On this episode of “Speaking Out of Place” we talk with eminent Middle East historian Joel Beinin on a range of topics that center on the fact that for some scholars, activism and scholarship are not only compatible—they are inextricably linked. Joel will talk about...
In today's show I speak with Richard Falk about his recent autobiography—Public Intellectual: The Life of a Citizen Pilgrim. Falk is Albert G. Milbank Professor Emeritus of International Law at Princeton University (1961-2001) and Chair of Global Law, Faculty of Law,...
Liza is a columnist at Jacobin and The New Republic, as well as a contributing writer at The Nation. In this podcast, Featherstone explains the structural challenges Democrats must overcome in order to meet the needs of ordinary people who are hurting—we discuss...
Interviews with organizers, strikers, and faculty participating in the University of California strike, and their counterparts at the University and College Union strike in the UK give us critical background information on both, talk with us from the front lines, and...
An in-depth interview with scholar, activist, and poet Dr. Persis Karim, director of the Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies at San Francisco State University. Karim provides indispensable background information reaching back to 1979, explains the long history of...
A dialogue between David Kyuman Kim and David Palumbo-Liu at Stanford, on the possibilities, or the impossibility, of doing radical work on race at universities. Is it best to work within the institution, or outside it--and how can we best keep hope alive? The...
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