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New Books in East Asian Studies

Interviews with Scholars of East Asia about their New Books

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Latest episodes

  1. Sima Qian–China’s Grand Historian12 Aug 2026
  2. Hiroshima's Last Witnesses and Japan's Nuclear Future8 Aug 2026
  3. Nozomi Naoi, "The Land of Happiness: How the Japanese Department Store Visualized Modern Life" (MIT Press, 2026)4 Aug 2026
  4. Jonathan Cheng, "Korean Messiah: Kim Il Sung and the Christian Roots of North Korea’s Personality Cult" (Knopf, 2026)4 Aug 2026
  5. City on Fire: A Novel of Hong Kong with Simon Elegant1 Aug 2026
  6. Anthony J. Barbieri-Low, "Parallel Journeys: Eurasian History Through Travelers’ Eyes (400 BCE–1936 CE)" (Cambria, 2025)31 Jul 2026
  7. Isabel Heger-Laube, "China’s Landless Peasants and the Role of State-led Rural Urbanization: Narratives, Meaning Making, and the Puzzle of Social Stability" (Würzberg UP, 2025)31 Jul 2026
  8. The Long Reach of the Strong Arm: Evolving Forms of Transnational Authoritarianism in Asia and Beyond30 Jul 2026
  9. Joe Ngai and Nick Leung, "The Next China Is Still China: An Insider's Playbook for Winning in the New Era" (Scribner, 2026)30 Jul 2026
  10. Stephen G. Covell, "The Teaching and Teachings of Temple Buddhism in Contemporary Japan" (U Hawaii Press, 2024)12 Jul 2026