1869, The Cornell University Press Podcast

Author Daniel Bessner joins us to talk about his book, Democrary in Exile: Hans Speier and the Rise of the Defense Intellectual. Daniel Bessner is the Anne H. H. and Kenneth B. Pyle Assistant Professor in American Foreign Policy in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington. Use code 09POD to save 30% on his book when you order directly from Cornell University Press: http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140104396220

Poet, visual artist, oral historian and licensed electrician Susan Eisenberg joins us to talk about her new collection of poetry, Stanley's Girl. Susan Eisenberg is Resident Artist/Scholar at the Brandeis Women’s Studies Research Center. Visit susaneisenberg.com for more information. Use code 09POD to save 30% on her books when you order direct from Cornell University Press: http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140106652980&fa=author&person_id=846#content

On Episode 2, host Martyn Beeny chats with Carrie Olivia Adams, a freelance publicist, about book marketing, the future of publicity, the NY Times and NPR, blurbs, and more.

In this episode we chat with Sarah Grossman, Southeast Asia Program (SEAP) Publications Managing Editor, about her experiences at the recent Association for Asian Studies annual conference in Washington, DC.

Coline Jenkins joins us to discuss her family's, and her own, pioneering work in promoting women's rights. The great, great granddaughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Coline is a legislator, author and television producer. Through the years, she has used her talents to inspire both awareness and pride in women's history.

Author Julie Chernov Hwang joins us to talk about her book, Why Terrorists Quit: The Disengagement of Indonesian Jihadists. Julie Chernov Hwang is an associate professor of political science and international relations at Goucher College. Use code 09POD to save 30% on her book when you order direct from Cornell University Press: http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140100484390

First episode of the new spin-off podcast series, Sage Marketing, in which host Martyn Beeny chats book marketing with Dennis Johnson, co-owner and co-publisher of Melville House.

Author Danna Agmon joins us to talk about her book, A Colonial Affair: Commerce, Conversion, and Scandal in French India, as well as her Twitter Party on February 27. Agmon is Assistant Professor of History and ASPECT at Virginia Tech. Use code 09POD to save 30% on her book when you order direct from Cornell University Press: http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140100368870

Author Darryl Jones joins Martyn Beeny to chat about his new book, The Birds at My Table: Why We Feed Wild Birds and Why It Matters.

Michael Roux, Marketing and Sales Manager at University of Illinois Press, joins Martyn Beeny to chat about marketing books to the scholarly community and beyond.

Authors Sharon Batt and Fran Quigley discuss the cost of medicines in the wake of President Trump's State of the Union address.

University of Nebraska Press Publicity Manager Rosemary Sekora chats with Martyn Beeny about book marketing, book publicity, and all things connected.

In this episode we chat with Emily Andrew, Senior Acquisitions Editor, and Bethany Wasik, Assistant Editor, about their experiences at the recent American Historical Association annual conference in Washington DC.

Authors Simon Reich and Peter Dombrowski discuss their new book, The End of Grand Strategy: US Maritime Operations in the Twenty-First Century

Interview with Dean Smith, director of Cornell University Press, in which he discusses 2017, his personal highlights, as well as those of the Press more generally, and we chat about what's next in scholarly publishing.

Conversation with Jim Lance, senior acquisitions editor for anthropology at Cornell University Press, in which we discuss the 2017 American Anthropological Association conference in Washington DC

Erin Rolfs, assistant director and marketing manager at LSU Press, joins Martyn Beeny, marketing director at Cornell University Press, to chat about book marketing.

Authors Sonya Salamon and Katherine MacTavish discuss trailer parks in America and their new book on the same subject.

Authors Sarah Stroup and Wendy Wong discuss the impact of international nongovernmental organizations and how they influence the practices of states, corporations, and other NGOs.

Maria Belodubrovskaya, author of Not According to Plan: Filmmaking under Stalin, and Assistant Professor of Film at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, joins the 1869 podcast to chat about the Stalin's vision for a Soviet Hollywood and how it went wrong.