# The Harvard Brief

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Official site: https://newbooksnetwork.com
Author: New Books Network
Episodes: 559

## Resource

Interviews with authors of Harvard UP books.

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## Episodes
- [Weipin Tsai, "The Making of China's Post Office: Sovereignty, Modernization, and the Connection of a Nation" (Harvard UP, 2024)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-harvard-brief-7065267/weipin-tsai-the-making-of-china-s-post-office-sovereignty-modernization-and-the-connection-of-a-nation-harvard-up-2024) — 2026-06-03T08:00:00+00:00
- [Matthieu Felt, "Meanings of Antiquity: Myth Interpretation in Premodern Japan" (Harvard UP, 2023)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-harvard-brief-7065267/matthieu-felt-meanings-of-antiquity-myth-interpretation-in-premodern-japan-harvard-up-2023) — 2026-05-25T08:00:00+00:00
- [Alex Averbuch, "Furious Harvests" (Harvard UP, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-harvard-brief-7065267/alex-averbuch-furious-harvests-harvard-up-2026) — 2026-05-22T08:00:00+00:00
- [Raffaele Danna, "The Craft of Indo-Arabic Numerals: How Practical Arithmetic Shaped Commerce and Mathematics in Western Europe, 1200–1600" (Harvard UP, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-harvard-brief-7065267/raffaele-danna-the-craft-of-indo-arabic-numerals-how-practical-arithmetic-shaped-commerce-and-mathematics-in-western-europe-1200-1600-harvard-up-2026) — 2026-04-28T08:00:00+00:00
- [Stephen F. Jones, "The First Social Democracy: The Democratic Republic of Georgia, 1918–1921" (Harvard UP, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-harvard-brief-7065267/stephen-f-jones-the-first-social-democracy-the-democratic-republic-of-georgia-1918-1921-harvard-up-2026) — 2026-04-21T08:00:00+00:00
- [Jim Downs, "Maladies of Empire: How Colonialism, Slavery, and War Transformed Medicine" (Harvard UP, 2023)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-harvard-brief-7065267/jim-downs-maladies-of-empire-how-colonialism-slavery-and-war-transformed-medicine-harvard-up-2023) — 2026-04-21T08:00:00+00:00
- [Rishi Rajpopat, "Panini's Perfect Rule: A Modern Solution to an Ancient Problem in Sanskrit Grammar" (Harvard UP, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-harvard-brief-7065267/rishi-rajpopat-panini-s-perfect-rule-a-modern-solution-to-an-ancient-problem-in-sanskrit-grammar-harvard-up-2025) — 2026-04-09T08:00:00+00:00
- [Peter Mauch, "Tojo: The Rise and Fall of Japan's Most Controversial World War II General" (Harvard UP, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-harvard-brief-7065267/peter-mauch-tojo-the-rise-and-fall-of-japan-s-most-controversial-world-war-ii-general-harvard-up-2026) — 2026-03-31T08:00:00+00:00
- [Entrepreneurial Work Ethic](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-harvard-brief-7065267/entrepreneurial-work-ethic) — 2026-03-16T08:00:00+00:00
- [Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra and Adrian Masters, "The Radical Spanish Empire: How Paperwork Politics Remade the New World" (Harvard UP, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-harvard-brief-7065267/jorge-ca-izares-esguerra-and-adrian-masters-the-radical-spanish-empire-how-paperwork-politics-remade-the-new-world-harvard-up-2026) — 2026-03-13T08:00:00+00:00
- [Guoqi Xu, "The Idea of China: A Contested History" (Harvard UP, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-harvard-brief-7065267/guoqi-xu-the-idea-of-china-a-contested-history-harvard-up-2026) — 2026-03-08T08:00:00+00:00
- [Rian Thum, "Islamic China: An Asian History" (Harvard UP, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-harvard-brief-7065267/rian-thum-islamic-china-an-asian-history-harvard-up-2025) — 2026-03-05T09:00:00+00:00
- [Michelle Jackson, "The Division of Rationalized Labor" (Harvard UP, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-harvard-brief-7065267/michelle-jackson-the-division-of-rationalized-labor-harvard-up-2025) — 2026-02-21T09:00:00+00:00
- [Mélanie Lamotte, "By Flesh and Toil: How Sex, Race, and Labor Shaped the Early French Empire" (Harvard UP, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-harvard-brief-7065267/m-lanie-lamotte-by-flesh-and-toil-how-sex-race-and-labor-shaped-the-early-french-empire-harvard-up-2026) — 2026-02-18T09:00:00+00:00
- [Sugata Bose, "Asia after Europe: Imagining a Continent in the Long Twentieth Century" (Harvard UP, 2024)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-harvard-brief-7065267/sugata-bose-asia-after-europe-imagining-a-continent-in-the-long-twentieth-century-harvard-up-2024) — 2026-02-15T09:00:00+00:00
- [Ruixue Jia et al., "The Highest Exam: How the Gaokao Shapes China" (Harvard UP, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-harvard-brief-7065267/ruixue-jia-et-al-the-highest-exam-how-the-gaokao-shapes-china-harvard-up-2025) — 2026-02-15T09:00:00+00:00
- [Hang Tu, "Sentimental Republic: Chinese Intellectuals and the Maoist Past" (Harvard UP, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-harvard-brief-7065267/hang-tu-sentimental-republic-chinese-intellectuals-and-the-maoist-past-harvard-up-2025) — 2026-02-11T09:00:00+00:00
- [Joshua D. Zimmerman, "Jozef Pilsudski: Founding Father of Modern Poland" (Harvard UP, 2022)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-harvard-brief-7065267/joshua-d-zimmerman-jozef-pilsudski-founding-father-of-modern-poland-harvard-up-2022) — 2026-02-08T09:00:00+00:00
- [Leslie James, "The Moving Word: How the West African and Caribbean Press Shaped Black Political Thought, 1935-1960" (Harvard UP, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-harvard-brief-7065267/leslie-james-the-moving-word-how-the-west-african-and-caribbean-press-shaped-black-political-thought-1935-1960-harvard-up-2025) — 2026-02-06T09:00:00+00:00
- [Jennifer Vail, "Friction: A Biography" (Harvard UP, 2026)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-harvard-brief-7065267/jennifer-vail-friction-a-biography-harvard-up-2026) — 2026-02-03T09:00:00+00:00
- [Peter H. Wilson, "Iron and Blood: A Military History of the German-Speaking Peoples Since 1500" (Harvard UP, 2023)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-harvard-brief-7065267/peter-h-wilson-iron-and-blood-a-military-history-of-the-german-speaking-peoples-since-1500-harvard-up-2023) — 2026-01-31T09:00:00+00:00
- [Rishi Rajpopat, "Panini's Perfect Rule: A Modern Solution to an Ancient Problem in Sanskrit Grammar" (Harvard UP, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-harvard-brief-7065267/rishi-rajpopat-panini-s-perfect-rule-a-modern-solution-to-an-ancient-problem-in-sanskrit-grammar-harvard-up-2025-2) — 2026-01-29T09:00:00+00:00
- [Dagomar Degroot, "Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean: An Environmental History of Our Place in the Solar System" (Harvard UP, 2025)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-harvard-brief-7065267/dagomar-degroot-ripples-on-the-cosmic-ocean-an-environmental-history-of-our-place-in-the-solar-system-harvard-up-2025) — 2026-01-13T09:00:00+00:00
- [Marcy Norton, "The Tame and the Wild: People and Animals after 1492" (Harvard UP, 2024)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-harvard-brief-7065267/marcy-norton-the-tame-and-the-wild-people-and-animals-after-1492-harvard-up-2024) — 2026-01-11T09:00:00+00:00
- [Andrew I. Port, "Never Again: Germans and Genocide After the Holocaust" (Harvard UP, 2023)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-harvard-brief-7065267/andrew-i-port-never-again-germans-and-genocide-after-the-holocaust-harvard-up-2023) — 2026-01-11T09:00:00+00:00

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