Beyond the Margins: The University of California Press Podcast

Beyond the Margins: The University of California Press Podcast

episodes

Interviews with authors of University of California Press books.

Park Jeong-Mi, "The State's Sexuality: Prostitution and Postcolonial Nation Building in South Korea" (U California Press, 2024)

November 19, 2024

The State's Sexuality

Park Jeong-Mi
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

The State's Sexuality: Prostitution and Postcolonial Nation Building in South Korea (University of California Press, 2024) by Dr. Park Jeong-Mi uncov…

Saadia Yacoob, "Beyond the Binary: Gender and Legal Personhood in Islamic Law" (U California Press, 2024)

November 16, 2024

Beyond the Binary

Saadia Yacoob
Hosted by Shehnaz Haqqani

Saadia Yacoob’s excellent new book, Beyond the Binary: Gender and Legal Personhood in Islamic Law (U of California Press 2024), makes a compelling arg…

Nicholas Baer, "Historical Turns: Weimar Cinema and the Crisis of Historicism" (U California Press, 2024)

November 16, 2024

Historical Turns

Nicholas Baer
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

Historical Turns: Weimar Cinema and the Crisis of Historicism (University of California Press, 2024) by Dr. Nicholas Baer reassesses Weimar cinema in …

Townsend Middleton, "Quinine's Remains: Empire’s Medicine and the Life Thereafter" (U California Press, 2024)

October 28, 2024

Quinine's Remains

Townsend Middleton
Hosted by Rounak Bose

What happens after colonial industries have run their course—after the factory closes and the fields go fallow? Set in the cinchona plantations of Ind…

Andrew deWaard, "Derivative Media: How Wall Street Devours Culture" (U California Press, 2024)

October 27, 2024

Derivative Media

Andrew deWaard
Hosted by Pete Kunze

Sequels, reboots, franchises, and songs that remake old songs—does it feel like everything new in popular culture is just derivative of something old?…

Emrah Yildiz, "Zainab's Traffic: Moving Saints, Selves, and Others Across Borders" (U California Press, 2024)

October 22, 2024

Zainab's Traffic

Emrah Yildiz
Hosted by Shobhana Xavier

Emrah Yildiz's new book Zainab’s Traffic: Moving Saints, Selves, and Others Across Borders (University of California Press, 2024) is a masterful ethno…

Kevin Sanson, "Mobile Hollywood: Labor and the Geography of Production" (U California Press, 2024)

October 20, 2024

Mobile Hollywood

Kevin Sanson
Hosted by Dave O'Brien

What is the future of the film industry? In Mobile Hollywood Labor and the Geography of Production (U California Press, 2024), Kevin Sanson, Professor…

Shared Paths: Exploring Jewish and Muslim Experiences in America

October 17, 2024

Shared Paths: Exploring Jewish and Muslim Experiences in America

Mucahit Bilici and Samuel Heilman

This week on International Horizons, John Torpey, Director of the Ralph Bunche Institute, speaks with sociologists Mucahit Bilici and Samuel Heilman a…

William T. Taylor, "Hoof Beats: How Horses Shaped Human History" (U California Press, 2024)

October 17, 2024

Hoof Beats

William T. Taylor
Hosted by Nicholas Gordon

Which society was the first to domesticate the horse? It’s a difficult question. The archaeological record is spotty, with only very recent advancemen…

Oumelbanine Nina Zhiri, "Beyond Orientalism: Ahmad Ibn Qasim Al-Hajari Between Europe and North Africa" (U California Press, 2023)

October 16, 2024

Beyond Orientalism

Oumelbanine Nina Zhiri

The first in-depth study of the collaborative intellectual exchange between the European and the Arabic Republics of Letters. Beyond Orientalism: Ah…

Iris Jamahl Dunkle, "Riding Like the Wind: The Life of Sanora Babb" (U California Press, 2024)

October 6, 2024

Riding Like the Wind

Iris Jamahl Dunkle
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

In 1939, when John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath was published, it became an instant bestseller and a prevailing narrative in the nation's collectiv…

Charles Keith, "Subjects and Sojourners: A History of Indochinese in France" (U California Press, 2024)

October 1, 2024

Subjects and Sojourners

Charles Keith
Hosted by Patrick Jory

When we think of the history of French colonialism in Indochina, we tend to think of the French in Indochina. Yet during the colonial period about 200…

William T. Taylor, "Hoof Beats: How Horses Shaped Human History" (U California Press, 2024)

September 29, 2024

Hoof Beats

William T. Taylor
Hosted by Sarah Newman

From the Rockies to the Himalayas, the bond between horses and humans has spanned across time and civilizations. In this archaeological journey, Willi…

Eli Revelle Yano Wilson, "Handcrafted Careers: Working the Artisan Economy of Craft Beer" (U California Press, 2024)

September 17, 2024

Handcrafted Careers

Eli Revelle Yano Wilson
Hosted by Michael Johnston

Handcrafted Careers: Working the Artisan Economy of Craft Beer (U California Press, 2024) unpacks the problems and privileges of pursuing a career of …

Anthony Michael Kreis, "Rot and Revival: The History of Constitutional Law in American Political Development" (U California Press, 2024)

September 9, 2024

Rot and Revival

Anthony Michael Kreis
Hosted by Susan Liebell

One of the great divides in American judicial scholarship is between legal scholars who take the justices at their word and assume that those words de…

Naomi Leite, "Unorthodox Kin: Portuguese Marranos and the Global Search for Belonging" (U California Press, 2017)

September 6, 2024

Unorthodox Kin

Naomi Leite
Hosted by Adam Bobeck

Unorthodox Kin: Portuguese Marranos and the Global Search for Belonging (U California Press, 2017) is a lively, readable exploration of "chosen" ident…

Stephanie L Canizales, "Sin Padres, Ni Papeles: Unaccompanied Migrant Youth Coming of Age in the United States" (U California Press, 2024)

August 18, 2024

Sin Padres, Ni Papeles

Stephanie L Canizales
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

Each year, thousands of youth endure harrowing unaccompanied and undocumented migrations across Central America and Mexico to the United States in pur…

Eric Hoyt, "Ink-Stained Hollywood: The Triumph of American Cinema’s Trade Press" (U California Press, 2022)

August 11, 2024

Ink-Stained Hollywood

Eric Hoyt
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

For the first half of the twentieth century, no American industry boasted a more motley and prolific trade press than the movie business—a cutthroat l…

Samuel C. Heilman and Mucahit Bilici, "Following Similar Paths: What American Jews and Muslims Can Learn from One Another" (U California Press, 2024)

August 9, 2024

Following Similar Paths

Samuel C. Heilman and Mucahit Bilici
Hosted by Renee Garfinkel

Two academics, one Jewish and one Muslim, come together to show how much their faiths have in common—particularly in America. This book provides a…

Yiman Wang, "To Be an Actress: Labor and Performance in Anna May Wong's Cross-Media World" (U California Press, 2024)

August 4, 2024

To Be an Actress

Yiman Wang
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

Between 1919 and 1961, pioneering Chinese American actress Anna May Wong established an enduring legacy that encompassed cinema, theatre, radio, and A…