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Robert W. Snyder, "When the City Stopped: Stories from New York's Essential Workers" (Cornell UP, 2026)

The COVID-19 pandemic delivered its first and most devastating strike in the United States in New York City in the Spring of 2020. Closely connected to the world by air travel, with a virus able to circle the globe in a single flight, and with a popu... more

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Andrew Demshuk, "The Filthiest Village in Europe: Grassroots Ecology and the Collapse of East Germany" (Cornell UP, 2026)

The Filthiest Village in Europe: Grassroots Ecology and the Collapse of East Germany (Cornell University Press, 2026) traces how a community shrouded by "industrial fog," at the brink of gaping

coal pits, became a symbol that galvanized grassroots e... more

30 May 2026 • 1 hr 24 min

Charlie Qiuli Xue and Arwen Yingting Chen, "American-Designed Shopping Malls in China" (Hong Kong UP, 2026)

China’s remarkable journey from poverty to becoming the world’s second-largest economic power is marked by extraordinary urban growth and consumption capacity of its urban population. Central to this development fervor are multifunctional commercial ... more

30 May 2026 • 52 min

Chunmei Du, "Everyday Occupation: American Soldiers and Chinese Civilians in the Aftermath of World War II" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

Chunmei Du is an Associate Professor of History at Lingnan

University. Her work focuses on the social and cultural history of

modern China, specifically looking at cross-cultural encounters and the lived experiences of ordinary individuals during p... more

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Mengqi Wang

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Mengqi Wang, "Anxious Homes: Inflexible Demand and China's Housing Market" (Cornell UP, 2026)

Q: Why do you focus on inflexible demand as a core concept for understanding China's housing market?

I show that gong xu is not a single, fixed category but a contingent label used by diverse actors to justify and reproduce a market, linking personal life milestones like marriage to broader processes of urban governance and capital accumulation.

Stuart Schrader, "Blue Power: How Police Organized to Serve and Protect Themselves" (Basic Books, 2026)

Q: What archives and methods did you use to build this argument?

I relied on police union and chief publications, archival FOIA materials, newspaper reporting, and institutional magazines like Police Chief and Police Magazine, plus interviews and secondary literature, to map the trajectory from local to national influence.

Under the Tenement Rooftops: Immigrant and Migrant Families in New York

Q: How did HIAS evolve over time in relation to different waves of immigrants?

HIAS started by assisting Eastern European Jews and later expanded to help Jews flee Europe during rising anti-Semitism, and after World War II broadened its mission to include other refugees and global Jewish communities.

What Waltham Does When the Water Rises: Rachel McKane and Danielle Jacques (JP)

Q: This is a big question. But can I ask if you began with original research questions that sort of led you to the conclusion about the importance of centering local voices?

Yes. The team started from the premise that climate adaptation in non-coastal areas like Waltham must foreground resident experiences and oral histories to reveal the spatial and social dynamics of flood risk that maps alone can miss.

Sharon Zukin, "Loft Living: Culture and Capital in Urban Change" (Rutgers UP, 2014)

Q: What about the legacy of Loft Living and your ongoing documentary work—how does the book's story relate to today's urban housing dynamics?

Zukin connects historical rezonings and policy shifts to current urban housing debates, noting the ongoing tension between preserving cultural producers and generating affordable housing within historic districts.

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This show presents scholarly conversations around urban studies, architecture, history, and related social sciences, often anchored by authors and researchers discussing recently published work or ongoing projects. Episodes frequently explore how urban space, infrastructure, governance, and culture intersect with power, memory, and everyday life, featuring deep dives into topics like gentrification, housing, environmental justice, and the political economies of cities. Notable tends include cross-disciplinary methods (ethnography, archival research, historical sociology), strong emphasis on case studies from cities around the world, and a knack for turning scholarly work into accessible narratives through vivid anecdotes and archival detail... more

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