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Ayşe Baltacıoğlu-Brammer, "Boundaries of Belonging: Sectarianism and Statecraft in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

Examining sectarian divergence in the early modern Middle East, Ayşe

Baltacıoğlu-Brammer's study provides a fresh perspective on the

Sunni–Shi'i division. Drawing on Ottoman Turkish, Persian, and European

sources, Boundaries of Belonging: Sectaria... more

23 Jun 2026 • 1 hr 14 min

Jake Dyble, "Managing Maritime Risk in Early Modern Europe: General Average in Law and Practice in Seventeenth-Century Tuscany" (Boydell Press, 2025)

Commercial seafaring, both dangerous and with large amounts of capital at stake, was the source of the risk-management institutions that still undergird the global economy today. A key institution of early modern risk management was General Average, ... more

15 Jun 2026 • 53 min

Timothy McCall, "Making the Renaissance Man: Masculinity in the Courts of Renaissance Italy" (Reaktion Books, 2023)

Looking beyond the marble elegance of Michelangelo's David, the pugnacious, passionate, and--crucially--important story of Renaissance manhood.

Timothy McCall's book Making the Renaissance Man: Masculinity in the Courts of Renaissance Italy (Reakti... more

25 May 2026 • 1 hr 4 min • Most popular

Denise Z. Davidson, "Surviving Revolution: Bourgeois Lives and Letters" (Cornell UP, 2025)

Denise Z. Davidson joins Jana Byars to talk about Surviving Revolution: Bourgeois Lives and Letters (Cornell UP, 2025). The book explores how two wealthy and well-connected families with roots in Lyon responded to the French Revolution and the result... more

19 May 2026 • 50 min • Popular

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Recent Guests

Timothy McCall

Professor of art history at Villanova University

Villanova University

Episode: Timothy McCall, "Making the Renaissance Man: Masculinity in the Courts of Renaissance Italy" (Reaktion Books, 2023)

Denise Davidson

Professor of History and Director of the Humanities Research Center at Georgia State

Georgia State University

Episode: Denise Z. Davidson, "Surviving Revolution: Bourgeois Lives and Letters" (Cornell UP, 2025)

Marissa Nicosia

Author of Shakespeare in the Kitchen (Routledge, 2026)

Penn State Abington

Episode: Marissa Nicosia, "Shakespeare in the Kitchen" (Routledge, 2026)

Sophie Rose

Postdoctoral researcher at Leiden University, author of the book discussed in the episode

Leiden University / Brill publication

Episode: Sophie Rose, "Intimacy and Social (Dis)Order in Dutch Colonial Expansion: Regulating Sex, Marriage, and Family Life, 1600–1800" (Brill, 2025)

Paola de Santo

Associate Professor of Italian at the University of Georgia

University of Georgia

Episode: Paola De Santo, "The Ambassador and the Courtesan: Political Bodies in Renaissance Italy" (U Delaware Press, 2026)

Raffaele Danna

Author of The Craft of Indo-Arabic Numerals, How Practical Arithmetic Shaped Commerce and Mathematics in Western Europe, 1200–1600

Harvard University Press

Episode: Raffaele Danna, "The Craft of Indo-Arabic Numerals: How Practical Arithmetic Shaped Commerce and Mathematics in Western Europe, 1200–1600" (Harvard UP, 2026)

Tiffany Jo Werth

Professor of English; UC Davis; author of The Lithic Imagination from More to Milton

University of California, Davis

Episode: Tiffany Jo Werth, "The Lithic Imagination from More to Milton" (Oxford UP, 2024)

Yair Mintzker

Author of I, Wandering Jew, A Five-Century History of Our Modern Condition

Princeton University

Episode: Yair Mintzker, "I, Wandering Jew: A Five-Century History of Our Modern Condition" (Princeton UP, 2026)

Francis Young

Historian of religion and belief, author of Fairies, A History

University affiliation not specified in transcript

Episode: Francis Young, "Fairies: A History" (John Wiley & Sons, 2026)

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Miranda Melcher

Host associated with The New Books Network; frequently introduces guests and guides interviews.

Jana Byars

Host of New Books in History and related channels; engages guests in historical discussions.

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Denise Z. Davidson, "Surviving Revolution: Bourgeois Lives and Letters" (Cornell UP, 2025)

Q: What should modern readers know about marriage practices in this context?

Marriages were arranged and used to consolidate wealth and property, with dowries and trousseaus playing central roles; even when the couple was expected to like each other, obedience to family strategy and economic calculations often prevailed over personal choice, revealing the lasting influence of family networks.

Marissa Nicosia, "Shakespeare in the Kitchen" (Routledge, 2026)

Q: What role do spices and trade play in your readings of Shakespeare's kitchens?

Spices traveled across vast networks and influenced the flavor profiles of 16th–17th century dishes, which in turn helps us understand the mobility of goods and ideas in Shakespeare's world and the way characters respond to abundance or scarcity.

Marissa Nicosia, "Shakespeare in the Kitchen" (Routledge, 2026)

Q: Why did you decide to look at Shakespeare through Recipes and the Kitchen?

The approach comes from a decade of teaching Shakespeare alongside hands-on work with historical recipes, showing that culinary practices illuminate textual meaning when you can actually recreate the dishes, revealing the material culture behind the plays.

Sophie Rose, "Intimacy and Social (Dis)Order in Dutch Colonial Expansion: Regulating Sex, Marriage, and Family Life, 1600–1800" (Brill, 2025)

Q: To kick things off, could you introduce yourself and tell us a bit about your book?

I'm a historian of Dutch early modern colonialism, focusing on the 18th century and morality as a social phenomenon; the book examines norms around sexuality and family life across the overseas Dutch Empire to reveal how power, law, and daily life intersected.

Yair Mintzker, "I, Wandering Jew: A Five-Century History of Our Modern Condition" (Princeton UP, 2026)

Q: Could you summarize the first major case study, Shoshani, and explain how you found sources for it?

Mintzker recounts Shoshani's appearance in 1952 Israel, his lectures, and Elie Wiesel's and Levinas' engagement, while detailing archival traces and the movement's religious Zionist milieu.

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