New Books in African Studies
Hosted by Miranda Melcher · Marshall Poe
4.6from 65 ratings
- 897
- Episodes
- 57
- Transcribed
- 65
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2008
- First episode
About New Books in African 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/african-studies
- Publisher
- Marshall Poe
- Category
- society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 27 Jun 2008
- Latest episode
- 16 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
57 of 897 episodes have a transcript.
16 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Governing Islam in Austria and Germany, with Farid Hafez
16 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Britain and the Ottoman Maghreb, 1662–1712 with Nat Cutter (Oxford UP, 2026)
11 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The French Médersa: Islamic Education and Empire in Northwest Africa with Samuel D. Anderson (Cornell UP, 2026)
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Governing Islam in Austria and Germany, with Farid Hafez
Published 16 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] There is no awareness around these issues. You know, that obviously also has reasons, right? After 1945, when the time of decolonization happened, Austria tried to position itself as kind of like, you know, being open and in support of decolonization. And that was kind of went hand in hand with the erasure of the colonial past in its public history. recognition in the textbooks, et cetera, et cetera. I think also revealing that a little bit more and going back to that and talking about, most importantly, the legacy on which that still builds, I think that is, on a lot of different levels, I think an important epistemic intervention that has to take place If we really want to decolonize the future, to recognize what are the colonial structures, how are they playing out, and what does that do with our societies? […]
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- Farid Hafez
- Samuel D Anderson
- Elisa Prosperetti
- Samar Abdel-Rahman
- Adam Rovner
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