The British colonial state in India was defined as much by bureaucracies as it was by military power--ruled not but soldiers but by scribes. 🎙️Hayden J. Bellenoit discusses THE FORMATION of the COLONIAL STATE in INDIA (Routledge History, Heritage Studies & Archaeology) w/Treatied Spaces👇 newbooksnetwork.com/hayden-j-belle…

What are the identity conflicts that define contemporary society? In BREXITLAND (Cambridge University Press - Politics), Maria Sobolewska 🇺🇦 and Robert Ford explore the long term, structural changes impacting British society. Give their conversation with Dave O'Brien a listen ↙️ newbooksnetwork.com/m-sobolewska-a…

On March 27, 1945, a small group of partisans and British soldiers from the elite Special Air Service stormed villas in northern Italy that were serving as the HQ of the German 14th Army. Learn more about CHURCHILL's HELLRAISERS as Damien Lewis joins us👇 newbooksnetwork.com/damien-lewis-c…

Using war to examine the interactions of people who forged shared experiences amid endemic conflict, ATLANTIC WARS (@OUPHistory) is a sweeping synthesis of the intermingling of European, Indigenous & African history. Geoffrey Plank joins Treatied Spaces👇 newbooksnetwork.com/geoffrey-plank…

THE LOCKHART PLOT (@OUPHistory) recounts the story of British diplomat, Bruce Lockhart, sent to Soviet Russia in 1917. Tho' initially seeking some sort of accommodation, he ends up plotting to overthrow the regime. Jonathan Schner joins Daniel Peris👇 newbooksnetwork.com/jonathan-schne…

📘THE CHURCHILL COMPLEX (penguinpress) takes readers on a journey through the "Special Relationship" between Britain and America that has done so much to shape the world, from World War II to Brexit. 🎙️Ian Buruma is Kirk Meighoo's guest on the podcast ↙️ newbooksnetwork.com/ian-buruma-the…

DOUBTFUL READERS offers readings of early modern poets to show that early printings of their work organized their texts in order to make specific points. Find out how poetry was transformed in and sometimes by the move to print as Erin A. McCarthy (not actively using X) joins us↙️ newbooksnetwork.com/erin-a-mccarth…

More than a Puritan, John Winthrop was a settler governor who envisioned New England as a boundlessly fertile, and exploitable, Promised Land. Learn more as Agnès Delahaye discusses SETTLING the GOOD LAND (Brill History) with Krzysztof Odyniec on the podcast ↙️ newbooksnetwork.com/agnes-delahaye…

Showcasing the stories of 25 ordained women, WOMEN in BRITISH BUDDHISM (Routledge Philosophy and Religion) challenges uncritical assumptions about 'Western' women who engage with Buddhist practices. Listen in as Dr Caroline Starkey discusses her research with Olivia Porter ⤵️ newbooksnetwork.com/caroline-stark…

Analyzing writings on political counsel from the end of the Wars of the Roses to the end of the English Civil War, COUNSEL and COMMAND in EARLY MODERN ENGLISH THOUGHT (Cambridge University Press - History) breaks down the relationship between counsel and sovereignty. 👂👇 newbooksnetwork.com/counsel-and-co…

Pleased to have recorded this in-depth podcast with ⁦NB History 📚⁩ ⁦New Books Network (@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social) about my latest book - New Books Network | Joanne Paul, "Counsel and Command in Early Modern English Thought" newbooksnetwork.com/counsel-and-co…

How did public demand shape education in 20th century Britain? THE CRISIS of MERITOCRACY (@OUPHistory) spotlights the conflict between meritocracy and democracy in a complex and fragmented educational system. 👂👂👂Peter Mandler joins Dave O'Brien👇 newbooksnetwork.com/the-crisis-of-…

Just noticed that New Books Network (@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social) already put the podcast on my exiles book online! Always excruciating to listen to the sound of my own voice, but it was definitely a fun thing to do. Thanks to Ryan Tripp! newbooksnetwork.com/the-english-re… Cambridge University Press - Academic Cambridge University Press Bookshop #twitterstorians

New on New Books Network (@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social) my interview with Mark Somos in his brilliant Oxford University Press "American States of Nature: The Origins of Independence, 1761-1775" (Oxford UP, 2019)' NB British Studies megaphone.link/LIT7723642401 History@Hull

The pod is cast: come hear me rant about American States of Nature. With many thanks to the wonderful Charles Prior Treatied Spaces and to New Books Network (@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social)! newbooksnetwork.com/american-state…

When we think of early American political thought, we tend to overlook the influence of the natural environment on the formation of settlement. Listen in as Mark Somos joins Treatied Spaces to discuss AMERICAN STATES of NATURE (@OUPHistory) on the podcast ⬇️ newbooksnetwork.com/american-state…

Last podcast of 2020! 'Donald F. Johnson, "Occupied America: British Military Rule and the Experience of Revolution" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2020)' by New Books in British Studies megaphone.link/LIT6544027842 History@Hull University Relations New Books Network (@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social) NB British Studies

LISTEN: Author Donald F. Johnson discusses his new book OCCUPIED AMERICA on New Books Network (@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social)'s NB British Studies podcast ow.ly/kbmH50D3QFy

Excited to announce the launch of New Books in Irish Studies, an #IrishStudies author-interview podcast channel in the New Books Network (@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social) Hosted by: @meg_smith0913 Averill Earls Aidan Beatty @DCRB24