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Learn more about Startup Capitalism (and use promo code 09POD to save 30%): https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501781391/startup-capitalism/ Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/Tmx6NA_VRaCB-WSUO1lIHbWfO9c?utm_source=copy_url Robyn Klingler-Vidra is Reader in Entrepreneurship and Sustainability at King's Business School, King's College London. Ramon Pacheco Pardo is Professor of International Relations at King's College London and the KF-VUB Korea Chair at the Brussels School of Governance of Vrije Universiteit Brussel. We spoke to Robyn and Ramon about the different strategies that China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan take in emulating the Silicon Valley approach to economic growth and innovation, how these East Asian countries want their big businesses to “gain innovative DNA by working with startups,” and how these evolving new strategies from Asia directly challenge, and will certainly influence, the current Silicon Valley playbook.
Learn more about Welcome to Soylandia (and use promo code 09POD to save 30%): https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501780233/welcome-to-soylandia Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/8TCrPkBnKy2b52Fo2o7NCxkmKfE?utm_source=copy_url Andrew Ofstehage is Program Coordinator of the Global Academy at North Carolina State University. We spoke to Andrew about his research into a group of US Midwest farmers who now farm in the tropical savanna of eastern Brazil, the innovative use of flexible farming by these large-scale, industrial, and elite farmers, and the role of social values in an agriculture that seems to be completely about money
Learn more about Bad Christians and Hanging Toads (and use promo code 09POD to save 30%): https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501779718/bad-christians-and-hanging-toads/ Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/CnB_Cc_KV636TZN-ChfDW0A8OGw?utm_source=copy_url Rochelle Rojas is Assistant Professor of History at Kalamazoo College. We spoke to Rochelle about the inner logic of early modern European witchcraft trials, how accused witches were able to prove they were good, and not bad, Christians, and the surprising and prominent role that toads played in many of the witch accusations.
Read Bad Lieutenants for FREE here: (use promo code 09POD to save 30% on the print edition): https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501781025/bad-lieutenants/#bookTabs=1 Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/a8G8EDW_TZoMrgdZUjox_q2LKt4?utm_source=copy_url Andrew Mertha is the George and Sadie Hyman Professor of China Studies and Director of the School of Advanced International Studies China Research Center at Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of three other books from Cornell University Press—Brothers in Arms, China's Water Warriors, and The Politics of Piracy. We spoke to Andrew about how the Khmer Rouge remained a force to be reckoned with long after the fall of Pol Pot's government, how they were able to keep their political power intact, and the three key Khmer Rouge leaders who were instrumental in the movement's strange durability.
Learn more about The Marlin's Fiery Eye and Other Tales from the Extraordinary World of Marine Fishes (and use promo code 09POD to save 30%): https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501779442/the-marlins-fiery-eye-and-other-tales-from-the-extraordinary-world-of-marine-fishes/#bookTabs=1 Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/i-YdpPrFoX17S5AGbb6rguNuXVk?utm_source=copy_url Joe E. Meisel is a biologist, a conservationist, and an educator. He is a cofounder of the Ceiba Foundation for Tropical Conservation. We spoke to Joe about the fascinating behaviors, remarkable adaptations, and complex life histories of the many species of saltwater fishes, some of the present-day and historical connections between humans and the sea, and why despite the many challenges our oceans face, there's reason to be optimistic about the future of our oceans and fishes.
Learn more about Filming in European Cities (and use promo code 09POD to save 30%) here: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501779985/filming-in-european-cities/#bookTabs=1 Ipek Celik Rappas is Associate Professor in Media and Visual Arts at Koç University, Istanbul. Her research explores media and marginalized communities in Europe, and the relationship between media labor, production, and space. She is the author of In Permanent Crisis. We spoke to Ipek about why and how television and movie producers frequently seek off-the-beaten-path locations for filming, some behind-the-scenes stories from Game of Thrones and other productions, and what steps can be taken to create a more sustainable screen economy.
Download and read the FREE open access ebook edition of Postal Intelligence here: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501779930/postal-intelligence/#bookTabs=1 Use promo code 09POD to save 30% on Postal Intelligence: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501779923/postal-intelligence/#bookTabs=1 In the UK, use promo code CSANNOUNCE here: https://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/9781501779923/postal-intelligence/ Rachel Midura is Assistant Professor of Early Modern European and Digital History at Virginia Tech. She researches the history of intelligence, travel, and statecraft in the information age of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. We spoke to Rachel about how early modern postal services became central to domestic governance and foreign policy enterprises; how they extended government reach and surveillance; and the pivotal role in this history that was played by the Tassis family, official postmasters to the dukes of Milan, the pope, Spanish kings, and Holy Roman emperors.
Learn more about The Mongol Archive in Late Medieval France (and use promo code 09POD to save 30%) here: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501779350/the-mongol-archive-in-late-medieval-france/#bookTabs=1 Transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/DpQJjWenDkr-igT1sysHk231FD4?utm_source=copy_url Mark Cruse is Associate Professor of French at Arizona State University. His books, include, as author, Illuminating the "Roman d'Alexandre" and, as editor Performance and Theatricality in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. We spoke to Mark about the wide range of materials including chronicles, encyclopedias, manuscript illuminations, maps, romances, and travel accounts that detail the contact between the French and the Mongols in the late Middle Ages; how the French made sense of a people previously unknown to the European intellectual tradition; and, the prominent individuals that make up this history including Marco Polo, King Louis IX, and Genghis Khan.
Learn more about Homo Temporalis (and use promo code 09POD to save 30%) here: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501779565/homo-temporalis/#bookTabs=1 Transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/_Mgs3D1W3XxriagGe4E6Sy-7nEg?utm_source=copy_url Nitzan Lebovic is Professor of History and Apter Chair of Holocaust Studies and Ethical Values at Lehigh University. He is the author of The Philosophy of Life and Death and Zionism and Melancholy and the coeditor of two volumes, including The Politics of Nihilism. We spoke to Nitzan about four German Jewish thinkers who shaped much of what we know today as the modern humanities, the different concepts of time that these thinkers developed, and how our understanding of time has changed with the introduction of the modern idea of the Anthropocene age - the time period when human activities began to significantly impact the Earth.
Download and read the FREE open access ebook edition of Reimagining Citizenship in Postwar Europe here: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501779206/reimagining-citizenship-in-postwar-europe/#bookTabs=1 Use promo code 09POD to save 30% on Reimagining Citizenship in Postwar Europe: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501779190/reimagining-citizenship-in-postwar-europe/#bookTabs=1 In the UK, use promo code CSANNOUNCE here: https://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/9781501779190/reimagining-citizenship-in-postwar-europe/ Transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/ZoMnfkB3yxUfKXfznPSKGLs5i5w?utm_source=copy_url Rachel Chin is a Lecturer in War Studies at the University of Glasgow. She is the author of War of Words. Samuel Huneke is Associate Professor of History at George Mason University. He is the author of States of Liberation and A Queer Theory of the State. We spoke to Rachel and Samuel about the many different dimensions of citizenship, the impact that tens of thousands of refugees and migrants had in postwar Europe, and what we can learn from this history to help us understand where today's Europe is heading in regards to citizenship
Welcome to the eighth episode of Authors in Conversation, a podcast from the series editors of the United States in the World series from Cornell University Press. This episode features Wake Forest University professor Benjamin Coates (co-editor of the United States in the World series) speaking with Osaka University professor Kazushi Minami about his new book People's Diplomacy: How Americans and Chinese Transformed US-China Relations during the Cold War Download and read the book for free: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501774171/peoples-diplomacy/#bookTabs=1 And save 30% off the print edition with the Promo Code 09POD. Written transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/0TKH9xfrW0R7d4mP76wIRsfszAo?utm_source=copy_url
Use promo code 09POD to save 30% on Women of the Mafia: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501774799/women-of-the-mafia/ In the UK, use promo code CSANNOUNCE here: https://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/9781501774799/women-of-the-mafia/ Transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/66ZHk_WmYWFLUANWFtixUAe64Sc?utm_source=copy_url Felia Allum is Professor in the department of Politics, Languages and International Studies at the University of Bath (UK). Her research focuses on organized crime, Italian Mafias, criminal mobility, gender and political corruption. She is the award-winning author of The Invisible Camorra. We spoke to Felia about why the conventional wisdom that all women are victims of a male-only mafia that excludes them is false; how women's criminal activities within the mafia of Naples, Italy are hidden for a variety of reasons; and, why in the private sphere women are actually the key to the power of the Neapolitan Camorra and are its very backbone.
Use promo code 09POD to save 30% on Burying Mussolini, https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501778285/burying-mussolini/ and Animal People: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501779640/animal-people/ Transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/tc5iDpv5sFvw71D1UPyWU0F4ekw?utm_source=copy_url Paolo Heywood and Adam Reed discuss the common theme in each of their books centering around the power of ideas about ordinariness and normality in contemporary politics. We hope you enjoy their conversation. Paolo Heywood is Associate Professor of anthropology at Durham University. He is the author of After Difference, editor of New Anthropologies of Italy, and the co-editor of Beyond Description. Adam Reed is a Reader in Social Anthropology at the University of St Andrews. His research explores the intersections between moral and literary imagination and institutional life. He is the author of Literature and Agency in English Fiction Reading and Papua New Guinea's Last Place.
Welcome to the seventh episode of Authors in Conversation, a podcast from the series editors of the United States in the World series from Cornell University Press. This episode features Michigan State University professor Emily Conroy-Krutz (co-editor of the United States in the World series) speaking with Selwyn College, University of Cambridge research fellow Tom Smith about his new book Word across the Water: American Protestant Missionaries, Pacific Worlds, and the Making of Imperial Histories https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501777448/word-across-the-water/#bookTabs=1 Save 30% off the book with the Promo Code 09POD.
Learn about Unstuck in Time here (and use promo code 09POD to save 30%): https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501777899/unstuck-in-time/ Transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/xLkSlsXBJKcP_0l4RGqFztFfcpQ?utm_source=copy_url&tab=chat&view=transcript In this episode, we speak with Eliot Borenstein, author of the new book Unstuck in Time: On the Post-Soviet Uncanny. Eliot Borenstein is Professor of Russian and Slavic Studies and Vice Chancellor for Global Programs at New York University. His other books include Soviet Self-Hatred, Plots against Russia, Overkill, and Marvel Comics in the 1970s. We spoke to Eliot about how, decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, many Russians today still look back to that time as a golden age; how this nostalgia for the past manifests in popular culture through films, fiction, and television series featuring time travel and alternate history; and, how even some Russians refuse to acknowledge their current government and instead insist that the USSR still exists.
Learn about Timing the Future Metropolis here (and use 09POD to save 30%): https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501778391/timing-the-future-metropolis/#bookTabs=1 Transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/s2IqBx8SSmwfPTUZHjSWmc5eHBA?utm_source=copy_url&tab=chat&view=transcript In this episode, we speak with Peter Ekman, author of the new book Timing the Future Metropolis: Foresight, Knowledge, and Doubt in America's Postwar Urbanism. Peter Ekman teaches the history and theory of landscape and urbanism in the School of Architecture at the University of Southern California. He is a postdoctoral fellow at USC's Center on Science, Technology, and Public Life, and at the Berggruen Institute. We spoke to Peter about why within the field of urban planning, the Joint Center for Urban Studies, founded in 1959, took a preeminent role; how the Joint Center's ideas on the urban future dramatically evolved over a relatively short period of time; and,how the history of planning runs in parallel with the history of time itself.
Watch the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/9gCI6cjm-RQ?si=a6NewEJVEQIycptu This episode of author2author features Jeff Friednman, author of The Commander-in-Chief Test, and Steve Wagner, author of Eisenhower for Our Time, providing the perfect scene-setting of how we got to our political reality in the lead up to the 2024 election. Click below to hear them discuss how presidents use foreign policy to their advantage, the divisiveness in American politics, and President Eisenhower's influence on our modern political parties. Buy The Commander-in-Chief Test by Jeff Friedman: https://qrco.de/bfK8cX Buy Eisenhower for Our Time by Steven Wagner: https://qrco.de/bfR7oz Read the transcript: https://otter.ai/u/jPPHS_5K89afnV12fgUrWkC7h8s?utm_source=copy_url About author2author: This series aims to bring together two (or maybe more!) Cornell University Press authors writing about similar ideas to discuss anything and everything related to their books; the state of their area of expertise, how they came up with their book, publishing with Cornell University Press, and more. We hope to broaden accessibility to scholarship by giving you a taste of our books and the brilliant minds that create them. About Cornell University Press: Cornell University Press fosters a culture of broad and sustained inquiry through the publication of scholarship that is engaged, influential, and of lasting significance. https://cornellpress.cornell.edu Music Intro: Take It by LiQWYD (CC BY 3.0) Project by CUP Marketing Team Production & Editing: Rebecca Brutus & Alfredo Gutierrez
Learn more about The Waiting Water here (and use 09POD to save 30%): https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501777103/the-waiting-water/ Transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/9ViJleOJojtPvz1hresS5aiMzok?tab=chat&view=transcript In this episode, we speak with Alexander Sorenson, author of the new book The Waiting Water: Order, Sacrifice, and Submergence in German Realism. Alexander Sorenson is Lecturer of German and Comparative Literature at Binghamton University, State University of New York. His research and teaching interests center upon interdisciplinary themes and issues related to the environmental humanities, such as the interface between philosophy, literature, art and the history of science. We spoke to Alexander about the difference between German realism and English and French realism; what the symbolic meaning is behind one the most recurring motifs in German Realist literature—death by drowning; and the deep connections between this drowning motif with Ovid's Metamorphoses as well as Shakespeare's character Ophelia in Hamlet.
Learn more about The City is Ours here (and use 09POD to save 30%): https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501776373/the-city-is-ours/ In this episode, we speak with Muna Güvenç, author of the new book The City Is Ours: Spaces of Political Mobilization and Imaginaries of Nationhood in Turkey. Muna Güvenç is an Assistant Professor at Brandeis University. Her research interests encompass social movements, minority politics, urbanism, and architecture in the Middle East and beyond. Prior to her academic career, she worked as an architect in Istanbul, Turkey. We spoke to Muna about how outlawed and legally-constrained pro-Kurdish parties in Turkey harnessed urban planning to resist government coercion, the creative loopholes the movement found to express their Kurdish identity, and the many stories of repression and resistance that Muna uncovered in her research.
Learn more about Disruption here (and use 09POD to save 30%): https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501774119/disruption/#bookTabs=0 Transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/AYwGHof_RZb3H_x32SO6bo1BjXQ?utm_source=copy_url In this episode, we speak with Michael De Groot, author of the new book Disruption: The Global Economic Shocks of the 1970s and the End of the Cold War. Michael De Groot is Assistant Professor of International Studies at Indiana University Bloomington where he teaches and researches the international, diplomatic, and economic history of the twentieth century. We spoke to Michael about his research showing that the global economic upheaval of the 1970s was instrumental in ending the Cold War; how the United States during this time was able to use debt and large trade deficits to its advantage while the Soviet bloc simply could not; and what lessons we can learn from this time period to help us navigate our current troubles today.
Welcome to the sixth episode of Authors in Conversation, a podcast from the series editors of the United States in the World series from Cornell University Press. This episode features UC Irvine professor Judy Tzu-Chun Wu (co-editor of the United States in the World series) speaking with Harvey Mudd College professor Alfred Peredo Flores about his recent book Tip of the Spear— https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501771347/tip-of-the-spear/#bookTabs=0 Save 30% off the book with the Promo Code 09POD. Transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/8UXJWdMdLeKlgafI7vj2-r5wZO4?utm_source=copy_url
An incredible conversation between historical novelists Tim Wendel, author of Rebel Falls, and Brian Carso, author of Gideon's Revolution. Listen to them discuss their research processes, fictionalizing real events, and the importance of historical fiction in today's increasingly polarized world. Buy Gideon's Revolution: https://qrco.de/bew7Sg More on Brian Carso: https://briancarso.com Buy Rebel Falls: https://qrco.de/bevT5Z More on Tim Wendel: https://timwendel.com Transcript available here: https://shorturl.at/zqp8d About author2author: This series aims to bring together two (or maybe more!) Cornell University Press authors writing about similar ideas to discuss anything and everything related to their books; the state of their area of expertise, how they came up with their book, publishing with Cornell University Press, and more. We hope to broaden accessibility to scholarship by giving you a taste of our books and the brilliant minds that create them. About Cornell University Press: Cornell University Press fosters a culture of broad and sustained inquiry through the publication of scholarship that is engaged, influential, and of lasting significance. https://cornellpress.cornell.edu Music Intro: Take It by LiQWYD (CC BY 3.0) Production: CUP Marketing Team Production & Voiceover: Rebecca Brutus Production & Editing: Alfredo Gutierrez
Learn more about What Work Means here (and use 09POD to save 30% off): https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501775512/ Transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/wz7ZAx9DLou7RUlouoLjz1S3shI?utm_source=copy_url In this episode, we speak with Claudia Strauss, author of the new book What Work Means: Beyond the Puritan Work Ethic. Claudia Strauss is Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Pitzer College. She is the author of Making Sense of Public Opinion and coauthor of A Cognitive Theory of Cultural Meaning. We spoke to Claudia about her research on Americans' attitudes towards work; what she found were the two most prevalent views that Americans have about their work lives; and, why, despite dire warnings in the media, Americans still want to work in the Post-COVID employment landscape.
Welcome to the fifth episode of Authors in Conversation, a podcast from the series editors of the United States in the World series from Cornell University Press. This episode features Michigan State University professor Emily Conroy-Krutz (co-editor of the United States in the World series) speaking with Emory & Henry College professor Matthew Shannon about his new book, Mission Manifest: American Evangelicals and Iran in the Twentieth Century— https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501775949/mission-manifest/#bookTabs=1 Save 30% off the book with the Promo Code 09POD. Transcript available here: https://otter.ai/u/HyGknLTz3Hj9I-zrkfU88IHScUo?utm_source=copy_url
Learn more about the book (and use promo code 09POD to save 30% off): https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501774683/liminal-minorities/ Read the transcript: https://otter.ai/u/tysBjMaA_aPb7lhGtZyREw9ZFto?utm_source=copy_url In this episode, we speak with Güneş Murat Tezcür, author of the new book Liminal Minorities: Religious Difference and Mass Violence in Muslim Societies. Güneş Murat Tezcür is the Director of the School of Politics and Global Studies at Arizona State University. He is the author of Muslim Reformers in Iran and Turkey and the editor of The Oxford Handbook of Turkish Politics. We spoke to Güneş about why some religious minorities provoke the ire of majoritarian groups and become targets of organized violence; how religious stigmatization and political resentment motivate ordinary people to participate in mass atrocities; and, some of the heartbreaking stories that Güneş documented in his research.
Welcome to the fourth episode of Authors in Conversation, a podcast from the series editors of the United States in the World series from Cornell University Press. This episode features Wake Forest University professor Benjamin Coates (co-editor of the United States in the World series) speaking with University of Washington professor Christopher Tounsel about his new book, Bounds of Blackness: African Americans, Sudan, and the Politics of Solidarity: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501775628/bounds-of-blackness/#bookTabs=1 Save 30% off the book with the Promo Code 09POD.
Learn more about the books (and use promo code 09POD to save 30% off): https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501773365/the-color-of-desire/ https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501765155/pink-triangle-legacies/ Read the transcript: https://otter.ai/u/_EFsZxQPv5zbCURy-99A4uFVSQY?utm_source=copy_url In this episode, we brought together two Cornell University Press authors in the hopes they would have a lively discussion and they certainly delivered. One was Christopher Ewing, author of the new book The Color of Desire: The Queer Politics of Race in the Federal Republic of Germany after 1970 and the other was Jake Newsome, author of Pink Triangle Legacies: Coming Out in the Shadow of the Holocaust. Christopher Ewing is Assistant Professor at Purdue University. His research focuses on the intersections of queer history and the history of race in modern Germany. He has previously published in Journal of the History of Sexuality, Sexualities, Bulletin of the German Historical Institute, and Sexuality & Culture. Jake Newsome is an award winning scholar of German and American LGBTQ+ history whose research and resources educate global audiences. He is the Founder and Director of the Pink Triangle Legacies Project, a grassroots initiative that honors the memory of the Nazis queer victims and carries on their legacy by fighting homophobia and transphobia today through education, empowerment, and advocacy. You can find him online at wjakenewsome.com.
Learn more about the book (and use promo code 09POD to save 30% off): https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501773808/a-slow-reckoning/ Read the transcript: https://otter.ai/u/_ZDbUEgeMZgs_eaXLmNJzs8oWVI?utm_source=copy_url In this episode, we speak with Vasilly Klimentov, author of the new book, A Slow Reckoning: The USSR, the Afghan Communists and Islam. Vassily Klimentov is a SNSF Postdoctoral Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence and a Research Associate at the Geneva Graduate Institute, the institution where he got his PhD in International History. We spoke to Vasilly about how the Soviet Union's war in Afghanistan failed in large part due to the Soviets disregard for Islam; how this miscalculation was fueled by communist ideology; and, what parallel lessons the Soviet Union and the United States could have both learned from their occupations of Afghanistan.
Download the FREE ebook: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501772634/the-nature-study-idea/ You can also save 30% off the print edition with promo code 09POD Read the transcript: https://otter.ai/u/xWNbdn02Wq4saEqPlItdUJd-LnM?utm_source=copy_url In this episode, we speak with John Linstrom, editor of the definitive new edition of Liberty Hyde Bailey's The Nature-Study Idea. John Linstrom is Postdoctoral Fellow in Climate and Inequality at the Climate Museum, and coedited The Liberty Hyde Bailey Gardener's Companion. Liberty Hyde Bailey was Dean of the College of Agriculture at Cornell University and Chair of the Commission on Country Life under President Theodore Roosevelt. A pioneer in modern horticulture and environmental philosophy, he was the author of more than seventy books. We spoke to John about how Liberty Hyde Bailey's book became the bible of the nature-study movement; how his ideas completely transformed education around the country; and how we can use his inspiring ideas today to get off of our screens, go outdoors and get more in touch with nature.
Learn more about the book (and use promo code 09POD to save 30% off): https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501773068/unraveling-the-gray-area-problem Read the transcript: https://otter.ai/u/Ckmr71FCYKFkd5oDyV0oR2AV0v8?utm_source=copy_url In this episode, we speak with Luke Griffith, author of the new book Unraveling the Gray Area Problem: The United States and the INF Treaty. Luke Griffith is Professor of Government and History at New Mexico Junior College where he specializes in U.S. history, Western Civilization, and the American government. We spoke to Luke about his research on the US government's role in the origins and the demise of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty of December 1987; how President Reagan's success in securing the agreement was made possible by earlier work in the Carter Administration; and, what has been the state of nuclear arms control after the U.S. withdrew from the Treaty in 2019.
Learn more about the book (and use promo code 09POD to save 30% off): https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501772924/the-commander-in-chief-test/ Read the transcript: https://otter.ai/u/docHKI5gdBYX9FRBeKMaarObkes?utm_source=copy_url In this episode, we speak with Jeffrey Friedman, author of the new book The Commander-in-Chief Test: Public Opinion and the Politics of Image-Making in US Foreign Policy. Jeffrey Friedman is Associate Professor of Government at Dartmouth College and his research examines the politics and psychology of foreign policy decision-making We spoke to Jeff about why U.S. presidents of both parties tend to adopt more hawkish foreign policies than voters say they want in public opinion surveys; what steps parties, candidates, and voters can take to prevent the commander-in-chief test from distorting US foreign policy; and how Jeff thinks the commander-in-chief test will play out in the upcoming presidential election.
Read the book (use promo code 09POD to save 30%): https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501772320/faith-made-flesh/ Read the transcript: https://otter.ai/u/EQUorUn0cr-GH9JMXYTaJ-G_2Po?utm_source=copy_url In this episode, we speak with editors Vajra Watson and Kindra Montgomery-Block, as well as contributor Patrice Hill, all of whom worked together on the new book Faith Made Flesh: The Black Child Legacy Campaign for Transformative Justice and Healthy Futures Vajra M. Watson is Senior Associate Vice President and Professor of Education at Sacramento State University, Kindra F. Montgomery-Block is Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Social Impact for the Sacramento Kings, and Patrice Hill is a poet, public speaker, youth advocate, host, curator, community-based educator, and the current director of Sacramento Area Youth Speaks.
Learn about the new book here (and use promo code 09POD to save 30%): https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501771750/the-muriel-rukeyser-era/#bookTabs=1 Read the transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/XqLGFhSLcHCvbI8HZPT3omPq7w8?utm_source=copy_url Eric Keenaghan is Associate Professor and Chair in the Department of English at the University at Albany, SUNY. He is the author of Queering Cold War Poetry. Rowena Kennedy-Epstein is Associate Professor of gender studies and twentieth- and twenty-first-century women's writing at the University of Bristol. She is the author of Unfinished Spirit and editor of Rukeyser's Savage Coast. We spoke to Eric and Rowena about Muriel Rukeyser's life and legacy, why much of her writing was actively suppressed during her time, and how reading Rukeyser's prose helps us better understand her ideas, her career, and her poetry.
Learn more about The Black Woods here (and use promo code 09POD to save 30%): https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501771682/the-black-woods/ Read the transcript: https://otter.ai/u/bMcnVOvsG9riaiRRXpVI4fgaWf8?utm_source=copy_url In this episode, we speak with Amy Godine, author of the new book The Black Woods: Pursuing Racial Justice on the Adirondack Frontier. From Saratoga Springs, New York, independent scholar Amy Godine has been writing and speaking about ethnic, migratory, and Black Adirondack history for more than three decades. She has curated several exhibits including Dreaming of Timbuctoo at the John Brown Farm State Historic Site in North Elba, New York. We spoke to Amy about the history surrounding the gift of 120,000 acres of Adirondack land from upstate abolitionist Gerrit Smith to three thousand Black New Yorkers in the 1840s, the families who took Smith up on his offer and moved north to settle and farm in the Adirondacks, and how the very presence of these Black farming families effectively abolitionized the region. (Save 30% bin the UK y using the discount code CSANNOUNCE and visit the website combinedacademic.co.uk.)
Learn more about the book: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501766657/the-made-up-state/ Read the transcript: https://otter.ai/u/O18-V2EdVKo5Rz5eblyrDU9DTM0?utm_source=copy_url In this episode, we speak with Benjamin Hegarty, author of The Made-Up State: Technology, Trans Femininity, and Citizenship in Indonesia. Benjamin Hegarty is McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow in Anthropology and Development Studies at the University of Melbourne and a Research Fellow at the HIV AIDS Research Center for Health Policy and Social Innovation, Atma Jaya Catholic University. He has published articles in the Journal of Asian Studies, Transgender Studies Quarterly, and elsewhere. We spoke to Benjamin about the complexity of transgender rights during this time of growing visibility in the United States, Indonesia, and globally, the historical relationship in Indonesia between race and gender and how they were governed through regulations on dress and appearance, and the culturally sanctioned areas of public life that Indonesian trans women have been allowed to participate in, both past and present. If you'd like to purchase Benjamin's book, use the promo code 09POD to save 30 percent on our website which is cornellpress.cornell.edu. If you live in the UK use the discount code CSANNOUNCE and visit the website combinedacademic.co.uk.
Learn more about the book (and save 30% with promo code 09POD) https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501772177/russian-liberalism Read the transcript: https://otter.ai/u/110CsGZ7M5iRsUm0ZhIMJ3FgzS8?utm_source=copy_url Paul Robinson is a professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, at the University of Ottawa. He is the author of Russian Conservatism and Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich. We spoke to Paul about what defines liberalism in the Russian context, why liberalism has historically failed to take root in Russia, and the impact the War in Ukraine may have on Russia's potential political trajectory.
Learn more about the book (and save 30% with promo code 09POD) https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501771262 Read the transcript: https://otter.ai/u/4zNwG4JyGYaMp0rhGC0XMtwN-xM?utm_source=copy_url Scott Meiners is Professor of Biological Sciences at Eastern Illinois University. His research interests generally revolve around factors that influence the dynamics and regeneration of plant communities, and he is also interested in a wide variety of topics in community ecology. We spoke to Scott about the two species that are already functionally lost from Eastern North America's forests—the American chestnut and the American elm—and why these trees serve as cautionary tales for the challenges now facing the eastern hemlock, the white ash, and the sugar maple today. We also discuss what we as citizens need to do to both individually and collectively to protect our forests' future.
Learn more about the hotel workers' strike: https://www.unitehere11.org/2023-contract-fight/ Learn more about Joan Tronto: https://cla.umn.edu/polisci/news-events/news/professor-emerita-joan-tronto-receives-benjamin-e-lippincott-award-apsa Learn more about Who Cares?: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501702747/who-cares/#bookTabs=1 Read the written transcript for this episode: https://otter.ai/u/lgMMd-p1nwnHHauW3SpNSM3ZdrA?utm_source=copy_url
Learn more about the book (and save 30% with promo code 09POD) https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501768484/everyday-war/ Read the transcript: https://otter.ai/u/8-ilVukZxmGKUwp2zhqWkg77sCA?utm_source=copy_url Dr. Greta Uehling is a lecturer at the University of Michigan, and is the author of a previous book Beyond Memory. Her new book seeks to tell the story of internal displacement in Ukraine in a way that is multivocal, and she uses the language of lived experience to take readers on a journey through Ukraine that deepens understanding and solidarity. We spoke to Greta about why our conventional understanding of war is incomplete, the importance of examining wars through the lenses of interpersonal relationships, and the concept of what she calls everyday war, the conscious and deliberate practice people adopt to participate in the conflict.
Learn about the book: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501770753 Read the transcript: https://otter.ai/u/bxA9mDpa8yE0XM1g_j9ZSgFqOA0?utm_source=copy_url In this episode, we speak with Asaf Darr, author of the new book Between Conflict and Collegiality: Palestinian Arabs and Jews in the Israeli Workplace. Asaf Darr is Professor of Sociology at the University of Haifa where he specializes in researching the sociology of markets; technology, work organization, and the technical workforce; and, inter-ethnic relations at work in war-torn countries. Asaf is author of an earlier Cornell book, Selling Technology. We spoke to Asaf about how the broader conflict between Palestinian Arabs and Jews in Israel manifests itself in the workplace, what workplace lessons citizens in other countries can learn from his research, and the very surprising and counter-intuitive findings he discovered about what works and what doesn't when it comes to managing conflict in the workplace. You can purchase the affordable paperback at our website and use the promo code 09POD to save 30 percent off. If you live in the UK use the discount code CSANNOUNCE and visit the website combinedacademic.co.uk.
Download the free OA ebook: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501769023/ecological-states/#bookTabs=1 Read the transcript: https://otter.ai/u/60p3mmvvIkX1AwQjq7F6O2_eoR4?utm_source=copy_url In this episode, we speak with Jesse Rodenbiker, author of the new book Ecological States: Politics of Science and Nature in Urbanizing China. It's available as a free OA ebook – download it from our website at cornellpress.cornell.edu. Jesse Rodenbiker is Associate Research Scholar at Princeton University with the Center on Contemporary China at the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies and Assistant Teaching Professor at Rutgers University with the Department of Geography. We spoke to Jesse about China's urban sustainability efforts and how they are increasing both state power and social inequality in China, the seminal ideas that shaped the field of ecology in China over the past one-hundred years, and the potential lessons that western nations can learn from China's ecological initiatives.
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Learn about Boas of the West Indies: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501765452/boas-of-the-west-indies/#bookTabs=1 Transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/3JA4ImNEDi8KJNpbLofa90KHtY0?utm_source=copy_url This episode, we speak with Graham Reynolds, co-author of the new book Boas of the West Indies: Evolution, Natural History, and Conservation. Graham's co-authors of the new book are Robert W. Henderson, Luis M. Díaz, Tomás M. Rodríguez-Cabrera and Alberto Puente-Rolón. Graham Reynolds is Associate Professor of Biology at the University of North Carolina Asheville, an Associate at the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University, and a National Geographic Explorer. He is coeditor of The Amphibians of Tennessee and The Reptiles of Tennessee. You can follow him on Twitter @CaribbeanBoas. We spoke to Graham about how he and his fellow researchers and co-authors have helped to significantly increase the level of knowledge and understanding of the biology of boas in the West Indies, how they hope their new book will draw new researchers into the field, and we'll hear Graham share some interesting behind-the-scenes stories during his time studying boas. If you'd like to purchase the new book, use the promo code 09POD to save 30 percent on our website: cornellpress.cornell.edu. If you live in the UK use the discount code CSANNOUNCE and visit the website combinedacademic.co.uk.
Learn more about the book (Use promo code 09POD to save 30%): https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501768118/nature-on-the-doorstep/#bookTabs=0 Transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/1GGhMmvlb95p6aEODStvAwq8s90?utm_source=copy_url This episode, we speak with Angela Douglas, author of the new book Nature on the Doorstep: A Year of Letters. Angela Douglas is Emerita Daljit S. and Elaine Sarkaria Professor of Insect Physiology and Toxicology at Cornell University. She is the author of several books, including Symbiotic Interactions, Insects and Their Beneficial Microbes, and Fundamentals of Microbiome Science. We spoke to Angela about how a patch of green space, however ordinary, is a perfect place to enjoy the natural world, why you don't need to be an expert or travel long distances to experience real nature, and why a little bit of neglect is the best way to create a wildlife-friendly backyard. If you'd like to purchase Angela's new book, use the promo code 09POD to save 30 percent on our website: cornellpress.cornell.edu. If you live in the UK use the discount code CSANNOUNCE and visit the website combinedacademic.co.uk.
Learn more about the book (Use promo code 09POD to save 30%): https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501768590/in-this-together Transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/NE0mW8pfBmG2iuwGJcNgOwQCf_4?utm_source=copy_url This episode, we speak with MARIANNE KRASNY, author of In This Together: Connecting with Your Community to Combat the Climate Crisis now available as a paperback, ebook or audiobook. Marianne Krasny is Professor and Director of the Civic Ecology Lab in the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment at Cornell University. She is the author, coauthor, editor or coeditor of several books, including Civic Ecology, Communicating Climate Change, and Grassroots to Global. You can follow her on Twitter @KrasnyMarianne We spoke to Marianne about the most impactful things you can do to reduce emissions and fight climate change, how you can scale up your positive impact by inviting friends and family to take action alongside you, and how becoming more climate-friendly can actually add meaning and happiness to your life.
Transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/Jgjrr40fuvOzIkEf9LKIvjHbqy4?utm_source=copy_url Welcome to the third episode of Authors in Conversation, the new podcast from the series editors of CUP's United States in the World series. This episode features University of California, Irvine professor Judy Tzu-Chun Wu (author of Radicals on the Road) speaking with University of Nevada, Las Vegas assistant professor Tessa Winkelmann about her new book Dangerous Intercourse: Gender and Interracial Relations in the American Colonial Philippines, 1898–1946 - https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501767074/dangerous-intercourse/#bookTabs=1 Save 30% off the book with the Promo Code 09POD.
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