New Books in East Asian Studies
Latest Episodes
Richard M. Jaffe, "Seeking Sakyamuni: South Asia in the Formation of Modern Japanese Buddhism" (U Chicago Press, 2019)
Interview with Richard M. Jaffe
Reiki and the Subtle Body, with Justin B. Stein
Dr Pierce Salguero sits down with Justin B. Stein, a specialist in modern Japanese religion and the preeminent historian of Reiki. We discuss Justins new book,Alternate Currents: Reikis Circulation in the Twentieth-Century North Pacific(UHawaii Press
Shu Yang, "Untamed Shrews: Negotiating New Womanhood in Modern China" (Cornell UP, 2023)
An interview with Shu Yang
Bryan K. Miller, "Xiongnu: The World's First Nomadic Empire" (Oxford UP, 2024)
An interview with Bryan K. Miller
Melody Yunzi Li, "Transpacific Cartographies: Narrating the Contemporary Chinese Diaspora in the United States" (Rutgers UP, 2023)
An interview with Melody Yunzi Li
Andre Schmid, "North Korea's Mundane Revolution: Socialist Living and the Rise of Kim Il Sung, 1953-1965" (U California Press, 2024)
An interview with Andre Schmid
Hiromi Ito, "Tree Spirits Grass Spirits" (Nightboat Books, 2023)
An interview with Jon Pitt
Philipp Demgenski, "Seeking a Future for the Past: Space, Power, and Heritage in a Chinese City" (U Michigan Press, 2024)
An interview with Philipp Demgenski
Stephen Morillo, "War and Conflict in the Middle Ages" (Polity Press, 2022)
An interview with Stephen Morillo
Jonathan Chatwin, "The Southern Tour: Deng Xiaoping and the Fight for China's Future" (Bloomsbury, 2024)
An interview with Jonathan Chatwin