LGBTQ+ Studies

LGBTQ+ Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of LGBTQ+ Studies about their new books.

Laura Horak, "Trans Cinema: Making Communities, Identities, and Worlds" (U California Press, 2026)

April 23, 2026

Trans Cinema

Laura Horak
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

Since the 1990s, a largely underground upwelling of trans creativity has helped new trans identities, communities, and political movements come togeth…

Abigail Ocobock, "Marriage Material: How an Enduring Institution Is Changing Same-Sex Relationships" (U Chicago Press, 2024)

April 21, 2026

Marriage Material

Abigail Ocobock
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

It is no secret that marriage rates in the United States are at an all-time low. Despite this significant decline, the institution of marriage endures…

Rebecca Buxton and Samuel Ritholtz, "The Way Out: Justice in the Queer Search for Refuge" (U California Press, 2026)

April 20, 2026

The Way Out

Rebecca Buxton and Samuel Ritholtz
Hosted by Hannah Pool

The global refugee regime has shifted under our feet. Over the last forty years, international asylum practices have expanded to include the queer and…

Samuel Clowes Huneke, "I Will Not Abandon You: Queer Women in Nazi Germany" (Aevo UTP, 2026)

April 18, 2026

I Will Not Abandon You

Samuel Clowes Huneke
Hosted by Deep Acharya

I Will Not Abandon You: Queer Women in Nazi Germany (Aevo UTP, 2026) brings to life the unrelenting defiance of queer women in fascist Germany. In hi…

Gabriel S. Estrada, "Queer Indigenous Cinemas: Sovereign Genders from Seven Directions" (U Arizona Press, 2026)

April 13, 2026

Queer Indigenous Cinemas

Gabriel S. Estrada
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

In Queer Indigenous Cinemas, scholar Gabriel S. Estrada offers an analysis of queer Indigenous media from the Americas, the Pacific, and the Caribbean…

Katharina Wiedlack, "Under Western Eyes: Vulnerable Minorities and the Russian State in New Cold War Cultures" (Academic Studies Press, 2025)

April 12, 2026

Under Western Eyes

Katharina Wiedlack
Hosted by Amber Nickell

Under Western Eyes: Vulnerable Minorities and the Russian State in New Cold War Cultures (Academic Studies Press, 2025) examines the New Cold War betw…

Beans Velocci, "Sex Isn't Real: The Invention of an Incoherent Binary" (Duke UP, 2026)

April 11, 2026

Sex Isn't Real

Beans Velocci
Hosted by Clayton Jarrard

In Sex Isn’t Real: The Invention of an Incoherent Binary (Duke UP, 2026), Beans Velocci traces the history of current high stakes attempts to define s…

Emotions of LGBT Rights

April 6, 2026

Emotions of LGBT Rights

Senthorun Raj

In this episode of High Theory, Saronik talks to Senthorun Raj about the Emotions of LGBT Rights. Emotions from disgust and fear to love and joy shape…

Derek Krueger "Monastic Desires: Homoeroticism, Homophobia, and the Love of God in Medieval Constantinople" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

March 30, 2026

Monastic Desires

Derek Krueger
Hosted by Michael Motia

Derek Krueger Monastic Desires: Homoeroticism, Homophobia, and Love of God in Medieval Constantinople (Cambridge UP, 2026) The Byzantine Abbot Symeo…

Cathryn J. Prince, "For the Love of Labor: The Life of Pauline Newman" (U Illinois Press, 2026)

March 26, 2026

For the Love of Labor

Cathryn J. Prince
Hosted by Thomas Discenna

My guest today is Cathryn J. Prince the author of For the Love of Labor: The Life of Pauline Newman (U Illinois Press, 2026). From her start as one of…

Maria A. Sanchez, "Deference and Divergence in Regional Human Rights Courts" (Cornell UP, 2026)

March 20, 2026

Deference and Divergence in Regional Human Rights Courts

Maria A. Sanchez
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

In Deference and Divergence in Regional Human Rights Courts (Cornell UP, 2026), Dr. Maria A. Sanchez tackles a central tension in global governance: h…

Alex Powell, "Queering UK Refugee Law: Sexual Diversity and Asylum Administration" (Bristol UP, 2026)

March 17, 2026

Queering UK Refugee Law

Alex Powell
Hosted by Rine Vieth

Utilizing critical legal methodologies, Alex Powell's Queering UK Refugee Law: Sexual Diversity and Asylum Administration (Bristol UP, 2026) gives a v…

Iria Seijas-Pérez, "Sapphic Adolescent Girls in Irish Young Adult Fiction: Queering Girlhood"(Routledge, 2025)

February 14, 2026

Sapphic Adolescent Girls in Irish Young Adult Fiction

Iria Seijas-Pérez
Hosted by Helen Penet

Sapphic Adolescent Girls in Irish Young Adult Fiction: Queering Girlhood (Routledge, 2025) is the first sustained critical analysis of the representat…

Gloria Browne-Marshall, "A Protest History of the United States" (Beacon Press, 2026) Revisited

February 8, 2026

A Protest History of the United States

Gloria J. Browne-Marshall
Hosted by Sullivan Summer

In December 2025, writer, civil rights attorney, playwright, speaker, and Professor of Constitutional Law at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Glo…

Damon Scott, "The City Aroused: Queer Places and Urban Redevelopment in Postwar San Francisco" (U Texas Press, 2024)

January 24, 2026

The City Aroused

Damon Scott
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

The City Aroused: Queer Places and Urban Redevelopment in Postwar San Francisco (University of Texas Press, 2024) by Dr. Damon Scott is a lively histo…

Everything Is Fine, I'll Just Work Harder: Confessions of a Former Badass

January 15, 2026

Everything Is Fine, I'll Just Work Harder: Confessions of a Former Badass

Cara Gormally

In Everything Is Fine, I’ll Just Work Harder: Confessions of A Former Badass (Street Noise Books, 2025), Professor Cara Gormally draws us into the fam…

Alvin K. Wong, "Unruly Comparison: Queerness, Hong Kong, and the Sinophone" (Duke UP, 2025)

January 13, 2026

Unruly Comparison

Alvin K. Wong

How do we compare across languages, media, and histories, all without flattening differences? And what might Hong Kong teach us about doing comparison…

Barbara Jane Brickman, "Suffering Sappho! Lesbian Camp in American Popular Culture" (Rutgers UP, 2023)

January 8, 2026

Suffering Sappho!

Barbara Jane Brickman
Hosted by Leah Cargin

An ever-expanding and panicked Wonder Woman lurches through a city skyline begging Steve to stop her. A twisted queen of sorority row crashes her conv…

Chris Dietz, "Self-Declaration in the Legal Recognition of Gender" (Routledge, 2023)

January 6, 2026

Self-Declaration in the Legal Recognition of Gender

Chris Dietz
Hosted by Jane Richards

Self-Declaration in the Legal Recognition of Gender (Routledge, 2023) is a socio-legal study that offers a critique of what it means to self-declare w…

Ashley Brown, "Serving Herself: The Life and Times of Althea Gibson" (Oxford UP, 2023)

January 3, 2026

Serving Herself

Ashley Brown
Hosted by Mark Klobas

From her start playing paddle tennis on the streets of Harlem as a young teenager to her eleven Grand Slam tennis wins to her professional golf career…