New Books in East Asian Studies
Latest Episodes
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
Robin Visser, "Questioning Borders: Ecoliteratures of China and Taiwan" (Columbia UP, 2023)
An interview with Robin Visser
Jonathan Chatwin, "The Southern Tour: Deng Xiaoping and the Fight for China's Future" (Bloomsbury, 2024)
An interview with Jonathan Chatwin
Cathy Yue Wang, "Snake Sisters and Ghost Daughters: Feminist Adaptations of Traditional Tales in Chinese Fantasy" (Wayne State UP, 2023)
An interview with Cathy Yue Wang
Astrid Møller-Olsen, "Sensing the Sinophone: Urban Memoryscapes in Contemporary Fiction" (Cambria, 2022)
An interview with Astrid Mller-Olsen
Adam Kabat, "The River Imp and the Stinky Jewel and Other Tales: Monster Comics from Edo Japan" (Columbia UP, 2023)
An interview with Adam Kabat
Xiaofei Kang, "Enchanted Revolution: Ghosts, Shamans, and Gender Politics in Chinese Communist Propaganda, 1942-1953" (Oxford UP, 2023)
An interview with Xiaofei Kang
Psychedelics, Mysticism, Aliens, and the Dao (Pierce Salguero and Dominic Steavu)
Dr Pierce Salguero sits down with Dominic Steavu, a historian of Chinese religion and healing from UC Santa Barbara. We discuss the central role of the body in medieval Daoist practices, and talk about the Daoist use of psychedelics to facilitate mystical