1869, the Cornell University Press Podcast

This episode we speak with Melissa M. Lee, author of the new book Crippling Leviathan: How Foreign Subversion Weakens the State. https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501748363/crippling-leviathan Melissa M. Lee is Assistant Professor of Political and International Affairs at Princeton University. Visit her website at melissamlee.com. We spoke to Melissa about the problem of ungoverned spa...

This episode we speak with Mary Brazelton, author of the new book Mass Vaccination: Citizen’s Bodies and State Power in Modern China - https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501739989/mass-vaccination/ Mary Augusta Brazelton is University Lecturer in Global Studies of Science, Technology and Medicine at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. We s...

This episode we speak with Cecilia Gaposchkin and Anne Lester, editors of our exciting new series Medieval Societies, Religions, and Cultures: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/series/medieval-societies-religions-and-cultures/ Sign up here to get updates on new books in this series and all of our new books in medieval studies: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/sign-up/ M. Cecilia Gaposchkin...

This episode we speak with Mila Dragojević, author of the new book Amoral Communities: Collective Crimes in Time of War - https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501739828/amoral-communities/#bookTabs=2 Mila Dragojević is Associate Professor of Politics at the University of the South. She is the author of The Politics of Social Ties. We spoke to Mila about what inspired her to write her new...

This episode we speak with Taomo Zhou, author of the new book Migration in the Time of Revolution: China Indonesia, and the Cold War - https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501739934/migration-in-the-time-of-revolution/ Taomo Zhou is Assistant Professor in the School of Humanities at Nanyang Technological University. We spoke to Taomo about why the close partnership between Indonesia and C...

This episode we speak with Jun Zhang, author of the new book Driving toward Modernity: Cars and the Lives of the Middle Class in Contemporary China - https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501738401/driving-toward-modernity/#bookTabs=1 Jun Zhang is Assistant Professor of Asian and International Studies at City University of Hong Kong. We spoke to Jun about what it is like to be the first pe...

This episode we speak with John Farnsworth, author of the new book Nature beyond Solitude: Notes from the Field - https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501747281/nature-beyond-solitude/#bookTabs=1 A lifelong student of literary natural history, John Farnsworth taught environmental writing and literature at Santa Clara University. He is author of Coves of Departure, also from Cornell. We sp...

We're hiring for our next Mellon Diversity Fellow! Please apply at the Working at Cornell website: https://cornell.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/CornellCareerPage/job/Ithaca-Main-Campus/Mellon-Diversity-Fellow----Acquisitions-Assistant_WDR-00022497-1 The deadline for applications is March 14, 2020, so act now! Alexis's contact information can be found here: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/contact/acq...

This episode we speak with Sara Lewis, author of the new book Spacious Minds: Trauma and Resilience in Tibetan Buddhism: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501715358/spacious-minds/ Sara E. Lewis is Associate Professor of Contemplative Psychotherapy and Buddhist Psychology at Naropa University. You can follow her on Twitter @DeathRebirthLab. We spoke to Sara about what inspired her to w...

This episode we are joined by our Editor in Chief Mahinder Kingra who will be attending the 2020 MLA Annual Convention in Seattle this January 9th through the 12th. We spoke with him a few days before his trip.

This episode we are joined by Three Hills Editorial Director Michael McGandy, Senior Editor Emily Andrew and Acquisitions Assistant Alexis Siemon. They will all be attending the American Historical Association annual meeting this January 3rd-6th in New York City. We spoke to them in Ithaca as they were prepping for the meeting.

This episode we are joined by Assistant Editor Bethany Wasik and Acquisitions Assistant Ellen Murphy. They will both be attending the Joint Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA)and the Society for Classical Studies(SCS)which is taking place in Washington, D.C., January 2–5, 2020.

Cornell University Press's Sage House is haunted. Listen to Data Processing Manager Patrick Garrison recount his experience with potential paranormal activity at Sage House this past summer. Music by CO.AG Music

Cornell University Press's Sage House is haunted. Listen to Senior Acquisitions Editor Jim Lance recount his experience with a real ghost early one winter morning. Music by CO.AG Music

Trascript here: https://otter.ai/u/3woF9NXmQKFjm3Jh3UI66OcDHgk This episode we speak with Brandon Schechter, author of the new book The Stuff of Soldiers: A History of the Red Army in World War II through Objects: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501739798/the-stuff-of-soldiers/ Brandon Schechter is a historian of the Soviet Union whose research focuses on the creation of meaning in t...

This episode we speak with Vince Houghton, author of the new book The Nuclear Spies: America’s Atomic Intelligence Operation against Hitler and Stalin. Follow Vince at @intelhistorian Vince Houghton is Historian and Curator at the International Spy Museum. He taught courses in Cold War history and intelligence history at the University of Maryland and is the host and creative director of Spycast,...

This episode we speak with John Stempien and John Linstrom, editors of the new book The Liberty Hyde Bailey Gardener’s Companion: Essential Writings. John Stempien teaches history in Lowell, Michigan, and served as the first director of the Liberty Hyde Bailey Museum from 2006–2012. John Linstrom is a writer and doctoral candidate in English. He edited the centennial edition of Bailey's The Holy E...

Salvaging Community: How American Cities Rebuild Closed Military Bases provides a comprehensive evaluation of how American communities redevelop former military bases following the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process. In this episode we speak with book's co-authors Michael Touchton and Amanda Ashley. Michael Touchton is Assistant Professor of Political Science...

This episode we speak with Anne Zacharias-Walsh, author of the recent book Our Unions, Our Selves: The Rise of Feminist Labor Unions in Japan. (https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501703058/our-unions-our-selves/) Anne Zacharias-Walsh is an activist and writer who lives in Atlanta, Georgia. She has worked with progressive labor unions and social justice organizations and campaigns throug...

This episode we speak with Jason Cragle, Project Manager for Facilities and Campus Services at Cornell University, and Andrew Rappaport, an Associate at Chiang/O’Brien Architects, a local architect firm that focuses on working with institutions of higher education. We spoke to Jason and Andrew about what we are calling the Big Dig - the foundation restoration project for Sage House, home to Cornel...

This episode we speak with Jeff Sahadeo, author of the new book Voices from the Soviet Edge: Southern Migrants in Leningrad and Moscow. Jeff is Associate Professor at the Institute of European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies at Carleton University. He is author of Russian Colonial Society in Tashkent, 1865–1923 and co-editor of Everyday Life in Central Asia. We spoke to Jeff about his research on t...

This episode we speak with James Bradford, author of the new book Poppies, Politics, and Power: Afghanistan and the Global History of Drugs and Diplomacy. James Bradford is Assistant Professor of History at Berklee College of Music, and Adjunct Lecturer at Babson College. He has published in the Journal of Iranian Studies, Oxford University Handbook of Drug History, and Illegal Cannabis Cultivatio...

This episode we speak with Jonathan Kirshner and Jon Lewis, editors of the new book When the Movies Mattered: The New Hollywood Revisited. Jonathan Kirshner is Professor in the Department of Political Science at Boston College and the author of numerous books, including Hollywood's Last Golden Age. Jon Lewis is the Distinguished Professor of Film Studies and University Honors College Eminent Profe...

This episode we speak with Australian environmental thinker Glenn Albrecht, author of the new book Earth Emotions: New Words for a New World. Glenn established the now widely used and accepted concept of solastalgia, or the lived experience of negative environmental change. He retired from Murdoch University in 2014 as a Professor of Sustainability, and he is now an Honorary Associate in the Schoo...

This episode we speak with Christopher Martin, Professor of Digital Journalism and Communication Studies at the University of Northern Iowa. Chris is the award-winning author of Framed!: Labor and the Corporate Media, and now has a new book out this month, No Longer Newsworthy: How the Mainstream Media Abandoned the Working Class. Follow Chris on Twitter: @chrismartin100 We spoke to Chris about wh...