Christine Yano recently spoke with me about her new book on Hello Kitty as a global commodity and “world idol.” It’s great reading for Hello Kitty fans and critics alike, and you can listen to our conversation here. Continue reading Pink Globalization: An Interview
I had the pleasure of talking with Jonathan Hay about his wonderful recent book on decorative objects, materiality, and pleasure in early modern China. It’s one of my very favorite recent books, and you can listen to our conversation about it here. Continue reading Sensuous Surfaces: An Interview
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 spoke with David Munns about his spirited new book on radio astronomy and transnational science during the Cold War. You can find our conversation here. Continue reading A Single Sky: 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
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 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
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