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Lesley Smith, "Fragments of a World: William of Auvergne and His Medieval Life" (U Chicago Press, 2023)
An interview with Lesley Smith
Abbey Stockstill, "Marrakesh and the Mountains: Landscape, Urban Planning, and Identity in the Medieval Maghrib" (Penn State UP, 2024)
An interview with Abbey Stockstill
Democracy Promotion, Progressive Realism and the Labour Government’s Policy Towards Asia
A Conversation with Ben Bland
Claudio Lomnitz, "Sovereignty and Extortion: A New State Form in Mexico" (Duke UP, 2024)
An interview with Claudio Lomnitz
Decoloniality
This episode is the third one this series where we look back over the first principles of the ReOrient project. In previous episodes we have discussed post-orientalism and post-positivism, here we turn to decoloniality. Discussions of decoloniality have b
Policing and White Power with Daniel Kryder and David Cunningham (JP, EF)
This June 2020 episode, originally part of aGlobal Policingseries, was Recall this Book's first exploration of police brutality, systemic and personal racism and Black Lives Matter. Elizabeth and John were lucky to be joined byDaniel KryderandDavid C
Zvi Schreiber, "Money, Going Out of Style: The Story of Money and the Mystery of Its Decline" (2021)
An interview with Zvi Schreiber
Anthony Abraham Jack, "Class Dismissed: When Colleges Ignore Inequality and Students Pay the Price" (Princeton UP, 2024)
An interview with Anthony Abraham Jack
He/She/They: How We Talk About Gender and Why It Matters
A Discussion with Schuyler Bailar
A Hidden Life (with Brian Zahnd)
The Life and Martyrdom of Bl. Franz Jgersttter (1907-1943)