Peoples & Places

African Studies

African Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Africa about their new books.

Karin Barber, "Much Matter in a Penny Paper: Early Yoruba Print Culture in Lagos, 1910–1930" (Ohio UP, 2026)

August 31, 2026

Much Matter in a Penny Paper

Karin Barber
Hosted by Mariam Olugbodi
Bernadette Ludwig, "Unwelcome Shores: Black Refugees in America" (Rutgers UP, 2025)

August 29, 2026

Unwelcome Shores

Bernadette Ludwig
Hosted by Michael Rosino
African American Studies

African American Studies

episodes

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

Bernadette Ludwig, "Unwelcome Shores: Black Refugees in America" (Rutgers UP, 2025)

August 29, 2026

Unwelcome Shores

Bernadette Ludwig
Hosted by Michael Rosino
Courtney Weikle‑Mills, "Sugarcoated Ethics: Children’s Literature and Atlantic Enslavement" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2026)

August 29, 2026

Sugarcoated Ethics

Courtney Weikle-Mills
Hosted by Amisah Bakuri
American Politics

American Politics

episodes

Interviews with scholars of American politics about their new books.

Eran A. Zelnik, "American Laughter, American Fury: Humor and the Making of a White Man's Democracy, 1750–1850" (JHU Press, 2025)

August 31, 2026

American Laughter, American Fury

Eran A. Zelnik
Hosted by Amy Weitzman
Catherine Reyes-Housholder, "How Women Win Presidential Elections in Latin America" (Temple UP, 2026)

August 28, 2026

How Women Win Presidential Elections in Latin America

Catherine Reyes-Housholder
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
American Studies

American Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of America about their new books.

Eran A. Zelnik, "American Laughter, American Fury: Humor and the Making of a White Man's Democracy, 1750–1850" (JHU Press, 2025)

August 31, 2026

American Laughter, American Fury

Eran A. Zelnik
Hosted by Amy Weitzman
Steven Herman: Behind the White House Curtain

August 30, 2026

Steven Herman

American South

American South

episodes

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

Kiara Wyndham, "Diversityland: Hiding Racial Inequality in an American Suburb" (U California Press, 2026)

August 17, 2026

Diversityland

Kiara Wyndham
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Daniel Byman, "American Pogroms: How Forgotten Massacres Shape America" (Oxford UP, 2026)

August 14, 2026

American Pogroms

Daniel Byman
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
American West

American West

episodes

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

John Trafton, "Los Angeles and Film: A Cultural History of 20th-Century Hollywood" (Bloomsbury, 2026)

August 31, 2026

Los Angeles and Film

John Trafton
Hosted by Cory Barker
Nancy Yunhwa Rao, "Inside Chinese Theater: Community and Artistry in Nineteenth Century California and Beyond" (U Illinois Press, 2025)

August 31, 2026

Inside Chinese Theater

Nancy Yunhwa Rao
Hosted by Kristen Turner
Asian American Studies

Asian American Studies

episodes

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

Nancy Yunhwa Rao, "Inside Chinese Theater: Community and Artistry in Nineteenth Century California and Beyond" (U Illinois Press, 2025)

August 31, 2026

Inside Chinese Theater

Nancy Yunhwa Rao
Hosted by Kristen Turner
WE HEREBY REFUSE: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration with Bruce Rutledge

August 19, 2026

WE HEREBY REFUSE

Bruce Rutledge
Asian Politics

Asian Politics

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Asian Politics about their new books

Paul Chambers In Conversation with Duncan McCargo

August 31, 2026

Paul Chambers

Hosted by Duncan McCargo
Srirupa Roy, "The Political Outsider: Indian Democracy and the Lineages of Populism" (Stanford UP, 2024)

August 28, 2026

The Political Outsider

Srirupa Roy
Hosted by Dhiren Swain
Australian and New Zealand Studies

Australian and New Zealand Studies

episodes

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

Hamish Maxwell-Stewart and Michael Quinlan, "Unfree Workers: Insubordination and Resistance in Convict Australia, 1788–1860" (Springer Nature, 2022)

August 30, 2026

Unfree Workers

Hamish Maxwell-Stewart and Michael Quinlan
Hosted by Hannah Forsyth
Taking The Scenic Route To High Quality Education For Indigenous Students

August 19, 2026

Taking The Scenic Route To High Quality Education For Indigenous Students

Hannah Madin and Catherine White
British Studies

British Studies

episodes

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

Stefan Collini, "Literature and Learning: A History of English Studies in Britain" (Oxford UP, 2025)

August 29, 2026

Literature and Learning

Catherine S. Chan, "Savage: The Making of Modern Dogs in British Hong Kong" (Cornell UP, 2026)

August 29, 2026

Savage

Catherine S. Chan
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Canadian Studies

Canadian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Canada about their new books.

Reinhold Kramer and Tom Mitchell, "'PS: Burn after Reading': The Kellock-Taschereau Commission and Soviet Espionage" (U Toronto Press, 2026)

August 29, 2026

'PS: Burn after Reading'

Reinhold Kramer and Tom Mitchell
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Peter C. Mancall, "Contested Continent: The Struggle for North America, c. 1000–1680" (Oxford UP, 2026)

July 11, 2026

Contested Continent

Peter C. Mancall
Hosted by Ryan Tripp
Caribbean Studies

Caribbean Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of the Caribbean about their new books.

Cécile Bishop, "Forms of Blackness: Race and Visibility in the French-Speaking World" (Duke UP, 2026)

July 11, 2026

Forms of Blackness

Cécile Bishop
Hosted by Amisah Bakuri
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
Central Asian Studies

Central Asian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Central Asia about their new books.

Old Lhasa: A Biography of a Sacred City

August 23, 2026

Old Lhasa

M A Aldrich
Ryan Schweitzer, "Homosexuality in Central Asia: Stories of Hardship and Hope" (B&N Press, 2026)

August 8, 2026

Homosexuality in Central Asia

Ryan Schweitzer
Hosted by Cholpon Ramizova
Chinese Studies

Chinese Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of China about their new books.

Nancy Yunhwa Rao, "Inside Chinese Theater: Community and Artistry in Nineteenth Century California and Beyond" (U Illinois Press, 2025)

August 31, 2026

Inside Chinese Theater

Nancy Yunhwa Rao
Hosted by Kristen Turner
Corrado Neri, "Taiwanese Horror Cinema in the 21st Century: Spectral Narratives and Screen Culture" (Anthem Press, 2026)

August 30, 2026

Taiwanese Horror Cinema in the 21st Century

Corrado Neri
East Asian Studies

East Asian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of East Asia about their new books.

Steven Herman: Behind the White House Curtain

August 30, 2026

Steven Herman

Catherine S. Chan, "Savage: The Making of Modern Dogs in British Hong Kong" (Cornell UP, 2026)

August 29, 2026

Savage

Catherine S. Chan
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Eastern European Studies

Eastern European Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Eastern Europe about their new books.

Tom Trier, "Blue Sea, Black Gold, Red Banner: The South Caucasus and Scandinavia, 1880s–1920s" (Northern Illinois UP, 2026)

August 30, 2026

Blue Sea, Black Gold, Red Banner

Tom Trier
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Educating for an Uncertain Future in Interwar Poland

August 29, 2026

Educating for an Uncertain Future in Interwar Poland

Elena Hoffenberg
Hosted by YIVO Institute
European Politics

European Politics

episodes

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

Denialism: Polish Style

August 22, 2026

Denialism

Elżbieta Janicka
Hosted by YIVO Institute
French Studies

French Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of France about their new books.

Joseph Acquisto, "Baudelaire's Objects" (Bloomsbury, 2026)

August 22, 2026

Baudelaire's Objects

Joseph Acquisto
Hosted by Gina Stamm
Jessica Riskin, "The Power of Life: The Invention of Biology and the Revolutionary Science of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck" (Penguin, 2026)

August 21, 2026

The Power of Life

Jessica Riskin
Hosted by Anna Olteanu
German Studies

German Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Germany about their new books.

Claudia Kreklau, "The Making of Modern Eating: How the German Middle Class Forged the Way We Eat, 1780–1910" (Berghahn, 2026)

August 20, 2026

The Making of Modern Eating

Claudia Kreklau
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
On Who Blew Up Nord Stream: A Conversation with Author Bojan Pancevski

July 28, 2026

On Who Blew Up Nord Stream

Hosted by Paul Starobin
Iberian Studies

Iberian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Iberia about their new books

Travis Bruce, "Constructing the Medieval Maritime State: Identity, Violence, and Connection in the Mediterranean" (Oxford UP, 2026)

August 23, 2026

Constructing the Medieval Maritime State

Travis Bruce
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Cycling Cities: Lisbon and Tehran with M. Luísa Sousa and Kazem Afradi

August 6, 2026

Cycling Cities

M. Luísa Sousa and Kazem Afradi
Hosted by Jacob Ward
India Studies

India Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of India about their new books.

Srirupa Roy, "The Political Outsider: Indian Democracy and the Lineages of Populism" (Stanford UP, 2024)

August 28, 2026

The Political Outsider

Srirupa Roy
Hosted by Dhiren Swain
Niharika Pandit, "Occupying the Everyday: Militarisation and Gendered Politics of Living in Kashmir" (Oxford UP, 2026)

August 25, 2026

Occupying the Everyday

Niharika Pandit
Indian Ocean World

Indian Ocean World

episodes

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

Srirupa Roy, "The Political Outsider: Indian Democracy and the Lineages of Populism" (Stanford UP, 2024)

August 28, 2026

The Political Outsider

Srirupa Roy
Hosted by Dhiren Swain
Indigenous Studies

Indigenous Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Indigenous Studies about their new books.

Alejandro E. Camacho and Brigham Daniels, "Lessons for a Warming Planet: A Vital History of US Environmental Law" (NYU Press, 2026)

August 29, 2026

Lessons for a Warming Planet

Alejandro E. Camacho and Brigham Daniels
Arturo Chang, "A New World of Revolutions: Popular Imaginations and Movements Across the Americas" (Princeton UP, 2026)

August 20, 2026

A New World of Revolutions

Arturo Chang
Hosted by Matthew Mason
Iranian Studies

Iranian Studies

episodes

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

Cycling Cities: Lisbon and Tehran with M. Luísa Sousa and Kazem Afradi

August 6, 2026

Cycling Cities

M. Luísa Sousa and Kazem Afradi
Hosted by Jacob Ward
Mikhail Pelevin, "Love, Honour and God: Pashto Writings of Early Modern Times" (Brill, 2025)

July 31, 2026

Love, Honour and God

Mikhail Pelevin
Hosted by Qaseem Ahmadzai
Irish Studies

Irish Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Ireland about their new books.

Israel Studies

Israel Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Israel about their new books.

Shai Lavi, "Bioethics and Biopolitics in Israel: Socio-legal, Political and Empirical Analysis" (Cambridge UP, 2019)

August 28, 2026

Bioethics and Biopolitics in Israel

Shai Lavi ed., et al.
Hosted by Renee Garfinkel
Amihai Mazar and Nava Panitz-Cohen, "Tel Rehov: A Bronze and Iron Age City in the Beth-Shean Valle" (The Institute of Archaeology, The Hebrew University, 2020)

August 17, 2026

Tel Rehov

Amihai Mazar and Nava Panitz-Cohen
Italian Studies

Italian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Italy about their new books.

Jane Draycott, "Fulvia: The Woman Who Broke All the Rules in Ancient Rome" (Yale UP, 2025)

August 22, 2026

Fulvia

Jane Draycott
Gianluca Fantoni, "Soldiers, Angels, and Avengers: A History of the Jewish Brigade" (McGill-Queen's UP, 2026)

August 7, 2026

Soldiers, Angels, and Avengers

Gianluca Fantoni
Hosted by Roberto Mazza
Japanese Studies

Japanese Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Japan about their new books.

WE HEREBY REFUSE: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration with Bruce Rutledge

August 19, 2026

WE HEREBY REFUSE

Bruce Rutledge
Vincent Haddad, "Next Time on Dragon Ball: Playing with a Manga and Anime Franchise" (U Minnesota Press, 2026)

August 18, 2026

Next Time on Dragon Ball

Vincent Haddad
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Korean Studies

Korean Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Korea about their new books.

Edward Goldring, "Purges: How Dictators Fight to Survive" (Cornell UP, 2026)

August 24, 2026

Purges

Edward Goldring
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Jin Y. Park and Sumi Lee eds., "Korean Buddhism: Selected Readings from Primary Texts" (U Hawaii Press, 2026)

August 8, 2026

Korean Buddhism

Jin Y. Park and Sumi Lee
Hosted by Alex Carroll
Latino Studies

Latino Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Latinx Studies about their new books.

Gabriella Soto, "Border Afterlives: Migrant Deaths, Forensic Investigations, and the Politics of Haunting" (U Arizona Press, 2026)

July 19, 2026

Border Afterlives

Gabriella Soto
Becoming the System

July 8, 2026

Becoming the System

Nelson Flores
Latin American Studies

Latin American Studies

episodes
Catherine Reyes-Housholder, "How Women Win Presidential Elections in Latin America" (Temple UP, 2026)

August 28, 2026

How Women Win Presidential Elections in Latin America

Catherine Reyes-Housholder
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Arturo Chang, "A New World of Revolutions: Popular Imaginations and Movements Across the Americas" (Princeton UP, 2026)

August 20, 2026

A New World of Revolutions

Arturo Chang
Hosted by Matthew Mason
Mexican Studies

Mexican Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholar of Mexico about their new books

Tatiana Seijas, "American Metropolis: The Making of Mexico City" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

August 23, 2026

American Metropolis

Tatiana Seijas
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Gabriella Soto, "Border Afterlives: Migrant Deaths, Forensic Investigations, and the Politics of Haunting" (U Arizona Press, 2026)

July 19, 2026

Border Afterlives

Gabriella Soto
Middle Eastern Studies

Middle Eastern Studies

episodes

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

Robin Whelan, "Serving the Christian State in Late Antiquity" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

August 24, 2026

Serving the Christian State in Late Antiquity

Robin Whelan
Hosted by Michael Motia
Emily Sibley, "The Poetics of Incivility: Satire and Subversion in Modern Arab Culture" (Cornell UP, 2026)

August 20, 2026

The Poetics of Incivility

Emily Sibley
Hosted by Tugrul Mende
Pacific Studies

Pacific Studies

episodes

Discussions with scholars of the Pacific region about their new books

Malcolm Murfett, "Eden's Alternative to Appeasement: The Anglo-American Strategy that Might Have Been, 1937–38" (Tithebarn Press, 2026)

August 26, 2026

Eden's Alternative to Appeasement

Malcolm Murfett
Hosted by Charles Coutinho
David Helvarg, "Forest of the Sea: The Remarkable Life and Imperiled Future of Kelp" (Princeton UP, 2026)

August 26, 2026

Forest of the Sea

David Helvarg
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Polish Studies

Polish Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Poland about their new books

Democratic Backsliding and Resistance: Poland’s Civil Society, Electoral Strategies, and Institutional Levers

July 12, 2026

Democratic Backsliding and Resistance

Mikołaj Cześnik, Michał Wawrykiewicz, Marek Tatała, and Dominika Lasota
Hosted by Frances Cayton
Jay Szpilka, "BDSM Practices in Contemporary Poland: Barbed Wire Floggings, Rope Orgasms, and the Problem with Desire" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025)

July 7, 2026

BDSM Practices in Contemporary Poland

Jay Szpilka
Russian and Eurasian Studies

Russian and Eurasian Studies

episodes

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

Tom Trier, "Blue Sea, Black Gold, Red Banner: The South Caucasus and Scandinavia, 1880s–1920s" (Northern Illinois UP, 2026)

August 30, 2026

Blue Sea, Black Gold, Red Banner

Tom Trier
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Reinhold Kramer and Tom Mitchell, "'PS: Burn after Reading': The Kellock-Taschereau Commission and Soviet Espionage" (U Toronto Press, 2026)

August 29, 2026

'PS: Burn after Reading'

Reinhold Kramer and Tom Mitchell
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.

Paul Chambers In Conversation with Duncan McCargo

August 31, 2026

Paul Chambers

Hosted by Duncan McCargo
Catherine S. Chan, "Savage: The Making of Modern Dogs in British Hong Kong" (Cornell UP, 2026)

August 29, 2026

Savage

Catherine S. Chan
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
South Asian Studies

South Asian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of South Asia about their new books.

Srirupa Roy, "The Political Outsider: Indian Democracy and the Lineages of Populism" (Stanford UP, 2024)

August 28, 2026

The Political Outsider

Srirupa Roy
Hosted by Dhiren Swain
Kanchana N. Ruwanpura and Wilfried Swenden eds., "Protecting Workers? Crisis, COVID-19 and South Asia" (Helsinki UP, 2026)

August 27, 2026

Protecting Workers?

Kanchana N. Ruwanpura and Wilfried Swenden eds.
Taiwan Studies

Taiwan Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Taiwan about their new books.

Corrado Neri, "Taiwanese Horror Cinema in the 21st Century: Spectral Narratives and Screen Culture" (Anthem Press, 2026)

August 30, 2026

Taiwanese Horror Cinema in the 21st Century

Corrado Neri
Po-Yi Hung, "Routes of Taiwan Tea: Mobility, Borders, and Territoriality" (U Washington Press, 2026)

August 19, 2026

Routes of Taiwan Tea

Po-Yi Hung
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Turkish Studies

Turkish Studies

episodes

Interviews with authors about new books in Turkish studies.

Edward Goldring, "Purges: How Dictators Fight to Survive" (Cornell UP, 2026)

August 24, 2026

Purges

Edward Goldring
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Murat C. Yildiz, "The Ottoman World of Sports: Refashioning Bodies, Men, and Communities in Late Imperial Istanbul" (U Texas Press, 2026)

July 31, 2026

The Ottoman World of Sports

Murat C. Yildiz
Hosted by Reuben Silverman
Ukrainian Studies

Ukrainian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Ukraine about their new books

On Who Blew Up Nord Stream: A Conversation with Author Bojan Pancevski

July 28, 2026

On Who Blew Up Nord Stream

Hosted by Paul Starobin
Victoria Donovan, "Life in Spite of Everything: Tales from the Ukrainian East" (Daunt Books, 2025)

July 26, 2026

Life in Spite of Everything

Victoria Donovan
Western European Studies

Western European Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Western Europe about their new books.

Tom Trier, "Blue Sea, Black Gold, Red Banner: The South Caucasus and Scandinavia, 1880s–1920s" (Northern Illinois UP, 2026)

August 30, 2026

Blue Sea, Black Gold, Red Banner

Tom Trier
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Educating for an Uncertain Future in Interwar Poland

August 29, 2026

Educating for an Uncertain Future in Interwar Poland

Elena Hoffenberg
Hosted by YIVO Institute
World Affairs

World Affairs

episodes

Interviews with scholars of World Affairs about their new books.

Prakash Kashwan, "Decolonizing Environmentalism: Alternative Visions and Practices of Environmental Action" (Bloomsbury, 2024)

August 30, 2026

Decolonizing Environmentalism

Prakash Kashwan and Aseem Hasnain
Richard Ned Lebow, "Why Nations Still Fight" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

August 30, 2026

Why Nations Still Fight

Richard Ned Lebow