Discussions on Open Access: Frankenbook and OA Publishing
In the first of four episodes in the MITP Open Access series, Travis Rich, PubPub co-founder and project lead, speaks with Edward Finn, founding director of the Center for Science and the Imagination ...
9 Apr 202321min
“I did It for The Uplift of Humanity and The Navy”: Same-Sex Acts and The Origins of The National Security State, 1919–1921
Sherry Zane, Associate Director of the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program at the University of Connecticut, discusses her recent article, “’I did It for The Uplift of Humanity and The Navy...
8 Apr 202318min
Sympathy for the Traitor: A Translation Manifesto
Mark Polizzotti translates authors from Patrick Modiano to Gustave Flaubert. In this episode, Polizzotti demystifies the process of translation and demonstrates its capacity for art. Beginning with th...
7 Apr 202321min
This is My Body: Communion and Cannibalism in Colonial New England and New France
Carla Cevasco, Assistant Professor of American Studies at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, discusses her recent article, "This is My Body: Communion and Cannibalism in Colonial New England...
6 Apr 202323min
Taming the Sun: Innovations to Harness Solar Energy and Power the Planet
This episode features an interview with MIT Press author Varun Sivaram about his new book Taming the Sun. Varun Sivaram is the Philip D. Reed Fellow for Science and Technology at the Council on Foreig...
5 Apr 202323min
Feeling and Smelling a Virtual Donut
“…Using VR scent, touch, and sight to alter the subjective experience of taste is going to be very large project; not just an academic project but also for those in the food industry.” Does feeling an...
4 Apr 202316min
Rhea Myers, "Proof of Work: Blockchain Provocations 2011-2021" (MIT Press, 2023)
NFT, BTC, DAO, ETH, WAGMI, HODL. It would have been hard to avoid these acronyms only a year ago. The hype around cryptocurrencies and blockchain art was almost as annoying as the glee with which cryp...
3 Apr 20231h 18min
Thresholds 46: SCATTER!
Anne Graziano and Eliyahu Keller, editors of Thresholds 46: SCATTER!, talk about the mission of the journal; the making of the SCATTER! issue; the role of student journals; and how to make architectur...
3 Apr 202319min
