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Mathematics August 9, 2022

Probability and Forensic Evidence

Theory, Philosophy, and Applications

Ronald Meester and Klaas Slooten

Hosted by Marc Goulet
In Probability and Forensic Evidence: Theory, Philosophy, and Applications (Cambridge UP, 2021), Ronald Meester and Klaas Slooten address the role of statistics and probability in the evaluation of forensic evidence, including …

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Diplomatic History August 8, 2022

China's European Headquarters

Switzerland and China During the Cold War

Ariane Knüsel

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
During the Cold War, the People's Republic of China used Switzerland as headquarters for its economic, political, intelligence, and cultural networks in Europe. Based on extensive research in Western and …
Middle Eastern Studies August 3, 2022

Second-Generation Liberation Wars

Yaniv Voller

Hosted by Dilan Okcuoglu
The formation of post-colonial states in Africa, and the Middle East gave birth to prolonged separatist wars. Exploring the evolution of these separatist wars, In Second-Generation Liberation Wars Cambridge UP, 2022),Yaniv …
Southeast Asian Studies August 1, 2022

A History of Thailand

Chris Baker and Pasuk Phongpaichit

Hosted by Patrick Jory
This year sees the publication of the fourth edition of the book, A History of Thailand (Cambridge UP, 2022), by Chris Baker and Pasuk Phongpaichit. Remarkably, the Thai language translation of …
Exchanges: A Cambridge UP Podcast August 1, 2022

Earthopolis

A Biography of Our Urban Planet

Carl H. Nightingale

Hosted by Mark Klobas
This is a biography of Earthopolis, the only Urban Planet we know of. It is a history of how cities gave humans immense power over Earth, for good and for …
Economic and Business History July 19, 2022

Our Long Walk to Economic Freedom

Lessons from 100,000 Years of Human History

Johan Fourie

Hosted by Javier Mejia
Our Long Walk to Economic Freedom: Lessons from 100,000 Years of Human History (Cambridge UP, 2022) is an entertaining and engaging guide to global economic history told for the first …
Military History July 18, 2022

Why Humans Fight

The Social Dynamics of Close-Range Violence

Siniša Malešević

Hosted by Christian Nielsen
In his book Why Humans Fight: The Social Dynamics of Close-Range Violence (2022, Cambridge University Press), Siniša Malešević emphasises the centrality of the social and historical contexts that make fighting …
Economics July 14, 2022

China's Contained Resource Curse

How Minerals Shape State Capital Labor Relations

Vivian Jing Zhan

Hosted by Peter Lorentzen
Contrary to intuition, many countries have found that having abundant natural resources such as petroleum or diamonds may be a curse as much as a blessing. Broad-based economic development may …
Anthropology July 13, 2022

Second-Class Daughters

Black Brazilian Women and Informal Adoption as Modern Slavery

Elizabeth Hordge-Freeman

Hosted by Reighan Gillam
A legacy of the transatlantic slave trade, Brazil is home to the largest number of African descendants outside Africa and the greatest number of domestic workers in the world. Drawing …
The Future of . . . with Owen Bennett-Jones July 12, 2022

The Future of Hong Kong

A Discussion with Ho-Fung Hung

Ho-Fung Hung

Hosted by Owen Bennett-Jones
Hong Kong has always existed on the edge of empires, providing services and capabilities to powerful nations. And even to this day when the one country two systems idea is …
Literary Studies July 6, 2022

Colonial Law in India and the Victorian Imagination

Leila Neti

Hosted by Gargi Binju
Situated at the intersection of law and literature, nineteenth-century studies and post-colonialism, Colonial Law in India and the Victorian Imagination (Cambridge UP, 2021) draws on original archival research to shed …
South Asian Studies July 4, 2022

Properties of Rent

Community, Capital and Politics in Globalising Delhi

Sushmita Pati

Hosted by Saronik Bosu
We live in cities whose borders have always been subject to expansion. What does such transformation of rural spaces mean for cities and vice-versa? Properties of Rent: Community, Capital and …
Economics June 30, 2022

Formal Models of Domestic Politics

Scott Gehlbach

Hosted by Peter Lorentzen
Formal mathematical models have provided tremendous insights into politics in recent decades. Formal Models of Domestic Politics (Cambridge UP, 2021) is the leading graduate textbook covering the crucial models that …
Irish Studies June 30, 2022

The Case of Ireland

Commerce, Empire and the European Order, 1750-1848

James Stafford

Hosted by Aidan Beatty
James Stafford teaches at Columbia University, where he specializes in the political and intellectual history of Ireland, Britain and Western Europe since 1750, with a particular interest in questions of …
Intellectual History June 28, 2022

The Political Writings of Alexander Hamilton

Bradford P. Wilson and Carson Holloway, eds.

Hosted by Hope J. Leman
How much does the average person know about Alexander Hamilton (1755 or 1757-1804)? Would we have guessed that this hero of many fiscal conservatives wrote, “A national debt, if it …
Biology and Evolution June 28, 2022

Extinctions

Living and Dying in the Margin of Error

Michael Hannah

Hosted by Galina Limorenko
Today I talked to Michael Hannah about his book Extinctions: Living and Dying in the Margin of Error (Cambridge UP, 2021). Are we now entering a mass extinction event? What can mass …
Jewish Studies June 22, 2022

Jewish Internationalism and Human Rights after the Holocaust

Nathan A. Kurz

Hosted by Amber Nickell
In Jewish Internationalism and Human Rights after the Holocaust (Cambridge UP, 2020), Nathan A. Kurz charts the fraught relationship between Jewish internationalism and international rights protection in the second half of …
Medicine June 22, 2022

Successful Leadership in Academic Medicine

David M. Greer

Hosted by Galina Limorenko
Good leadership in medicine is crucial, but unfortunately, often woefully inadequate. Those chosen to lead often have limited experience in leadership themselves, or worse, are appointed because of achievements that …
Irish Studies June 21, 2022

Representing Magic in Modern Ireland

Belief, History, Culture

Andrew Sneddon

Hosted by Aidan Beatty
Andrew Sneddon is a Lecturer in International History at Ulster University. His research explores Irish witchcraft, magic and the supernatural in a comparative framework from the medieval to the modern …
African Studies June 21, 2022

Shari'a, Inshallah

Finding God in Somali Legal Politics

Mark Fathi Massoud

Hosted by Sara Katz
Western analysts have long denigrated Islamic states as antagonistic, even antithetical, to the rule of law. Mark Fathi Massoud tells a different story: for nearly 150 years, the Somali people …