Prerequisites

In this new series of departmental oral histories, Dr. Gary Hoppenstand sits down with his colleague Dr. Julian Chambliss. 

This episode kicks off our new series of English department oral histories, with Professor Emerita Jyotsna Singh in dialogue with her colleague Professor Steve Deng. 

A conversation with Dr. Kaveh Askari (MSU Film Studies Program) about his new book, Relaying Cinema in Midcentury Iran: Material Cultures in Transit, published by the University of California Press in 2022. Topics include media historiography in Iran, thinking through media objects, piracy and intellectual property, methods for understanding media circulation, unseen technical labor, and maintenance thinking.

A conversation with Dr. Lamar Johnson (MSU English) about his new book, Critical Race English Education: New Visions, New Possibilities, published with Routledge (National Council of Teachers of English) series in 2021. Topics include the motivation for writing this visionary book, the school-to-prison complex, racial justice in educational spaces, loving Blackness, and the impact of #BlackLivesMatter on English Education scholarship.

A conversation with Dr. Juliet Guzzetta (MSU English) about her new book, The Theater of Narration: From the Peripheries of History to the Main Stages of History, published with Northwestern University Press in 2021. The conversation discusses the history of this fascinating genre, the Italian political context of the 1970s, the value of micro-history, and Dr. Guzzetta's approach to archival research.

A conversation with Justus Nieland about his recent book, Happiness by Design: Modernism and Media in the Eames Era (University of Minnesota Press). Our conversation considers shifting views of modernism, film & media studies, and the role of design and industrial film in these, and other, discourses.  Season 1 finale.  Written, engineered, and produced by Zack Kruse. Music by Zack Kruse.

A conversation with Dr. Tamar Boyadjian about Robin Hood, translation, identity, the impact of early modern literature, and her new Robin Hood reader. Written, engineered, and produced by Zack Kruse. Music by Zack Kruse

A conversation with Professors Gordon Henry, LeAnne Howe, Margaret Noodin, and Kimberly Blaeser about Indigenous poetry and their contributions to the exciting new anthology, When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through.  Written, engineered, and produced by Zack Kruse. Music by Zack Kruse.

A conversation with Dr. Zarena Aslami about Afghanistan, race, and literature, and how Victorian Studies is can respond to these critical issues. Written, engineered, and produced by Zack Kruse. Music by Zack Kruse

A conversation with Professor Julian Chambliss about comics, DH, and the comics archive at Michigan State University. Written, hosted, and produced by Zack Kruse Music: "This is Coffee?" - Zack Kruse