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New Books in Chinese Studies

New Books in Chinese Studies

Interviews with Scholars of China about their New Books

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1,054 episodesEN

Show overview

New Books in Chinese Studies has been publishing since 2011, and across the 15 years since has built a catalogue of 1,054 episodes. That works out to over 1000 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.

Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 44 min and 1h 8m — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Arts show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 6 days ago, with 94 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2022, with 194 episodes published. Published by New Books Network.

Episodes
1,054
Running
2011–2026 · 15y
Median length
58 min
Cadence
Weekly

From the publisher

This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: ⁠newbooksnetwork.com⁠ Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to get informative, engaging content straight to your inbox: ⁠https://newbooksnetwork.substack.com/⁠ Follow us on Instagram and Bluesky to learn about more our latest interviews: @newbooksnetwork Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/chinese-studies

India, China, and Climate Change Governance: Leadership and Responsibility in the Asian Global South with Amit Ranjan and Agnieszka Nitza-Makowska (Routledge, 2026)

Oct 2, 202631 min

Transient Becoming: Self-Improvement and Capitalist Virtuousness in Contemporary China with Gil Hizi (NUS Press, 2026)

Sep 30, 202642 min

Playing with Plays: Drama and Early Modern Chinese Media Ecologies with Yinghui Wu (Brill, 2025)

Sep 25, 20261h 9m

Wave Makers and the Rise of #MeToo in Taiwan: Media, Empathy, and Digital Testimony with Xinling Li (Anthem Press, 2026)

Sep 25, 202632 min

Xiaofei Tian, "Writing Empire and Self: Poetic and Cultural Transformation in Early Medieval China" (Columbia UP, 2026)

Sep 19, 202657 min

Ming-sho Ho, "Be Water: Collective Improvisation in Hong Kong's Anti-Extradition Protests" (Temple University Press, 2025)

Sep 13, 202650 min

Emeka Umejei, "China in African Media: Between Influence Operations and Decolonization" (Bloomsbury, 2026)

Sep 12, 202641 min

Gavin Healy, "A Guide to Mao’s China: Showing the Nation to Foreign Guests" (Cornell UP, 2026)

Sep 11, 20261h 2m

Emily Matson, "China’s Date Debate: How Manchurian Scholars Rewrote World War II" (U Michigan Press, 2026)

Sep 6, 202634 min

Whistling Arrows and Heavenly Horses: The Han-Xiongnu War

Sep 2, 202632 min

Nancy Yunhwa Rao, "Inside Chinese Theater: Community and Artistry in Nineteenth Century California and Beyond" (U Illinois Press, 2025)

Aug 31, 202659 min

Corrado Neri, "Taiwanese Horror Cinema in the 21st Century: Spectral Narratives and Screen Culture" (Anthem Press, 2026)

Aug 30, 202631 min

Catherine S. Chan, "Savage: The Making of Modern Dogs in British Hong Kong" (Cornell UP, 2026)

Aug 29, 202645 min

China Office of Finnish Industries

Aug 27, 202615 min

Yuri Pines, "China's Aristocratic Age: Politics and Power in the Springs-and-Autumns Period" (Princeton UP, 2026)

Aug 27, 202646 min

Chenchen Zhang, "Easting the West: Theorizing the Postliberal Conjuncture from China" (Oxford UP, 2026)

Aug 25, 20261h 10m

Edward Goldring, "Purges: How Dictators Fight to Survive" (Cornell UP, 2026)

Aug 24, 202639 min

Old Lhasa: A Biography of a Sacred City

Aug 23, 202631 min

Mark Leonard, "Surviving Chaos: Geopolitics When the Rules Fail" (Polity Press, 2026)

Aug 22, 20261h 4m

China Comes to Town: Chinese Investment and Local Politics in the U.S. with Emily Conrad

Aug 21, 202650 min
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