Slurp!: An Interview
I had a great time talking with Barak Kushner about his recent book on the history of ramen in Japan and beyond. You can listen to our conversation here. Continue reading Slurp!: An Interview
Tag: History
The Insect and the Image: An Interview
Janice Neri and I recently talked about her beautiful new book on the imaging of insects in early modernity and its surprisingly wide-ranging consequences for understanding the history of science, art, and global exchange. You can find our conversation here. Continue reading The Insect and the Image: An Interview
Courtly Encounters: An Interview
I recently spoke with with Sanjay Subrahmanyam about his new book on violence, intimacy, and images in the early modern Eurasian world. You can find our conversation here. Continue reading Courtly Encounters: An Interview
Genentech: An Interview
I had the pleasure of speaking with Sally Smith Hughes recently about her book on the history of Genentech and the business of recombinant DNA technology. You can find our conversation here. Continue reading Genentech: An Interview
The Dysfunction of Ritual in Early Confucianism: An Interview
Michael Ing and I recently spoke about his new book on the perils and possibilities of failure in early Chinese ritual texts. You can listen to our conversation here. Continue reading The Dysfunction of Ritual in Early Confucianism: An Interview
The Historian and the Etymologist: An Experimental Twitter Essay
In the spirit of experimenting with media, I recently wrote an academic essay on Twitter. Because why not? Let’s play a little with form. Rather than writing it ahead of time and posting it after-the-fact in 140ish-character chunks (that seemed contrary to the spirit of the medium, which is about immediacy and simultaneity of writing/reading and nowness and against significant editing) I published each set … Continue reading The Historian and the Etymologist: An Experimental Twitter Essay
Visible Empire: An Interview
Daniela Bleichmar and I recently spoke about her beautiful new book on botany and the imaging of empire in the eighteenth-century Hispanic world. This is likely to be of interest to historians of science, of empire, and of art. You can find our conversation here. Continue reading Visible Empire: An Interview
Chocolate Islands: An Interview
Catherine Higgs and I recently spoke about her elegantly written book on colonialism, slavery, and the history of chocolate. You can listen to our conversation here. Continue reading Chocolate Islands: An Interview
The Book of Marvels and Travels: An Interview
Anthony Bale and I sat down at the National Humanities Center this week to talk about his wonderful new translation of Sir John Mandeville’s The Book of Marvels and Travels for New Books in History. You can listen to our conversation here. Continue reading The Book of Marvels and Travels: An Interview
Artisan/Practitioners and the Rise of the New Sciences, 1400-1600: An Interview
I had a great time talking with historian Pamela O. Long recently about her new book on artisan/practitioners and the “new sciences” in early modern Europe. You can find our conversation here. Continue reading Artisan/Practitioners and the Rise of the New Sciences, 1400-1600: An Interview
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