Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAlexander Menrisky, "Wild Abandon: American Literature and the Identity Politics of Ecology" (Cambridge UP, 2020)
Episode 69
Despite the proliferation of scientific ecology in the second half of the 20th C emphasizing the interconnection between environment and humanity, Wi…
4 years, 10 months ago
Camillia Kong, "Mental Capacity in Relationship: Decision-Making, Dialogue, and Autonomy" (Cambridge UP, 2017)
Episode 137
Mental Capacity in Relationship: Decision-Making, Dialogue, and Autonomy (Cambridge University Press, 2017), challenges the current legal landscape o…
4 years, 10 months ago
Nivi Manchanda, "Imagining Afghanistan: The History and Politics of Imperial Knowledge" (Cambridge UP, 2020)
Episode 241
Over time and across different genres, Afghanistan has been presented to the world as potential ally, dangerous enemy, gendered space, and mysterious…
4 years, 10 months ago
Eliza Ablovatski, "Revolution and Political Violence in Central Europe: The Deluge of 1919" (Cambridge UP, 2021)
Episode 120
In the wake of the First World War and Russian Revolutions, Central Europeans in 1919 faced a world of possibilities, threats, and extreme contrasts.…
4 years, 10 months ago
Julia Jarcho, "Writing and the Modern Stage: Theater beyond Drama" (Cambridge UP, 2017)
Episode 77
Julia Jarcho's Writing and the Modern Stage: Theater beyond Drama (Cambridge UP, 2017) is a fascinating argument for the centrality of writing in exp…
4 years, 10 months ago
Mark Farha, "Lebanon: The Rise and Fall of a Secular State under Siege" (Cambridge UP, 2019)
Episode 145
Why has secularism faced such challenges in the Middle East and in Lebanon in particular? In light of dominating headlines about the spread of sectar…
4 years, 10 months ago
Mai Hassan, "Regime Threats and State Solutions: Bureaucratic Loyalty and Embeddedness in Kenya" (Cambridge UP, 2020)
Episode 73
When trying to understand how to help countries escape poverty, economists initially focused on macro topics like inflation, government deficits, tra…
4 years, 10 months ago
Shelby Grossman, "The Politics of Order in Informal Markets: How the State Shapes Private Governance" (Cambridge UP, 2021)
Episode 72
Property rights are important for economic exchange, but many governments don't protect them. Private market organizations can fill this gap by provi…
4 years, 10 months ago
Patricia Owens and Katharina Rietzler, "Women's International Thought: A New History" (Cambridge UP, 2021)
Episode 115
Women’s International Thought: A New History (Cambridge University Press, 2021) is the first cross-disciplinary history of women's international thou…
4 years, 10 months ago
Susan Gal and Judith T. Irvine, "Signs of Difference: Language and Ideology in Social Life" (Cambridge UP, 2019)
Episode 116
How are peoples' ideas about languages, ways of speaking and expressive styles shaped by their social positions and values? How is difference, in lan…
4 years, 11 months ago