Interviews with Scholars of the Middle East about their New Books Support our show by becoming a pre
In this episode, Richard Bulliet talks about his work in world and Islamicate history. Learn more ab
The Persian Gulf has long been a contested space--an object of imperial ambitions, national antagoni
In recent decades, the study of the Eastern Roman Empire, also known as Byzantium, has been revoluti
“Stories of archives are always stories of phantoms, of the death or disappearance or erasure of som
In this very moving and heartwarming interview I had the opportunity to discuss with Fida Jiyris her
How the Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center informed the PLO's relationship to Zionism
How is foreign policy made in Iraq? Based on dozens of interviews with senior officials and politici
Before 2010, there were no Israeli horror films. Then distinctly Israeli serial killers, zombies, va
Locusts of Power: Borders, Empire, and Environment in the Modern Middle East (Cambridge UP, 2023) fo
Israeli universities have long enjoyed a reputation as liberal bastions of freedom and democracy. Dr
Judaism in the twenty-first century has seen the rise of the messianic Third Temple movement, as rel
The Hellenistic period was a pivotal moment in the history of the Jewish priesthood. The waning days
In this episode, I talk to Samuel Dolbee, Assistant Professor of History at Vanderbilt University. H
Media studies is an emerging discipline that is quickly making an impact within the wider field of b
In Jerusalem, as World War II was coming to an end, an extraordinary circle of friends began to meet
Today I talked to James Montgomery, one of the translators of The Philosopher Responds: An Intellect
Today I talked to Peter Hill about his new book Prophet of Reason: Science, Religion and the Origins
A Primer for Teaching Indian Ocean World History: Ten Design Principles (Duke UP, 2024) is a guide f
For a brief moment in the history of Acre, there was a Hebrew community that linked old and new sett
Nahj al-Balagha is among the most powerful, consequential, and linguistically brilliant masterpieces
