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In Conversation: An OUP Podcast

Interviews with Oxford University Press authors about their books

Episodes

Total: 1659

Ingrid Piller, “Linguistic Diversity and Social Justice: An Introduction to Applied Sociolinguistics” (Oxford UP, 2016)
2016/8/3

According to the blurb, Linguistic Diversity and Social Justice: An Introduction to Applied Sociolin

Russell Rickford, “We Are an African People: Independent Education, Black Power and the Radical Imagination” (Oxford UP, 2016)
2016/7/31

Russell Rickford is an assistant professor of history at Cornell University. We Are an African Peopl

Paul M. Cobb, “The Race for Paradise: An Islamic History of the Crusades” (Oxford UP, 2014)
2016/7/25

The Crusades loom large in contemporary popular consciousness. However, our public understanding has

Seth Masket, “The Inevitable Party: Why Attempts to Kill the Party System Fail and How they Weaken Democracy” (Oxford UP, 2016)
2016/7/18

Seth Masket has written The Inevitable Party: Why Attempts to Kill the Party System Fail and How the

Cassandra A. Good, “Founding Friendships: Friendships between Men and Women in the Early American Republic” (Oxford UP, 2015)
2016/7/13

Cassandra A. Good is the Associate Editor of the Papers of James Monroe at the University of Mary Wa

Noriko Manabe, “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Protest Music After Fukushima” (Oxford UP, 2015)
2016/7/9

Noriko Manabe’s new book is a compelling analysis of the content, performance style, and role of mus

David Potter, “Theodora: Actress, Empress, Saint” (Oxford UP, 2015)
2016/6/26

Thanks to the writings of Procopius and other detractors, the Byzantine empress Theodora (c. 495-548

John Alba Cutler, “Ends of Assimilation: The Formation of Chicano Literature” (Oxford UP, 2015)
2016/6/26

In Ends of Assimilation: The Formation of Chicano Literature (Oxford University Press, 2015), John A

Joseph Lam, “Patterns of Sin in the Hebrew Bible: Metaphor, Culture, and the Making of a Religious Concept” (Oxford UP, 2016)
2016/6/26

On this program, I spoke with Joseph Lam about his book, Patterns of Sin in the Hebrew Bible: Metaph

Ayten Gundogdu, “Rightlessness in an Age of Rights: Hannah Arendt and the Contemporary Struggles of Migrants” (Oxford UP, 2015)
2016/6/26

How does one “rethink and revise the key concepts of Hannah Arendt’s political theory in light of th

Anthea Kraut, “Choreographing Copyright: Race, Gender, and Intellectual Property Rights in American Dance” (Oxford UP, 2015)
2016/6/23

Is it possible to lay claim to ownership of a dance? Is choreography intellectual property? How have

Ed Berlin, “King of Ragtime: Scott Joplin and His Era” (Oxford UP, 2016)
2016/6/15

Few composers dominate a genre of music as completely as did Scott Joplin. From the publication of h

Michael F. Robinson, “The Lost White Tribe: Explorers, Scientists, and the Theory that Changed a Continent” (Oxford UP, 2016)
2016/6/3

Michael F. Robinson‘s new book is such a pleasure to read, I cant even. It’s not just because you ge

David Shoemaker, “Responsibility from the Margins” (Oxford UP, 2015)
2016/6/1

Moral life is infused with emotionally-charged interactions. When a stranger carelessly steps on my

Jason Bivins, “Spirits Rejoice! Jazz and American Religion” (Oxford UP, 2015)
2016/5/31

Jazz is often dubbed the greatest American original art form. This claim might be difficult to conte

Valerie Sperling, “Sex, Politics and Putin: Political Legitimacy in Russia” (Oxford UP, 2015)
2016/5/23

The prevalence of media that reinforces a traditional masculine image of Vladimir Putin, Russia’s le

Kathleen Holscher, “Religious Lessons: Catholic Sisters and the Captured Schools Crisis in New Mexico” (Oxford UP, 2012)
2016/4/30

In New Mexico, before World War Two, Catholic sisters in full habits routinely taught in public scho

John Bew, “Realpolitik: A History” (Oxford UP, 2015)
2016/4/30

Since its coinage in mid-19th century Germany, Realpolitik has proven both elusive and protean. To s

Lawrence Jacobs and Desmond King, “Fed Power: How Finance Wins” (Oxford UP, 2016)
2016/4/27

Lawrence Jacobs and Desmond King are the authors of Fed Power: How Finance Wins (Oxford UP, 2016). J

Daniel K. Williams, “Defenders of the Unborn: The Pro-Life Movement Before Roe v. Wade” (Oxford UP, 2016)
2016/4/1

Daniel K. Williams is an associate professor of history at the University of West Georgia. His book,