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Sociology
Media October 22, 2021

Politics for the Love of Fandom

Fan-Based Citizenship in a Digital World

Ashley Hinck

Hosted by Lee Pierce
Politics for the Love of Fandom: Fan-Based Citizenship in a Digital World (Louisiana State Press, 2019) examines what Ashley Hinck calls “fan-based citizenship”: civic action that blends with and arises from …

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Religion October 22, 2021

Jesus and Addiction to Origins

Toward an Anthropocentric Study of Religion

Willi Braun

Hosted by Tiatemsu Longkumer
Willi Braun's Jesus and Addiction to Origins: Towards an Anthropocentric Study of Religion (Equinox, 2020)  constitutes an extended argument for an anthropocentric, human-focused study of religious practices. Part I presents the basic …
Chinese Studies October 22, 2021

The End of the Village

Planning the Urbanization of Rural China

Nick R. Smith

Hosted by Suvi Rautio
Today I spoke to Nick R. Smith to talk about how China's expansive new era of urbanization threatens to undermine the foundations of rural life, which he writes about in …
Ideas Roadshow Podcast October 21, 2021

Criminal Justice

An Examination

Julian Roberts

Hosted by Howard Burton
Criminal Justice: An Examination is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Julian Roberts, Professor of Criminology at the University of Oxford. Julian Roberts is an international …
Critical Theory October 21, 2021

The Care Crisis

What Caused It and How Can We End It?

Emma Dowling

Hosted by Dave O'Brien
What is the future of care? In The Care Crisis: What Caused It and How Can We End It? (Verso, 2021),  Emma Dowling, an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology, University …
Dan Hill's EQ Spotlight October 21, 2021

Belonging

The Key to Transforming and Maintaining Diversity, Inclusions and Equality at Work

Sue Unerman, Kathryn Jacob, and Mark Edwards

Hosted by Dan Hill
Today I talked to Sue Unerman about her new book Belonging: The Key to Transforming and Maintaining Diversity, Inclusions and Equality at Work (Bloomsbury, 2020) How is it that $8 billion …
Indian Religions October 21, 2021

Turbulent Transformations

Non-Brahmin Śrīvaiṣṇavas on Religion, Caste and Politics in Tamil Nadu

Katherine Young

Hosted by Raj Balkaran
Katherine Young, Turbulent Transformations: Non-Brahmin Śrīvaiṣṇavas on Religion, Caste and Politics in Tamil Nadu (Orient Blackswan, 2021) studies the interlinking of religious, social and political identities in modern Tamil Nadu …
Buddhist Studies October 20, 2021

Be the Refuge

Raising the Voices of Asian American Buddhists

Chenxing Han

Hosted by Victoria Montrose
Despite the fact that two thirds of U.S. Buddhists identify as Asian American, mainstream perceptions about what it means to be Buddhist in America often whitewash and invisibilize the diverse …
Chinese Studies October 19, 2021

Newborn Socialist Things

Materiality in Maoist China

Laurence Coderre

Hosted by Julia Keblinska
Laurence Coderre’s Newborn Socialist Things: Materiality in Maoist China (Duke UP, 2021) is an exciting book that considers Chinese socialist culture seriously in terms of materiality and theory by tracing the contours …
Gender Studies October 18, 2021

Queer Nightlife

Kemi Adeyemi, Kareem Khubchandani and Ramon H. Rivera-Servera

Hosted by Isabel Machado
The mass shooting at a queer Latin Night in Orlando in July 2016 sparked a public conversation about access to pleasure and selfhood within conditions of colonization, violence, and negation …
Princeton UP Ideas Podcast October 15, 2021

Career and Family

Women’s Century-Long Journey toward Equity

Claudia Goldin

Hosted by Marshall Poe
A century ago, it was a given that a woman with a college degree had to choose between having a career and a family. Today, there are more female college …
Islamic Studies October 15, 2021

Elusive Lives

Gender, Autobiography, and the Self in Muslim South Asia

Siobhan Lambert-Hurley

Hosted by Kristian Petersen
Muslim South Asia is widely characterized as a culture that idealizes female anonymity: women's bodies are veiled and their voices silenced. Challenging these perceptions, Siobhan Lambert-Hurley, University of Sheffield, highlights …
Gender Studies October 15, 2021

The Political Economy of Stigma

HIV, Memoir, Medicine, and Crip Positionalities

Allyson Day

Hosted by Sohini Chatterjee
In The Political Economy of Stigma: HIV, Memoir, Medicine, and Crip Positionalities (Ohio State UP, 2021), Ally Day offers a compelling critique of neoliberal medical practices in the US by coupling …
Academic Life October 14, 2021

A Conversation About Reproductive Health and Abortion Studies

An Interview with Diane Greene Foster

Diane Greene Foster

Hosted by Christina Gessler
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about: The field of reproductive health studiesThe data on contraceptive access and effectiveness [even when used correctly]Why we need to …
Art October 13, 2021

Between Discipline and a Hard Place

The Value of Contemporary Art

Alana Jelinek

Hosted by Pierre d'Alancaisez
Some fields have an easier time describing themselves than others. "History is the study of past events." "Biology is the study of living organisms." But art? Is art a discipline …
General History October 12, 2021

Imaginaries of Connectivity

The Creation of Novel Spaces of Governance

Luis Lobo-Guerrero, Suvi Alt and Maarten Meijer

Hosted by Krzysztof Odyniec
Imaginaries of Connectivity: The Creation of Novel Spaces of Governance (Rowman & Littlefield, 2019) addresses the problem of how the creation of novel spaces of governance relates to imaginaries of …
Gender Studies October 7, 2021

Complaint!

Sara Ahmed

Hosted by Shraddha Chatterjee
In Complaint! (Duke UP, 2021), Sara Ahmed examines what we can learn about power from those who complain about abuses of power. Drawing on oral and written testimonies from academics and students …
Dan Hill's EQ Spotlight October 7, 2021

The Essential Diversity Mindset

How to Cultivate a More Inclusive Culture and Environment

Soo Bong Peer

Hosted by Dan Hill
Today I talked to Soo Bong Peer about her new book The Essential Diversity Mindset: How to Cultivate a More Inclusive Culture and Environment (Career Press, 2021) In 1967, bans on interracial …
Geography October 6, 2021

The Nature of Space

Milton Santos

Hosted by Stentor Danielson
The Nature of Space (Duke UP, 2021) is a translation (by Brenda Baletti) of pioneering geographer Milton Santos' A Natureza do Espaço, originally published in Brazil in 1996. The book offers a theory …
Japanese Studies October 6, 2021

Urban Migrants in Rural Japan

Between Agency and Anomie in a Post-growth Society

Susanne Klien

Hosted by John Traphagan
Susanne Klien's book Urban Migrants in Rural Japan: Between Agency and Anomie in a Post-growth Society (SUNY Press, 2020) provides a fresh perspective on theoretical notions of rurality and emerging modes …