Ambika Natarajan discusses her book, *Servants of Culture*, with Sulaiman Ahmed, exploring paternalism, policing, and identity politics in Vienna between 1700 and 1914 in this interview.
13 Feb 2025
Nationalism
Historians Passi Ihalainen, Antero Holmila, Liliya Berezhnaya, and Heidi Hein-Kircher discuss intertwined nationalism and internationalism, plus bulwark myths in East European societies, in a conversation led by Sulaiman Ahmed.
23 Nov 2022
Coffee and Pepsi
Sulaiman Ahmed interviews Andrew Kloiber about coffee's role in East Germany, while Amanda Horn interviews Melissa Oliver-Powell regarding motherhood and politics in British and French film.
27 Sept 2022
Stephen Gudeman
Tom Bonnington interviews Stephen Gudeman, a renowned economic anthropologist, about his new book, Enlightening Encounters, exploring the journeys of an anthropologist.
9 Jun 2022
Journals Special: Girlhood Studies and TURBA
Janine Latham interviews Dr. Ann Smith and Dina Davida about Girlhood Studies and TURBA, exploring insights from Berghahn's journals.
6 Apr 2022
Keith Hart
Anthropologist Keith Hart discusses his life and new book, *Self in the World*, with Tony Mason, exploring themes of identity, society, and the meaning of money in this interview.
8 Mar 2022
Gender in History, Coloniality
Christian Straube discusses material renovation and social change, while Karen Hagemann and Donna Harsch explore entanglements in post-1945 German history, in these interviews about gender and coloniality.
2 Dec 2021
Indigenous Stories, Colonialism, and Play
Authors Emily Aguilo-Perez, Tiina Äikäs, and Anna-Kaisa Salmi explore Indigeneity, colonialism, and play in this interview, revealing insights from the 'Girlhood Studies' journal.
2 Nov 2021
Announcing: Reading Against Racism
Authors featured in Berghahn Books' "Reading Against Racism" collection discuss their contributions and perspectives on race and racism in a series of interviews.
4 Oct 2021
Catastrophe
Series editors discuss with Tony Mason the parallels between human-created disasters and natural phenomena, representation and diversity in Disaster Studies, and future plans for the Berghahn series in this interview.
10 May 2021
Labor
Stephanie Fortado, Raffaella Sarti, and John Greening explore the multifaceted theme of labor through historical analysis, gender perspectives, and poetic expression in this episode.
1 Apr 2021
Humor
Heidi Hakkarainen and Veronika Pehe explore the theme of humor in relation to urban spaces and popular culture, while Colin James shares his poem in this episode about comical modernity.
3 Mar 2021
Transmission
Experts Stewart Anderson, Tríona Ní Shíocháin, Georgia Curran, Carl Devito, and Michael W. Thomas explore transmission through television, poetry, indigenous songs, SETI, and literature, revealing how ideas and culture transcend boundaries in this interview episode.
28 Jan 2021
Crisis
Karena Kalmbach, Mark Schuller, and Jean-Paul Gagnon explore the concept of 'crisis' and its power to ignite transformation, offering insights into moments of intensity; this is an interview episode.
24 Dec 2020
Intimacy
Selcen Küçüküstel, Andrew Dawson, and Simone Dennis explore the reinterpretation of intimacy during pandemic isolation, discussing anthropology, landscape, and personal holiday memories in this interview episode.
2 Dec 2020
Youth
Timothy Shary, Philipp Schröder, Sean Eedy, and editors from Girlhood Studies explore youth through social relations in Kyrgyzstan, East German comic books, and boyhood in film in this interview episode.
29 Oct 2020
Bones
Authors Brian Hoggard and A.E. Garrison explore the theme of bones, both literal and metaphorical, in recognition of Halloween, while Marion McCready shares her poem "Apple Trees" in this episode.
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Ambika Natarajan
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Liliya Berezhnaya
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