Peoples & Places

African Studies

African Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Africa about their new books.

Kirsten Moore-Sheeley, "Nothing But Nets: A Biography of Global Health Science and Its Objects" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2023)

July 24, 2024

Nothing But Nets

Kirsten Moore-Sheeley
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Jams Bond

July 22, 2024

Jams Bond

cris cheek
Hosted by Mack Hagood
African American Studies

African American Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of African America about their new books.

Tiffany Gill, "To Turn the Whole World Over: Black Women and Internationalism" (U Illinois Press, 2019)

July 21, 2024

To Turn the Whole World Over

Keisha Blain and Tiffany Gill
Michael J. Douma, "The Slow Death of Slavery in Dutch New York: A Cultural, Economic, and Demographic History, 1700-1827" (Cambridge UP, 2024)

July 20, 2024

The Slow Death of Slavery in Dutch New York

Michael J. Douma
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
American Politics

American Politics

episodes

Interviews with scholars of American politics about their new books.

American Studies

American Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of America about their new books.

Rosemary Pennington, "Pop Islam: Seeing American Muslims in Popular Media" (Indiana UP, 2024)

July 26, 2024

Pop Islam

Rosemary Pennington
Hosted by Shobhana Xavier
Jonathan Branfman, "Millennial Jewish Stars: Navigating Racial Antisemitism, Masculinity, and White Supremacy" (NYU Press, 2024)

July 26, 2024

Millennial Jewish Stars

Jonathan Branfman
Hosted by Zalman Newfield
American South

American South

episodes

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

Donald L. Miller, "Vicksburg: Grant’s Campaign that Broke the Confederacy" (Simon and Schuster, 2019)

July 21, 2024

Vicksburg

Donald L. Miller
Hosted by Jess Moloughney
Toby Green, "A Fistful of Shells: West Africa from the Rise of the Slave Trade to the Age of Revolution" (U Chicago Press, 2019)

July 15, 2024

A Fistful of Shells

Toby Green
Hosted by Mark Klobas
American West

American West

episodes

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

Steven Powell, "Love Me Fierce In Danger: The Life of James Ellroy" (Bloomsbury, 2023)

July 25, 2024

Love Me Fierce In Danger

Steven Powell
Hosted by Daniel Moran
Pekka Hämäläinen, "Lakota America: A New History of Indigenous Power" (Yale UP, 2019)

July 20, 2024

Lakota America

Pekka Hämäläinen
Asian American Studies

Asian American Studies

episodes

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

William Gow, "Performing Chinatown: Hollywood, Tourism, and the Making of a Chinese American Community" (Stanford UP, 2024)

July 10, 2024

Performing Chinatown

William Gow
Hosted by Donna Anderson
Jonathan Tran, "Asian Americans and the Spirit of Racial Capitalism" (Oxford UP, 2021)

July 7, 2024

Asian Americans and the Spirit of Racial Capitalism

Jonathan Tran
Hosted by Shu Wan
Australian and New Zealand Studies

Australian and New Zealand Studies

episodes

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

Ebony Nilsson, "Displaced Comrades: Politics and Surveillance in the Lives of Soviet Refugees in the West" (Bloomsbury, 2023)

July 24, 2024

Displaced Comrades

Ebony Nilsson
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Alfred Peredo Flores, "Tip of the Spear: Land, Labor, and US Settler Militarism in Guåhan, 1944–1962" (Cornell UP, 2023)

July 14, 2024

Tip of the Spear

Alfred Peredo Flores
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
British Studies

British Studies

episodes

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

David Burke, "The Puppet Masters: How MI6 Masterminded Ireland's Deepest State Crisis" (Mercier Press, 2024)

July 25, 2024

The Puppet Masters

David Burke
Hosted by Ari Barbalat
Charles Barr, "British Cinema: A Very Short Introduction" (Oxford UP, 2022)

July 23, 2024

British Cinema

Charles Barr
Hosted by Daniel Moran
Canadian Studies

Canadian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Canada about their new books.

Pekka Hämäläinen, "Lakota America: A New History of Indigenous Power" (Yale UP, 2019)

July 20, 2024

Lakota America

Pekka Hämäläinen
Bayley J. Marquez, "Plantation Pedagogy: The Violence of Schooling Across Black and Indigenous Space" (U California Press, 2024)

June 30, 2024

Plantation Pedagogy

Bayley J. Marquez
Hosted by Max Jacobs
Caribbean Studies

Caribbean Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of the Caribbean about their new books.

A. Ricardo López-Pedreros and Lina Britto, "Histories of Solitude: Colombia, 1820s-1970s" (Routledge, 2024)

July 22, 2024

Histories of Solitude

A. Ricardo López-Pedreros and Lina Britto
Lisandro Perez, "Sugar, Cigars and Revolution: The Making of Cuban New York" (NYU Press, 2018)

July 22, 2024

Sugar, Cigars and Revolution

Lisandro Perez
Hosted by Beth Harpaz
Central Asian Studies

Central Asian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Central Asia about their new books.

Chinese Studies

Chinese Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of China about their new books.

Ed Pulford, "Past Progress: Time and Politics at the Borders of China, Russia, and Korea" (Stanford UP, 2024)

July 25, 2024

Past Progress

Ed Pulford
Hosted by Yadong Li
Mark Baker, "Pivot of China: Spatial Politics and Inequality in Modern Zhengzhou" (Harvard UP, 2024)

July 24, 2024

Pivot of China

Mark Baker
Hosted by Huiying Chen
East Asian Studies

East Asian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of East Asia about their new books.

Ed Pulford, "Past Progress: Time and Politics at the Borders of China, Russia, and Korea" (Stanford UP, 2024)

July 25, 2024

Past Progress

Ed Pulford
Hosted by Yadong Li
Mark Baker, "Pivot of China: Spatial Politics and Inequality in Modern Zhengzhou" (Harvard UP, 2024)

July 24, 2024

Pivot of China

Mark Baker
Hosted by Huiying Chen
Eastern European Studies

Eastern European Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Eastern Europe about their new books.

Sonia-Doris Andras, "The Women of 'Little Paris': Women’s Fashion in Interwar Bucharest" (Bloomsbury, 2024)

July 26, 2024

The Women of 'Little Paris'

Sonia-Doris Andras
Hosted by Roland Clark
Jonathan Dimbleby, "Endgame 1944: How Stalin Won the War" (Oxford UP, 2024)

July 24, 2024

Endgame 1944

Jonathan Dimbleby
Hosted by Richard Northrop
European Politics

European Politics

episodes

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

Anne Applebaum, "Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World" (Doubleday Books, 2024)

July 23, 2024

Autocracy, Inc.

Anne Applebaum
Hosted by Tim Jones
Nicolas Véron, "Europe's Banking Union at Ten: Unfinished Yet Transformative" (Bruegel, 2024)

June 28, 2024

Europe's Banking Union at Ten

Nicolas Véron
Hosted by Tim Jones
French Studies

French Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of France about their new books.

Gayle K. Brunelle and Annette Finley-Croswhite, "Assassination in Vichy: Marx Dormoy and the Struggle for the Soul of France" (U Toronto Press, 2020)

July 11, 2024

Assassination in Vichy

Gayle K. Brunelle and Annette Finley-Croswhite
Hosted by Ari Barbalat
Karine Varley, "Vichy's Double Bind: French Collaboration between Hitler and Mussolini during the Second World War" (Cambridge UP, 2023)

July 9, 2024

Vichy's Double Bind

Karine Varley
Hosted by Ari Barbalat
German Studies

German Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Germany about their new books.

Jonathan Dimbleby, "Endgame 1944: How Stalin Won the War" (Oxford UP, 2024)

July 24, 2024

Endgame 1944

Jonathan Dimbleby
Hosted by Richard Northrop
Frances Tanzer, "Vanishing Vienna: Modernism, Philosemitism, and Jews in a Postwar City" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2024)

July 20, 2024

Vanishing Vienna

Frances Tanzer
Hosted by Paul Lerner
Iberian Studies

Iberian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Iberia about their new books

Nuria Silleras-Fernandez, "The Politics of Emotion: Love, Grief, and Madness in Medieval and Early Modern Iberia" (Cornell UP, 2024)

July 17, 2024

The Politics of Emotion

Nuria Silleras-Fernandez
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Helen Freear-Papio and Candyce Crew Leonard, "The Theatre of Twenty-First Century Spain" (Vernon Press, 2022)

July 16, 2024

The Theatre of Twenty-First Century Spain

Helen Freear-Papio and Candyce Crew Leonard
Hosted by Dessy Vassileva
India Studies

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.

Ibrahim Fraihat, "Iran and Saudi Arabia: Taming a Chaotic Conflict" (Edinburgh UP, 2020)

June 9, 2024

Iran and Saudi Arabia

Ibrahim Fraihat
Hosted by James M. Dorsey
Seyed Ali Alavi, "Iran and Palestine: Past, Present, and Future" (Routledge, 2019)

May 27, 2024

Iran and Palestine

Seyed Ali Alavi
Hosted by Yaacov Yadgar
Irish Studies

Irish Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Ireland about their new books.

David Burke, "The Puppet Masters: How MI6 Masterminded Ireland's Deepest State Crisis" (Mercier Press, 2024)

July 25, 2024

The Puppet Masters

David Burke
Hosted by Ari Barbalat
Paige Reynolds, "Modernism in Irish Women's Contemporary Writing: The Stubborn Mode" (Oxford UP, 2023)

July 9, 2024

Modernism in Irish Women's Contemporary Writing

Paige Reynolds
Hosted by Helen Penet
Israel Studies

Israel Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Israel about their new books.

Hannan Hever, "Suddenly, the Sight of War: Violence and Nationalism in Hebrew Poetry in the 1940s" (Stanford UP, 2016)

July 23, 2024

Suddenly, the Sight of War

Hannan Hever
Hosted by Ari Barbalat
Fida Jiryis, "Stranger in My Own Land: Palestine, Israel and One Family's Story of Home" (Hurst, 2022)

July 18, 2024

Stranger in My Own Land

Fida Jiryis
Hosted by Roberto Mazza
Italian Studies

Italian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Italy about their new books.

Anthony Kaldellis, "The New Roman Empire: A History of Byzantium" (Oxford UP, 2024)

July 20, 2024

The New Roman Empire

Anthony Kaldellis
Hosted by Charles Coutinho
Japanese Studies

Japanese Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Japan about their new books.

Steven K. Bailey, "Target Hong Kong: A True Story of U.S. Navy Pilots at War" (Osprey, 2024)

July 23, 2024

Target Hong Kong

Steven K. Bailey
Yanagawa Seigan and Kōran, "The Same Moon Shines on All: The Lives and Selected Poems of Yanagawa Seigan and Kōran" (Columbia UP, 2024)

July 21, 2024

The Same Moon Shines on All

Yanagawa Seigan and Kōran
Hosted by Jingyi Li
Korean Studies

Korean Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Korea about their new books.

Ed Pulford, "Past Progress: Time and Politics at the Borders of China, Russia, and Korea" (Stanford UP, 2024)

July 25, 2024

Past Progress

Ed Pulford
Hosted by Yadong Li
Latino Studies

Latino Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Latinx Studies about their new books.

Lisandro Perez, "Sugar, Cigars and Revolution: The Making of Cuban New York" (NYU Press, 2018)

July 22, 2024

Sugar, Cigars and Revolution

Lisandro Perez
Hosted by Beth Harpaz
Jill A. Fisher, "Adverse Events: Race, Inequality, and the Testing of New Pharmaceuticals" (NYU Press, 2020)

July 15, 2024

Adverse Events

Jill A. Fisher
Hosted by Claire Clark
Latin American Studies

Latin American Studies

episodes
Sarah Osten, "The Mexican Revolution's Wake: The Making of a Political System, 1920–1929" (Cambridge UP, 2018)

July 23, 2024

The Mexican Revolution's Wake

Sarah Osten
Hosted by Ari Barbalat
A. Ricardo López-Pedreros and Lina Britto, "Histories of Solitude: Colombia, 1820s-1970s" (Routledge, 2024)

July 22, 2024

Histories of Solitude

A. Ricardo López-Pedreros and Lina Britto
Mexican Studies

Mexican Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholar of Mexico about their new books

Sarah Osten, "The Mexican Revolution's Wake: The Making of a Political System, 1920–1929" (Cambridge UP, 2018)

July 23, 2024

The Mexican Revolution's Wake

Sarah Osten
Hosted by Ari Barbalat
Robert Weis, "For Christ and Country: Militant Catholic Youth in Post-Revolutionary Mexico" (Cambridge UP, 2019)

July 19, 2024

For Christ and Country

Robert Weis
Hosted by Ari Barbalat
Middle Eastern Studies

Middle Eastern Studies

episodes

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

Austin Knuppe, "Surviving the Islamic State: Contention, Cooperation, and Neutrality in Wartime Iraq" (Columbia UP, 2024)

July 26, 2024

Surviving the Islamic State

Austin Knuppe
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
World History and the Islamicate: A Conversation with Richard Bulliet

July 24, 2024

World History and the Islamicate

Richard Bulliet
Hosted by Radio Reorient
Native American Studies

Native American Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Native America about their new books.

Pekka Hämäläinen, "Lakota America: A New History of Indigenous Power" (Yale UP, 2019)

July 20, 2024

Lakota America

Pekka Hämäläinen
Jacob Lee, "Masters of the Middle Waters: Indian Nations and Colonial Ambitions Along the Mississippi" (Harvard UP, 2019)

July 16, 2024

Masters of the Middle Waters

Jacob Lee
Hosted by Ryan Tripp
Pacific Studies

Pacific Studies

episodes

Discussions with scholars of the Pacific region about their new books

Anaïs Maurer, "The Ocean on Fire: Pacific Stories from Nuclear Survivors and Climate Activists" (Duke UP, 2023)

July 23, 2024

The Ocean on Fire

Anaïs Maurer
Hosted by Gargi Binju
Sino-Pacific Relations: A Discussion with Rodolfo Maggio

July 15, 2024

Sino-Pacific Relations

Rodolfo Maggio
Polish Studies

Polish Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Poland about their new books

William W. Hagen, "Anti-Jewish Violence in Poland, 1914-1920" (Cambridge UP, 2018)

June 19, 2024

Anti-Jewish Violence in Poland, 1914-1920

William W. Hagen
Hosted by Ari Barbalat
Glenn Dynner, "The Light of Learning: Hasidism in Poland on the Eve of the Holocaust" (Oxford UP, 2024)

June 5, 2024

The Light of Learning

Glenn Dynner
Hosted by Zalman Newfield
Russian and Eurasian Studies

Russian and Eurasian Studies

episodes

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

Ed Pulford, "Past Progress: Time and Politics at the Borders of China, Russia, and Korea" (Stanford UP, 2024)

July 25, 2024

Past Progress

Ed Pulford
Hosted by Yadong Li
Jonathan Dimbleby, "Endgame 1944: How Stalin Won the War" (Oxford UP, 2024)

July 24, 2024

Endgame 1944

Jonathan Dimbleby
Hosted by Richard Northrop
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.

Politics in Action 2024: Malaysia Update

July 26, 2024

Politics in Action 2024: Malaysia Update

Mohd Azizuddin Mohd Sani
Hosted by Natali Pearson
South Asian Studies

South Asian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of South Asia about their new books.

Dan Morrison, "The Poisoner of Bengal: The 1930s Murder That Shocked the World" (Juggernaut, 2024)

July 25, 2024

The Poisoner of Bengal

Dan Morrison
Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
Stephen Harris, "Buddhist Ethics and the Bodhisattva Path: Santideva on Virtue and Well-Being" (Bloomsbury, 2023)

July 20, 2024

Buddhist Ethics and the Bodhisattva Path

Stephen Harris
Hosted by Malcolm Keating
Turkish Studies

Turkish Studies

episodes

Interviews with authors about new books in Turkish studies.

Anthony Kaldellis, "The New Roman Empire: A History of Byzantium" (Oxford UP, 2024)

July 20, 2024

The New Roman Empire

Anthony Kaldellis
Hosted by Charles Coutinho
Özge Çelikaslan, "Archiving the Commons: Looking Through the Lens of bak.ma" (DPR Barcelona, 2024)

July 19, 2024

Archiving the Commons

Özge Çelikaslan
Hosted by Jen Hoyer
Ukrainian Studies

Ukrainian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Ukraine about their new books

Jonathan Dimbleby, "Endgame 1944: How Stalin Won the War" (Oxford UP, 2024)

July 24, 2024

Endgame 1944

Jonathan Dimbleby
Hosted by Richard Northrop
Maryna Shevtsova, "Feminist Perspective on Russia’s War in Ukraine: Hear Our Voices" (Lexington Books, 2024)

June 30, 2024

Feminist Perspective on Russia’s War in Ukraine

Maryna Shevtsova
Western European Studies

Western European Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Western Europe about their new books.

David Burke, "The Puppet Masters: How MI6 Masterminded Ireland's Deepest State Crisis" (Mercier Press, 2024)

July 25, 2024

The Puppet Masters

David Burke
Hosted by Ari Barbalat
Charles Barr, "British Cinema: A Very Short Introduction" (Oxford UP, 2022)

July 23, 2024

British Cinema

Charles Barr
Hosted by Daniel Moran
World Affairs

World Affairs

episodes

Interviews with scholars of World Affairs about their new books.

Jean-Denis Mouton and Péter Kovács. "The Concept of Citizenship in International Law" (Brill/Nijhoff, 2018)

July 26, 2024

The Concept of Citizenship in International Law

Jean-Denis Mouton and Péter Kovács
Hosted by Daniel Lucas
Tim Sweijs and Jeffrey H. Michaels, "Beyond Ukraine: Debating the Future of War" (Oxford UP, 2024)

July 26, 2024

Beyond Ukraine

Tim Sweijs and Jeffrey H. Michaels