Today & tomorrow on The Recipes Project: a two-part experiment in translating Qing Manchu medical recipes into steamy melodrama. Pt. 1 is here, and Pt. 2 (where it gets all steamy all up in there) is here! For further installments in this ongoing project, see the Publications page of this site. Continue reading Translating Qing Recipes: An Experiment
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
Matthew Mosca and I recently had the chance to sit down in Vancouver and talk about his great new book on geography and geopolitics in the Qing. You can listen to our conversation here. Continue reading From Frontier Policy to Foreign Policy: An Interview
Alisha Rankin and I recently talked about her thoughtful new book on noblewomen healers in early modern Germany. You can find our conversation here. Continue reading Panaceia’s Daughters: 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
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
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
Larry Principe and I recently spoke about his wonderful new book on the history of alchemy. You can find our conversation here. Continue reading The Secrets of Alchemy: An Interview
Deborah Coen and I recently talked about her fascinating new book on earthquakes, observation, and the science of disaster in the 19th and 20th centuries. You can find our conversation here. Continue reading The Earthquake Observers: An Interview
Chris Beckwith and I recently talked about his new book on the recursive method, the history of science, and Central Asia. You can find our conversation here. Continue reading Warriors of the Cloisters: An Interview
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