I had a great time talking with Joe November recently about his fascinating new book on the early years of the introduction of computers to biology and medicine. You can find our conversation here. Continue reading Biomedical Computing: An Interview
Ian Condry and I recently talked about his great new book on transmedia practice, collaboration, and anime in Japan. You can listen to our conversation here. Continue reading The Soul of Anime: An Interview
Alix Hui and I spoke recently about her new book about musical aesthetics, natural science, and the psychophysical study of sound in nineteenth century Germany. You can find our conversation here. Continue reading The Psychophysical Ear: An Interview
Eric Hayot and I spoke recently about his new book on aesthetic worlds, a bold call for revising the way we think about and practice literary history (and arguably beyond). You can listen to our conversation here. Continue reading On Literary Worlds: An Interview
I recently spoke with Kathleen Vogel about her really excellent new book that brings together a study of historical and contemporary analyses of US bioweapons threats with analytical tools from the social studies of science. You can find our conversation here. Continue reading Phantom Menace or Looming Danger?: An Interview
Erica Fox Brindley and I recently talked about her stimulating new book on music, resonance, and early Chinese thought. You can listen to our conversation here. Continue reading Music, Cosmology, and the Politics of Harmony in Early China: An Interview
I recently spoke with Nick Popper about his exceptionally rich new book on Walter Ralegh and the history of history in late Renaissance politics and culture. You can find our conversation here. Continue reading Walter Ralegh’s History of the World: An Interview
Jon Abel and I recently talked about his fantastic new book about censorship and the archive (and many, many other fascinating things) in transwar Japan. You can listen to our conversation here. Continue reading Redacted: An Interview
Nathan Hesselink generously spent part of his recent birthday talking with me about his great new book on contemporary Korean percussion music and its roots in itinerant performance culture. You can listen to some of the wonderful music described in Hesselink’s book on the CD that accompanies SamulNori, and you can listen in on our conversation here. Continue reading SamulNori: An Interview
I recently spoke with Sean Cocco about his beautiful new book on the natural, scientific, visual, and mobile histories of Vesuvius. You can find our conversation here. Continue reading Watching Vesuvius: An Interview
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