Asia, Dao, and Rock & Roll: Professor Andrew Meyer

Germany, War Crimes, and Cinema: Professor Steven Remy

Micah's interview with Professor Remy went very well, no thanks to Carter. Professor Steven Remy has taught modern European history at Brooklyn College and the CUNY Graduate Center since 2002. He earned his BA from Miami University and his MA and PhD from Ohio University. He teaches courses in modern European and German history, Nazi Germany, the politics and culture of memory in 20th-century Europe, colonial wars, and historical methodology. He is the author of The Heidelberg Myth: The Nazification and Denazification of a German University, The Malmedy Massacre: The War Crimes Trial Controversy, Adolf Hitler: A Reference Guide to His Life and Works, and War Crimes: Law, Politics, & Armed Conflict in the Modern World. He appears as a commentator in the National Geographic documentary series, Hitler: the Lost Tapes of The Third Reich, streaming on Hulu. Artwork by Layal Suliaman Music by Nate Sander

Graffiti, Bread, and 70s Punk: Professor Karen Stern

Carter had an engaging talk with Professor Karen Stern and to be honest, Micah kind of dropped the ball here Professor Karen Stern is an award-winning author who draws from fields of archaeology, anthropology, history and religion to research the daily lives and material cultures of Jews of the ancient Mediterranean, Arabia and Mesopotamia. She earned an A.B. in Classics at Dartmouth College, Ph.D. in Religious Studies at Brown University and has conducted field research in Greece, the Middle East and North Africa with grants, fellowships and residencies from National Endowment for the Humanities, Council of American Overseas Research Centers, and the Getty Villa. She is the author of Inscribing Devotion and Death: Archaeological Evidence for Jewish Populations of North Africa, Writing on the Wall: Graffiti and the Forgotten Jews of Antiquity, which won a 2020 Schnitzer Book Award, and co-editor of With the Loyal You Show Yourself Loyal: Essays on Relationships in the Hebrew Bible in Honor of Saul M. Olyan. The Daily Beast, Atlas Obscura, NPR, and The Guardian have all featured her work and her current book project considers Jewish history through the senses.  Artwork by Layal Suliaman Music by Nate Sander

Life In Technicolor: Professor Brigid O'Keeffe

Micah had an outstanding conversation with Professor O'Keeffe. Carter did alright, but was kind of a liability.  Professor Brigid O'Keeffe is a historian of late imperial Russia and the Soviet Union. She received her BA from Ohio University and her PhD from NYU. She is the author of The Multiethnic Soviet Union and its Demise, Esperanto and Languages of Internationalism in Revolutionary Russia, and New Soviet Gypsies: Nationality, Performance, and Selfhood in the Early Soviet Union. She is currently at work on her next book, The Family Litvinov: A History of the Twentieth Century. Artwork by Layal Suliaman Music by Nate Sander

Asia, Dao, and Rock & Roll: Professor Andrew Meyer

Carter talked with Professor Andrew Meyer. Was Micah there? Professor Andrew Meyer is a historian of the intellectual history of ancient and medieval China and teaches courses on all eras of East Asian history. He received his BA from Brown University and his PhD from Harvard. He is the author of The Dao of the Military: Liu An's Art of War and is the co-author of The Huainanzi: A Guide to the Theory and Practice of Government in Early Han China. Artwork by Layal Suliaman Music by Nate Sander

Monks, Ricotta, and Magisterial Feminae: Professor Lauren Mancia

Micah and Professor Mancia had an enlightening discussion while Carter was doing something else idk. Professor Lauren Mancia is a historian of medieval Christian devotional practices. She received her BA from Columbia University, her MA from University of Toronto, and her PhD from Yale. She is the author of Emotional Monasticism: Affective Piety in the Eleventh-Century Monastery of John of Fécamp and Meditation and Prayer in the Eleventh- and Twelfth-Century Monastery: Struggling Toward God. She is also a lecturer at the Met Cloisters and will be a Visiting Scholar in the Performance Studies Dept. at NYU. Artwork by Layal Suliaman Music by Nate Sander