I recently spoke with William Marotti about his engaging new book on avant-garde artistic production and everyday political engagement in postwar Japan. You can listen to our conversation here. Continue reading Money, Trains, and Guillotines: An Interview
Perry Link and I recently talked about his inspiring, wonderfully transdisciplinary new book on rhythm, metaphor, politics, and the Chinese language. You can listen to our conversation here. Continue reading An Anatomy of Chinese: An Interview
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
The best conferences are beginnings rather than endings. They wake you up and poke your brain and make you laugh and suggest how you might turn that laughter into new ways of seeing and writing the world around you. This was one of those conferences. Even if you weren’t there with us in the flesh, take a moment to check out the program. All of … Continue reading Constellations, Camouflage, Broken Skulls, and Ectoplasm: A Fabulous Recent Conference at York University
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
Habibna (The Awkwardly Postured Cat Who Reads All The Books) says: it’s that time of year, again! I’ll be offering the following three courses during the coming academic year. I’m really looking forward to all of them, and you should feel free to be in touch via email if you have questions about any of them (especially if you are a UBC student interested in … Continue reading Teaching in the 2013-2014 Academic Year
Carla Nappi 