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
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
I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Beverly Bossler about her wonderful and important new book on gender and China from the tenth through fourteenth centuries. You can listen to our conversation here. Continue reading Courtesans, Concubines, and the Cult of Female Fidelity: An Interview
Mark Byington and I recently spoke about the latest volume of the Early Korea series, situating it within the context of the wonderful Early Korea Project. You can listen to our conversation here. Continue reading Early Korea 3: An Interview
Maki Fukuoka and I recently spoke about her wonderfully trans-disciplinary new book on visuality and studies of the natural world in 19th century Japan. You can listen to our conversation here. Continue reading The Premise of Fidelity: 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
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