Higher Education

Higher Education

episodes

Interviews on the current state and future of higher education.

William Whyte, "The University: A History in Stone, Silk, and Blood" (Harvard UP, 2025)

August 11, 2026

The University

William Whyte
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

We often idealize the university as a sanctuary for disinterested reason, where material concerns are set aside in favor of higher principles. Yet whe…

Chad Wellmon, "After the University: Higher Education and the Future of Intellectual Work" (JHU Press, 2026)

August 9, 2026

After the University

Chad Wellmon
Hosted by Soumyadeep Guha

What is a university for? Is it a sanctuary for disciplined study, or has it become something else entirely? In After the University: Higher Education…

Posen Library: Jewish Studies Teaching Modules

August 1, 2026

Posen Library

Sarah Bunin Benor and Sasha Goldstein-Sabbah

Bring the breadth of Jewish history and civilization into your classroom with ready-to-use teaching modules curated by experts. The Posen Library is …

Lisa Blaydes and Samuel Helfont eds., "Ba‘thist Iraq Through Archives: Reflections, Explorations, and Opportunities" (Stanford UP, 2026)

July 29, 2026

Ba‘thist Iraq Through Archives

Lisa Blaydes and Samuel Helfont
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

The opening of Iraq's Ba'th Party archives revolutionized the study of Iraqi politics and history, offering scholars unprecedented access to the i…

Susannah Heschel and Sarah Imhoff, "The Woman Question in Jewish Studies" (Princeton UP, 2025)

July 29, 2026

The Woman Question in Jewish Studies

Susannah Heschel and Sarah Imhoff

The Woman Question in Jewish Studies (Princeton UP, 2025) is a critical look at the difficulties women face in the field of Jewish studies, drawing on…

New Trends in YIVO Scholarship

July 27, 2026

New Trends in YIVO Scholarship

William Pimlott, Kamil Kijek, Nicolas Vallois and Jessica Kirzane
Hosted by YIVO Institute

Since 1925, the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research has been a pioneer in the field of Jewish studies. At the core of YIVO since its founding was its c…

David Zeitlyn and Chihab El Khachab eds., "Understanding Social Images: Essays on Visual Methods and Teaching Visual Anthropology" (Berghahn, 2025)

July 27, 2026

Understanding Social Images

Marcus Banks, David Zeitlyn and Chihab El Khachab eds.

In this episode I discuss the book Understanding Social Images: Essays on Visual Methods and Teaching Anthropology (Berghahn, 2025) with co-editors Da…

David J. Teece and Sohvi Heaton, "Dynamic Universities: How Strategic, Entrepreneurial Leaders Can Strengthen Higher Education" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

July 26, 2026

Dynamic Universities

David J. Teece and Sohvi Heaton
Hosted by Alfred Marcus

In times of deep uncertainty, the university needs to transform itself into an entrepreneurial entity to maintain long-term evolutionary fitness. Dyna…

US 250: A Conversation with Peter John Loewen

July 18, 2026

US 250

Peter John Loewen, Harold Tanner Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, Cornell University

This week on Democracy Dialogues, Rachel Beatty Riedl speaks with Peter John Loewen to reflect on the 250th anniversary of US independence. They disc…

Heart-Centered Connections: Seven Essential Skills for Helping Neurodiverse and Marginalized Children Thrive

July 16, 2026

Heart-Centered Connections

Niki Elliott

Heart-Centered Connections: Seven Essential Skills for Helping Neurodiverse and Marginalized Children Thrive is a transformative guide for working wi…

Sara Farhan, "Medical Education and the Making of Iraqi Doctors, 1869–1959" (Edinburgh UP, 2025)

July 12, 2026

Medical Education and the Making of Iraqi Doctors, 1869–1959

Sara Farhan
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

Medical Education and the Making of Iraqi Doctors, 1869–1959 (Edinburgh University Press, 2025) by Dr. Sara Farhan offers a rigorous social and cu…

Audio and Ideas, Panel #4

July 8, 2026

Audio and Ideas, Panel #4

Jody Avirgan, Sara McCrea, Caleb Zakarin, and Julia Barton

This is a special edition of the New York Institute for the Humanities’ Vault podcast. On May 13, 2026, Princeton’s Center for Human Values hosted a d…

Alexandre Frenette, "Blame the Intern: On (Not) Breaking Into the Creative Economy" (Princeton UP, 2026)

July 6, 2026

Blame the Intern

Alexandre Frenette
Hosted by Dave O'Brien

Who gets to be a creative worker? In Blame the Intern: On (Not) Breaking Into the Creative Economy, (Princeton University Press, 2026) Alexandre Frene…

Audio and Ideas Panel #3

July 3, 2026

Audio and Ideas Panel #3

Allison Carruth and Ellen Horne

This is a special edition of the New York Institute for the Humanities’ Vault podcast. On May 13, 2026, Princeton’s Center for Human Values hosted a d…

Max Weinreich and the Meaning of Yiddish

July 3, 2026

Max Weinreich and the Meaning of Yiddish

Naomi Seidman, Kenneth Moss, and Jeffrey Shandler
Hosted by YIVO Institute

Max Weinreich spent the entirety of his adult life building YIVO and the field of Yiddish Studies. A 'convert' to the cause of Yiddishism in his adole…

Christian Martinez, "NYC Open Data Student Gallery" (Brooklyn College CUNY, 2026)

July 2, 2026

NYC Open Data Student Gallery

Christian Martinez
Hosted by Gregory McNiff

About NYC Open Data During the Fall 2025 semester, students in the M.S. program in Psychological Research at Brooklyn College completed the inaugural…

Bryan Alexander, "Peak Higher Ed: How to Survive the Looming Academic Crisis" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2026)

June 28, 2026

Peak Higher Ed

Bryan Alexander
Hosted by Michael LaMagna

Over the past decade, American colleges and universities have seen enrollment decline, campuses close, programs cut, faculty and staff laid off, and p…

Andrew J. Hoffman, "Business School and the Noble Purpose of the Market: Correcting the Systemic Failures of Shareholder Capitalism" (Stanford Business Books, 2025)

June 27, 2026

Business School and the Noble Purpose of the Market

Andrew J. Hoffman
Hosted by Alfred Marcus

Today's business schools were designed for a world that no longer exists. Capitalism raised the standard of living for billions of people over the pas…

Introducing Periodically: A UC Press Journals Podcast with Journals Director David Famiano

June 25, 2026

Introducing Periodically

David Famiano
Hosted by Jessica Chesnutt

1. A complete list of University of California Press journals is available at UC Press Journals 2. Clare E. B. Cannon; Advancing sustainable transit…

The Honesty Crisis: Preserving Our Most Treasured Virtue in an Increasingly Dishonest

June 25, 2026

The Honesty Crisis

Christian B. Miller

Research shows that honesty is the single most important characteristic a person can possess when it comes to liking them, respecting them, and unders…