I recently spoke with Nathaniel Comfort about his vibrant and thoughtful new book on the history of human genetics in the twentieth century. You can find our conversation here. Continue reading The Science of Human Perfection: An Interview
I had the pleasure of talking with Sherm Cochran recently about his and Andrew Hsieh’s wonderful new book. The book traces a history of transformations in early 20th century China through the letters of a prominent Shanghai family, and it is a gripping read. You can listen to our conversation here. Continue reading The Lius of Shanghai: An Interview
Fabio Lanza and I recently spoke about his thoughtful and inspiring new book on space, politics, and the emergence of “students” as a category in twentieth-century China. You can listen to our conversation here. Continue reading Behind the Gate: An Interview
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
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
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
Aminda Smith and I recently spoke about her fascinating new book on social control and the “dangerous classes” in twentieth century Chinese Communist thought reform and reeducation efforts. You can listen to our conversation here. Continue reading Thought Reform and China’s Dangerous Classes: An Interview
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