UP, 2024)

July 21, 2024

Making Space for the Gulf

Arang Keshavarzian
Hosted by Ahmed Almaazmi
Jonathan Connolly, "Worthy of Freedom: Indenture and Free Labor in the Era of Emancipation" (U Chicago Press, 2024)

July 13, 2024

Worthy of Freedom

Jonathan Connolly
Iranian Studies

Iranian Studies

episodes

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

Cyrus Ali Zargar, "Religion of Love: Sufism and Self-Transformation in the Poetic Imagination of ʿaṭṭār" (SUNY Press, 2024)

August 21, 2024

Religion of Love

Cyrus Ali Zargar
Hosted by Shobhana Xavier
Farshid Emami, "Isfahan: Architecture and Urban Experience in Early Modern Iran" (Penn State UP, 2024)

August 17, 2024

Isfahan

Farshid Emami
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Irish Studies

Irish Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Ireland about their new books.

Jennifer Redmond and Mary McAuliffe, "The Politics of Gender and Sexuality in Modern Ireland: A Reader" (Four Courts Press, 2024)

September 14, 2024

The Politics of Gender and Sexuality in Modern Ireland

Jennifer Redmond and Mary McAuliffe
Hosted by Aidan Beatty
Edel Bhreathnach, "Monasticism in Ireland, AD 900-1250" (Four Courts Press, 2024)

September 11, 2024

Monasticism in Ireland, AD 900-1250

Edel Bhreathnach
Hosted by Crawford Gribben
Israel Studies

Israel Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Israel about their new books.

Seth J. Frantzman, "The October 7 War: Israel's Battle for Security in Gaza" (Wicked Son, 2024)

September 18, 2024

The October 7 War

Seth J. Frantzman
Hosted by Renee Garfinkel
Sivan Zakai and Matt Reingold, "Teaching Israel: Studies of Pedagogy from the Field" (Brandeis UP, 2023)

September 15, 2024

Teaching Israel

Sivan Zakai and Matt Reingold
Hosted by Drora Arussy
Italian Studies

Italian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Italy about their new books.

Philip Freeman, "Julian: Rome's Last Pagan Emperor" (Yale UP, 2023)

September 16, 2024

Julian

Philip Freeman
Hosted by Michael Motia
Andrea Moudarres, "The Enemy in Italian Renaissance Epic: Images of Hostility from Dante to Tasso" (U Virginia Press, 2019)

September 3, 2024

The Enemy in Italian Renaissance Epic

Andrea Moudarres
Hosted by Gerry Milligan
Japanese Studies

Japanese Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Japan about their new books.

James M. Scott, "Black Snow: Curtis Lemay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb" (Norton, 2024)

September 6, 2024

Black Snow

James M. Scott
Hosted by Andrew Pace
Korean Studies

Korean Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Korea about their new books.

Jinhyun Cho, "English Language Ideologies in Korea: Interpreting the Past and Present" (Springer, 2017)

September 6, 2024

English Language Ideologies in Korea

Jinhyun Cho
Christopher Lovins, "King Chŏngjo: An Enlightened Despot in Early Modern Korea" (SUNY Press, 2019)

August 27, 2024

King Chŏngjo

Christopher Lovins
Hosted by Mark Klobas
Latino Studies

Latino Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Latinx Studies about their new books.

Jennifer Domino Rudolph, "Baseball as Mediated Latinidad: Race, Masculinity, Nationalism, and Performances of Identity" (Ohio State UP, 2020)

September 10, 2024

Baseball as Mediated Latinidad

Jennifer Domino Rudolph
Javier Muñoz-Díaz et al., "Indigenous Materials in Libraries and the Curriculum: Latin American and Latinx Sources" (Routledge, 2024)

September 1, 2024

Indigenous Materials in Libraries and the Curriculum

Javier Muñoz-Díaz, Kathia Ibacache, and Leila Gómez
Hosted by Jen Hoyer
Latin American Studies

Latin American Studies

episodes
Will Grant, "Populista: The Rise of Latin America's 21st Century Strongman" (Bloomsbury, 2021)

September 17, 2024

Populista

Will Grant
Hosted by Katie Coldiron
Jason Ramsey, "Reckoning with Change in Yucatán: Histories of Care and Threat on a Former Hacienda" (Routledge, 2023)

September 17, 2024

Reckoning with Change in Yucatán

Jason Ramsey
Hosted by Yadong Li
Mexican Studies

Mexican Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholar of Mexico about their new books

Will Grant, "Populista: The Rise of Latin America's 21st Century Strongman" (Bloomsbury, 2021)

September 17, 2024

Populista

Will Grant
Hosted by Katie Coldiron
Jason Ramsey, "Reckoning with Change in Yucatán: Histories of Care and Threat on a Former Hacienda" (Routledge, 2023)

September 17, 2024

Reckoning with Change in Yucatán

Jason Ramsey
Hosted by Yadong Li
Middle Eastern Studies

Middle Eastern Studies

episodes

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

Seth J. Frantzman, "The October 7 War: Israel's Battle for Security in Gaza" (Wicked Son, 2024)

September 18, 2024

The October 7 War

Seth J. Frantzman
Hosted by Renee Garfinkel
Sivan Zakai and Matt Reingold, "Teaching Israel: Studies of Pedagogy from the Field" (Brandeis UP, 2023)

September 15, 2024

Teaching Israel

Sivan Zakai and Matt Reingold
Hosted by Drora Arussy
Native American Studies

Native American Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Native America about their new books.

Javier Muñoz-Díaz et al., "Indigenous Materials in Libraries and the Curriculum: Latin American and Latinx Sources" (Routledge, 2024)

September 1, 2024

Indigenous Materials in Libraries and the Curriculum

Javier Muñoz-Díaz, Kathia Ibacache, and Leila Gómez
Hosted by Jen Hoyer
Pacific Studies

Pacific Studies

episodes

Discussions with scholars of the Pacific region about their new books

Sarah Miller-Davenport, "Gateway State: Hawai’i and the Cultural Transformation of American Empire" (Princeton UP, 2019)

September 1, 2024

Gateway State

Sarah Miller-Davenport
Hosted by Zeb Larson
The Dragon and the Nguzunguzu

August 19, 2024

The Dragon and the Nguzunguzu

Rodolfo Maggio
Polish Studies

Polish Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Poland about their new books

What is Going on with Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe?

August 30, 2024

What is Going on with Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe?

Milada Vachudova and Tim Haughton
Hosted by Licia Cianetti
Adam Zamoyski, "Izabela the Valiant: The Story of an Indomitable Polish Princess" (William Collins, 2024)

August 24, 2024

Izabela the Valiant

Adam Zamoyski
Hosted by Piotr Kosicki
Russian and Eurasian Studies

Russian and Eurasian Studies

episodes

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

Isaac Nakhimovsky, "The Holy Alliance: Liberalism and the Politics of Federation" (Princeton UP, 2024)

September 12, 2024

The Holy Alliance

Isaac Nakhimovsky
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Yakov Feygin, "Building a Ruin: The Cold War Politics of Soviet Economic Reform" (Harvard UP, 2024)

September 8, 2024

Building a Ruin

Yakov Feygin
Hosted by Mathias Fuelling
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.

Lesbian Poetry in the Philippines

September 12, 2024

Lesbian Poetry in the Philippines

Naomi Cammayo
Hosted by Natali Pearson
South Asian Studies

South Asian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of South Asia about their new books.

Salma Siddique, "Evacuee Cinema: Bombay and Lahore in Partition Transit, 1940–1960" (Cambridge UP, 2022)

September 14, 2024

Evacuee Cinema

Salma Siddique
Hosted by Priyam Sinha
Turkish Studies

Turkish Studies

episodes

Interviews with authors about new books in Turkish studies.

Michelle Tusan, "The Last Treaty: Lausanne and the End of the First World War in the Middle East" (Cambridge UP, 2023)

August 27, 2024

The Last Treaty

Michelle Tusan
Hosted by Charles Coutinho
Andrew R. Basso, "Destroy Them Gradually: Displacement as Atrocity" (Rutgers UP, 2024)

August 13, 2024

Destroy Them Gradually

Andrew R. Basso
Hosted by Kelly McFall
Ukrainian Studies

Ukrainian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Ukraine about their new books

What is Going on with Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe?

August 30, 2024

What is Going on with Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe?

Milada Vachudova and Tim Haughton
Hosted by Licia Cianetti
Jonathan Dimbleby, "Endgame 1944: How Stalin Won the War" (Oxford UP, 2024)

July 24, 2024

Endgame 1944

Jonathan Dimbleby
Hosted by Richard Northrop
Western European Studies

Western European Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Western Europe about their new books.

William H. F. Altman, "The German Stranger: Leo Strauss and National Socialism" (Lexington Books, 2010)

September 18, 2024

The German Stranger

William H. F. Altman
Hosted by Joseph Liss
Zrinka Stahuljak, "Fixers: Agency, Translation, and the Early Global History of Literature" (U Chicago Press, 2024)

September 18, 2024

Fixers

Zrinka Stahuljak
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
World Affairs

World Affairs

episodes

Interviews with scholars of World Affairs about their new books.

Lynn M. Tesser, "Rethinking the End of Empire: Nationalism, State Formation, and Great Power Politics" (Stanford UP, 2024)

September 13, 2024

Rethinking the End of Empire

Lynn M. Tesser
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Greg Eghigian, "After the Flying Saucers Came: A Global History of the UFO Phenomenon" (Oxford UP, 2024)

September 11, 2024

After the Flying Saucers Came

Greg Eghigian
Hosted by Ran Zwigenberg