De Gruyter Brill on the Wire

De Gruyter Brill on the Wire

episodes

Interviews with De Gruyter Brill authors about their new books.

The Examination of Religion (Dharmaparīkṣā): A Jain Tradition of Narrative Adaptations with Heleen De Jonckheere (Brill, 2026)

October 8, 2026

The Examination of Religion (Dharmaparīkṣā)

Heleen De Jonckheere
Hosted by Raj Balkaran

Repetition, reconfiguration, or adaptation form key characteristics of the Indian literary traditions. Jain literature exemplifies this vividly, espec…

Lives, Land, and Labour: A Social History of Eighteenth-Century Sri Lanka with Luc Bulten (Brill, 2026)

October 3, 2026

Lives, Land, and Labour

Luc Bulten
Hosted by Lewis Wade

The "Thombos" are a rather unique collection of eighteenth-century land and population registers detailing the lives lived, lands held, and labour pro…

Playing with Plays: Drama and Early Modern Chinese Media Ecologies with Yinghui Wu (Brill, 2025)

September 25, 2026

Playing with Plays: Drama and Early Modern Chinese Media Ecologies

Yinghui Wu
Hosted by Huijun Mai

How was drama experienced in early modern China? It was not tied to a single medium such as the page or the stage, but operated in a media ecology—an …

Andres Saenz de Sicilia, "Subsumption in Kant, Hegel and Marx: From the Critique of Reason to the Critique of Society" (Brill, 2024)

August 7, 2026

Subsumption in Kant, Hegel and Marx

Andres Saenz de Sicilia

Subsumption in Kant, Hegel and Marx: From the Critique of Reason to the Critique of Society is the latest book from Dr Andres Saenz De Sicilia, an Ass…

Eric O Silva, "Contested Realities and Identity Destigmatization: Identity Construction in the Culture Wars" (De Gruyter, 2026)

August 2, 2026

Contested Realities and Identity Destigmatization

Eric O Silva (Author)
Hosted by Michael Johnston

Much scholarship has sought to decode the polarization of American culture. Eric O Silva's analysis of the public discourse on contested realities (im…

Mikhail Pelevin, "Love, Honour and God: Pashto Writings of Early Modern Times" (Brill, 2025)

July 31, 2026

Love, Honour and God

Mikhail Pelevin
Hosted by Qaseem Ahmadzai

In this episode of New Books Network, I speak with Mikhail Pelevin about his book Love, Honour and God: Pashto Writings of Early Modern Times (Iran an…

Emanuel Tov, "Scribal Practices and Approaches Reflected in the Texts Found in the Judean Desert, Revised Second Edition" (Brill, 2025)

July 20, 2026

Scribal Practices and Approaches Reflected in the Texts Found in the Judean Desert, Revised Second Edition

Emanuel Tov

Scribal Practices and Approaches Reflected in the Texts Found in the Judean Desert, Revised Second Edition (Brill, 2025) revises the first edition of …

What are the Limits of Political Speech? A Conversation with Erik J. Olsen

July 10, 2026

A New Approach to Political Speech

Erik J. Olsen
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

A New Approach to Political Speech: Democratic Theory, Constitutional Law, and Public Liberty After January 6 (de Gruyter, 2026) challenges convention…

An-Ting Yi, "From Erasmus to Maius: The History of Codex Vaticanus in New Testament Textual Scholarship" (de Gruyter, 2024)

May 21, 2026

From Erasmus to Maius

An-Ting Yi
Hosted by Amisah Bakuri

Codex Vaticanus is often regarded as a pillar of New Testament scholarship, ancient, authoritative, and decisive. In From Erasmus to Maius: The Histor…

Kenneth G. Zysk, "South Asian Animal Divination: A Critical Anthology" (Brill, 2025)

May 14, 2026

South Asian Animal Divination

Kenneth G. Zysk
Hosted by Raj Balkaran

South Asian Animal Divination: A Critical Anthology (Brill, 2025) examines the history and practice of animal omen divination in South Asia, comparing…

Sophie Rose, "Intimacy and Social (Dis)Order in Dutch Colonial Expansion: Regulating Sex, Marriage, and Family Life, 1600–1800" (Brill, 2025)

May 4, 2026

Intimacy and Social (Dis)Order in Dutch Colonial Expansion

Sophie Rose
Hosted by Lewis Wade

Explosive sexual scandals, bitter domestic conflicts, and dramatic changes in fortune. Sex, marriage, and family life were matters of enormous consequ…

Stephen B. Young ed., "Adam Smith and Modern Economics: Reclaiming the Moral High Ground" (de Gruyter, 2026)

April 29, 2026

Adam Smith and Modern Economics

Stephen B. Young ed.
Hosted by Alfred Marcus

For more than two centuries, economists and researchers have struggled with the conundrum of reconciling Adam Smith’s views on economics and ethics. W…

Masako Ichihara, "Climate Change Litigation in Japan: Cases, Challenges, and Opportunities for Environmental Law" (Brill, 2026)

April 19, 2026

Climate Change Litigation in Japan

Masako Ichihara
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

Climate Change Litigation in Japan: Cases, Challenges, and Opportunities for Environmental Law (Brill, 2026) provides the details of Japanese climate …

Kristan Stoddart, "Russia's Hybrid Warfare Offensive Against the West" (de Gruyter, 2025)

April 19, 2026

Russia's Hybrid Warfare Offensive Against the West

Kristan Stoddart

Kristan Stoddart's Russia's Hybrid Warfare Offensive Against the West (de Gruyter, 2025) is a timely and systematic analysis of Russian hybrid warfare…

Gudrun Bühnemann, "Scholar, Serpent, Yogin, and Devotee: The Many Faces of Patañjali in Indian Traditions" (Brill, 2025)

April 16, 2026

Scholar, Serpent, Yogin, and Devotee

Gudrun Bühnemann
Hosted by Raj Balkaran

Scholar, Serpent, Yogin, and Devotee: The Many Faces of Patañjali in Indian Traditions (Brill, 2025) illuminates the many faces of Patañjali in Indian…

Michael W. Tuck, "The Castle Slaves of the Gambia River: A Creole Community in the Eighteenth Century Atlantic World" (Brill, 2026)

April 8, 2026

The Castle Slaves of the Gambia River

Michael W. Tuck
Hosted by Amisah Bakuri

In his new book, The Castle Slaves of the Gambia River: A Creole Community in the Eighteenth Century Atlantic World (Brill, 2026) historian Dr. Michae…

Stephen Onyango Ouma, "Africa Unbound: Decolonial Pathways to Sovereignty and Liberation" (Brill, 2026)

April 5, 2026

Africa Unbound

Stephen Onyango Ouma
Hosted by Amisah Bakuri

I had a substantive conversation with Dr. Stephen Onyango Ouma, author of Africa Unbound: Decolonial Pathways to Sovereignty and Liberation (Brill, 20…

Kristin Ciupa, "The Political Economy of Oil in Venezuela: Class Conflict, the State, and the World Market" (Brill, 2026)

March 29, 2026

The Political Economy of Oil in Venezuela

Kristin Ciupa

The Political Economy of Oil in Venezuela: Class Conflict, the State, and the World Market (Brill, 2026) is the latest book from Dr. Kristin Ciupa, As…

Colloquies on European Civil Procedure: A Conversation with Marco de Benito

March 28, 2026

Colloquies on European Civil Procedure

Marco de Benito
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

This volume brings law to life through a free and lively dialogue on the new Model European Rules of Civil Procedure. In it, some of Europe's leading …

Gijs Kruijtzer, "Justifying Transgression:  Muslims, Christians, and the Law - 1200 to 1700" (de Gruyter, 2023)

March 25, 2026

Justifying Transgression

Gijs Kruijtzer
Hosted by Amanie Antar

How do people justify what others see as transgression? Taking that question to the Persian-Muslim and Latin-Christian worlds over the period 1200 to …