In Conversation: An OUP Podcast

Peter Trudgill, “Sociolinguistic Typology: Social Determinants of Linguistic Complexity” (Oxford UP, 2011)

2012/11/18

If you had to bet your life on learning a language in three months, which language would you choose?

Christopher Bush, “Ideographic Modernism: China, Writing, Media” (Oxford UP, 2010)

2012/11/13

Orientalism, the ideograph, and media theory grew up together. In Ideographic Modernism: China, Writ

Anthony Bale, “The Book of Marvels and Travels” (Oxford UP, 2012)

2012/11/2

Anthony Bale‘s new translation of Sir John Mandeville’s classic account is an exciting and engaging

Catherine Jami, “The Emperor’s New Mathematics: Western Learning and Imperial Authority During the Kangxi Reign (1662-1722)” (Oxford UP, 2012)

2012/10/19

Challenging conventional modes of understanding China and the circulation of knowledge within the hi

Jenny Trinitapoli and Alexander Weinreb, “Religion and AIDS in Africa” (Oxford UP, 2012)

2012/10/16

The liberal media in the Western World takes a firm line on how two of the big issues facing Africa

Joshua Miller, “Accented America: The Cultural Politics of Multilingual Modernism” (Oxford UP, 2011)

2012/10/10

Recent political debates around language have often been controversial, sometimes poorly informed, a

Samuel Morris Brown, “In Heaven as it is on Earth: Joseph Smith and the Early Mormon Conquest of Death” (Oxford UP, 2012)

2012/9/26

Every person must confront death; the only question is how that person will do it. In our culture (I

Daniel Kreiss, “Taking Our Country Back: The Crafting of Networked Politics from Howard Dean to Barack Obama” (Oxford UP, 2012)

2012/9/15

Daniel Kreiss is an Assistant Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the Un

Par Cassel, “Grounds of Judgment: Extraterritoriality and Imperial Power in Nineteenth-Century China and Japan” (Oxford UP, 2012)

2012/9/13

Extraterritoriality was not grafted whole onto East Asian societies: it developed over time and in a

Janet Kourany, “Philosophy of Science After Feminism” (Oxford UP, 2010)

2012/9/10

Do social values belong in the sciences? Exploring the relationship between science, society, and po

Paul Weithman, “Why Political Liberalism? On John Rawls’s Political Turn” (Oxford UP, 2010)

2012/8/22

It is difficult to overstate the importance of John Rawls to political and moral philosophy. Yet Raw

Paul Gutjahr, “Charles Hodge: Guardian of American Orthodoxy” (Oxford UP, 2011)

2012/8/11

When I was in Seminary I was assigned many theological tomes to read and one was especially difficul

David Karpf, “The MoveOn Effect: The Unexpected Transformation of American Political Advocacy” (Oxford UP, 2012)

2012/8/10

David Karpf is the author of The MoveOn Effect: The Unexpected Transformation of American Political

Anthony Laden, “Reasoning: A Social Picture” (Oxford UP, 2012)

2012/8/1

According to a view familiar to philosophers, reasoning is a process that occurs within an individua

Mark Haas, “The Clash of Ideologies: Middle Eastern Politics and American Security” (Oxford UP, 2012)

2012/7/18

How do ideologies shape foreign policy? That is question Dr. Mark Haas examines in his new book The

P. Kyle Stanford, “Exceeding Our Grasp: Science, History, and the Problem of Unconceived Alternatives” (Oxford UP, 2006)

2012/7/17

Should we really believe what our best scientific theories tell us about the world, especially about

Helen Steward, “A Metaphysics for Freedom” (Oxford UP, 2012)

2012/7/15

The basic problem of free will is quite simple to pose: do we ever act freely? One of the traditiona

Kok-Chor Tan, “Justice, Institutions, and Luck: The Site, Ground, and Scope of Equality” (Oxford UP, 2012)

2012/7/1

Justice requires that each person gets what he or she deserves. Luck is a matter of good or bad thin

Gregory A. Daddis, “No Sure Victory: Measuring U.S. Army Effectiveness and Progress in the Vietnam War” (Oxford UP, 2011)

2012/6/17

Ask any student or aficionado of the Vietnam War (1965-1972) for a top ten list of artifacts “unique

Trevor Getz and Liz Clarke, “Abina and the Important Men: A Graphic History” (Oxford UP, 2012)

2012/6/8

Imagine this: a young African girl, barefoot but wearing a dress and head wrap, clenches her fists a

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