New Books Network Podcast

Library Science May 24, 2023

For the Encouragement of Learning

The Origins of Canadian Copyright Law

Myra Tawfik

Hosted by Jen Hoyer

Myra Tawfik's book For the Encouragement of Learning: The Origins of Canadian Copyright Law (U Toronto Press, 2023) addresses the contested history of copyright law in Canada, where the economic and …

British Studies April 21, 2023

Empire, Kinship and Violence

Family Histories, Indigenous Rights and the Making of Settler Colonialism, 1770-1842

Elizabeth Elbourne

Hosted by Miranda Melcher

Empire, Kinship and Violence: Family Histories, Indigenous Rights and the Making of Settler Colonialism, 1770-1842 (Cambridge University Press, 2022) by Dr. Elizabeth Elbourne traces the history of three linked imperial …

MIT Press Podcast April 6, 2023

This is My Body

Communion and Cannibalism in Colonial New England and New France

Carla Cevasco

Hosted by MIT Press

Carla Cevasco, Assistant Professor of American Studies at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, discusses her recent article, "This is My Body: Communion and Cannibalism in Colonial New England …

Biography March 28, 2023

Class Warrior

The Selected Works of E. T. Kingsley

Ravi Malhotra and Benjamin Isitt, editors

Hosted by Stephen Dozeman

The socialist activist E. T. Kingsley occupies an odd place in the history of labor and the left. Often mentioned due to his prolific life of speaking, writing, traveling …

LGBTQ+ Studies March 25, 2023

Violent Inheritance

Sexuality, Land, and Energy in Making the North American West

E. Cram

Hosted by Clayton Jarrard

Violent Inheritance: Sexuality, Land, and Energy in Making the North American West (U California Press, 2022) deepens the analysis of settler colonialism's endurance in the North American West and how …

Sociology March 21, 2023

Forbidden Intimacies

Polygamies at the Limits of Western Tolerance

Melanie Heath

Hosted by Rituparna Patgiri

In the past thirty years, polygamy has become a flashpoint of conflict as Western governments attempt to regulate certain cultural and religious practices that challenge seemingly central principles of family …

Canadian Studies March 18, 2023

Double Threat

Canadian Jews, the Military, and World War II

Ellin Bessner

Hosted by Mel Rosenberg

Today I talked to Ellin Bessner about her book Double Threat: Canadian Jews, the Military, and World War II (New Jewish Press, 2018). "He died so Jewry should suffer no more." …

Irish Studies March 16, 2023

Bad Bridget

Elaine Farrell and Leanne McCormick

Hosted by Averill Earls

Child abandonment, theft, kidnapping, prostitution, bigamy, and murder! Bad Bridget is a must-read examination of crime and Irish emigrant women in the U.S. and Canada, written by Elaine Farrell and …

African American Studies March 15, 2023

Samuel Ringgold Ward

A Life of Struggle

R. J. M. Blackett

Hosted by Omari Averette-Phillips

Born on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Samuel Ringgold Ward (1817–c. 1869) escaped enslavement and would become a leading figure in the struggle for Black freedom, citizenship, and equality. He …

Darts & Letters March 14, 2023

The Hippie High-Rise

Rochdale College, Toronto’s Communal Living High Rise Free Education Experiment

Marc Apollonio

Hosted by Marc Apollonio

From 1968 to 1975 one high-rise was the heart of Canada’s counterculture. Rochdale College in Toronto was jammed full with leftist organizers, hippies, draft dodgers, students, artists, and others just …

African American Studies March 13, 2023

Freedom Seekers

Fugitive Slaves in North America, 1800–1860

Damian Alan Pargas

Hosted by Katrina Anderson

In Freedom Seekers: Fugitive Slaves in North America, 1800–1860 (Cambridge UP, 2021), Damian Alan Pargas introduces a new conceptualization of 'spaces of freedom' for fugitive slaves in North America between …

Darts & Letters February 27, 2023

The Story of American Vietnam War Resisters in Canada

Hosted by Ren Bangert

The idea of moving to Canada figures prominently in the imagination of many disaffected Americans. Most recently, it was comedian Marc Maron who said he’s on his way to Vancouver …

Canadian Studies February 22, 2023

The Business of the Early NHL

A Discussion with Andrew Ross

Andrew Ross

Hosted by Greg Marchildon

Greg Marchildon interviews J. Andrew Ross about his book Joining the Clubs: The Business of the National Hockey League, 1917-1945 (University of Syracuse Press). This podcast was produced Hugh Bakhurst …

Canadian Studies February 21, 2023

The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto

A Discussion with David Wright

David Wright

Hosted by Greg Marchildon

Greg Marchildon interviews David Wright of McGill University on his book Sick Kids: The History of The Hospital for Sick Children (University of Toronto Press) which won the Champlain Society’s …

Canadian Studies February 20, 2023

Reinventing Canada after 1945

A Discussion with Dimitry Anastakis

Dimitry Anastakis

Hosted by Greg Marchildon

Greg Marchildon talks about the evolution of Canada after the Second World War with Dimitry Anastakis, L.R. Wilson/R.J. Currie Chair in Canadian Business History at the Rotman School of Management …

Canadian Studies February 19, 2023

A Very Short Introduction to Canadian History

A Discussion with Donald Wright

Donald Wright

Hosted by Greg Marchildon

Greg Marchildon interviews Donald Wright on his history of Canada, the only book on Canada included in Oxford University Press’s Very Short Introduction series which boasts 650 books. Wright describes …

Canadian Studies February 18, 2023

A History of the Métis Nation

Discussion with Jean Teillet

Jean Teillet

Hosted by Greg Marchildon

In this podcast episode, Greg Marchildon interviews Indigenous rights litigator Jean Teillet on her book The Northwest is our Mother: The story of Louis Riel’s People, the Métis Nation published …

Canadian Studies February 17, 2023

Women and the History of the Vote in the Prairie Provinces

A Discussion with Sarah Carter

Sarah Carter

Hosted by Greg Marchildon

In this episode, Greg Marchildon interviews Sarah Carter on her book Ours by Every Law of Right and Justice: Women and the Vote in the Prairie Provinces published by the …

Canadian Studies February 17, 2023

Canadian Labour Policy and Politics

John Peters and Don Wells

Hosted by Phil Henderson

For many, the COVID-19 pandemic has awakened them to the dangers attendant to a lot of the working conditions in society today—for others, it has made what they already knew …

Canadian Studies February 16, 2023

A History of Immigrant Arrivals through Pier 21 in Halifax

A Discussion with Steven Schwinghamer

Steven Schwinghamer

Hosted by Greg Marchildon

In this podcast episode, Greg Marchildon interviews Steve Schwinghamer, the co-author along with Jan Raska of Pier 21: A History published by the University of Ottawa Press as part of …