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Tristan G. Brown, "Laws of the Land: Fengshui a...
An interview with Tristan G. Brown
54 min
402
Humanitarian Issues of Immigration in Japan: Fr...
An discussion with Yoko Demelius and Sara Park
27 min
403
Susan Blumberg-Kason, "Bernardine's Shanghai Sa...
An interview with Susan Blumberg-Kason
36 min
404
Genealogies of Modernity Episode 2: What Is Mod...
We often think of modernity as a distinct time period in history – one that is said to start at different places, but which always includes us. Yet people have been claiming to be modern since at least the third century BC.
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Lawrence Zhang, "Power for a Price: The Purchas...
An interview with Lawrence Zhang
56 min
406
Book Chat: Eco-translation from Taiwan and Wu M...
29 min
407
Empires of the Steppes: A History of the Nomadi...
An interview with Kenneth W. Harl
55 min
408
Shuchen Xiang, "Chinese Cosmopolitanism: The Hi...
An interview with Shuchen Xiang
86 min
409
Henrietta Harrison, "The Perils of Interpreting...
An interview with Henrietta Harrison
58 min
410
Jeffrey Angles, ed., "Godzilla and Godzilla Rai...
An interview with Jeffrey Angles
35 min
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Andrew Monaghan and Richard Connolly. "The Sea ...
An interview with Andrew Monaghan
60 min
412
Harry Harootunian, "Archaism and Actuality: Jap...
An interview with Harry Harootunian
46 min
413
Sauna Culture in Japan
A Discussion with Eetu-Antti Hartikainen
26 min
414
Kimberley Ens Manning, "The Party Family: Revol...
An interview with Kimberley Ens Manning
116 min
415
Kai Jun Chen, "Porcelain for the Emperor: Manuf...
An interview with Kai Jun Chen
64 min
416
Emily H. C. Chua, "The Currency of Truth: Newsm...
An interview with Emily H. C. Chua
63 min
417
A Chinese-American Buddhist Healer (Pierce Salg...
53 min
418
Huwy-min Lucia Liu, "Governing Death, Making Pe...
An interview with Huwy-min Lucia Liu
149 min
419
Wu Jieh-min, "Rival Partners: How Taiwanese Ent...
Wu Jieh-min
81 min
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Fuchsia Dunlop, "Invitation to a Banquet: The S...
An interview with Fuchsia Dunlop
59 min
421
Gitte Marianne Hansen and Fabio Gygi, "The Work...
An interview with Gitte Marianne Hansen and Fabio Gygi
35 min
422
David Veevers, "The Great Defiance: How the Wor...
An interview with David Veevers
78 min
423
Timothy Brook, "The Price of Collapse: The Litt...
An interview with Timothy Brook
59 min
424
Akiko Takeyama, "Involuntary Consent: The Illus...
An interview with Akiko Takeyama
55 min
425
Mingwei Song, "Fear of Seeing: A Poetics of Chi...
An interview with Mingwei Song
69 min