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History
March 2, 2021
The Dutch in the Early Modern World
A History of a Global Power
David Onnekink and Gijs Rommelse
Hosted by Jana Byars
David Onnekink, professor of early modern history at the University of Utrecht discusses his latest book, the delightful, The Dutch in the Early Modern World: History of a Global Power …
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Christian Studies
February 24, 2021
God's Cold Warrior
The Life and Faith of John Foster Dulles
John D. Wilsey
Hosted by Zachary McCulley
When John Foster Dulles died in 1959, he was given the largest American state funeral since Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s in 1945. President Eisenhower called Dulles—his longtime secretary of state—“one of …
Chinese Studies
February 19, 2021
Forgotten Ally
China's World War II, 1937–1945
Rana Mitter
Hosted by Keith Krueger
If we wish to understand the role of China in today’s global society, we would do well to remind ourselves of the tragic, titanic struggle which that country waged in …
National Security
February 18, 2021
This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends
The Cyberweapons Arms Race
Nicole Perlroth
Hosted by John Sakellariadis
For years, cybersecurity experts have debated whether cyber-weapons represent a destabilizing new military technology or merely the newest tool in the spy’s arsenal. In This Is How They Tell Me …
Drugs, Addiction and Recovery
February 17, 2021
Heavy Traffic
The Global Drug Trade in Historical Perspective
Kenneth V. Faunce
Hosted by Lucas Richert
Much of the world's politics revolve around questions about the development of the international market for drugs; the roles merchants, government officials, and drug manufacturers played in shaping this market …
Japanese Studies
February 12, 2021
Embracing 'Asia' in China and Japan
Asianism Discourse and the Contest for Hegemony, 1912-1933
Torsten Weber
Hosted by Samee Siddiqui
Embracing ‘Asia’ in China and Japan: Asianism Discourse and the Contest for Hegemony (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018) by Torsten Weber examines how Asianism became a key concept in mainstream political discourse between China …
Intellectual History
February 12, 2021
Dreamworlds of Race
Empire and the Utopian Destiny of Anglo-America
Duncan Bell
Hosted by Yi Ning Chang
Published in December 2020, Duncan Bell’s Dreamworlds of Race: Empire and the Utopian Destiny of Anglo-America (Princeton University Press, 2020) concludes his loose trilogy of books about the metropolitan settler imaginary in …
History
February 12, 2021
A History of the 20th Century
Conflict, Technology & Rock'n'roll
Jeremy Black
Hosted by Crawford Gribben
Jeremy Black – professor of history at Exeter University, and one of the world’s most prolific writers – has just published an outstanding illustrated history of the twentieth century, in A …
Architecture
February 11, 2021
Architecture in Global Socialism
Eastern Europe, West Africa, and the Middle East in the Cold War
Łukasz Stanek
Hosted by Sharika Crawford
In the course of the Cold War, architects, planners, and construction companies from socialist Eastern Europe engaged in a vibrant collaboration with those in West Africa and the Middle East …
Latin American Studies
February 11, 2021
Revolution in Development
Mexico and the Governance of the Global Economy
Christy Thornton
Hosted by Rachel Newman
Revolution in Development: Mexico and the Governance of the Global Economy (University of California Press, 2021) uncovers the surprising influence of post-revolutionary Mexico on the twentieth century's most important international economic institutions. Drawing …
History
February 10, 2021
The Boundless Sea
A Human History of the Oceans
David Abulafia
Hosted by Joshua Tham
Building on his 2011 work The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean, David Abulafia's latest book, The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans (Penguin, 2019), traces the history of …
Public Policy
February 9, 2021
Ending Hunger
The Quest to Feed the World without Destroying It
Anthony Warner
Hosted by Stephen Pimpare
Nutritionists tell you to eat more fish. Environmentalists tell you to eat less fish. Apparently they are both right. It's the same thing with almonds, or quinoa, or a hundred …
Law
February 8, 2021
Asia's New Geopolitics
Essays on Reshaping the Indo-Pacific
Michael R. Auslin
Hosted by Jane Richards
Is the Indo-Pacific already the most dominant in terms of global power, politics, and wealth? In his newest book, Michael R. Auslin considers the key issues facing the Indo-Pacific which have ramifications …
Middle Eastern Studies
February 8, 2021
Kemalist Turkey and the Middle East
International Relations in the Interwar Period
Amit Bein
Hosted by Reuben Silverman
To better understand the lasting legacy of international relations in the post-Ottoman Middle East, Amit Bein's Kemalist Turkey and the Middle East: International Relations in the Interwar Period (Cambridge University Press, 2017), reexamines Turkey’s engagement …
Asian Review of Books
February 4, 2021
Field Notes from a Pandemic
A Journey Through a World Suspended
Ethan Lou
Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
We are just over a year from when global news first reported a new type of pneumonia emerging in the Chinese city of Wuhan. A lockdown of Wuhan on January …
Critical Theory
January 29, 2021
A Cultural History of the Disneyland Theme Parks
Middle Class Kingdoms
Sabrina Mittermeier
Hosted by Dave O'Brien
How should we understand the theme park in our globalised world? In A Cultural History of the Disneyland Theme Parks: Middle Class Kingdoms (Intellect, 2020), Dr. Sabrina Mittermeier, a postdoctoral researcher and …
World Affairs
January 29, 2021
From Development to Dictatorship
Bolivia and the Alliance for Progress in the Kennedy Era
Thomas C. Field
Hosted by Geoffrey Gordon
How do ideologies of development shape the perceptions of security threats of US foreign policymakers and the political and military leaders of developing countries? What is the relationship between development …
Genocide Studies
January 25, 2021
The International People’s Tribunal for 1965 and the Indonesian Genocide
Annie Pohlman, Jess Melvin, Saskia E. Wieringa
Hosted by Kelly McFall
How do you hold a government accountable for crimes it refuses to acknowledge? Today's book, The International People's Tribunal for 1965 and the Indonesian Genocide (Routledge, 2019) emerges out of the International …
Environmental Studies
January 25, 2021
Scorched Earth
Environmental Warfare as a Crime Against Humanity and Nature
Emmanuel Kreike
Hosted by Ahmed Almaazmi
In Scorched Earth: Environmental Warfare as a Crime Against Humanity and Nature (Princeton UP, 2021), Emmanuel Kreike offers a global history of environmental warfare and makes the case for why it should …
Sociology
January 21, 2021
Digital Nomads
In Search of Freedom, Community, and Meaningful Work in the New Economy
Rachael A. Woldoff and Robert C. Litchfield
Hosted by Galina Limorenko
In the space of a few weeks this spring, organizations around the world learned that many traditional, in-person jobs could, in fact, be performed remotely. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, however …
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