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Back to SearchFinnish Maritime Interaction with China in the 18th Century
Episode 137
As COVID-19 disrupted maritime trade with China, the world was again reminded of the importance of shipping in global commerce. The roots of Nordic m…
4 years, 1 month ago
Christopher S. Celenza, "Petrarch: Everywhere a Wanderer" (Reaktion Books, 2017)
Episode 1231
Born in Tuscany in 1304, Italian poet Francesco Petrarca is widely considered one of the fathers of the modern Italian language. Though his writings …
4 years, 1 month ago
Sarah Fox, "Giving Birth in Eighteenth-Century England" (U London Press, 2022)
Episode 27
Sarah Fox's fascinating new book Giving Birth in Eighteenth-Century England (U London Press, 2022) rewrites all that we know about eighteenth-century…
4 years, 1 month ago
Ricardo A. Herrera, "Feeding Washington's Army: Surviving the Valley Forge Winter of 1778" (UNC Press, 2022)
Episode 1228
In Feeding Washington's Army: Surviving the Valley Forge Winter of 1778 (University of North Carolina Press, 2022), Dr. Ricardo Herrera presents a ma…
4 years, 1 month ago
Meng Zhang, "Timber and Forestry in Qing China: Sustaining the Market" (U Washington Press, 2021)
Episode 452
Focusing on timber in Qing China, Dr. Meng Zhang's new book, Timber and Forestry in Qing China: Sustaining the Market (U Washington Press, 2021) trac…
4 years, 1 month ago
Drew Daniel, "Joy of the Worm: Suicide and Pleasure in Early Modern English Literature" (U Chicago Press, 2022)
Episode 159
Advisory: this episode discusses the literary representation of self-harm and suicide, in particular, how writers such as Shakespeare and Milton ofte…
4 years, 1 month ago
Peter Hughes, "A History of Love and Hate in 21 Statues" (Aurum Press, 2021)
Episode 1226
The ongoing debate surrounding who gets to determine the subjects of public commemoration, particularly in the form of statues, has become more heate…
4 years, 1 month ago
Mary Wellesley, "Hidden Hands: The Lives of Manuscripts and Their Makers" (Riverrun, 2021)
Episode 156
Manuscripts teem with life. They are not only the stuff of history and literature, but they offer some of the only tangible evidence we have of entir…
4 years, 1 month ago
Christina Ramos, "Bedlam in the New World: A Mexican Madhouse in the Age of Enlightenment" (UNC Press, 2022)
Episode 162
In Bedlam in the New World: A Mexican Madhouse in the Age of Enlightenment (UNC Press, 2022), Cristina Ramos tells us the story of Mexico city’s olde…
4 years, 1 month ago
James Stafford, "The Case of Ireland: Commerce, Empire and the European Order, 1750-1848" (Cambridge UP, 2022)
Episode 20
James Stafford teaches at Columbia University, where he specializes in the political and intellectual history of Ireland, Britain and Western Europe …
4 years, 1 month ago