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Language and Translation
Interviews with scholars of language and translation about their new books.
October 12, 2026
March 1917
In this latest Books for Better Understanding video from Notre Dame Press, David Carlson facilitates a conversation between Marian Schwartz and Dan Ma…
October 11, 2026
Healing and the Invention of Metaphor
It has long been understood that illness is influenced not only by our bodies' physiology, but also language, culture, and meaning. Healing and the In…
October 10, 2026
Silence in Mood Disorders
Silence is frequently considered negative or harmful in both everyday life – for example, when we are silenced – as well as in psychiatry, where pover…
October 9, 2026
Yiddish Scholarship Comes to America
This comprehensive history of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research—a groundbreaking American Jewish cultural organization, library, and research cen…
October 9, 2026
A Gathering of Leaves
Today I’m speaking with David Bentley Hart about his book, A Gathering of Leaves: Extravagances and Ephemera, from the University of Notre Dame Press.…
October 7, 2026
Think of England
What is the basis of English national identity? How has this changed over time, and what is its future? Tracing the history of English identity over m…
October 2, 2026
Rhetorical Powers
Recent years have seen a striking resurgence of anti-imperial and anticolonial rhetoric on the international stage, from Global South to Global North …
October 1, 2026
Allama Prabhu and the Shaiva Imagination
Engages with the life and ideas of the twelfth-century Shaiva mystic and philosopher-poet Allama Prabhu. In his last, profoundly innovative work Alla…
September 30, 2026
Building Restless Books and Publishing in Translation
How does an independent press survive by publishing the books the Big Five overlook? Amherst College professor and Spanglish scholar Ilan Stavans join…
September 24, 2026
Tsunami
Featuring personal essay, manifesto, creative nonfiction, and poetry, Tsunami: Women’s Voices From Mexico (Feminist Press, 2025) gathers the multiplic…
September 23, 2026
Bad Writing in the Modernist Novel
What does it mean for a modernist novel to fail?Modernism famously celebrates rupture, difficulty, and deviance from literary norms—but that very embr…
September 23, 2026
How Were Foreign Languages Taught in Early Modern Europe?
In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Brynn Quick chats with Professor Dr. Natalia Filatkina, Dr. Kerstin Roth and Research Associate M…
September 15, 2026
The Precarious Past in Premodern Java
The practice of history in premodern Java was profoundly influenced by precarious conditions of textual production and preservation: fragile manuscrip…
September 14, 2026
Not Everything Unfolds As Anticipated
Not Everything Unfolds as Anticipated: Selections from Yi Kyubo’s Tongguk Yi Sangguk Chip (University of Hawaii Press, 2026) comprises translations of…
September 14, 2026
The Language of Bees
With senses that often seem alien to us, bees navigate complex decisions about where to find food, when to fight or flee, and how to work together. Th…
September 2, 2026
Linguistic Unease in Healthcare
In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Brynn Quick chats with Dr. Nicole Marinaro, a sociolinguist and postdoctoral researcher at the Un…
August 26, 2026
Speech and the City
In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Ingrid Piller speaks with Yaron Matras about his new book Speech and the City. In this timely …
August 24, 2026
The Star-Spangled Republic
Why does the American flag use stars to represent the states? In The Star-Spangled Republic: Political Astronomy and the Rise of the American Constell…
August 20, 2026
Deciphering the Hidden Meaning
Deciphering the Hidden Meaning: Language and the Highest Good in Early Advaita Vedānta (Oxford UP, 2026) presents a transformative history of one of t…
August 19, 2026
Taking The Scenic Route To High Quality Education For Indigenous Students
In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Dr Agnes Bodis talks to Hannah Madin and Catherine White. Hannah is a Teaching and Learning Offi…