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New Books in Middle Eastern Studies podcast

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New Books in Middle Eastern Studies

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  Marshall Poe  

This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: ⁠newbooksnetwork.com⁠ Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to get informative, engaging content straight to your inbox: ⁠https://newbooksnetwork.substack.com/⁠ Follow us on Instagram and Bluesky to learn about more our latest interviews: @newbooksnetwork Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/middle-eastern-studies

This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: ⁠newbooksnetwork.com⁠ Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to get informative, engaging content straight to your inbox: ⁠https://newbooksnetwork.substack.com/⁠ Follow us on Instagram and Bluesky to learn about more our latest interviews: @newbooksnetwork Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/middle-eastern-studies

 

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#1310

Ayoush Lazikani, "The Medieval Moon: A History of Haunting and Blessing" (Yale UP, 2025)

When they gazed at the moon, medieval people around the globe saw an object that was at on... more

06 Dec 2025

37 MINS

37:16

06 Dec 2025

#1309

Ali Anooshahr, "Slavery in the Early Mughal World: The Life and Thoughts of Jawhar Aftabachi (1520s–...

Jawhar Aftabachi was enslaved as a child by the Ottomans in the Black Sea region in the ea... more

05 Dec 2025

54 MINS

54:05

05 Dec 2025

#1308

Anny Gaul, "Nile Nightshade: An Egyptian Culinary History of the Tomato" (U California Press, 2025)

By the end of the twentieth century, the tomato—indigenous to the Americas—had become Egyp... more

04 Dec 2025

57 MINS

57:57

04 Dec 2025

#1307

Mark Griffiths, "Checkpoint 300: Colonial Space in Palestine" (U Minnesota Press, 2025)

Checkpoint 300, the highly securitized border facility between occupied Bethlehem and Jeru... more

03 Dec 2025

47 MINS

47:04

03 Dec 2025

#1306

Anne Irfan, "A Short History of the Gaza Strip" (Simon & Schuster, 2025)

In this episode, Joe Williams speaks to historian Anne Irfan about her new book,  [A Short... more

02 Dec 2025

34 MINS

34:49

02 Dec 2025

#1305

Fahad Ahmad Bishara, "Monsoon Voyagers: An Indian Ocean History" (U California Press, 2025)

In 1924, the Al-A‘waj, also known as the Crooked, set sail from Kuwait on a trading journe... more

27 Nov 2025

45 MINS

45:10

27 Nov 2025

#1304

Faisal Devji, "Waning Crescent: The Rise and Fall of Global Islam" (Yale UP, 2025)

Faisal Devji's  [Waning Crescent: The Rise and Fall of Global Islam] (https://bookshop.org... more

22 Nov 2025

1 HR 04 MINS

1:04:48

22 Nov 2025

#1303

Killian Clarke, "Return of Tyranny: Why Counterrevolutions Emerge and Succeed" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

Why do some revolutions fail and succumb to counterrevolutions, whereas others go on to es... more

21 Nov 2025

1 HR 05 MINS

1:05:01

21 Nov 2025

#1302

Basit Kareem Iqbal, "The Dread Heights: Tribulation and Refuge after the Syrian Revolution" (Fordham...

Basit Kareem Iqbal's new book  [The Dread Heights: Tribulation and Refuge after the Syrian... more

14 Nov 2025

1 HR 16 MINS

1:16:50

14 Nov 2025

#1301

Justin Marozzi, "Captives and Companions: A History of Slavery and the Slave Trade in the Islamic Wo...

Slavery has been a ubiquitous practice throughout much of world history–and the Muslim wor... more

13 Nov 2025

40 MINS

40:01

13 Nov 2025

#1300

Eric H. Cline, "Love, War, and Diplomacy: The Discovery of the Amarna Letters and the Bronze Age Wor...

From the acclaimed author of 1177 B.C., a spellbinding account of the archaeological find ... more

12 Nov 2025

1 HR 07 MINS

1:07:05

12 Nov 2025

#1299

Aaron Magid, "The Most American King: Abdullah of Jordan" (Universal Publishers, 2025)

[The Most American King: Abdullah of Jordan] (https://bookshop.org/a/12343/9781599427782) ... more

12 Nov 2025

52 MINS

52:47

12 Nov 2025

#1298

Fahad Ahmad Bishara, "Monsoon Voyagers: An Indian Ocean History" (U California Press, 2025)

Monsoon Voyagers follows the voyage of a single dhow (sailing vessel), the Crooked, along ... more

06 Nov 2025

1 HR 49 MINS

1:49:59

06 Nov 2025

#1297

Sarah Griswold, "Resurrecting the Past: France's Forgotten Heritage Mandate" (Cornell UP, 2025)

In  [Resurrecting the Past: France's Forgotten Heritage Mandate] (https://bookshop.org/a/1... more

03 Nov 2025

55 MINS

55:19

03 Nov 2025

#1296

Patrick Brittenden, "Algerian and Christian: Christian Theological Formation, Identity and Mission i...

Algerian and Christian are two words that many people do not put together. Dr. Patrick Bri... more

02 Nov 2025

1 HR 10 MINS

1:10:02

02 Nov 2025

#1295

Radio ReOrient 13.3: “Why Palestine Activism & Resistance Matter,” with Hatem Bazian and Ismail Pate...

In this episode, Claudia Radiven and Chella Ward spoke with Ismail Patel and Hatem Bazian ... more

31 Oct 2025

1 HR 07 MINS

1:07:59

31 Oct 2025

#1294

Aria Fani, "Reading Across Borders: Afghans, Iranians, and Literary Nationalism" (U Texas Press, 202...

The dynamic and interconnected ways Afghans and Iranians invented their modern selves thro... more

31 Oct 2025

52 MINS

52:28

31 Oct 2025

#1293

James Grehan, "Empire of Manners: Ottoman Sociability and War-Making in the Long Eighteenth Century"...

It is easy to believe that manners are empty gestures, little more than social artifice or... more

17 Oct 2025

36 MINS

36:22

17 Oct 2025

#1292

Moudhy Al-Rashid, "Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History" (W.W. Norton, 2...

In 1923, archaeologist Leonard Woolley stumbled upon a room that dated back to 530BC, the ... more

16 Oct 2025

43 MINS

43:42

16 Oct 2025

#1291

Hamid Dabashi, "After Savagery: Gaza, Genocide, and the Illusion of Western Civilization" (Haymarket...

In this episode, we speak with Hamid Dabashi about his new book,  [After Savagery: Gaza, G... more

15 Oct 2025

37 MINS

37:03

15 Oct 2025

#1290

Karl Ittmann, "Fuelling Empire: The British Imperial Oil Complex, 1886-1945" (Oxford UP, 2025)

Beginning in the late nineteenth century, British companies used the resources of empire t... more

14 Oct 2025

42 MINS

42:00

14 Oct 2025

#1289

Mahboob Qirvanian and Behnaz Mirzai, "Life of an Enslaved African in the Ottoman Empire and Iran" (U...

[Life of an Enslaved African in the Ottoman Empire and Iran: The Autobiography of Mahboob ... more

14 Oct 2025

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:38

14 Oct 2025

#1288

Philip Graubart, "Here There Is No Why" and Michael Kinnamon, "A Rooftop in Jerusalem"

In this double interview I talked to Michael Kinnamon, author of A Rooftop in Jerusalem an... more

12 Oct 2025

1 HR 08 MINS

1:08:29

12 Oct 2025

#1287

Hannah Pool, "The Game: The Economy of Undocumented Migration from Afghanistan to Europe" (Oxford UP...

To seek asylum, people often have to cross borders undocumented, embarking on perilous tra... more

07 Oct 2025

51 MINS

51:19

07 Oct 2025

#1286

Georgios Tsourous, "Orthodox Choreographies: Boundaries, Borders and Materiality in Jerusalem's Old ...

[Orthodox Choreographies: Boundaries, Borders and Materiality in Jerusalem's Old City] (ht... more

30 Sep 2025

1 HR 04 MINS

1:04:05

30 Sep 2025

#1285

Gina Vale, "The Unforgotten Women of the Islamic State" (Oxford UP, 2024)

[The Unforgotten Women of the Islamic State] (https://bookshop.org/a/12343/9780198922032) ... more

29 Sep 2025

56 MINS

56:55

29 Sep 2025

#1284

Rosemary Admiral, "Living Law: Women and Legality in Marinid Morocco" (Syracuse UP, 2025)

Dr. Rosemary Admiral provides a groundbreaking history of women’s legal engagement in Mari... more

29 Sep 2025

49 MINS

49:00

29 Sep 2025

#1283

Tiffany Earley-Spadoni, "Landscapes of Warfare: Urartu and Assyria in the Ancient Middle East" (UP C...

[Landscapes of Warfare: Urartu and Assyria in the Ancient Middle East] (https://bookshop.... more

28 Sep 2025

39 MINS

39:05

28 Sep 2025

#1282

Elizabeth E. Imber, "Uncertain Empire: Jews, Nationalism, and the Fate of British Imperialism" (Stan...

Following the British conquest of Ottoman Palestine, Jews across the British Empire—from J... more

26 Sep 2025

1 HR 12 MINS

1:12:46

26 Sep 2025

#1281

Paris Papamichos Chronakis, "The Business of Transition: Jewish and Greek Merchants of Salonica from...

[The Business of Transition: Jewish and Greek Merchants of Salonica from Ottoman to Greek ... more

25 Sep 2025

1 HR 11 MINS

1:11:50

25 Sep 2025