Beyond Pages: A SUNY Press Podcast

Interviews with authors of SUNY Press books.

Episodes

Total: 107

David Chai, "Zhuangzi and the Becoming of Nothingness" (SUNY Press, 2018)
2020/11/20

Zhuangzi and the Becoming of Nothingness (SUNY Press, 2018) offers a radical rereading of the Daoist

V. Nesfield and P. Smith, "The Struggle for Understanding: Elie Wiesel's Literary Works" (SUNY Press, 2019)
2020/11/11

An in-depth look at Elie Wiesel’s writings, from his earliest works to his final novels. Elie Wiesel

E. Bazzano and M. Hermansen, "Varieties of American Sufism" (SUNY Press, 2020)
2020/9/18

Sufism in America is now a developed sub-field of study that exists at the intersection of Islamic S

Ezra Cappell and Jessica Lang, "Off the Derech: Leaving Orthodox Judaism" (SUNY Press, 2020)
2020/9/11

Off the Derech: Leaving Orthodox Judaism (SUNY Press, 2020), edited by Ezra Cappell and Jessica Lang

Arti Dhand, "Woman as Fire, Woman as Sage: Sexual Ideology in the Mahabharata" (SUNY Press, 2008)
2020/8/24

The Hindu tradition has held conflicting views on womanhood from its earliest texts—holding women al

Duane Tananbaum, "Herbert H. Lehman: A Political Biography" (SUNY Press, 2017)
2020/8/14

Over the course of three decades of public service, Herbert Lehman dedicated himself tirelessly to a

Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger, “Material Acts in Everyday Hindu Worlds” (SUNY Press, 2020)
2020/7/22

In her fascinating book, Material Acts in Everyday Hindu Worlds (SUNY Press, 2020), Joyce Flueckiger

Yitzhak Lewis, "Permanent Beginning: R. Nachman of Braslav and Jewish Literary Modernity" (SUNY Press, 2020)
2020/6/29

The Hasidic leader R. Nachman of Braslav (1772–1810) has held a place in the Jewish popular imaginat

Steven J. L. Taylor, "Exiles, Entrepreneurs, and Educators: African Americans in Ghana" (SUNY Press, 2019)
2020/6/24

African Americans have a long history of emigration. In Exiles, Entrepreneurs, and Educators: Africa

Björn Krondorfer, "The Holocaust and Masculinities: Critical Inquiries into the Presence and Absence of Men" (SUNY Press, 2020)
2020/5/26

In recent decades, scholarship has turned to the role of gender in the Holocaust, but rarely has it

Brian Collins, "The Other Rāma: Matricide and Genocide in the Mythology of Paraśurāma" (SUNY Press, 2020)
2020/5/4

Brian Collins' book The Other Rāma Matricide and Genocide in the Mythology of Paraśurāma (SUNY Press

Kimberly Meltzer, “From News to Talk: The Expansion of Opinion and Commentary in U.S. Journalism” (SUNY Press, 2019)
2020/2/12

From talking heads on cable news to hot takes online, there seems to be more opinion than ever in jo

Filippo Marsili, "Heaven Is Empty: A Cross-Cultural Approach to 'Religion' and Empire in Ancient China" (SUNY Press, 2018)
2020/1/17

Heaven Is Empty: A Cross-Cultural Approach to 'Religion' and Empire in Ancient China (SUNY Press, 20

Lori Gemeiner-Bihler, "Cities of Refuge: German Jews in London and New York, 1935-1945" (SUNY Press, 2019)
2020/1/16

In the years following Hitler’s rise to power, German Jews faced increasingly restrictive antisemiti

Christopher Lovins, "King Chŏngjo: An Enlightened Despot in Early Modern Korea" (SUNY Press, 2019)
2020/1/6

Though traditionally regarded as a monarch who failed to arrest the gradual decline of his kingdom,

Rebecca Janzen, "Liminal Sovereignty: Mennonites and Mormons in Mexican Culture" (SUNY Press, 2018)
2019/6/21

Liminal Sovereignty: Mennonites and Mormons in Mexican Culture (SUNY Press, 2018) examines the lives

Christopher J. Galdieri, "Stranger in a Strange State: The Politics of Carpetbagging from Robert Kennedy to Scott Brown" (SUNY Press, 2019)
2019/5/31

Chris Galdieri has written an engaging analysis of carpetbagging in American politics. Stranger in a

Anthony Nownes, "Organizing for Transgender Rights: Collective Action, Group Development, and the Rise of a New Social Movement" (SUNY Press, 2019)
2019/4/9

Hard won transgender rights have been under attack by the Trump administration. Officials across gov

Darren Barany, "The New Welfare Consensus: Ideological, Political and Social Origins" (SUNY Press, 2018)
2019/3/8

The 1996 repeal of Aid to Families with Dependent Children -- the New Deal-era relief program for po

Oded Nir, "Signatures of Struggle: The Figuration of Collectivity in Israeli Fiction" (SUNY Press, 2018)
2019/2/22

Signatures of Struggle: The Figuration of Collectivity in Israeli Fiction (SUNY Press, 2018) offers