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Tyesha Maddox, "A Home Away from Home: Mutual Aid, Political Activism, and Caribbean American Identity" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2024)

A Home Away from Home: Mutual Aid, Political Activism, and Caribbean American Identity (U Pennsylvania Press, 2024) examines the significance of Caribbean American mutual aid societies and benevolent associations to the immigrant experience, part... more

Yesterday • 38 min

Kristin Ciupa, "The Political Economy of Oil in Venezuela: Class Conflict, the State, and the World Market" (Brill, 2026)

The Political Economy of Oil in Venezuela: Class Conflict, the State, and the World Market (Brill, 2026) is the latest book from Dr. Kristin Ciupa, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Regina. Published with Brill, this book provide... more

30 Mar 2026 • 37 min

Gregory Smits, "The Ryukyu Islands: A New History from the Stone Age to the Present" (U Chicago Press, 2026)

The Ryukyu Islands between Japan and Taiwan consist of around 160 islands and are home to about 1.5 million inhabitants. Across the islands' history, sea-lanes and trade patterns have connected them to the East China Sea region, giving them a unique ... more

30 Mar 2026 • 1 hr 18 min

Matthew Guariglia and Brian Hochman, "The Church Committee Report: Revelations from the Bombshell 1970s Investigation into the National Security State" (W. W. Norton & Co, 2026)

Fifty years ago, a government investigation led by US senator Frank Church uncovered some of the darkest state secrets of the twentieth century. The Church Committee confirmed the nation's worst fears about the unchecked power of its intelligence age... more

29 Mar 2026 • 45 min

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Episode: Craig Perry, "Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt: A History" (Princeton UP, 2026)

Danny Bate

Author, Why Q Needs U, A History of Our Letters and How We Use Them

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Santiago Muñoz-Arbeláez

Historian of colonial Latin America

University of Texas at Austin

Episode: Santiago Muñoz-Arbeláez, "The New Kingdom of Granada: The Making and Unmaking of Spain's Atlantic Empire" (Duke UP, 2025)

Philip Almond

Professor of the History of Religious Thought

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Timothy Manion

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Karima Moyer-Nocchi

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Columbia University Press (author)

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Sunmin Kim

Associate Professor of Sociology at Dartmouth College, author of The Unruly Facts of Race

Dartmouth College

Episode: Sunmin Kim, "The Unruly Facts of Race: The Politics of Knowledge Production in the Early Twentieth-Century Immigration Debate" (U Chicago Press, 2026)

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Comparative blame: Slavery v Holocaust
How could the interviewer fail to ask the central question in a comparative discussion re black slavery and the shoa: were Jews involved in initiating and carrying out black slavery? They were. Were Africans involved in carrying out the shoa? They weren’t.
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Alistair Moffat, "Edinburgh: A New History" (Birlinn, 2024)

Q: But before we talk about any of the festivals in particular, why is it that Edinburgh has so many festivals in the first place?

He explains post-World War II revival, the idea of brightening life after rationing, and the fringe phenomenon that grew from uninvited theatre groups, turning Edinburgh into the world's largest arts festival with a unique fringe culture.

Alistair Moffat, "Edinburgh: A New History" (Birlinn, 2024)

Q: So first off, the Reformation, which is obviously a really big deal in Scotland. Does Edinburgh benefit from this upheaval?

He notes it transformed religious and educational structures—John Knox and the First Book of Discipline catalyzed mass literacy and the creation of parish schools, enabling literacy and Protestant education to spread widely and influence global Enlightenment ideas.

Sunmin Kim, "The Unruly Facts of Race: The Politics of Knowledge Production in the Early Twentieth-Century Immigration Debate" (U Chicago Press, 2026)

Q: How did the Dillingham Commission shape the later national quotas and immigration policy?

Kim explains that the Commission is the origin point of the quota idea, but the staff saw data suggesting more fluid classifications and potential assimilation, while frontline workers highlighted counter-evidence, leading to a paradox where quotas appeared liberal in intent yet functioned as exclusionary policy, especially toward non-European groups.

Sunmin Kim, "The Unruly Facts of Race: The Politics of Knowledge Production in the Early Twentieth-Century Immigration Debate" (U Chicago Press, 2026)

Q: Can you tell us a bit about yourself and how you came to write this book?

Sunmin describes her sociological training, focus on race and immigration in the US, and the dissertation-to-book process, situating the work in the shift from early biological theories of race toward more flexible, culturally informed classifications that could support policy without fully abandoning concerns about immigrant populations.

Kalpana Karunakaran, "A Woman of No Consequence: Memory, Letters and Resistance in Madras" (Context, 2026)

Q: What inspired you to write this book about your grandmother, and how did the decision to focus on her life arise?

She explains that the project began unintentionally, triggered by her mother's Alzheimer's and a sense of urgency to document her life; the discovery of her grandmother's writings in a wooden box redirected the work from a plan to write about her mother to a broader, historical narrative centered on Pankajam.

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