1869, The Cornell University Press Podcast

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

This episode we speak with Sara Lewis, author of the new book Spacious Minds: Trauma and Resilience in Tibetan Buddhism: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501715358/spacious-minds/ Sara E. Lewis is Associate Professor of Contemplative Psychotherapy and Buddhist Psychology at Naropa University. You can follow her on Twitter @DeathRebirthLab. We spoke to Sara about what inspired her to write her new book, how Tibetan Buddhists treat trauma differently than Western psychologists, and the ways in which her research will help shake up the field. 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 are joined by our Editor in Chief Mahinder Kingra who will be attending the 2020 MLA Annual Convention in Seattle this January 9th through the 12th. We spoke with him a few days before his trip.

This episode we are joined by Three Hills Editorial Director Michael McGandy, Senior Editor Emily Andrew and Acquisitions Assistant Alexis Siemon. They will all be attending the American Historical Association annual meeting this January 3rd-6th in New York City. We spoke to them in Ithaca as they were prepping for the meeting.

This episode we are joined by Assistant Editor Bethany Wasik and Acquisitions Assistant Ellen Murphy. They will both be attending the Joint Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA)and the Society for Classical Studies(SCS)which is taking place in Washington, D.C., January 2–5, 2020.

Cornell University Press's Sage House is haunted. Listen to Data Processing Manager Patrick Garrison recount his experience with potential paranormal activity at Sage House this past summer. Music by CO.AG Music

Cornell University Press's Sage House is haunted. Listen to Senior Acquisitions Editor Jim Lance recount his experience with a real ghost early one winter morning. Music by CO.AG Music

Trascript here: https://otter.ai/u/3woF9NXmQKFjm3Jh3UI66OcDHgk This episode we speak with Brandon Schechter, author of the new book The Stuff of Soldiers: A History of the Red Army in World War II through Objects: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501739798/the-stuff-of-soldiers/ Brandon Schechter is a historian of the Soviet Union whose research focuses on the creation of meaning in times of crisis. In addition to his new book, he has published essays on the integration of national minorities and women into the Red Army, the moral economy of rationing, property relations under Stalinism and how objects can narrate lived experience. He served as Elihu Rose Scholar in Modern Military History at NYU, a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard’s Davis Center, visiting assistant professor at Brown, and Fulbright IIE fellow. Schechter is currently an adjunct at Columbia University. This spring he will co-teach a graduate level course on Russia at War with Anne Lounsbery at NYU. We spoke to Brandon about why

This episode we speak with Vince Houghton, author of the new book The Nuclear Spies: America’s Atomic Intelligence Operation against Hitler and Stalin. Follow Vince at @intelhistorian Vince Houghton is Historian and Curator at the International Spy Museum. He taught courses in Cold War history and intelligence history at the University of Maryland and is the host and creative director of Spycast, the Spy Museum's popular podcast. His work has been published widely in such media as the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, The Economist, Vanity Fair, and many others. We spoke to Vince Houghton about why the US government was unable to create an effective intelligence system to monitor the Soviet Union's nuclear capabilities, what were some of the incorrect assumptions Americans made about Soviet science, and what were the strategic repercussions of these errors for the US as the Cold War deepened. As a loyal listener to the podcast we’d like to offer you a special 30% discount on her new book. To receiv

This episode we speak with John Stempien and John Linstrom, editors of the new book The Liberty Hyde Bailey Gardener’s Companion: Essential Writings. John Stempien teaches history in Lowell, Michigan, and served as the first director of the Liberty Hyde Bailey Museum from 2006–2012. John Linstrom is a writer and doctoral candidate in English. He edited the centennial edition of Bailey's The Holy Earth. Liberty Hyde Bailey (1858-1954) grew up on a farm in Michigan and went on to become Dean of the College of Agriculture at Cornell University, and Chair of the Country Life Commission under President Theodore Roosevelt. Considered the "Father of Modern Horticulture” Bailey authored more than seventy books, published thousands of articles, and founded countless organizations. We spoke to John Stempien and John Linstrom about Liberty Hyde Bailey’s legacy, how they both became interested in his work and writings, Bailey’s philosophy of what he called “garden sentiment” and the valuable lessons that Liberty Hyd

Salvaging Community: How American Cities Rebuild Closed Military Bases provides a comprehensive evaluation of how American communities redevelop former military bases following the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process. In this episode we speak with book's co-authors Michael Touchton and Amanda Ashley. Michael Touchton is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Miami. Amanda J. Ashley is Associate Professor of Urban Studies and Community Development in the School of Public Service at Boise State University. We spoke to Michael and Amanda about how they became interested in what American communities are doing to successfully redevelop former military bases in their city, why collaborative governance is the key to success, and what they would tell communities whose base has been closed or is slated to in the near 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

This episode we speak with Anne Zacharias-Walsh, author of the recent book Our Unions, Our Selves: The Rise of Feminist Labor Unions in Japan. (https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501703058/our-unions-our-selves/) Anne Zacharias-Walsh is an activist and writer who lives in Atlanta, Georgia. She has worked with progressive labor unions and social justice organizations and campaigns throughout the United States and Japan for more than twenty-five years. We spoke to Anne about how she became interested in studying Japanese Women’s Unions, her successful work establishing the US-Japan Working Women’s Project with Women’s Union Tokyo, and her inspiring stories of cross-cultural activist collaborations between American and Japanese women. 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 https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501703058/our-unions-our-selves/ and use the promo code 09POD. If you live in the UK u

This episode we speak with Jason Cragle, Project Manager for Facilities and Campus Services at Cornell University, and Andrew Rappaport, an Associate at Chiang/O’Brien Architects, a local architect firm that focuses on working with institutions of higher education. We spoke to Jason and Andrew about what we are calling the Big Dig - the foundation restoration project for Sage House, home to Cornell University Press, which is ongoing for the entire summer. We discuss what steps Jason, Andrew, and their outstanding construction team are taking to ensure our historic building lasts well into the next century. Keep updated on the Big Dig, and our Big Dig into our deep backlist of books, throughout the summer by stopping by our website at cornellpress.cornell.edu and following us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

This episode we speak with Jeff Sahadeo, author of the new book Voices from the Soviet Edge: Southern Migrants in Leningrad and Moscow. Jeff is Associate Professor at the Institute of European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies at Carleton University. He is author of Russian Colonial Society in Tashkent, 1865–1923 and co-editor of Everyday Life in Central Asia. We spoke to Jeff about his research on the Soviet Era migration of people from the Caucasus and Central Asia into Leningrad and Moscow, how the Soviet concept of the “friendship of peoples” worked and didn’t work, and the rewards and challenges Jeff faced basing his book on oral histories. As a loyal listener to the podcast we’d like to offer you a special 30% discount on their 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 James Bradford, author of the new book Poppies, Politics, and Power: Afghanistan and the Global History of Drugs and Diplomacy. James Bradford is Assistant Professor of History at Berklee College of Music, and Adjunct Lecturer at Babson College. He has published in the Journal of Iranian Studies, Oxford University Handbook of Drug History, and Illegal Cannabis Cultivation in the World. Follow James at We spoke to James about the long history of opium production in Afghanistan, how western tourists and hippies in the 1960s helped expand Afghanistan’s global trafficking networks, and why drug control has been fundamental in shaping the conditions of statelessness and lawlessness that we now see in Afghanistan today. As a loyal listener to the podcast we’d like to offer you a special 30% discount on James Bradford'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 th