Episode 04 - Sam Timinsky interviews William Marotti, associate professor at UCLA, about why non-governmental groups resort to political violence. Listen to today's conversation, as Marotti defines "political violence" and explains why political groups - such as the Japanese New Left in the late 1960s - used violence as a strategy of political protest and activism.

Episode 04 - Sam Timinsky interviews William Marotti, associate professor at UCLA, about why non-governmental groups resort to political violence. Listen to today's conversation, as Marotti defines "political violence" and explains why political groups - such as the Japanese New Left in the late 1960s - used violence as a strategy of political protest and activism.

Episode 03b - Joy Block and Galen Poor interview David Fields, deputy director of the Center for the Study of the American Constitution who earned his PhD studying the division of Korea. Enjoy our conversation with him as we look back at the historical context of our North Korea moment and the significance of the past year of developments in North Korean affairs.

Episode 03a - On September 22, 2017, scholars from the University of Wisconsin-Madison held a roundtable discussion about what they called the “North Korea Crisis.” In the months previous, North Korea had reached several milestones in nuclear weapon development, and breakdowns in diplomacy between North Korea and the United States threatened war. The panel included Eunsook Jung (Political Science), Louise Young (History), and Andrew Kydd (Political Science). Hosted by the Center for East Asian Studies.

Episode 03a - On September 22, 2017, scholars from the University of Wisconsin-Madison held a roundtable discussion about what they called the “North Korea Crisis.” In the months previous, North Korea had reached several milestones in nuclear weapon development, and breakdowns in diplomacy between North Korea and the United States threatened war. The panel included Eunsook Jung (Political Science), Louise Young (History), and Andrew Kydd (Political Science). Hosted by the Center for East Asian Studies.

Episode 03b - Joy Block and Galen Poor interview David Fields, deputy director of the Center for the Study of the American Constitution who earned his PhD studying the division of Korea. Enjoy our conversation with him as we look back at the historical context of our North Korea moment and the significance of the past year of developments in North Korean affairs.

Episode 02 -Sam Timinsky interviews Viren Murthy, associate professor of History at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. A specialist in philosophy and politics of modern East Asia, Murthy studies how intellectuals dealt with transformations of the modern world, Buddhists and Marxists alike. From this intellectual history perspective, Murthy gives his answer to our question “What is transnational history.”

Episode 02 -Sam Timinsky interviews Viren Murthy, associate professor of History at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. A specialist in philosophy and politics of modern East Asia, Murthy studies how intellectuals dealt with transformations of the modern world, Buddhists and Marxists alike. From this intellectual history perspective, Murthy gives his answer to our question “What is transnational history.”

Episode 01 - Galen Poor and Evan Wells interview Shelly Chan, associate professor of History at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. A specialist in modern and global China, Chan’s work uncovers the history of Chinese emigres across the South China Sea. From her perspective on diaspora studies, Shelly Chan answers our question: “What is transnational history?”

Episode 01 - Galen Poor and Evan Wells interview Shelly Chan, associate professor of History at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. A specialist in modern and global China, Chan’s work uncovers the history of Chinese emigres across the South China Sea. From her perspective on diaspora studies, Shelly Chan answers our question: “What is transnational history?”