New Books in German Studies podcast

New Books in German 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/german-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/german-studies

 

#918

Ulinka Rublack, "Dürer's Coats: Renaissance Men and Material Cultures of Social Recognition" (CEU Pr...

Jana Byars meets one of her academic heroes when Ulinka Rublack joins her to talk about  [... more

6 hrs Ago

37 MINS

37:35

6 hrs Ago


#917

Wings of Desire

Wings of Desire (1987) is a film that stays with the viewer; part of how it works is to fl... more

08 Dec 2025

27 MINS

27:07

08 Dec 2025


#916

Anna Nyburg and Charmian Brinson eds., "Refugees from Nazism to Britain in Trade, Industry, and Engi...

[Refugees from Nazism to Britain in Trade, Industry, and Engineering] (https://bookshop.or... more

02 Dec 2025

36 MINS

36:13

02 Dec 2025


#915

Patricia Anne Simpson, "Early Modern Women's Work: Kinship, Community, and Social Justice" (Routledg...

Patricia Anne Simpson joins Jana Byars to talk about  [Early Modern Women's Work: Kinship,... more

30 Nov 2025

59 MINS

59:22

30 Nov 2025


#914

Sebastian Truskolaski, "Adorno and the Ban on Images" (Bloomsbury, 2022)

[Adorno and the Ban on Images] (https://bookshop.org/a/12343/9781350196766)  (Bloomsbury, ... more

26 Nov 2025

58 MINS

58:05

26 Nov 2025


#913

Jochen Hellbeck, "World Enemy No. 1: Nazi Germany, Soviet Russia, and the Fate of the Jews" (Penguin...

In the West, World War II is commonly understood as the Allies’ struggle against Nazism. O... more

25 Nov 2025

1 HR 27 MINS

1:27:51

25 Nov 2025


#912

Marek Kohn, "The Stories Old Towns Tell: A Journey Through Cities at the Heart of Europe" (Yale UP, ...

Historic quarters in cities and towns across the middle of Europe were devastated during t... more

24 Nov 2025

59 MINS

59:34

24 Nov 2025


#911

Karen Auman, "The Good Forest: The Salzburgers, Success, and the Plan for Georgia" (U Georgia Press,...

[The Good Forest: The Salzburgers, Success, and the Plan for Georgia ] (https://bookshop.o... more

20 Nov 2025

50 MINS

50:12

20 Nov 2025


#910

Thomas Fleischman, "Communist Pigs: An Animal History of East Germany's Rise and Fall" (U Washington...

The pig played a fundamental role in the German Democratic Republic's attempts to create a... more

09 Nov 2025

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:29

09 Nov 2025


#909

Jakub Gortat, "Remembering National Socialism in Austrian Post-war Film" (1945-1955) (Brill, 2025)

Entrenched in the myth of being victim of the Nazi aggression, Austrian elites pursued a p... more

29 Oct 2025

39 MINS

39:37

29 Oct 2025


#908

Kenneth G. Appold, "Luther and the Peasants: Religion, Ritual, and the Revolt Of 1525" (Oxford UP, 2...

Kenneth G. Appold joins Jana Byars to talk about his new book,  [Luther and the Peasants] ... more

27 Oct 2025

49 MINS

49:22

27 Oct 2025


#907

Roger Moorhouse, "Wolfpack: Hitler’s U-Boat War 1939-45" (HarperCollins, 2025)

Winston Churchill famously remarked that the threat of the German U-Boats was the only thi... more

26 Oct 2025

1 HR 05 MINS

1:05:15

26 Oct 2025


#906

Stephen Fritz, "The First Soldier: Hitler as a Military Leader" (Yale UP, 2018)

In his new book, [The First Soldier: Hitler as a Military Leader] (http://www.amazon.com/d... more

20 Oct 2025

1 HR 16 MINS

1:16:34

20 Oct 2025


#905

Danny Orbach, "Plots Against Hitler" (Mariner, 2016)

In his new book, [Plots Against Hitler] (http://www.amazon.com/dp/0544714431/?tag=newbooin... more

19 Oct 2025

1 HR 03 MINS

1:03:20

19 Oct 2025


#904

Anthony J. Knowles, "Driving Productivity: Automation, Labor, and Industrial Development in the Unit...

[Driving Productivity: Automation, Labor, and Industrial Development in the United States ... more

09 Oct 2025

46 MINS

46:21

09 Oct 2025


#903

Vartan Matiossian, "The Color of Choice: The Armenians and the Politics of Race in the United States...

The extensive research literature on race has paid little attention to Armenians. Between ... more

06 Oct 2025

1 HR 19 MINS

1:19:09

06 Oct 2025


#902

Marcia C. Schenck, "Remembering African Labor Migration to the Second World: Socialist Mobilities be...

This open access book is about Mozambicans and Angolans who migrated in state-sponsored sc... more

05 Oct 2025

45 MINS

45:23

05 Oct 2025


#901

David M. Whitford, "The Making of a Reformation Man: Martin Luther and the Construction of Masculini...

David Whitford joins Jana Byars to talk about his new book,  [The Making of a Reformation ... more

05 Oct 2025

57 MINS

57:59

05 Oct 2025