1869, The Cornell University Press Podcast

Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/vUBRlSvfgqroxnYkA21BBT4LcFg This episode, we speak with Larry Kirwan, author of the new book Rockaway Blue: A Novel: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501754227/rockaway-blue/ Larry Kirwan was the leader of the New York-based Irish political rock band Black 47 for twenty-five years. He is the author of five previous books, including Liverpool Fantasy, Rockin' the Bronx, and Green Suede Shoes, as well as sixteen plays and musicals, including Hard Times and Rebel in the Soul. Kirwan also hosts Celtic Crush, a popular radio show on SiriusXM. We spoke to Larry about his own personal experiences during 9/11 and how they informed his new novel, how his book tells the story of regular people who were impacted by the tragedy, including members of the Irish-American community of Rockaway Beach and the Muslim community of South Brooklyn, and how New York City has been transformed in the twenty-years since the Towers fell. If you’d like to purchase his new book, use the pro

https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/careers-and-internships/ Cornell University Press is proud to be a participant in the Andrew W. Mellon University Press Diversity Fellowship Program which was developed in 2016 to help bring more diversity into academic publishing. The Fellowship Program actively works to address diversity issues by providing underrepresented individuals an opportunity to have real work experience in scholarly publishing and a network of peers and mentors to assist them in their professional development. We are excited to inform you that the new Mellon Diversity fellowship position at the Press is officially open for applications. This fourteen-month position, which begins June 1st is within the Cornell University Press acquisitions department where the Mellon Diversity Fellow will provide support to one or more Acquisitions Editors in acquiring scholarly books. The application deadline is midnight of March 14th, 2021. You can learn more information about this position by visiting the

Transcript available here: https://otter.ai/u/J0NWb3ft4vqGS5x9po05h9-wOOU This episode, we speak with Danielle Lupton, author of the recent book Reputation for Resolve: How Leaders Signal Determination in International Politics: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501747717/reputation-for-resolve/#bookTabs=0 Danielle L. Lupton is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Colgate University. She has published articles in Political Analysis, Political Research Quarterly, International Interactions, and the Journal of Global Security Studies. Follow her on Twitter @ProfLupton or on her website at daniellelupton.com. We spoke to Danielle about how individual world leaders influence international politics, how Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev personally viewed Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy in terms of their resolve and reputation, and what reputational challenges will President Biden most likely face as he begins his term. If you’d like to purchase Danielle’s book, use the promo code 09POD to

Transcript available here: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/transcript-of-1869-episode-101-with-joel-christensen-author-of-the-many-minded-man/ This episode, we speak with Joel Christensen, author of The Many-Minded Man: The "Odyssey," Psychology, and the Therapy of Epic - https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501752346/the-many-minded-man/ Joel P. Christensen is Associate Professor and Chair of Classical Studies at Brandeis University. He is coauthor of A Beginner's Guide to Homer and Homer's Thebes. Follow him on Twitter @sentantiq. We spoke to Joel about how the Greek epic tradition was not based on the written word, but on large-scale performances in which ancient audiences experienced the stories as a way to think about their own lives, how the Odyssey in particular offered audience a form of folk psychology, and what modern cognitive psychology can learn from Homer. If you’d like to purchase his new book, use the promo code 09POD to save 30 percent on our website which is cornellpress.co

This episode we speak with Cornell University Press Director Jane Bunker: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/contact/administration/ Jane has been serving as director since March of 2020 and is the first woman to lead Cornell University Press. She was previously the Director of Northwestern University Press, where she served since 2010. Under her leadership NUP significantly developed its profile, growing widely respected lists in poetry, philosophy, theater and performance studies, and Chicago regional books, as well as enacting a comprehensive digital strategy. Jane has also served on the board of directors and a wide range of committees for the Association of University Presses. She previously served as Associate Director and Editor-In-Chief at the State University of New York Press, and holds a BA in philosophy from St. Norbert College and an MA in philosophy from Fordham University. We spoke to Jane about her background and how her career in university publishing began, what inspires her most working

This episode we speak with Jessie Hewitt, editor of the new book Institutionalizing Gender: Madness, the Family, and Psychiatric Power in Nineteenth-Century France - https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501753329/institutionalizing-gender/#bookTabs=1 Jessie Hewitt is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Redlands. Follow her on Twitter @jessie_hewitt. We spoke to Jessie about how psychiatric professionals in the 19th century dealt with gender, how men and women would often crack under the pressure of the strict Bourgeois gender expectations of the time, and how the psychiatric system dramatically oppressed women and at the same time had an extremely damaging impact on men as well.

This episode we speak with Lisa Tucker, editor of the new book Hamilton and the Law: Reading Today’s Most Contentious Legal Issues through the Hit Musical - https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501753381/hamiltonand-the-law/ Lisa A. Tucker is Associate Professor of Law at the Thomas R. Kline School of Law at Drexel University and author of the novel Called On, as well as eleven books for children. She has been featured in numerous media outlets, including the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, People, Time, and NBC Nightly News. We spoke to Lisa about how she assembled a star-powered cast of legal minds to come together to write a book looking at the phenomenally popular musical Hamilton through the lens of the law, how Hamilton makes us challenge our opinions now matter what side of the aisle you are on, and how the musical really makes us think about power – who holds it, and how it is used.

This episode we speak with Patricia Norland, author of the new book The Saigon Sisters: Privileged Women in the Resistance - https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501749735/the-saigon-sisters/ https://www.thesaigonsisters.com/ Patricia D. Norland most recently worked as a public diplomacy officer within the US Department of State. She is the translator of Beyond the Horizon and the author of Vietnam in the Children of the World series. We spoke to Patricia about how her chance encounter with a social worker in Ho Chi Minh City set the stage for writing her new book, why we desperately need to diversify the voices chronicling the history of 20th century Vietnam, and why personal oral histories are irreplaceable in truly understanding the region’s rich history.

This episode we speak with Benno Weiner, author of the new book The Chinese Revolution on the Tibetan Frontier - https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501749391/the-chinese-revolution-on-the-tibetan-frontier/ Benno Weiner is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Carnegie Mellon University and co-editor of Conflicting Memories. We spoke to Benno about how the public has been asking the wrong question about the Tibet question, why it is essential that historians of China study how China tried to integrate its borderland regions into the modern Chinese nation, and where the People’s Republic of China looks to be heading today in regards to ethnic minority issues.

This episode we speak with Jasmine-Kim Westendorf, author of the new book Violating Peace: Sex, Aid, and Peacekeeping - https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501748059/violating-peace/ Jasmine-Kim Westendorf is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at La Trobe University, Australia, and a Research Associate at the Developmental Leadership Program. She is author of Why Peace Processes Fail. Follow her on Twitter @jasminekimw. We spoke to Jasmine-Kim about the consolidated data that she has collected in her book showing that sexual exploitation and abuse has happened in every peace operation and every peacebuilding process that the international community has been involved in, and that it continues to happen to this day. This ongoing sexual misconduct has significant and long-term impacts on the capacity and credibility of the international community involved in peacekeeping, and Jasmine-Kim’s new book offers concrete policy suggestions that more effectively address this phenomenon in future peac

This episode we speak with Ray Brescia, author of the new book The Future of Change: How Technology Shapes Social Revolutions - https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501748110/the-future-of-change/ Ray Brescia is the Hon. Harold R. Tyler Chair in Law & Technology and a Professor of Law at Albany Law School. Before, he was a lawyer and community organizer in New York City, working in Harlem, Washington Heights, the South Bronx, and Chinatown to promote housing rights, worker rights, and economic development. He has held positions at the Urban Justice Center, the New Haven Legal Assistance Association, and the Legal Aid Society of New York, where he was a Skadden Fellow, and as a law clerk to the Hon. Constance Baker Motley, United States District Court Judge. Follow him on Twitter: @rbrescia We spoke to Ray about how new means of communication have sparked social movements, the many “social innovation moments” found throughout history, and how social change activism can become more effective by lea

This episode we speak with Richard W. Maass, author of the new book The Picky Eagle: How Democracy and Xenophobia Limited U.S. Territorial Expansion - https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501748752/the-picky-eagle/#bookTabs=2 Richard W. Maass is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Evansville. Follow him on Twitter @richardmaass. We spoke to Richard about why the United States stopped annexing territory, and why U.S leaders often declined even profitable opportunities for annexation due to xenophobia and overtly racist rationales fearing that new territory would bring into the United States large populations they saw as alien in terms of race, ethnicity, language, or religion. As a loyal listener to the podcast we’d like to offer you a special 30% discount on her new book. To receive your discount please go to cornellpress.cornell.edu and use the promo code 09POD. If you live in the UK use the discount code CSANNOUNCE and visit the website combinedacademic.co.uk.

This episode we speak with Melissa M. Lee, author of the new book Crippling Leviathan: How Foreign Subversion Weakens the State. https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501748363/crippling-leviathan Melissa M. Lee is Assistant Professor of Political and International Affairs at Princeton University. Visit her website at melissamlee.com. We spoke to Melissa about the problem of ungoverned space–pockets of territory outside the control of the central government; why ungoverned space is a consequence of foreign subversion; and the impressive array of evidence demonstrating how foreign subversion undermines state authority and impedes state consolidation. As a loyal listener to the podcast we’d like to offer you a special 30% discount on her new book. To receive your discount please go to cornellpress.cornell.edu and use the promo code 09POD. If you live in the UK use the discount code CSANNOUNCE and visit the website combinedacademic.co.uk.

This episode we speak with Mary Brazelton, author of the new book Mass Vaccination: Citizen’s Bodies and State Power in Modern China - https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501739989/mass-vaccination/ Mary Augusta Brazelton is University Lecturer in Global Studies of Science, Technology and Medicine at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. We spoke to Mary about the striking parallels between China’s success in eradicating smallpox and their current efforts in combating COVID-19—the systems of surveillance and intervention that China developed to implement and monitor vaccinations have created increasingly effective strategies to control epidemics, demonstrated most recently in the coronavirus epicenter of Wuhan. As a loyal listener to the podcast we’d like to offer you a special 30% discount on her new book. To receive your discount please go to cornellpress.cornell.edu and use the promo code 09POD. If you live in the UK use the discount code CSANNOUN

This episode we speak with Cecilia Gaposchkin and Anne Lester, editors of our exciting new series Medieval Societies, Religions, and Cultures: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/series/medieval-societies-religions-and-cultures/ Sign up here to get updates on new books in this series and all of our new books in medieval studies: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/sign-up/ M. Cecilia Gaposchkin is Professor of History at Dartmouth College. She is the author of The Making of Saint Louis: Kingship, Sanctiity, and Crusade in the Later Middle Ages and Invisible Weapons: Liturgy and the Making of Crusade Ideology, among others. Anne E. Lester holds the John W. Baldwin and Jenny Jochens Associate Chair in Medieval History at Johns Hopkins University. She is the author of Creating Cistercian Nuns: The Women's Religious Movement and Its Reform in Thirteenth-Century Champagne.

This episode we speak with Mila Dragojević, author of the new book Amoral Communities: Collective Crimes in Time of War - https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501739828/amoral-communities/#bookTabs=2 Mila Dragojević is Associate Professor of Politics at the University of the South. She is the author of The Politics of Social Ties. We spoke to Mila about what inspired her to write her new book, how it is possible for peaceful places to suddenly transform into areas of unspeakable violence, and why we should listen more closely to those who have lived through such experiences so that we can potentially avoid similar violence in the future. As a loyal listener to the podcast we’d like to offer you a special 30% discount on her new book. To receive your discount please go to cornellpress.cornell.edu and use the promo code 09POD. If you live in the UK use the discount code CSANNOUNCE and visit the website combinedacademic.co.uk.

This episode we speak with Taomo Zhou, author of the new book Migration in the Time of Revolution: China Indonesia, and the Cold War - https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501739934/migration-in-the-time-of-revolution/ Taomo Zhou is Assistant Professor in the School of Humanities at Nanyang Technological University. We spoke to Taomo about why the close partnership between Indonesia and China started unraveling in the mid 1960s, what this meant to ethnic Chinese living in Indonesia, and how newly available sources from China prove that it is highly unlikely that Mao Zedong dictated the behavior of Indonesian communist leaders as was assumed at the time. As a loyal listener to the podcast we’d like to offer you a special 30% discount on her new book. To receive your discount please go to cornellpress.cornell.edu and use the promo code 09POD. If you live in the UK use the discount code CSANNOUNCE and visit the website combinedacademic.co.uk.

This episode we speak with Jun Zhang, author of the new book Driving toward Modernity: Cars and the Lives of the Middle Class in Contemporary China - https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501738401/driving-toward-modernity/#bookTabs=1 Jun Zhang is Assistant Professor of Asian and International Studies at City University of Hong Kong. We spoke to Jun about what it is like to be the first person in your family to ever own a car, the massive increase of cars, and car owners, within China over the past two decades, and how the Chinese, particularly the middle class, have thrived as well as struggled with this unprecedented influx of new automobiles into the country. As a loyal listener to the podcast we’d like to offer you a special 30% discount on her new book. To receive your discount please go to cornellpress.cornell.edu and use the promo code 09POD. If you live in the UK use the discount code CSANNOUNCE and visit the website combinedacademic.co.uk.

This episode we speak with John Farnsworth, author of the new book Nature beyond Solitude: Notes from the Field - https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501747281/nature-beyond-solitude/#bookTabs=1 A lifelong student of literary natural history, John Farnsworth taught environmental writing and literature at Santa Clara University. He is author of Coves of Departure, also from Cornell. We spoke to John about his positive experiences at six different field stations along the West coast, why in nature it’s hard to see what you are not seeing, and why he believes we are now entering into a golden age of natural history. As a loyal listener to the podcast we’d like to offer you a special 30% discount on John's new book. To receive your discount please go to cornellpress.cornell.edu and use the promo code 09POD. If you live in the UK use the discount code CSANNOUNCE and visit the website combinedacademic.co.uk.

We're hiring for our next Mellon Diversity Fellow! Please apply at the Working at Cornell website: https://cornell.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/CornellCareerPage/job/Ithaca-Main-Campus/Mellon-Diversity-Fellow----Acquisitions-Assistant_WDR-00022497-1 The deadline for applications is March 14, 2020, so act now! Alexis's contact information can be found here: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/contact/acquisitions/ and other current Mellon Fellows can be found at this link: http://www.aupresses.org/about-aaup/board-of-directors/presidential-talks-archive/1776-conrad-2019