Henrietta Harrison and I recently talked about her beautiful new study of global Christianity, Chinese history, storytelling, and the history of a single town in Shanxi. It was a pleasure, and you can listen to our conversation here. Continue reading The Missionary’s Curse: An Interview
John DiMoia spoke with me from Singapore about his new book on biomedicine, bodies, and the nation in South Korea since the last half of the 20th century. It was a pleasure, and you can listen to our conversation here. Continue reading Reconstructing Bodies: An Interview
I spoke with Louise Young recently about her new book on urban life and provincial cities in interwar Japan. It’s a wonderful book, and you can listen to our conversation here. Continue reading Beyond the Metropolis: An Interview
Fabian Drixler and I recently spoke about his wonderful new book on the transformations of infanticide, population, and society in Japan from the late seventeenth century through the twentieth century. You can listen to our conversation here. Continue reading Mabiki: An Interview
I recently spoke with Rachel Prentice about her new ethnography of anatomical and surgical education in North America. It’s fascinating reading, and you can find our conversation here. Continue reading Bodies in Formation: An Interview
Christine Yano recently spoke with me about her new book on Hello Kitty as a global commodity and “world idol.” It’s great reading for Hello Kitty fans and critics alike, and you can listen to our conversation here. Continue reading Pink Globalization: An Interview
I had the pleasure of talking with Jonathan Hay about his wonderful recent book on decorative objects, materiality, and pleasure in early modern China. It’s one of my very favorite recent books, and you can listen to our conversation about it here. Continue reading Sensuous Surfaces: An Interview
I recently spoke with John Osburg about his new ethnography of newly-rich entrepreneurs, managers of state enterprises, and government officials in Chengdu. It’s a fascinating book for anyone interested in the mingled worlds of business and pleasure in contemporary China, and you can listen to our conversation here. Continue reading Anxious Wealth: An Interview
Jim Milward and I recently talked about the new introduction to the Silk Road that he recently published as part of the Oxford “A Very Short Introduction” series. You can listen to our conversation here. Continue reading The Silk Road: An Interview
I recently had the pleasure to talk with Linda Barnes and TJ Hinrichs about their wonderful new edited volume on health, healing, and medicine in Chinese history and beyond. You can listen to our conversation here. Continue reading Chinese Medicine and Healing: An Interview
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