S01E01 15past15 is a new podcast which discusses how the past is made, and by whom. Its

first season focuses on history and history-writing in East Asia, from the sixteenth century to today.

Interviewees debate Confucius’s comeback, the Chinese Renaissance, the Eurasian Republic of

Letters, the Columbus of Japan, the methodologies and writing of global history, and much more—all

in a fifteen-minute format (more or less). Interviews will be released weekly.