This podcast intends to contribute to public education by offering listeners thorough and serious conversations on topics in international history and the history of international relations. It features interviews with authors of new monographs and recent books by historians and specialists.
Jelmer Vos, *Coffee and Colonialism in Angola 1820-1960*. Suffolk, UK: James Currey, 2025.
This book delivers a compelling reexamination of Angola's colonial past and labor systems, focusing on how coffee cultivation—the nation's premier export—shaped one of Africa's most enduring commercial zones south of the Sahara. In the post-World War II era, Angola ascended to become a global coffee powerhouse, supplying robusta varieties that proved indispensable to mainstream coffee blends and instant coffee products consumed by millions worldwide. Yet beneath every cup of Angolan robusta c...
16 Sept 2026
Lu Ann Homza, *The Cambridge Companion to the Spanish Inquisition*. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2026.
Spanning from its establishment in 1478 to its final dissolution in 1834, the Spanish Inquisition stands as one of history's most infamous institutions, widely recognized for fueling religious and racial persecution. Yet the Spaniards themselves did not create its legal structure or its core mission—the reconciliation of heretics with the Catholic Church. This authoritative scholarly work brings together leading international researchers who critically examine the institution's origins, legal...
1 Sept 2026
Ellinor Morack, *The Dowry of the State?: The Politics of Abandoned Property and the Population Exchange in Turkey, 1921-1945*. Bamberg, Germany: University of Bamberg Press, 2017.
In 1922, the Greeks and the remaining Armenians in what is now Turkey were forced to leave their homeland, and the properties they left behind were termed "abandoned property" (emval-i metruke). This legal designation implied that the absent owners still held their property rights and were represented by the state. However, in practice, their homes, lands, and belongings were confiscated. These assets were repurposed to satisfy the immediate housing needs of the remaining population, distribu...
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