Peoples & Places

African Studies

African Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Africa about their new books.

Marta Dominguez Diaz, "Tunisia's Andalusians: The Cultural Identity of a North African Minority" (Edinburgh UP, 2025)

June 25, 2026

Tunisia's Andalusians

Marta Dominguez Diaz
Hosted by Amanie Antar
Cyanne E. Loyle, "Escaping Justice: Impunity for State Crimes in the Age of Accountability" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

June 24, 2026

Escaping Justice

Cyanne E. Loyle
African American Studies

African American Studies

episodes

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

Sharron Wilkins Conrad, "The Trinity: John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Civil Rights in African American Memory" (UNC Press, 2026)

June 27, 2026

The Trinity

Sharron Wilkins Conrad
Hosted by Raymond Williams
Introducing Periodically: A UC Press Journals Podcast with Journals Director David Famiano

June 25, 2026

Introducing Periodically

David Famiano
Hosted by Jessica Chesnutt
American Politics

American Politics

episodes

Interviews with scholars of American politics about their new books.

S5E11 The Once and Future Republic: On Cicero, Locke, and the Making of America with Michael C. Hawley

July 1, 2026

The Once and Future Republic

Michael C. Hawley
Hosted by Ryan Shinkel
Daniel Krcmaric, "Above the Law: The United States and the International Criminal Court" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

June 30, 2026

Above the Law

Daniel Krcmaric
American Studies

American Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of America about their new books.

S5E11 The Once and Future Republic: On Cicero, Locke, and the Making of America with Michael C. Hawley

July 1, 2026

The Once and Future Republic

Michael C. Hawley
Hosted by Ryan Shinkel
Scott Reich, "One Day in September: Baseball, Brotherhood, and the Birth of the All-Star Game" (Compass Rose, 2026)

June 30, 2026

One Day in September

Scott Reich
Hosted by Paul Knepper
American South

American South

episodes

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

Inside the Mississippi Marathon: How Mississippi Dramatically Improved Its Education System with Rachel Canter

June 19, 2026

Inside the Mississippi Marathon

Rachel Canter
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
Sarah McNamara, "Ybor City: Crucible of the Latina South" (UNC Press, 2023)

June 11, 2026

Ybor City

Sarah McNamara
American West

American West

episodes

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

Asian American Studies

Asian American Studies

episodes

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

Charlotte Brooks, "The Moys of New York and Shanghai: One Family’s Extraordinary Journey Through War and Revolution" (U California Press, 2026)

June 18, 2026

The Moys of New York and Shanghai

Charlotte Brooks
Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
The Diasporic Hindu Right with Savera

June 8, 2026

The Diasporic Hindu Right with Savera

Prachi Patankar and Ram Vishwanathan
Australian and New Zealand Studies

Australian and New Zealand Studies

episodes

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

Simon Ville, et al., "Global Enterprise in Australia: International Business Down Under since Federation" (Routledge, 2026)

June 28, 2026

Global Enterprise in Australia

Simon Ville, Pierre van der Eng, André Sammartino, David Merrett, and Monica Keneley
Mardi Reardon-Smith, "Making Do: Conservation Ethics and Ecological Care in Australia" (Stanford UP, 2025)

June 10, 2026

Making Do

Mardi Reardon-Smith
Hosted by Amisah Bakuri
British Studies

British Studies

episodes

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

Good Goy, Bad Goy: The Portrayal of Gentiles in Sketches from the London Yiddish Press

July 1, 2026

Good Goy, Bad Goy

Vivi Lachs
Hosted by YIVO Institute
Jonathan Schneer, "Nine Days in May: The General Strike Of 1926" (Oxford UP, 2026)

July 1, 2026

Nine Days in May

Jonathan Schneer
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
Canadian Studies

Canadian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Canada about their new books.

Cheryl Thompson, "Staging Blackface in Canada: Public Amusements, Variety Shows, and Racial Acts in an Age of Imitation, 1898-1919" (Wilfrid Laurier UP, 2026)

June 16, 2026

Staging Blackface in Canada

Cheryl Thompson
Hosted by Sullivan Summer
Gabriel S. Estrada, "Queer Indigenous Cinemas: Sovereign Genders from Seven Directions" (U Arizona Press, 2026)

April 13, 2026

Queer Indigenous Cinemas

Gabriel S. Estrada
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
Caribbean Studies

Caribbean Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of the Caribbean about their new books.

Michelle Chase and Isabella Cosse eds., "The Cuban Revolution and the New Left: Transnational Histories of Gender, Sexuality, and Family" (U Florida Press, 2026)

June 25, 2026

The Cuban Revolution and the New Left

Michelle Chase and Isabella Cosse
Hosted by Katie Coldiron
Don Thomas Deere, "The Invention of Order: On the Coloniality of Space" (Duke UP, 2026)

June 11, 2026

The Invention of Order

Don Thomas Deere
Central Asian Studies

Central Asian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Central Asia about their new books.

David Leupold, "The Death and Life of Southern Soviet Cities: Urban Futures and Their Afterlives" (Routledge, 2026)

June 15, 2026

The Death and Life of Southern Soviet Cities

David Leupold
Hosted by Ernest Lee
Chinese Studies

Chinese Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of China about their new books.

Fabio Lanza, "Urban Revolution: People's Communes in Beijing" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

June 27, 2026

Urban Revolution

Fabio Lanza
Hosted by Mark Baker
East Asian Studies

East Asian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of East Asia about their new books.

Fabio Lanza, "Urban Revolution: People's Communes in Beijing" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

June 27, 2026

Urban Revolution

Fabio Lanza
Hosted by Mark Baker
Eastern European Studies

Eastern European Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Eastern Europe about their new books.

Christopher de Bellaigue, "The Golden Throne: The Curse of a King" (Bodley Head, 2025)

June 29, 2026

The Golden Throne

Christopher de Bellaigue
Hosted by Lucas Tse
European Politics

European Politics

episodes

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

Jonathan Schneer, "Nine Days in May: The General Strike Of 1926" (Oxford UP, 2026)

July 1, 2026

Nine Days in May

Jonathan Schneer
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
French Studies

French Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of France about their new books.

Charles J. Stivale, "Unfolding the Deleuze Seminars, 1970–1987: Summaries and Commentary" (Edinburgh UP, 2025)

June 25, 2026

Unfolding the Deleuze Seminars, 1970-1987

Charles J. Stivale
Hosted by Nathan Smith
Emily Doucet, "Inventing Nadar: A History of Photographic Firsts" (Duke UP, 2026)

June 16, 2026

Inventing Nadar

Emily Doucet
Hosted by Sadie Couture
German Studies

German Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Germany about their new books.

Great Minds in Despair

June 17, 2026

Frank Stahnisch
Cristina Florea, "Bukovina: The Life and Death of an East European Borderland" (Princeton UP, 2025)

June 16, 2026

Bukovina

Cristina Florea
Hosted by Roland Clark
Iberian Studies

Iberian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Iberia about their new books

Marta Dominguez Diaz, "Tunisia's Andalusians: The Cultural Identity of a North African Minority" (Edinburgh UP, 2025)

June 25, 2026

Tunisia's Andalusians

Marta Dominguez Diaz
Hosted by Amanie Antar
India Studies

India Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of India about their new books.

The Diasporic Hindu Right with Savera

June 8, 2026

The Diasporic Hindu Right with Savera

Prachi Patankar and Ram Vishwanathan
Rahul Mukherjee, "Unlimited: Aspirational Politics and Mobile Media Distribution" (MIT Press, 2026)

June 2, 2026

Unlimited

Rahul Mukherjee
Hosted by Priyam Sinha
Indian Ocean World

Indian Ocean World

episodes

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

Aditi Chandra, "Unruly Monuments: Disrupting the State at Delhi's Islamic Architecture" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

July 1, 2026

Unruly Monuments

Aditi Chandra
Hosted by Sohini Majumdar
Alex Boodrookas, "Comrades Estranged: Labor and Citizenship in the Twentieth-Century Persian Gulf" (Stanford UP, 2026)

June 20, 2026

Comrades Estranged

Alex Boodrookas
Hosted by Ahmed Almaazmi
Indigenous Studies

Indigenous Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Indigenous Studies about their new books.

Shawn William Miller, "Dream Road to Pan America: A Century in Pursuit of the World's Longest Highway" (U California Press, 2026)

June 29, 2026

Dream Road to Pan America

Shawn William Miller
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Iranian Studies

Iranian Studies

episodes

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

Ciruce A. Movahedi-Lankarani, "Accelerant: Energy Infrastructures and the Natural World in Making Modern Iran" (Stanford UP, 2026)

June 24, 2026

Accelerant

Ciruce A. Movahedi-Lankarani
Alex Boodrookas, "Comrades Estranged: Labor and Citizenship in the Twentieth-Century Persian Gulf" (Stanford UP, 2026)

June 20, 2026

Comrades Estranged

Alex Boodrookas
Hosted by Ahmed Almaazmi
Irish Studies

Irish Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Ireland about their new books.

Kevin Reilly, "Gregory Ghosts: Haunting Irishness" (Peter Lang, 2026)

June 30, 2026

Gregory Ghosts: Haunting Irishness

Kevin Reilly
Hosted by Aidan Beatty
Cyanne E. Loyle, "Escaping Justice: Impunity for State Crimes in the Age of Accountability" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

June 24, 2026

Escaping Justice

Cyanne E. Loyle
Israel Studies

Israel Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Israel about their new books.

Gideon Reuveni, "The Great Repair: Emotions, Memory, and the German–Jewish Settlement after the Holocaust" (Cornell UP, 2026)

May 9, 2026

The Great Repair

Gideon Reuveni
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Karolina Przewrocka-Aderet, "Polanim: From Poland to Israel" (Academic Studies Press, 2026)

April 19, 2026

Polanim

Karolina Przewrocka-Aderet
Hosted by Marc Katz
Italian Studies

Italian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Italy about their new books.

Catherine Fletcher, "The Firearm Revolution: From Renaissance Italy to the European Empires" (Princeton UP, 2026)

June 23, 2026

The Firearm Revolution

Catherine Fletcher
Laura Borghetti and Thomas Arentzen, "Ecologizing Late Ancient and Byzantine Worlds" (Bloomsbury, 2025)

June 22, 2026

Ecologizing Late Ancient and Byzantine Worlds

Laura Borghetti and Thomas Arentzen
Hosted by Michael Motia
Japanese Studies

Japanese Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Japan about their new books.

Alan Brender, "Pink Tsunami: The Hello Kitty Kawaii Wave that has Swept the World" (Headpress, 2026)

July 1, 2026

Pink Tsunami

Alan Brender
Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan
Yoshiko Nakano and Georgina Challen, "Meiji Graves in Happy Valley: Stories of Early Japanese Residents in Hong Kong" (Hong Kong UP, 2024)

June 17, 2026

Meiji Graves in Happy Valley

Yoshiko Nakano and Georgina Challen
Hosted by Bing Wang
Korean Studies

Korean Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Korea about their new books.

Don Baker, "Korean New Religions" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

June 20, 2026

Korean New Religions

Don Baker
Hosted by Leslie Hickman
Paige Towers, "What They Stole: A Familicide Rooted in Intercountry Adoption" (U Iowa Press, 2026)

May 28, 2026

What They Stole

Paige Towers
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Latino Studies

Latino Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Latinx Studies about their new books.

Gina M. Pérez, "Sanctuary People: Faith-Based Organizing in Latina/o Communities" (NYU Press, 2024)

June 26, 2026

Sanctuary People

Gina M. Pérez
Sarah McNamara, "Ybor City: Crucible of the Latina South" (UNC Press, 2023)

June 11, 2026

Ybor City

Sarah McNamara
Latin American Studies

Latin American Studies

episodes
Shawn William Miller, "Dream Road to Pan America: A Century in Pursuit of the World's Longest Highway" (U California Press, 2026)

June 29, 2026

Dream Road to Pan America

Shawn William Miller
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Michelle Chase and Isabella Cosse eds., "The Cuban Revolution and the New Left: Transnational Histories of Gender, Sexuality, and Family" (U Florida Press, 2026)

June 25, 2026

The Cuban Revolution and the New Left

Michelle Chase and Isabella Cosse
Hosted by Katie Coldiron
Mexican Studies

Mexican Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholar of Mexico about their new books

Rachel Grace Newman, "The Future in Their Hands: Making Mexico's Foreign-Educated Elite" (U California Press, 2026)

May 10, 2026

The Future in Their Hands

Rachel Grace Newman
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Richard Ivan Jobs and Steven Van Wolputte, "In the Land of the Lacandón: A Graphic History of Adventure and Imperialism" (McGill-Queen’s UP, 2025)

May 2, 2026

In the Land of the Lacandón

Richard Ivan Jobs and Steven Van Wolputte
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Middle Eastern Studies

Middle Eastern Studies

episodes

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

Arpan Roy, "Relative Strangers: Romani Kinship and Palestinian Difference" (U Toronto Press, 2025)

July 1, 2026

Relative Strangers

Arpan Roy
Hosted by Roberto Mazza
Pacific Studies

Pacific Studies

episodes

Discussions with scholars of the Pacific region about their new books

Jeremy Yellen, "The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere: When Total Empire Met Total War" (Cornell UP, 2019)

May 25, 2026

The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere

Jeremy Yellen
Hosted by Nathan Hopson
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
Polish Studies

Polish Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Poland about their new books

Peter Paul Dobek, "The Public House in Central Europe: Inns, Tavern, and Alehouses in Cracow during the Jagiellonian Dynasty" (Lexington Books, 2024)

June 20, 2026

The Public House in Central Europe

Peter Paul Dobek
Ida Kinalska-Pietruska and Isabella Skrypczak, "A Polish Girl in Siberia: Surviving and Transcending Exile" (Disruption Books, 2026)

June 14, 2026

A Polish Girl in Siberia

Ida Kinalska-Pietruska and Isabella Skrypczak
Russian and Eurasian Studies

Russian and Eurasian Studies

episodes

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

Kirill Shamiev, "Imperfect Equilibrium: Civil-Military Relations in Russian Defense Policymaking" (Oxford UP, 2026)

June 26, 2026

Imperfect Equilibrium

Kirill Shamiev
Hosted by Leo Bader
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.

Chiara Formichi, "Domestic Nationalism: Muslim Women, Health, and Modernity in Indonesia" (Stanford UP, 2025)

June 30, 2026

Domestic Nationalism

Chiara Formichi
Hosted by Leah Cargin
South Asian Studies

South Asian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of South Asia about their new books.

Aditi Chandra, "Unruly Monuments: Disrupting the State at Delhi's Islamic Architecture" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

July 1, 2026

Unruly Monuments

Aditi Chandra
Hosted by Sohini Majumdar
Caste and Music with T.M. Krishna

June 29, 2026

Caste and Music

T.M. Krishna
Taiwan Studies

Taiwan Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Taiwan about their new books.

Olivier Krischer and Shuxia Chen, "Wayfaring: Photography in Taiwan, 1950s-1980s" (Australian Centre on China in the World, 2025)

June 22, 2026

Wayfaring: Photography in Taiwan, 1950s-1980s

Olivier Krischer and Shuxia Chen
Hosted by Li-Ping Chen
Turkish Studies

Turkish Studies

episodes

Interviews with authors about new books in Turkish studies.

Nancy Micklewright, "Fashion in Late Ottoman Istanbul: Photography and Identity in a Global City" (Bloomsbury, 2026)

June 30, 2026

Fashion in Late Ottoman Istanbul

Nancy Micklewright
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Ukrainian Studies

Ukrainian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Ukraine about their new books

Jonathan Daly, "The Man Who Knew Russia: Richard Pipes, Humanist and Cold Warrior" (Stanford UP, 2025)

June 21, 2026

The Man Who Knew Russia

Jonathan Daly
Hosted by Erika Monahan
Cristina Florea, "Bukovina: The Life and Death of an East European Borderland" (Princeton UP, 2025)

June 16, 2026

Bukovina

Cristina Florea
Hosted by Roland Clark
Western European Studies

Western European Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Western Europe about their new books.

Kevin Reilly, "Gregory Ghosts: Haunting Irishness" (Peter Lang, 2026)

June 30, 2026

Gregory Ghosts: Haunting Irishness

Kevin Reilly
Hosted by Aidan Beatty
World Affairs

World Affairs

episodes

Interviews with scholars of World Affairs about their new books.

Daniel Krcmaric, "Above the Law: The United States and the International Criminal Court" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

June 30, 2026

Above the Law

Daniel Krcmaric
Cyanne E. Loyle, "Escaping Justice: Impunity for State Crimes in the Age of Accountability" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

June 24, 2026

Escaping Justice

Cyanne E. Loyle