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Intellectual History November 7, 2018

The World Come of Age

An Intellectual History of Liberation Theology

Lilian Calles Barger

Hosted by Carl Nellis
A searching and richly textured history of the affinities and common origins of Latin American and North American liberation theologies, The World Come of Age: An Intellectual History of Liberation Theology (Oxford University Press 2018) dives into the work of thinkers who understood that theology must must have something to offer to people suffering under oppressive systems. By offering sharp readings of the ideas of Gustavo Gutiérrez, James Cone, Rosemary …
Gender Studies September 2, 2016

The Highest Glass Ceiling

Women's Quest for the American Presidency

Ellen Fitzpatrick

Hosted by Lilian Calles Barger
Ellen Fitzpatrick is professor of history at the University of New Hampshire. Her book The Highest Glass Ceiling: Women's Quest for the American Presidency (Harvard University Press, 2016) provides the …
Gender Studies July 16, 2016

Riotous Flesh

Women, Physiology, and the Solitary Vice in Nineteenth-Century America

April R. Haynes

Hosted by Lilian Calles Barger
April R. Haynes is an assistant professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In Riotous Flesh: Women, Physiology, and the Solitary Vice in Nineteenth- Century America (University of Chicago …
American Studies October 21, 2016

Toward Democracy

The Struggle for Self-Rule in European and American Thought

James Kloppenberg

Hosted by Lilian Calles Barger
James Kloppenberg is the Charles Warren Professor of American history at Harvard University. Toward Democracy: The Struggle for Self-Rule in European and American Thought (Oxford University Press, 2016) offers …
American Studies July 31, 2016

We Are An African People

Independent Education, Black Power and the Radical Imagination

Russell Rickford

Hosted by Lilian Calles Barger
Russell Rickford is an assistant professor of history at Cornell University. We Are an African People: Independent Education, Black Power and the Radical Imagination (Oxford University Press, 2016) offers an …
American Studies November 23, 2016

Dangerous Neighbors

Making the Haitian Revolution in Early America

James Alexander Dun

Hosted by Lilian Calles Barger
James Alexander Dun is an assistant professor of history at Princeton University. His book Dangerous Neighbors: Making the Haitian Revolution in Early America (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016) provides a …
American Studies August 11, 2016

The End of American Childhood

A History of Parenting from Life on the Frontier to the Managed Child

Paula S. Fass

Hosted by Lilian Calles Barger
Paula S. Fass is a professor of history emerita at the University of California, Berkeley. Her book The End of American Childhood: A History of Parenting from Life on the …
Gender Studies July 13, 2016

Founding Friendships

Friendships between Men and Women in the Early American Republic

Cassandra A. Good

Hosted by Lilian Calles Barger
Cassandra A. Good is the Associate Editor of the Papers of James Monroe at the University of Mary Washington. Her book Founding Friendships: Friendships between Men and Women in the …
American Studies September 8, 2016

Stamped from the Beginning

The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America

Ibram X. Kendi

Hosted by Lilian Calles Barger
Ibram X. Kendi is an assistant professor of African American history at the University of Florida. Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (Nation Books …
Gender Studies February 12, 2020

Are Men Animals?

How Modern Masculinity Sells Men Short

Matthew Gutmann

Hosted by Lilian Calles Barger
In Are Men Animals? How Modern Masculinity Sells Men Short (Basic Books, 2019), Matthew Gutmann examines how cultural expectations viewing men as violent and sex driven become a self-fulfilling prophecy …
American Studies September 14, 2017

The Sociable City

An American Intellectual Tradition

Jamin Creed Rowan

Hosted by Lilian Calles Barger
Jamin Creed Rowan is an assistant professor of English and American Studies at Brigham Young University. His book The Sociable City: An American Intellectual Tradition (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017) …
Gender Studies August 19, 2020

They Didn’t See Us Coming

The Hidden History of Feminism in the Nineties

Lisa Levenstein

Hosted by Lilian Calles Barger
Lisa Levenstein is the Director of the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program and an associate professor of history at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. Her current book They …
Gender Studies November 3, 2016

Sex Workers, Psychics and Number Runners

Black Women in New York City's Underground Economy

LaShawn Harris

Hosted by Lilian Calles Barger
LaShawn Harris is an assistant professor of history at Michigan State University. Sex Workers, Psychics and Number Runners: Black Women in New York City's Underground Economy, (University of Illinois Press …
American Studies January 13, 2017

The Making of Working-Class Religion

Matthew Pehl

Hosted by Lilian Calles Barger
Matthew Pehl is an associate professor of history at Augustana University. His book, The Making of Working-Class Religion (University of Illinois Press, 2016), gives us a rich and deep study …
American Studies November 20, 2017

Consuming Religion

Kathryn Lofton

Hosted by Lilian Calles Barger
Kathryn Lofton is a professor of religious studies and history at Yale University. Her book Consuming Religion (University of Chicago Press, 2017) offers a collection of eleven essays of cultural …
Gender Studies October 23, 2020

The Angel in the Marketplace

Adwoman Jean Wade Rindlaub and the Selling of America

Ellen Wayland-Smith

Hosted by Lilian Calles Barger
Ellen Wayland-Smith is an associate professor of writing at University of Southern California. Her book The Angel in the Marketplace: Adwoman Jean Wade Rindlaub and the Selling of America (University …
American Studies February 1, 2017

Einstein and Twentieth-Century Politics

'A Salutary Moral Influence'

RIchard Crockatt

Hosted by Lilian Calles Barger
Richard Crockatt is an Emeritus Professor in the School of American Studies at the University of East Anglia. His book, Einstein & Twentieth-Century Politics: 'A Salutary Moral Influence' (Oxford University …
Gender Studies July 16, 2018

Conjugal Misconduct

Defying Marriage Law in the Twentieth-Century United States

William Kuby

Hosted by Lilian Calles Barger
William Kuby is an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga. His book, Conjugal Misconduct: Defying Marriage Law in the Twentieth-Century United States (Cambridge University Press, 2018), examines …
Gender Studies August 25, 2017

International Women's Year

The Greatest Consciousness-raising Event in History

Jocelyn Olcott

Hosted by Lilian Calles Barger
Jocelyn Olcott is an associate professor of History and Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies at Duke University. Her book International Women's Year: The Greatest Consciousness-raising Event in History (Oxford University …
American Studies March 7, 2017

Bounds of Their Habitation

Race and Religion in American History

Paul Harvey

Hosted by Lilian Calles Barger
Paul Harvey is a professor of history at the University of Colorado. His book Bounds of Their Habitation: Race and Religion in American History (Rowman and Littlefield, 2017) provides an …