Episode 15 - Justin Tse discusses the trans-Pacific lives of Cantonese Protestants, his approach to the study of Asian American history and religion, and the 2014 Hong Kong Umbrella Movement.

Galen Poor and Joshua Tan interview Joseph Ho about his intersecting interests in the modern history of Christianity in China and the history of photography. Learn about cultural encounters between Americans and China in the early twentieth century, the unique position of American missionaries in early twentieth century China, the history of photography and film-making in China, and how photographs and other visual materials are a rich and unique archival source to do history.

Joseph Ho is an Assistant Professor of History at Albion College. He completed his PhD in history from the University of Michigan in 2017. Ho is the co-editor of War and Occupation in China: The Letters of an American Missionary from Hangzhou, 1937-1938.

Episode 13 - Philip Cerepak and Galen Poor interview PhD candidate Kathleen Gutierrez of the University of California-Berkeley about the politics of nomenclature and binomial naming systems for plants in the Philippines during the early twentieth century. Learn about colonialism and science, the relationship between local and Western naming systems, and how Filipino scientists attuned themselves to global naming conventions for plants.

Episode 13 - Philip Cerepak and Galen Poor interview PhD candidate Kathleen Gutierrez of the University of California-Berkeley about the politics of nomenclature and binomial naming systems for plants in the Philippines during the early twentieth century. Learn about colonialism and science, the relationship between local and Western naming systems, and how Filipino scientists attuned themselves to global naming conventions for plants.

Episode 12 - Galen Poor and Aijie Shi interview Tom Mullaney, Professor of Chinese History at Stanford University. He discusses how thinking about technology changes how we understand Asian and global history. Learn about grand narratives in the history of science, the importance of studying low-impact inventions, and how systems of knowledge, practice and politics are embodied in everyday technologies.

Episode 12 - Galen Poor and Aijie Shi interview Tom Mullaney, Professor of Chinese History at Stanford University. He discusses how thinking about technology changes how we understand Asian and global history. Learn about grand narratives in the history of science, the importance of studying low-impact inventions, and how systems of knowledge, practice and politics are embodied in everyday technologies.

Episode 11 - Galen Poor and Phillip Cerepak interview Lin Li, a PhD Candidate at UW-Madison. She discusses the politics of historical memory around Comfort Women in East Asia. Learn how the efforts of Comfort Women activists have always crossed national boundaries, flummoxing ideas like national tragedy and memory.

Episode 11 - Galen Poor and Phillip Cerepak interview Lin Li, a PhD Candidate at UW-Madison. She discusses the politics of historical memory around Comfort Women in East Asia. Learn how the efforts of Comfort Women activists have always crossed national boundaries, flummoxing ideas like national tragedy and memory.

Episode 10 - Galen Poor and Joy Block interview Madihah Akhter, a Ph.D Candidate in History at Stanford University. Akhter shares a fascinating set of stories about the Begum of Bhopal, Shah Jahan - a powerful female sultan of one of India's princely states. As Indians across the British Empire conceptualized independence for India, the Begum offered a vision that prioritized Islamic femininity and princely power.

Episode 10 - Galen Poor and Joy Block interview Madihah Akhter, a Ph.D Candidate in History at Stanford University. Akhter shares a fascinating set of stories about the Begum of Bhopal, Shah Jahan - a powerful female sultan of one of India's princely states. As Indians across the British Empire conceptualized independence for India, the Begum offered a vision that prioritized Islamic femininity and princely power.