Dorothy Liebes, the “Mother of Modern Weaving”
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In Conversation with Susan Brown and Alexa Griffith Winton.
What Do The Beatles and Measurement Have in Common?
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In this episode of the Yale University Press Podcast, we talk with renowned physicist Piero Martin about his new book, The Seven Measures of the World.”
California’s History of Slavery and Slave Revolts
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In this episode of the Yale University Press Podcast, we talk with Jean Pfaelzer, author of California, a Slave State. California, a Slave State is a survey of the untold history of slavery and resistance in California, from the Spanish missions, indentured Native American ranch hands, Indian boarding schools, Black miners, kidnapped Chinese prostitutes, and convict laborers to victims of modern trafficking.
Witold Rybczynski and Hugh Pearman on Architecture
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The two distinguished historians and critics of architecture compare the approaches they take in their new books.
Understanding Art Through the History of Pigments
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A Conversation with Kelly Grovier about his new book, The Art of Colour.
The Traumatic Tales of E. T. A. Hoffmann
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A Conversation with artist Natalie Frank and translator Jack Zipes
The Unknown Story of American Slavers
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In this episode of the Yale University Press podcast, we talk with Sean M. Kelley about his new book, American Slavers: Merchants, Mariners, and the Transatlantic Commerce in Captives, 1644-1865.
The Art of Reading Landscapes with Noah Charney
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In this episode of the Yale University Press Podcast, we talk with conservation biologist Noah Charney about his new book, These Trees Tell a Story: The Art of Reading Landscapes.
Historian of Abolition R. J. M. Blackett on Samuel Ringgold Ward
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This episode of our podcast features a conversation with historian R.J.M. Blackett about the 19th century newspaper editor, Congregational minister, and temperance advocate Samuel Ringgold Ward. Despite Ward’s prominent role in the abolitionist movement, his story has been lost because of the decades he spent in exile. In Samuel Ringgold Ward: A Life of Struggle, R. J. M. Blackett rediscovers a pivotal figure in Black history and his importance and influence in the struggle against slavery and discrimination.
A conversation with John Darlington about his new book, Amongst the Ruins: Why Civilizations Collapse and Communities Disappear
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The archaeologist shares compelling stories of ruins and lost civilizations, from the Garamantes of ancient northern Africa to Port Royal, Jamaica to Rapa Nui.