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Economic and Business History August 2, 2021

Age Of Pandemics (1817-1920): How They Shaped India and the World

Chinmay Tumbe

Hosted by Paula De La Cruz-Fernandez
On this episode of the Economic and Business History channel I spoke with Dr. Chinmay Tumbe, Assistant Professor of Economics at the Indian Institute of Management. He was Alfred D …

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Asian Review of Books July 29, 2021

We Shall Be Masters

Russian Pivots to East Asia from Peter the Great to Putin

Chris Miller

Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
Russia’s position between Europe and Asia has led to differing conceptions of “what Russia is” to its leaders. Russia’s vast holdings east of the Urals have often inspired those who …
World Christianity July 28, 2021

Imagining Persecution

Why American Christians Believe There Is a Global War Against Their Faith

Jason Bruner

Hosted by Byung Ho Choi
Many American Christians have come to understand their relationship to other Christian denominations and traditions through the lens of religious persecution. Jason Bruner's Imagining Persecution: Why American Christians Believe There …
South Asian Studies July 28, 2021

The Origins of the British Empire in Asia, 1600–1750

David Veevers

Hosted by Samee Siddiqui
This is an important, revisionist account of the origins of the British Empire in Asia in the early modern period. In The Origins of the British Empire in Asia, 1600-1750 (Cambridge University …
Ideas Roadshow Podcast July 27, 2021

Constitutional Investigations

Linda Colley

Hosted by Howard Burton
Constitutional Investigations is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Linda Colley, the Shelby M.C. Davis 1958 Professor of History at Princeton University. Linda Colley is a …
Geography July 27, 2021

Mapping Beyond Measure

Art, Cartography, and the Space of Global Modernity

Simon Ferdinand

Hosted by Stentor Danielson
In Mapping Beyond Measure: Art, Cartography, and the Space of Global Modernity (U Nebraska Press, 2019), Simon Ferdinand analyzes diverse map-based works of painting, collage, film, walking performance, and digital drawing, made in …
Critical Theory July 26, 2021

Crises and Hegemonic Transitions

From Gramsci's Quaderni to the Contemporary World Economy

Lorenzo Fusaro

Hosted by Stephen Dozeman
Gramsci’s concept of hegemony is often invoked, but usually as a means of cultural critique and analysis. However, my guest Lorenzo Fusaro argues in his recent book Crises and Hegemonic …
Medicine July 22, 2021

Epidemic Illusions

On the Coloniality of Global Public Health

Eugene T. Richardson

Hosted by Catriona Gold
In Epidemic Illusions: On the Coloniality of Global Public Health (MIT Press, 2020), physician-anthropologist Eugene T. Richardson explores how public health practices—from epidemiological modeling to outbreak containment—help perpetuate global inequities. This book questions …
National Security July 21, 2021

Power and Complacency

American Survival in an Age of International Competition

Phillip T. Lohaus

Hosted by John Sakellariadis
Why has the United States, the world’s premier military and economic power, struggled recently to achieve its foreign policy desiderata? How might America’s leaders reconsider the application of power for …
Geography July 20, 2021

Environmental Justice in the Anthropocene

From (Un)Just Presents to Just Futures

Stacia Ryder et al.

Hosted by Stentor Danielson
Through various international case studies presented by both practitioners and scholars, Environmental Justice in the Anthropocene: From (Un)Just Presents to Just Futures (Routledge, 2021) explores how an environmental justice approach is necessary …
Education July 19, 2021

The OECD’s Historical Rise in Education

The Formation of a Global Governing Complex

Christian Ydesen

Hosted by Elisa Prosperetti
In 1961, it was famously declared that the “fight for education is too important to be left solely to the educators.” Enter the OECD. In The OECD’s Historical Rise in …
Anthropology July 19, 2021

Voyagers

The Settlement of the Pacific

Nicholas Thomas

Hosted by Alex Golub
In Voyagers: The Settlement of the Pacific (Apollo, 2020), the distinguished anthropologist Nicholas Thomas tells the story of the peopling of the Pacific. In clear, accessible language Thomas shows us that …
Diplomatic History July 16, 2021

Engaging the Evil Empire

Washington, Moscow, and the Beginning of the End of the Cold War

Simon Miles

Hosted by Grant Golub
In a narrative-redefining approach, Engaging the Evil Empire: Washington, Moscow, and the Beginning of the End of the Cold War (Cornell UP, 2020) dramatically alters how we look at the …
East Asian Studies July 16, 2021

Circuit Listening

Chinese Popular Music in the Global 1960s

Andrew F. Jones

Hosted by Ed Pulford
Music from East Asia has recently been making its way round the world on waves created and mediated by new technologies and global interconnections. This may seem like something very …
General History July 15, 2021

Legalist Empire

International Law and American Foreign Relations in the Early Twentieth Century

Benjamin Allen Coates

Hosted by Dexter Fergie
It might seem somewhat paradoxical that in the Wars of 1898 and their aftermath—the era in which the United States expanded its imperial reach deep into the Caribbean and Pacific—international …
Science, Technology, and Society July 13, 2021

The Economics of Sustainable Food

Smart Policies for Health and the Planet

Nicoletta Batini

Hosted by Christopher Gambino
In The Economics of Sustainable Food: Smart Policies for Health and the Planet (Island Press, 2021), Dr. Nicoletta Batini, and co-authors, unpack the true cost of food production. While the …
French Studies July 13, 2021

Our Civilizing Mission

The Lessons of Colonial Education

Nicholas Harrison

Hosted by Roxanne Panchasi
Nicholas Harrison's Our Civilizing Mission: The Lessons of Colonial Education (Liverpool UP, 2019) is a fascinating examination of colonial education not just as a facet of colonialism, but as an "example" of education …
General History July 13, 2021

Republicanism, Communism, Islam

Cosmopolitan Origins of Revolution in Southeast Asia

John T. Sidel

Hosted by Michael Vann
Early 20th century Southeast Asia was arguably home to the once of the most vibrant and diverse caldrons of revolutionary ferment in world history. Revolts against Western imperialism and traditional …
Sociology July 12, 2021

Black Resettlement and the American Civil War

Sebastian N. Page

Hosted by Deidre Tyler
Based on sweeping research in six languages, Sebastian N. Page's Black Resettlement and the American Civil War (Cambridge UP, 2021) offers the first comprehensive, comparative account of nineteenth-century America's greatest …
World Christianity July 12, 2021

World Christianity

Methodological Considerations

Martha Theodora Frederiks and Dorottya Nagy

Hosted by Byung Ho Choi
World Christianity publications proliferate but the issue of methodology has received little attention. World Christianity: Methodological Considerations (Brill, 2020) addresses this lacuna and explores the methodological ramifications of the World Christianity turn …