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Australian and New Zealand Studies December 27, 2018

City Life

The New Urban Australia

Seamus O’Hanlon

Hosted by Jason Schulman
In his new book, City Life: The New Urban Australia (NewSouth Publishing, 2018), Seamus O’Hanlon, an Associate Professor at Monash University, explores the economic, social, cultural, and demographic changes in …
Australian and New Zealand Studies December 14, 2018

Filming the Colonial Past

The New Zealand Wars on Screen

Annabel Cooper

Hosted by Jason Schulman
In her new book, Filming the Colonial Past: The New Zealand Wars on Screen (Otago University Press, 2018), Annabel Cooper, an Associate Professor in the Gender Studies Programme at the …
Australian and New Zealand Studies September 26, 2018

Remote Freedoms

Politics, Personhood and Human Rights in Aboriginal Central Australia

Sarah E. Holcombe

Hosted by Jason Schulman
In her new book, Remote Freedoms: Politics, Personhood and Human Rights in Aboriginal Central Australia (Stanford University Press, 2018), Sarah E. Holcombe, a Senior Research Fellow at the University of …
Australian and New Zealand Studies September 19, 2018

Globalisation, the State and Regional Australia

Amanda Walsh

Hosted by Jason Schulman
In her new book, Globalisation, the State and Regional Australia (Sydney University Press, 2018), Amanda Walsh, associate director of government relations at Australian Catholic University, explores the political and economic …
Australian and New Zealand Studies September 14, 2018

Empire and Asian Migration

Sovereignty, Immigration Restriction and Protest in the British Settler Colonies, 1888–1907

Jeremy Martens

Hosted by Jason Schulman
In his new book, Empire and Asian Migration: Sovereignty, Immigration Restriction and Protest in the British Settler Colonies, 1888–1907 (UWA Publishing, 2018), Jeremy Martens, a senior lecturer in History at …
Australian and New Zealand Studies September 7, 2018

Wild Sea

A History of the Southern Ocean

Joy McCann

Hosted by Jason Schulman
In her new book, Wild Sea: A History of the Southern Ocean (NewSouth Publishing, 2018), historian Joy McCann explores the history of the vast Southern Ocean, from icy Antarctica to …
Australian and New Zealand Studies August 31, 2018

The Bible in Australia

A Cultural History

Meredith Lake

Hosted by Jason Schulman
In her new book, The Bible in Australia: A Cultural History (NewSouth Publishing, 2018), historian Meredith Lake explores the various, often surprising ways Australians throughout history have read, utilized, and …
Australian and New Zealand Studies August 24, 2018

Dynamics of Difference in Australia

Indigenous Past and Present in a Settler Country

Francesca Merlan

Hosted by Jason Schulman
In her new book, Dynamics of Difference in Australia: Indigenous Past and Present in a Settler Country (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018), Francesca Merlan, Professor of Anthropology at the Australian …
Australian and New Zealand Studies July 27, 2018

Sunburnt Country

The History and Future of Climate Change in Australia

Joëlle Gergis

Hosted by Jason Schulman
In her new book, Sunburnt Country: The History and Future of Climate Change in Australia (Melbourne University Press, 2018), Joëlle Gergis, a climate scientist and writer from the University of …
Australian and New Zealand Studies July 13, 2018

Teenagers

The Rise of Youth Culture in New Zealand

Chris Brickell

Hosted by Jason Schulman
In his new book, Teenagers: The Rise of Youth Culture in New Zealand (Auckland University Press, 2017), Chris Brickell, Associate Professor of Gender Studies and Head of the Department of …
Australian and New Zealand Studies June 29, 2018

Dancing with the King

The Rise and Fall of the King Country, 1864–1885

Michael Belgrave

Hosted by Jason Schulman
In his new book, Dancing with the King: The Rise and Fall of the King Country, 1864–1885 (Auckland University Press, 2017), Michael Belgrave, Professor of History at Massey University, tells …
Australian and New Zealand Studies June 14, 2018

The Expatriate Myth

New Zealand Writers and the Colonial World

Helen Bones

Hosted by Jason Schulman
In her new book, The Expatriate Myth: New Zealand Writers and the Colonial World (Otago University Press, 2018), Helen Bones, a Research Associate in Digital Humanities at Western Sydney University …
Australian and New Zealand Studies May 25, 2018

Polly Plum

A Firm and Earnest Woman's Advocate, Mary Ann Colclough, 1836–1885

Jenny Coleman

Hosted by Jason Schulman
In her new book, Polly Plum: A Firm and Earnest Woman's Advocate, Mary Ann Colclough, 1836–1885 (Otago University Press, 2017), Jenny Coleman, a senior lecturer and Director of Academic Programmes …
Australian and New Zealand Studies May 18, 2018

The World’s Din

Listening to Records, Radio and Films in New Zealand 1880–1940

Peter Hoar

Hosted by Jason Schulman
In his new book, The World’s Din: Listening to Records, Radio and Films in New Zealand 1880–1940 (Otago University Press, 2018), Peter Hoar, a senior lecturer in radio and media …
Australian and New Zealand Studies April 20, 2018

Heroes, Villains and the Muslim Exception

Muslim and Arab Men in Australian Crime Drama

Mehal Krayem

Hosted by Jason Schulman
In her new book, Heroes, Villains and the Muslim Exception: Muslim and Arab Men in Australian Crime Drama (Melbourne University Publishing, 2017), Mehal Krayem, a sociologist and researcher at the …
Australian and New Zealand Studies March 13, 2018

The Battle Within

POWs in Postwar Australia

Christina Twomey

Hosted by Jason Schulman
In her new book, The Battle Within: POWs in Postwar Australia (NewSouth Books, 2018), Christina Twomey, Professor of History at Monash University, explores the "battle within," the individual and collective …
Australian and New Zealand Studies March 8, 2018

A Free Flame

Australian Women Writers and Vocation in the Twentieth Century

Ann-Marie Priest

Hosted by Jason Schulman
In her new book, A Free Flame: Australian Women Writers and Vocation in the Twentieth Century (UWA Publishing, 2018), Ann-Marie Priest, a lecturer at Central Queensland University, explores the literary …
Australian and New Zealand Studies February 23, 2018

Interview with Australian Poets Leni Shilton and Renee Pettitt-Schipp

Hosted by Jason Schulman
In this special episode of New Books in Australian and New Zealand Studies, we are joined by two fantastic Australian poets. In her new poetic narrative, Walking with Camels: The …
Australian and New Zealand Studies February 16, 2018

Deadly Woman Blues

Black Women and Australian Music

Clinton Walker

Hosted by Jason Schulman
In Deadly Woman Blues: Black Women and Australian Music (NewSouth Books, 2018), Australian writer Clinton Walker presents a group biography of the black women who made Australian music. Through his …
Australian and New Zealand Studies February 2, 2018

Cleansing the Colony

Transporting Convicts from New Zealand to Van Diemens Land

Kristyn Harman

Hosted by Jason Schulman
In her new book, Cleansing the Colony: Transporting Convicts from New Zealand to Van Diemen's Land (Otago University Press, 2017), Kristyn Harman, a Senior Lecturer in History at the University …
Australian and New Zealand Studies January 19, 2018

Histories of Controversy

Bonegilla Migrant Centre

Alexandra Dellios

Hosted by Jason Schulman
In her new book, Histories of Controversy: Bonegilla Migrant Centre (Melbourne University Publishing, 2017), Alexandra Dellios, a Lecturer in Heritage Studies at the Australian National University, provides a critical reassessment …
Australian and New Zealand Studies December 22, 2017

Disposable Leaders

Media and Leadership Coups from Menzies to Abbott

Rodney Tiffen

Hosted by Jason Schulman
In his new book, Disposable Leaders: Media and Leadership Coups from Menzies to Abbott (NewSouth Publishing, 2017), Rodney Tiffen, Emeritus Professor in Government and International Relations at the University of …
Australian and New Zealand Studies December 15, 2017

The Broken Decade

Prosperity, Depression and Recovery in New Zealand

Malcom McKinnon

Hosted by Jason Schulman
In his new book, The Broken Decade: Prosperity, Depression and Recovery in New Zealand, 1928-39 (Otago University Press, 2016), historian Malcolm McKinnon, adjunct associate professor at Victoria University, explores the …
Australian and New Zealand Studies December 8, 2017

Australian Gypies

Their Secret History

Mandy Sayer

Hosted by Jason Schulman
In her new book, Australian Gypsies: Their Secret History (NewSouth Publishing, 2017), award-winning writer Mandy Sayer explores the neglected history of Gypsies, or Romani people, in Australia, from the earliest …