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Jewish Studies May 27, 2023

The Shamama Case

Contesting Citizenship Across the Modern Mediterranean

Jessica M. Marglin

Hosted by Geraldine Gudefin
In the winter of 1873, Nissim Shamama, a wealthy Jew from Tunisia, died suddenly in his palazzo in Livorno, Italy. His passing initiated a fierce lawsuit over his large estate …

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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 …
International Horizons May 23, 2023

The Whys and Wherefores of Migration

A Discussion with James F. Hollifield

James F. Hollifield

Hosted by International Horizons
This week on International Horizons, James Hollifield, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Tower Center for Political Studies, Southern Methodist University (SMU), discusses the epistemology of migration studies …
Law May 21, 2023

Historical Criminology

David Churchill, Henry Yeomans, and Iain Channing

Hosted by Jane Richards
Historical Criminology (Routledge, 2022) breaks new ground by challenging researchers to question what we do, and why we do it. It draws out what criminologists can learn from historians, and examines the …
Political Science May 20, 2023

The State

Philip Pettit

Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
In The State (Princeton University Press, 2023), the prominent political philosopher Philip Pettit embarks on a massive undertaking, offering a major new account of the foundations of the state and …
Public Policy May 18, 2023

The Ends of Freedom

Reclaiming America's Lost Promise of Economic Rights

Mark Paul

Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
Since the Founding, Americans have debated the true meaning of freedom. For some, freedom meant the provision of life's necessities, those basic conditions for the "pursuit of happiness." For others …
Politics & Polemics May 18, 2023

The Incommunicados

Ralph Nader and Bruce Fein

Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
Incommunicados is a collection of unanswered letters to public officials and other notable figures from iconoclasts Ralph Nader and Bruce Fein. The project was edited by Francesco Desantis, Outreach Coordinator at …
Madison's Notes May 15, 2023

American Conservatism, Natural Law, and the Good Life

A Conversation with Robert P. George

Robert P. George

Hosted by Annika Nordquist
What are American conservatives trying to conserve? What is Natural Law, and how can we know it? Is there a single "good life"? Robert P. George, Director of the James …
Policing, Incarceration, and Reform May 15, 2023

The Prescription-To-Prison Pipeline

The Medicalization and Criminalization of Pain

Michelle Smirnova

Hosted by Deidre Tyler
In The Prescription-To-Prison Pipeline: The Medicalization and Criminalization of Pain (Duke UP, 2023), Michelle Smirnova argues that the ongoing opioid drug epidemic is the result of an endless cycle in …
MIT Press Podcast May 12, 2023

Robert I. Rotberg on Corruption

America & Democracy Ep. 1

Robert I. Rotberg

Hosted by MIT Press
In this series of interviews from the MIT Press Podcast, we'll be drawing on the research of various authors to reflect on some of the issues shaping the American political …
Madison's Notes May 12, 2023

COVID-19 and the Biosecurity Surveillance Regime

A Conversation with Dr. Aaron Kheriaty

Aaron Kheriaty

Hosted by Annika Nordquist
What's wrong with vaccine mandates? What is the "biosecurity surveillance regime"? Is trust in our public health institutions damaged beyond repair? Dr. Aaron Kheriaty, who was fired by the UC …
Law May 8, 2023

State Responses to Crimes of Genocide

What Went Wrong and How to Change It

Ewelina U. Ochab and David Alton

Hosted by Jane Richards
In State Responses to Crimes of Genocide: What Went Wrong and How to Change It (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022) Dr Ewelina U. Ochab and Lord Alton of Liverpool bring together ongoing situations of genocide around the …
South Asian Studies May 8, 2023

The Violent Domestic Law

Its Practice and Strategies of Survival

Supurna Banerjee, Nandini Ghosh, Madhurima Mukhopadhyay, and Ruchira Goswami

Hosted by Deidre Tyler
In 2005, after considerable campaigning by women’s groups, the Indian government brought in an important new law, the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act (PWDVA). A civil law, the …
The Future of . . . with Owen Bennett-Jones May 8, 2023

The Future of Guantanamo

A Discussion with James Connell

James Connell

Hosted by Owen Bennett-Jones
Will Guantanamo ever be closed down? Some people are still there – all these years after 9/11. So why are they still held and when will it end? James Connell is …
Intellectual History May 7, 2023

The Individualists

Radicals, Reactionaries, and the Struggle for the Soul of Libertarianism

Matt Zwolinski and John Tomasi

Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
Is libertarianism a progressive doctrine, or a reactionary one? Does libertarianism promise to liberate the poor and the marginalized from the yoke of state oppression, or does talk of "equal …
Gender Studies May 6, 2023

Semiotics of Rape

Sexual Subjectivity and Violation in Rural India

Rupal Oza

Hosted by Iqra Shagufta Cheema
In Semiotics of Rape: Sexual Subjectivity and Violation in Rural India (Duke UP, 2022), Rupal Oza follows the social life of rape in rural northwest India to reveal how rape …
American Studies May 4, 2023

White Borders

The History of Race and Immigration in the United States from Chinese Exclusion to the Border Wall

Reece Jones

Hosted by Nicole Trujillo-Pagan
Recent racist anti-immigration policies, from the border wall to the Muslim ban, have left many Americans wondering: How did we get here? In White Borders: The History of Race and …
MIT Press Podcast May 4, 2023

Material Witness

Media, Forensics, Evidence

Susan Schuppli

Hosted by MIT Press
Susan Schuppli is Director of the Centre for Research Architecture in the Department of Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths, University of London. In her book, Material Witnesss, her research is an …
Journalism May 3, 2023

Journalistic Autonomy

The Genealogy of a Concept

Henrik Örnebring and Michael Karlsson

Hosted by Joanne Kuai
Journalists around the world agree that autonomy is central to their work, but what exactly is it journalists should be autonomous from, and for what should they use this autonomy …
Madison's Notes May 3, 2023

Masterpiece Cakeshop and the Cost of My Faith

A Conversation with Jack Phillips and Jake Warner

Jack Phillips and Jake Warner

Hosted by Annika Nordquist
Jack Phillips is the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colorado. In 2012, Jack Phillips declined to create a custom wedding cake celebrating a so-called same-sex marriage. The men who …