Writing a History of Ignorance
April 30, 2024
Peter Burke— Since the 1990s, a new kind of history has been flourishing: the history of knowledge—or better, the history of different kinds of knowledge, knowledges in the plural. Turning… READ MORE
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Ep. 135 – What’s in a Building?
In this episode, British architect Charles Holland explores the methods and importance of experiencing architecture in our everyday lives, the subject of his new book, How to Enjoy Architecture: A… READ MORE
Between Memory and History
April 26, 2024
Ward Toward is the 118th volume in the Yale Series of Younger Poets, in which Cindy Juyoung Ok moves assuredly between spaces—from the psych ward to a prison cell, from… READ MORE
Fashion or Function?
April 24, 2024
Rachel S. Gross— In the 1970s, outdoor clothing and equipment catalogs were full of products that might have seemed completely unrelated to the outdoors a decade earlier. One old-school REI… READ MORE
The Elusive Archive
April 23, 2024
Despina Stratigakos— How I wish this book had existed when I was a student pursuing the fugitive histories of women architects! In the 1990s publications on women in architecture were… READ MORE
We Can’t Innovate Our Way Out of Ecocide
April 22, 2024
Gregory M. Thaler— Palm oil is the world’s most traded vegetable oil, popping up in everything from ice cream to packaged bread to lipstick. This global glut of cheap palm-based… READ MORE
Cannabis and Hashish in the West: The Colonial Origins
April 20, 2024
Mike Jay— The first sustained interaction between the modern West and the hashish eaters of the Arab world occurred during Napoleon’s invasion of Egypt in 1798, which culminated in a… READ MORE
Burning With Passion: Selected Poems from Catullus
April 19, 2024
Stephen Mitchell, who is known for bringing ancient texts to vibrant new life, has now translated Catullus’s poems for a new generation of readers in Catullus: Selected Poems. Join us as… READ MORE
Ep. 134—The Therapeutic Benefits of Reading Greek Tragedy
April 15, 2024
In this episode of the Yale University Press podcast, we talk with award-winning classicist Edith Hall about her new book, Facing Down the Furies: Suicide, the Ancient Greeks, and Me. Subscribe: Apple… READ MORE
Selected Poems From The Earth in the Attic
April 12, 2024
In The Earth in the Attic, Fady Joudah, a Palestinian-American physician, explores big themes—identity, war, religion, what we hold in common—while never losing sight of the quotidian, the specific. Join us as… READ MORE
Writing a History of Ignorance