1869, The Cornell University Press Podcast

Welcome to the seventh episode of Authors in Conversation, a podcast from the series editors of the United States in the World series from Cornell University Press. This episode features Michigan State University professor Emily Conroy-Krutz (co-editor of the United States in the World series) speaking with Selwyn College, University of Cambridge research fellow Tom Smith about his new book Word across the Water: American Protestant Missionaries, Pacific Worlds, and the Making of Imperial Histories https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501777448/word-across-the-water/#bookTabs=1 Save 30% off the book with the Promo Code 09POD.

Learn about Unstuck in Time here (and use promo code 09POD to save 30%): https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501777899/unstuck-in-time/ Transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/xLkSlsXBJKcP_0l4RGqFztFfcpQ?utm_source=copy_url&tab=chat&view=transcript In this episode, we speak with Eliot Borenstein, author of the new book Unstuck in Time: On the Post-Soviet Uncanny. Eliot Borenstein is Professor of Russian and Slavic Studies and Vice Chancellor for Global Programs at New York University. His other books include Soviet Self-Hatred, Plots against Russia, Overkill, and Marvel Comics in the 1970s. We spoke to Eliot about how, decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, many Russians today still look back to that time as a golden age; how this nostalgia for the past manifests in popular culture through films, fiction, and television series featuring time travel and alternate history; and, how even some Russians refuse to acknowledge their current government and instead insist that the USSR still exists.

Learn about Timing the Future Metropolis here (and use 09POD to save 30%): https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501778391/timing-the-future-metropolis/#bookTabs=1 Transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/s2IqBx8SSmwfPTUZHjSWmc5eHBA?utm_source=copy_url&tab=chat&view=transcript In this episode, we speak with Peter Ekman, author of the new book Timing the Future Metropolis: Foresight, Knowledge, and Doubt in America's Postwar Urbanism. Peter Ekman teaches the history and theory of landscape and urbanism in the School of Architecture at the University of Southern California. He is a postdoctoral fellow at USC's Center on Science, Technology, and Public Life, and at the Berggruen Institute. We spoke to Peter about why within the field of urban planning, the Joint Center for Urban Studies, founded in 1959, took a preeminent role; how the Joint Center’s ideas on the urban future dramatically evolved over a relatively short period of time; and,how the history of planning runs in parallel with the history of t

Watch the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/9gCI6cjm-RQ?si=a6NewEJVEQIycptu This episode of author2author features Jeff Friednman, author of The Commander-in-Chief Test, and Steve Wagner, author of Eisenhower for Our Time, providing the perfect scene-setting of how we got to our political reality in the lead up to the 2024 election. Click below to hear them discuss how presidents use foreign policy to their advantage, the divisiveness in American politics, and President Eisenhower’s influence on our modern political parties. Buy The Commander-in-Chief Test by Jeff Friedman: https://qrco.de/bfK8cX Buy Eisenhower for Our Time by Steven Wagner: https://qrco.de/bfR7oz Read the transcript: https://otter.ai/u/jPPHS_5K89afnV12fgUrWkC7h8s?utm_source=copy_url About author2author: This series aims to bring together two (or maybe more!) Cornell University Press authors writing about similar ideas to discuss anything and everything related to their books; the state of their area of expertise, how they came up with t

Learn more about The Waiting Water here (and use 09POD to save 30%):
 https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501777103/the-waiting-water/ Transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/9ViJleOJojtPvz1hresS5aiMzok?tab=chat&view=transcript In this episode, we speak with Alexander Sorenson, author of the new book The Waiting Water: Order, Sacrifice, and Submergence in German Realism. Alexander Sorenson is Lecturer of German and Comparative Literature at Binghamton University, State University of New York. His research and teaching interests center upon interdisciplinary themes and issues related to the environmental humanities, such as the interface between philosophy, literature, art and the history of science. We spoke to Alexander about the difference between German realism and English and French realism; what the symbolic meaning is behind one the most recurring motifs in German Realist literature—death by drowning; and the deep connections between this drowning motif with Ovid’s Metamorphoses as well as Shak

Learn more about The City is Ours here (and use 09POD to save 30%):
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Learn more about Disruption here (and use 09POD to save 30%): https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501774119/disruption/#bookTabs=0 Transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/AYwGHof_RZb3H_x32SO6bo1BjXQ?utm_source=copy_url In this episode, we speak with Michael De Groot, author of the new book Disruption: The Global Economic Shocks of the 1970s and the End of the Cold War. Michael De Groot is Assistant Professor of International Studies at Indiana University Bloomington where he teaches and researches the international, diplomatic, and economic history of the twentieth century. We spoke to Michael about his research showing that the global economic upheaval of the 1970s was instrumental in ending the Cold War; how the United States during this time was able to use debt and large trade deficits to its advantage while the Soviet bloc simply could not; and what lessons we can learn from this time period to help us navigate our current troubles today.

Welcome to the sixth episode of Authors in Conversation, a podcast from the series editors of the United States in the World series from Cornell University Press. This episode features UC Irvine professor Judy Tzu-Chun Wu (co-editor of the United States in the World series) speaking with Harvey Mudd College professor Alfred Peredo Flores about his recent book Tip of the Spear— https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501771347/tip-of-the-spear/#bookTabs=0 Save 30% off the book with the Promo Code 09POD. Transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/8UXJWdMdLeKlgafI7vj2-r5wZO4?utm_source=copy_url

An incredible conversation between historical novelists Tim Wendel, author of Rebel Falls, and Brian Carso, author of Gideon’s Revolution. Listen to them discuss their research processes, fictionalizing real events, and the importance of historical fiction in today’s increasingly polarized world. Buy Gideon’s Revolution: https://qrco.de/bew7Sg More on Brian Carso: https://briancarso.com Buy Rebel Falls: https://qrco.de/bevT5Z More on Tim Wendel: https://timwendel.com Transcript available here: https://shorturl.at/zqp8d About author2author: This series aims to bring together two (or maybe more!) Cornell University Press authors writing about similar ideas to discuss anything and everything related to their books; the state of their area of expertise, how they came up with their book, publishing with Cornell University Press, and more. We hope to broaden accessibility to scholarship by giving you a taste of our books and the brilliant minds that create them. About Cornell University Press: Cornell Univer

Learn more about What Work Means here (and use 09POD to save 30% off): https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501775512/ Transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/wz7ZAx9DLou7RUlouoLjz1S3shI?utm_source=copy_url In this episode, we speak with Claudia Strauss, author of the new book What Work Means: Beyond the Puritan Work Ethic. Claudia Strauss is Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Pitzer College. She is the author of Making Sense of Public Opinion and coauthor of A Cognitive Theory of Cultural Meaning. We spoke to Claudia about her research on Americans’ attitudes towards work; what she found were the two most prevalent views that Americans have about their work lives; and, why, despite dire warnings in the media, Americans still want to work in the Post-COVID employment landscape.

Welcome to the fifth episode of Authors in Conversation, a podcast from the series editors of the United States in the World series from Cornell University Press. This episode features Michigan State University professor Emily Conroy-Krutz (co-editor of the United States in the World series) speaking with Emory & Henry College professor Matthew Shannon about his new book, Mission Manifest: American Evangelicals and Iran in the Twentieth Century— https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501775949/mission-manifest/#bookTabs=1 Save 30% off the book with the Promo Code 09POD.

Learn more about the book (and use promo code 09POD to save 30% off): https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501774683/liminal-minorities/ Read the transcript: https://otter.ai/u/tysBjMaA_aPb7lhGtZyREw9ZFto?utm_source=copy_url In this episode, we speak with Güneş Murat Tezcür, author of the new book Liminal Minorities: Religious Difference and Mass Violence in Muslim Societies. Güneş Murat Tezcür is the Director of the School of Politics and Global Studies at Arizona State University. He is the author of Muslim Reformers in Iran and Turkey and the editor of The Oxford Handbook of Turkish Politics. We spoke to Güneş about why some religious minorities provoke the ire of majoritarian groups and become targets of organized violence; how religious stigmatization and political resentment motivate ordinary people to participate in mass atrocities; and, some of the heartbreaking stories that Güneş documented in his research.

Welcome to the fourth episode of Authors in Conversation, a podcast from the series editors of the United States in the World series from Cornell University Press. This episode features Wake Forest University professor Benjamin Coates (co-editor of the United States in the World series) speaking with University of Washington professor Christopher Tounsel about his new book, Bounds of Blackness: African Americans, Sudan, and the Politics of Solidarity: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501775628/bounds-of-blackness/#bookTabs=1 Save 30% off the book with the Promo Code 09POD.

Learn more about the books (and use promo code 09POD to save 30% off): https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501773365/the-color-of-desire/ https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501765155/pink-triangle-legacies/ Read the transcript: https://otter.ai/u/_EFsZxQPv5zbCURy-99A4uFVSQY?utm_source=copy_url In this episode, we brought together two Cornell University Press authors in the hopes they would have a lively discussion and they certainly delivered. One was Christopher Ewing, author of the new book The Color of Desire: The Queer Politics of Race in the Federal Republic of Germany after 1970 and the other was Jake Newsome, author of Pink Triangle Legacies: Coming Out in the Shadow of the Holocaust. Christopher Ewing is Assistant Professor at Purdue University. His research focuses on the intersections of queer history and the history of race in modern Germany. He has previously published in Journal of the History of Sexuality, Sexualities, Bulletin of the German Historical Institute, and Sexu

Learn more about the book (and use promo code 09POD to save 30% off): https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501773808/a-slow-reckoning/ Read the transcript: https://otter.ai/u/_ZDbUEgeMZgs_eaXLmNJzs8oWVI?utm_source=copy_url In this episode, we speak with Vasilly Klimentov, author of the new book, A Slow Reckoning: The USSR, the Afghan Communists and Islam. Vassily Klimentov is a SNSF Postdoctoral Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence and a Research Associate at the Geneva Graduate Institute, the institution where he got his PhD in International History. We spoke to Vasilly about how the Soviet Union’s war in Afghanistan failed in large part due to the Soviets disregard for Islam; how this miscalculation was fueled by communist ideology; and, what parallel lessons the Soviet Union and the United States could have both learned from their occupations of Afghanistan.

Download the FREE ebook: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501772634/the-nature-study-idea/ You can also save 30% off the print edition with promo code 09POD Read the transcript: https://otter.ai/u/xWNbdn02Wq4saEqPlItdUJd-LnM?utm_source=copy_url In this episode, we speak with John Linstrom, editor of the definitive new edition of Liberty Hyde Bailey’s The Nature-Study Idea. John Linstrom is Postdoctoral Fellow in Climate and Inequality at the Climate Museum, and coedited The Liberty Hyde Bailey Gardener's Companion. Liberty Hyde Bailey was Dean of the College of Agriculture at Cornell University and Chair of the Commission on Country Life under President Theodore Roosevelt. A pioneer in modern horticulture and environmental philosophy, he was the author of more than seventy books. We spoke to John about how Liberty Hyde Bailey’s book became the bible of the nature-study movement; how his ideas completely transformed education around the country; and how we can use his inspiring ideas today to

Learn more about the book (and use promo code 09POD to save 30% off): https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501773068/unraveling-the-gray-area-problem Read the transcript: https://otter.ai/u/Ckmr71FCYKFkd5oDyV0oR2AV0v8?utm_source=copy_url In this episode, we speak with Luke Griffith, author of the new book Unraveling the Gray Area Problem: The United States and the INF Treaty. Luke Griffith is Professor of Government and History at New Mexico Junior College where he specializes in U.S. history, Western Civilization, and the American government. We spoke to Luke about his research on the US government’s role in the origins and the demise of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty of December 1987; how President Reagan’s success in securing the agreement was made possible by earlier work in the Carter Administration; and, what has been the state of nuclear arms control after the U.S. withdrew from the Treaty in 2019.

Learn more about the book (and use promo code 09POD to save 30% off): https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501772924/the-commander-in-chief-test/ Read the transcript: https://otter.ai/u/docHKI5gdBYX9FRBeKMaarObkes?utm_source=copy_url In this episode, we speak with Jeffrey Friedman, author of the new book The Commander-in-Chief Test: Public Opinion and the Politics of Image-Making in US Foreign Policy. Jeffrey Friedman is Associate Professor of Government at Dartmouth College and his research examines the politics and psychology of foreign policy decision-making We spoke to Jeff about why U.S. presidents of both parties tend to adopt more hawkish foreign policies than voters say they want in public opinion surveys; what steps parties, candidates, and voters can take to prevent the commander-in-chief test from distorting US foreign policy; and how Jeff thinks the commander-in-chief test will play out in the upcoming presidential election.

Read the book (use promo code 09POD to save 30%): https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501772320/faith-made-flesh/ Read the transcript: https://otter.ai/u/EQUorUn0cr-GH9JMXYTaJ-G_2Po?utm_source=copy_url In this episode, we speak with editors Vajra Watson and Kindra Montgomery-Block, as well as contributor Patrice Hill, all of whom worked together on the new book Faith Made Flesh: The Black Child Legacy Campaign for Transformative Justice and Healthy Futures Vajra M. Watson is Senior Associate Vice President and Professor of Education at Sacramento State University, Kindra F. Montgomery-Block is Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Social Impact for the Sacramento Kings, and Patrice Hill is a poet, public speaker, youth advocate, host, curator, community-based educator, and the current director of Sacramento Area Youth Speaks.

Learn about the new book here (and use promo code 09POD to save 30%): https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501771750/the-muriel-rukeyser-era/#bookTabs=1 Read the transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/XqLGFhSLcHCvbI8HZPT3omPq7w8?utm_source=copy_url Eric Keenaghan is Associate Professor and Chair in the Department of English at the University at Albany, SUNY. He is the author of Queering Cold War Poetry. Rowena Kennedy-Epstein is Associate Professor of gender studies and twentieth- and twenty-first-century women's writing at the University of Bristol. She is the author of Unfinished Spirit and editor of Rukeyser's Savage Coast. We spoke to Eric and Rowena about Muriel Rukeyser’s life and legacy, why much of her writing was actively suppressed during her time, and how reading Rukeyser’s prose helps us better understand her ideas, her career, and her poetry.