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| A Spotlight on Native American Language and Religion – Episode 89 – The Oxford Comment | 28 Nov 2023 | 00:51:32 | |
On today’s episode of The Oxford Comment, the last for 2023, we spotlight two aspects of Native American culture that transcend tribe and nation and have been the recent focus of OUP scholars: language and religious beliefs. For our first interview, we were joined by Rosemarie Ostler, author of The United States of English: The American Language from Colonial Times to the Twenty-First Century, to speak about the Native American English dialect, how English became more widely spoken amongst Native Americans, and current programs to preserve Native American languages. We then spoke with Gregory Shushan, author of Near-Death Experience in Indigenous Religions, about near-death experiences, Native American myths, shamanism, and religious revitalization movements across indigenous cultures in North America. For more information on The United States of English, check out: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-united-states-of-english-9780197647295 A PDF transcript for this episode can be found here: https://oxfordacademic.blubrry.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/The-Oxford-Comment-Episode-89-transcript.pdf Please subscribe to The Oxford Comment through your favourite podcast app to listen to the latest insights from our expert authors: The Oxford Comment Crew: Music: Filaments by Podington Bear is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. © Oxford University Press | |||
| Infrastructure, Public Policy, and the Anthropocene – Episode 88 – The Oxford Comment | 31 Oct 2023 | 00:47:09 | |
On today’s episode of The Oxford Comment, we discuss the state of human infrastructure in the Anthropocene with a particular focus on how research can best be used to inform public policy. First, we welcomed Patrick Harris, co-editor-in-chief of the new transdisciplinary journal, Oxford Open Infrastructure and Health, to speak about the aims and scopes of OOIH, how OOIH is poised to meet the challenges of the Anthropocene, and the kind of research the editors are seeking. We then interviewed Jonathan Pickering, co-author of The Politics of the Anthropocene, the winner of the 2019 Clay Morgan Award Committee for Best Book in Environmental Political Theory. We spoke with him about how the shift from the Holocene to the Anthropocene has affected our core infrastructure systems and how good governance can help us mitigate the many challenges we’ll face in the future For more information on Oxford Open Infrastructure and Health, check out: https://academic.oup.com/ooih A PDF transcript for this episode can be found here: https://oxfordacademic.blubrry.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/The-Oxford-Comment-Episode-88-transcript.pdf Please subscribe to The Oxford Comment through your favourite podcast app to listen to the latest insights from our expert authors: The Oxford Comment Crew: Music: Filaments by Podington Bear is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. © Oxford University Press | |||
| Mind the Gap: The Growth in Economic Inequality – Episode 79 – The Oxford Comment | 31 Jan 2023 | 00:49:04 | |
On today’s episode, the first for 2023, we spoke with Chris Howard, author of Who Cares: The Social Safety Net in America, and Tom Malleson, author of Against Inequality: The Practical and Ethical Case for Abolishing the Superrich, on the social safety net, the ethical implications of extreme wealth, and what steps can be taken to achieve economic equality. How can we address such financial distress and inequity, and how might we go about enacting more permanent resolution? Please check out Episode 79 of The Oxford Comment and subscribe to The Oxford Comment through your favourite podcast app to listen to the latest insights from our expert authors: The Oxford Comment Crew: Music: Filaments by Podington Bear is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. © Oxford University Press | |||
| Looking Into Space – Episode 78 – The Oxford Comment | 29 Nov 2022 | 00:48:06 | |
On the last episode of The Oxford Comment for 2022, we’re looking at what the James Webb Space Telescope means to our understanding of the universe. The questions are big, the area is even bigger, and we are delighted to be joined by two eminent fellows from the Royal Astronomical Society, Claudia Maraston and Jonathan Tennyson, to review this expansive subject. Claudia Maraston is Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Portsmouth, and an expert in theoretical astrophysics, in particular the calculation of theoretical spectra for stellar populations. She also sits on the editorial board of Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Jonathan Tennyson is Massey Professor of Physics at University College London, and specialises in the accurate quantum mechanical treatments of both the spectroscopy and collision properties of small molecules, with an emphasis on the provision of data for other research areas. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of the Open Access Royal Astronomical Society Techniques & Instruments. Please check out Episode 78 of The Oxford Comment and subscribe to The Oxford Comment through your favourite podcast app to listen to the latest insights from our expert authors: The Oxford Comment Crew: Music: Filaments by Podington Bear is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. © Oxford University Press | |||
| Egyptology at the Turn of the Century – Episode 77 – The Oxford Comment | 25 Oct 2022 | 00:33:07 | |
On November 1, 1922 Egyptologist Howard Carter and his team of excavators began digging in a previously undisturbed plot of land in the Valley of the Kings. For decades, archaeologists had searched for the tomb of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun with no success, and that November was to be Carter’s final attempt to locate the lost treasures. What Carter ultimately discovered—the iconic sarcophagus, the mummy that inspired whispers of a curse, and the thousands of precious artifacts—would shape Egyptian politics, the field of archaeology, and how museums honor the past for years to come. On today’s episode, we discuss the legacy of early 20th century Egyptology to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb. First, we welcomed Bob Brier—one of the world’s foremost Egyptologist, and an expert in mummies who is one of a few scholars who have had the opportunity to investigate Tutankhamun’s mummy—as he discusses his new book Tutankhamun and the Tomb that Changed the World and the 100 years of research that have taken place since the tomb’s discovery. We then spoke with Peter Der Manuelian, the author of Walking Among Pharaohs: George Reisner and the Dawn of Modern Egyptology, to discuss Reisner’s life, the rise of American Archaeology in Egypt, and the archeological field’s involvement in nationalism and colonialism. Please check out Episode 77 of The Oxford Comment and subscribe to The Oxford Comment through your favourite podcast app to listen to the latest insights from our expert authors: The Oxford Comment Crew: Music: Filaments by Podington Bear is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. © Oxford University Press On November 1, 1922 Egyptologist Howard Carter and his team of excavators began digging in a previously undisturbed plot of land in the Valley of the Kings. For decades, archaeologists had searched for the tomb of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun with no success, and that November was to be Carter’s final attempt to locate the lost treasures. What Carter ultimately discovered—the iconic sarcophagus, the mummy that inspired whispers of a curse, and the thousands of precious artifacts—would shape Egyptian politics, the field of archaeology, and how museums honor the past for years to come. On today’s episode, we discuss the legacy of early 20th century Egyptology to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb. First, we welcomed Bob Brier—one of the world’s foremost Egyptologist, and an expert in mummies who is one of a few scholars who have had the opportunity to investigate Tutankhamun’s mummy—as he discusses his new book Tutankhamun and the Tomb that Changed the World and the 100 years of research that have taken place since the tomb’s discovery. We then spoke with Peter Der Manuelian, the author of Walking Among Pharaohs: George Reisner and the Dawn of Modern Egyptology, to discuss Reisner’s life, the rise of American Archaeology in Egypt, and the archeological field’s involvement in nationalism and colonialism. Please check out Episode 77 of The Oxford Comment and subscribe to The Oxford Comment through your favourite podcast app to listen to the latest insights from our expert authors: The Oxford Comment Crew: Music: Filaments by Podington Bear is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. © Oxford University Press | |||
| Distrust in Institutions: Past, Present, and Future – Episode 76 – The Oxford Comment | 27 Sep 2022 | 00:50:11 | |
Research shows that American distrust in government, scientists, and media has reached new heights, and this distrust in institutions is reflected in much of the world. In his play, Orestes, Euripides opines, “When one with honeyed words but evil mind persuades the mob, great woes befall the state.” Might we still overcome this onslaught of misinformation and preserve our trust in the very institutions that have governed and enriched us, in some form or another, for centuries? On today’s episode of The Oxford Comment, we spoke with Brian Levack, author of “Distrust of Institutions in Early Modern Britain and America”, Robert Faris, co-author of “Network Propaganda: Manipulation, Disinformation, and Radicalization in American Politics”, and Tom Nichols, author of “Our Own Worst Enemy: The Assault from within on Modern Democracy” and “The Death of Expertise: The Campaign against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters”, to discuss the past, present, and future of institutional distrust, with a particular focus on the contentious 2016 and 2020 US presidential elections. Learn more about Brian Levack and “Distrust of Institutions in Early Modern Britain and America” here: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/distrust-of-institutions-in-early-modern-britain-and-america-9780192847409 Please check out Episode 76 of The Oxford Comment and subscribe to The Oxford Comment through your favourite podcast app to listen to the latest insights from our expert authors: The Oxford Comment Crew: Music: Filaments by Podington Bear is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. © Oxford University Press Research shows that American distrust in government, scientists, and media has reached new heights, and this distrust in institutions is reflected in much of the world. In his play, Orestes, Euripides opines, “When one with honeyed words but evil mind persuades the mob, great woes befall the state.” Might we still overcome this onslaught of misinformation and preserve our trust in the very institutions that have governed and enriched us, in some form or another, for centuries? On today’s episode of The Oxford Comment, we spoke with Brian Levack, author of “Distrust of Institutions in Early Modern Britain and America”, Robert Faris, co-author of “Network Propaganda: Manipulation, Disinformation, and Radicalization in American Politics”, and Tom Nichols, author of “Our Own Worst Enemy: The Assault from within on Modern Democracy” and “The Death of Expertise: The Campaign against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters”, to discuss the past, present, and future of institutional distrust, with a particular focus on the contentious 2016 and 2020 US presidential elections. Learn more about Brian Levack and “Distrust of Institutions in Early Modern Britain and America” here: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/distrust-of-institutions-in-early-modern-britain-and-america-9780192847409 Please check out Episode 76 of The Oxford Comment and subscribe to The Oxford Comment through your favourite podcast app to listen to the latest insights from our expert authors: The Oxford Comment Crew: Music: Filaments by Podington Bear is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. © Oxford University Press | |||
| The Need for Affordable and Clean Energy – Episode 75 – The Oxford Comment | 30 Aug 2022 | 00:52:58 | |
High gas prices. Nuclear reactors closed forever. The growth of the electric car industry. Record-breaking temperatures, and Europe’s Dependence on Russian Natural Gas. There has been no shortage in energy-related news stories this summer, and we know that they are not going to go away any time soon. On today’s episode of The Oxford Comment, we spoke with Martin J. Pasqualetti, Professor of Geography at Arizona State University and author of The Thread of Energy, and Paul F. Meier, an independent clean fuels consultant and author of The Changing Energy Mix: A Systematic Comparison of Renewable and Nonrenewable Energy, on the need for affordable and clean energy (which is one of the UN’s sustainable development goals), the history of energy in the United States, and the dire implications of not changing our energy habits. Learn more about Martin J. Pasqualetti and The Thread of Energy here: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-thread-of-energy-9780199394807 Please check out Episode 75 of The Oxford Comment and subscribe to The Oxford Comment through your favourite podcast app to listen to the latest insights from our expert authors: The Oxford Comment Crew: Music: Filaments by Podington Bear is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. © Oxford University Press | |||
| Equity in Health Care – Episode 74 – The Oxford Comment | 26 Jul 2022 | 00:43:32 | |
There are many factors that affect our ability to be healthy and we unfortunately do not all have the same access to care. Barriers can be related to cost, discrimination, location, sexual orientation, and gender identity – to name just a few. On today’s episode of The Oxford Comment, we complement Oxford Academic’s extensive “Health Equity” collection of journal articles, book excerpts, and online resources by speaking with two medical experts, Dr. Jon Rohde, formerly of the South Africa EQUITY project, and Dr. Don Dizon, Director of the Pelvic Malignancies Program at Lifespan Cancer Institute, Head of Community Outreach and Engagement at The Cancer Center at Brown University, and Director of Medical Oncology at Rhode Island Hospital. In addition to caring for patients, they have each dedicated their careers to addressing inequity in public health. Learn more about Oxford Academic’s “Health Equity” collection here: https://academic.oup.com/journals/pages/health-equity Please check out Episode 74 of The Oxford Comment and subscribe to The Oxford Comment through your favourite podcast app to listen to the latest insights from our expert authors: The Oxford Comment Crew: Music: Filaments by Podington Bear is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. © Oxford University Press | |||
| Hong Kong 2022: One Country, Two Systems? – Episode 73 – The Oxford Comment | 28 Jun 2022 | 01:02:18 | |
The first of July 2022 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong from Britain to China. It also marks the halfway point of a fifty-year agreement between China and Hong Kong that established the “one country, two systems,” rule – a system designed to allow Hong Kong to “enjoy a high degree of autonomy, except in foreign and defence affairs” while still remaining a Special Administrative Region of China. What have these twenty-five years signified for Hong Kongers and the wider world? On today’s episode of The Oxford Comment, we welcome two leading experts in Chinese history and foreign policy, Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom, the editor of The Oxford History of Modern China and Dr. Tim Nicholas Rühlig, author of China’s Foreign Policy Contradictions: Lessons from China’s R2P, Hong Kong, and WTO Policy, to explore the history, handover, and future of Hong Kong. Learn more about Jeff S. Wasserstrom and The Oxford History of Modern China here: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-oxford-history-of-modern-china-9780192895202 Please check out Episode 73 of The Oxford Comment and subscribe to The Oxford Comment through your favourite podcast app to listen to the latest insights from our expert authors: The Oxford Comment Crew: Music: Filaments by Podington Bear is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. © Oxford University Press | |||
| Oxford World English Symposium 2022 Recap – Episode 72 – The Oxford Comment | 31 May 2022 | 00:50:08 | |
With over 1 billion speakers, English is an incredibly diverse language. Dozens of countries around the world have their own varieties, many of which have not historically seen adequate representation in English dictionaries. This past April, the Oxford English Dictionary hosted the Oxford World English Symposium 2022, a two-day event featuring a series of parallel sessions and panels on topics relating not only to varieties of English, but language prejudice, colonialism, and context-based English language teaching, among others. On today’s episode, we’re featuring Lisa Lim, Phillip Louw, and Michael Proffitt, three of the Symposium’s participants, in the form of a follow-up panel hosted by Dr. Danica Salazar, World English Executive Editor for Oxford Languages. More information about the Oxford World English Symposium 2022, including links to the panel discussions and parallel sessions, can be found here: https://public.oed.com/varieties-of-english/oed-symposium-2022/ Please check out Episode 72 of The Oxford Comment and subscribe to The Oxford Comment through your favourite podcast app to listen to the latest insights from our expert authors: Music: Filaments by Podington Bear is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. © Oxford University Press | |||
| The Role of DNA Research in Society – Episode 71 – The Oxford Comment | 25 Apr 2022 | 00:50:37 | |
On today’s episode, we’re commemorating National DNA Day in the United States by considering the role that DNA plays in our society. First, we welcome Amber Hartman Scholz, co-author of the article “Myth-busting the provider-user relationship for digital sequence information”, looking at how genetic resources are actually used and shared across the globe. We discuss the surprising findings of this research as well as the important implications for policy makers. We then interview Dee Denver, the author of The Dharma in DNA: Insights at the Intersection of Biology and Buddhism, to talk about the significance of DNA research and what the lay person should know about the uses and findings of DNA. We also talk about another aspect that is much less well known: the role that DNA plays at the intersection of spirituality and science. Underlying both interviews is the question of open science and why it matters, specifically, for DNA research. Learn more about Amber Hartman Scholz and “Myth-busting the provider-user relationship for digital sequence information“ here: https://academic.oup.com/gigascience/article/10/12/giab085/6489125 Please check out Episode 71 of The Oxford Comment and subscribe to The Oxford Comment through your favourite podcast app to listen to the latest insights from our expert authors: The Oxford Comment Crew: Music: Filaments by Podington Bear is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. © Oxford University Press | |||
| Women’s Economic Empowerment, Past and Future – Episode 70 – The Oxford Comment | 29 Mar 2022 | 01:02:12 | |
On today’s episode of The Oxford Comment, we discussed the global and historical implications of women, work, and economic empowerment. First, we welcomed Laura M. Argys and Susan L. Averett, the authors of Women in the Workforce: What Everyone Needs to Know®, to share their research on women’s growing role in the workforce and the problems with definitively measuring the gender wage gap. We then interviewed, Laura Edwards, the author of Only the Clothes on Her Back: Clothing and the Hidden History of Power in the Nineteenth-Century United States, looking at the 19th century legal status of textiles and how they provided a unique path to economic empowerment for women and people of color. Learn more about Laura M. Argys and Susan L. Averett and Women in the Workforce here: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/women-in-the-workforce-9780190093389 Please check out Episode 70 of The Oxford Comment and subscribe to The Oxford Comment through your favourite podcast app to listen to the latest insights from our expert authors: The Oxford Comment Crew: Music: Filaments by Podington Bear is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. © Oxford University Press | |||
| Supporting the Future of Peer Review – Episode 87 – The Oxford Comment | 19 Sep 2023 | 00:39:35 | |
On today’s episode, we’re joined by three OUP colleagues to discuss current changes in academic publishing and what they will mean for the future of peer review. First, we talk with Laura Jose, a Publisher in the Owned and Product Tower at OUP, about bias reduction in peer review. Next, we speak with Dr. Amanda Boehm, scientific managing editor for JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute and JNCI Cancer Spectrum, about how diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility initiatives affect peer review. Lastly, we ask James Phillpotts, the Director of Content Transformation & Standards who serves as an OUP representative for the National Information Standards Organization, about the impact of NISO’s recently released document on the standard terminology for peer review. For more information on JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, check out: https://academic.oup.com/jnci A PDF transcript for this episode can be found here: https://oxfordacademic.blubrry.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/The-Oxford-Comment-Episode-87-transcript.pdf Please subscribe to The Oxford Comment through your favourite podcast app to listen to the latest insights from our expert authors: The Oxford Comment Crew: Music: Filaments by Podington Bear is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. © Oxford University Press | |||
| The Color Line: Race and Education in the United States – Episode 69 – The Oxford Comment | 22 Feb 2022 | 01:01:52 | |
Black History Month celebrates the achievements of a globally marginalized community still fighting for equal representation and opportunity in all areas of life. This includes education.
In 1954, the United States’ Supreme Court ruled “separate but equal” unconstitutional for American public schools in “Brown v. Board of Education.” While this ruling has been celebrated as a pivotal victory for civil rights, it has not endured without challenge. On today’s episode, we spoke with Zoë Burkholder, author of An African American Dilemma: A History of School Integration and Civil Rights in the North and Color in the Classroom: How American Schools Taught Race, 1900-1954, and Nina M. Yancy, author of the upcoming How the Color Line Bends: The Geography of White Prejudice in Modern America, examining issues around education, integration, and segregation through their scholarship. In particular, we discussed segregation in northern schools and a recent case study from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Learn more about Zoe Burkholder and An African American Dilemma here: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/an-african-american-dilemma-9780190605131 and Color in the Classroom here: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/color-in-the-classroom-9780190209322 Please check out Episode 69 of The Oxford Comment and subscribe to The Oxford Comment through your favourite podcast app to listen to the latest insights from our expert authors: The Oxford Comment Crew: Music: Filaments by Podington Bear is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. © Oxford University Press | |||
| Holiday Cheer – Episode 68 – The Oxford Comment | 21 Dec 2021 | 00:45:13 | |
As we approach the end of 2021, we can look back at the previous two years of restrictions, lockdowns, COVID tests and vaccination lines, not to mention all the political strife… or we can look to the unknown, ahead to the new year. But let us pause for a moment and enjoy the now: a holiday season that should be livelier than last year’s. After all that’s gone on, we could use some old-fashioned holiday cheer. On today’s episode, in the spirit of the holiday season, we spoke with Editor-in-chief David Wondrich and Associate Editor Noah Rothbaum of The Oxford Companion to Spirits and Cocktails to talk about their book, the growth of cocktail culture, and some of their favorite holiday drinks from around the world. Then, to speak on Christmas traditions, we revisited our interview with Gerry Bowler, the author of Christmas in the Crosshairs: Two Thousand Years of Denouncing and Defending the World’s Most Celebrated Holiday, from an Oxford Comment of Christmas Past. Learn more about David Wondrich and Noah Rothbaum and The Oxford Companion to Spirits and Cocktails here: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-oxford-companion-to-spirits-and-cocktails-9780199311132 Please check out Episode 68 of The Oxford Comment and subscribe to The Oxford Comment through your favourite podcast app to listen to the latest insights from our expert authors: The Oxford Comment Crew: Music: Filaments by Podington Bear is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. © Oxford University Press | |||
| COVID-19 and Mental Health: Where do we go from here? – Episode 67 – The Oxford Comment | 30 Nov 2021 | 00:45:43 | |
The effects of COVID-19 reach far beyond mortality, triggering widespread economic and sociopolitical consequences. It is unsurprising to learn, after everything that has transpired in the past two years, that COVID-19 has also had a detrimental effect on our mental health. Recent studies in the US and UK have shown a huge increase in the number of adults who have experienced symptoms of an anxiety or depressive disorder over pre-pandemic figures. On today’s episode, we spoke with Professor Seamas Donnelly, editor of QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, and Dr. John C. Markowitz, author of In the Aftermath of the Pandemic: Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Anxiety, Depression, and PTSD, to explore the factors behind these figures, COVID-19’s impact on our mental health, and where we go from here. Learn more about Seamas Donnelly and QJM here: https://academic.oup.com/qjmed Please check out Episode 67 of The Oxford Comment and subscribe to The Oxford Comment through your favourite podcast app to listen to the latest insights from our expert authors: The Oxford Comment Crew: Music: Filaments by Podington Bear is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. © Oxford University Press | |||
| What is the impact of opening research? – Episode 66 – The Oxford Comment | 26 Oct 2021 | 00:43:59 | |
Open research means faster, more equitable access to cutting edge findings, driving disciplines forward, and introducing transparency into the research process. As the world’s largest university press publisher of open access content, Oxford University Press believes a more open world should work for everyone. Over the past few years, the movement has grown to encompass other aspects of the research journey, from data sets to peer review, and open research has grown up as an umbrella term of experimentation with opening up in all of these areas. So what is the impact of opening research? For today’s episode of the Oxford Comment, posted during International Open Access Week, we spoke with Dr Tara Spires Jones, Editor in Chief of Brain Communications, Professor Ugo Panizza, Editor in Chief of Oxford Open Economics, Professor Marcus Munafo, Editor in Chief of Nicotine and Tobacco Research, and Adam Leary, Senior Publisher in OUP’s Open Access Publishing team, who offered their perspectives on the impact of opening research. Learn more about Tara Spires-Jones and Brain Communications here: https://academic.oup.com/braincomms Please check out Episode 66 of The Oxford Comment and subscribe to The Oxford Comment through your favourite podcast app to listen to the latest insights from our expert authors: The Oxford Comment Crew: Music: Filaments by Podington Bear is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. © Oxford University Press | |||
| What is Public Debt? – Episode 65 – The Oxford Comment | 28 Sep 2021 | 00:45:50 | |
What do you think of when you hear the term “public debt?” If you’re familiar with the phrase, you might think about elected officials debating budgets and how to pay for goods and services. Or maybe it’s a vague concept you don’t fully understand. For today’s episode of The Oxford Comment, we spoke with In Defense of Public Debt co-author Barry Eichengreen, Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley, and Jonathan D. Ostry, Deputy Director of the Asia and Pacific Department at the International Monetary Fund, about misconceptions of public debt, how the role of public debt has changed throughout history, and how pandemics such as COVID-19 can affect inequality and the role of public debt in these situations Learn more about In Defense of Public Debt by Barry Eichengreen, Asmaa El-Ganainy, Rui Esteves, and Kris James Mitchener here: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/in-defense-of-public-debt-9780197577899 Please check out Episode 65 of The Oxford Comment and subscribe to The Oxford Comment through your favourite podcast app to listen to the latest insights from our expert authors: The Oxford Comment Crew: Music: Filaments by Podington Bear is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. © Oxford University Press | |||
| The Power of Words – Episode 64 – The Oxford Comment | 31 Aug 2021 | 01:06:25 | |
We’re all familiar with the phrase “words have power”—but in a political and cultural climate where we become more aware of the power that money, influence, and privilege have every day—how do people wield the power of words? On this episode of The Oxford Comment, we spoke with philosopher Myisha Cherry and poet Carmen Bugan to talk about how they see their disciplines addressing the questions of language, oppression, and resistance, and exactly what tools the arts and humanities provide to address injustice. Learn more about The Case for Rage: Why Anger is Essential to Anti-Racist Struggle by Myisha Cherry here: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-case-for-rage-9780197557341 Please check out Episode 64 of The Oxford Comment and subscribe to The Oxford Comment through your favourite podcast app to listen to the latest insights from our expert authors: The Oxford Comment Crew: Music: Filaments by Podington Bear is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. © Oxford University Press | |||
| The Neuroscience of Human Consciousness – Episode 63 – The Oxford Comment | 27 Jul 2021 | 00:44:27 | |
On today’s episode of The Oxford Comment, we focused on human consciousness and how studying the neurological basis for human cognition can lead not only to better health but a better understanding of human culture, language, and society as well. We are joined today by Dr. John Parrington, author of the newly published book Mind Shift: How Culture Transformed the Human Brain, and Professor Anil Seth, Editor-in-Chief of the Open Access journal Neuroscience of Consciousness, to learn more about the study of human consciousness and how it can help us to understand autism spectrum disorders, mental illnesses, and neurological diseases like multiple sclerosis, the focus of this year’s World Brain Day (July 22). Learn more about Mind Shift: How Culture Transformed the Human Brain and John Parrington here: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/mind-shift-9780198801634 Please check out Episode 63 of The Oxford Comment and subscribe to The Oxford Comment through your favourite podcast app to listen to the latest insights from our expert authors: The Oxford Comment Crew: Music: Filaments by Podington Bear is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. © Oxford University Press | |||
| Ocean Health: Life and Livelihoods – Episode 62 – The Oxford Comment | 29 Jun 2021 | 00:43:22 | |
June is National Ocean Month in the United States, and earlier this month, the whole world observed World Oceans Day, a day that has been celebrated since 2008 with a different theme each year. The theme for 2021 was “Life and Livelihoods.” Covering 71% of the earth’s surface, the ocean is home to a vast array of life—an estimated 2.2 million species—and provides livelihoods for 40 million people in the fishing industry. But many scientists warn that the health of our oceans is in decline, threatening these species and the humans who depend on them. The threats to our oceans’ health are multifold, and include deep-sea mining, offshore drilling, and ocean acidification. On today’s episode of The Oxford Comment, we are joined by biological oceanographer Lisa Levin of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and contributor to Natural Capital and Exploitation of the Deep Ocean, and Ray Hilborn, a professor at the University of Washington and co-author of Ocean Recovery: A Sustainable Future for Global Fisheries? We tapped into their expertise to better understand the threats posed by overfishing, climate change, and biodiversity loss. Learn more about Natural Capital and Exploitation of the Deep Ocean and Lisa Levin here: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/natural-capital-and-exploitation-of-the-deep-ocean-9780198841661 Please check out Episode 62 of The Oxford Comment and subscribe to The Oxford Comment through your favourite podcast app to listen to the latest insights from our expert authors: The Oxford Comment Crew: Music: Filaments by Podington Bear is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. © Oxford University Press | |||
| The SHAPE of Things – Episode 61 – The Oxford Comment | 25 May 2021 | 00:52:19 | |
In January, Oxford University Press announced its support for SHAPE, a new collective name for the humanities, arts, and social sciences and an equivalent term to STEM. SHAPE stands for Social Sciences, Humanities, and the Arts for People and the Economy and aims to underline the value that these disciplines bring to society. Over the last year or so, huge attention has—rightly—been placed on scientific and technological advancement but does that mean we’re overlooking the contribution of SHAPE in finding solutions to global issues? Today’s episode of The Oxford Comment brings together two leading voices from SHAPE and STEM disciplines to discuss how we might achieve greater balance between sciences and the arts. In the episode, Dr Kathryn Murphy, a Fellow in English Literature at Oriel College at the University of Oxford and the co-editor of On Essays, and Professor Tom McLeish, inaugural Professor of Natural Philosophy in the Department of Physics at the University of York and the author of The Poetry and Music of Science, discuss the origins of the SHAPE/STEM divide and what might be done to address it. Learn more about On Essays and Kathryn Murphy here: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/on-essays-9780198707868 Please check out Episode 61 of The Oxford Comment and subscribe to The Oxford Comment through your favourite podcast app to listen to the latest insights from our expert authors: The Oxford Comment Crew: Music: Filaments by Podington Bear is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. © Oxford University Press | |||
| Environmental Histories and Potential Futures – Episode 60 – The Oxford Comment | 27 Apr 2021 | 00:41:00 | |
The academic fields of both environmental history and future studies originated in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s during the rise of the mainstream environmental movement. On today’s episode of The Oxford Comment, we are joined by environmental historian Erin Stewart Mauldin, author Unredeemed Land: An Environmental History of Civil War and Emancipation in the Cotton South, and Jennifer Gidley, the past president of the World Futures Studies and author of The Future: A Very Short Introduction, to learn more about how these two areas of study look at our relationship with the environment and how these valuable perspectives can engage, and inform, our environmental understanding. Learn more about Unredeemed Land: An Environmental History of Civil War and Emancipation in the Cotton South and Erin Stewart Mauldin here: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/unredeemed-land-9780190865177 Please check out Episode 60 of The Oxford Comment and subscribe to The Oxford Comment through your favourite podcast app to listen to the latest insights from our expert authors: The Oxford Comment Crew: Music: Filaments by Podington Bear is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. © Oxford University Press | |||
| The Revelation of the Book of Mormon at 200 – Episode 86 – The Oxford Comment | 29 Aug 2023 | 00:41:32 | |
On today’s episode, we’re joined by two preeminent scholars on the history and theology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as this September marks the 200th anniversary of Joseph Smith’s first vision of the angel Moroni. We welcomed Richard Lyman Bushman, the author of Joseph Smith’s Gold Plates: A Cultural History, to discuss with us the legacy of Joseph Smith’s Gold Plates and the origins of The Book of Mormon two centuries ago. We then interviewed Grant Hardy, whose new The Annotated Book of Mormon is the first ever fully annotated, academic edition of the book. For more information on Joseph Smith’s Gold Plates, check out: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/joseph-smiths-gold-plates-9780197676523 A PDF transcript for this episode can be found here: https://oxfordacademic.blubrry.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/The-Oxford-Comment-Episode-86-transcript-final.pdf Please subscribe to The Oxford Comment through your favourite podcast app to listen to the latest insights from our expert authors: The Oxford Comment Crew: Music: Filaments by Podington Bear is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. © Oxford University Press | |||
| Government Transparency and the Freedom of Information – Episode 59 – The Oxford Comment | 30 Mar 2021 | 00:50:23 | |
Last episode of The Oxford Comment, we talked about Open Access and the importance of the accessibility of academic research for the betterment of society. This episode, we are joined by Himanshu Jha, the author of Capturing Institutional Change: The Case of the Right to Information Act in India, and Vivien A. Schmidt, the author of Europe’s Crisis of Legitimacy: Governing by Rules and Ruling by Numbers in the Eurozone, to discuss government transparency and the flow of information from those in power to the citizens who ultimately give them power. Music: Filaments by Podington Bear is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. © Oxford University Press | |||
| Open Access – Episode 58 – The Oxford Comment | 26 Jan 2021 | 00:34:41 | |
On this episode of The Oxford Comment, Rhiannon Meaden, a Senior Publisher for Journals at OUP, and Danny Altmann, editor-in-chief of Oxford Open Immunology, cover the basics of Open Access, OUP’s drive to disseminate academic research as widely as possible, and how easily-accessible research has impacted various academic fields around the world. This last fact is especially important as the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic. Music: Filaments by Podington Bear is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. © Oxford University Press | |||
| Voter Fraud and Election Meddling – Episode 57 – The Oxford Comment | 27 Oct 2020 | 00:44:32 | |
On this episode of The Oxford Comment, we spoke with three scholars who specialize in electoral intervention, voter turnout, and voting laws. Caroline Tolbert and Michael Ritter, co-authors of Accessible Elections: How the States Can Help Americans Vote, and Dov Levin, author of Meddling in the Ballot Box: The Causes and Effects of Partisan Electoral Interventions, answered our questions about voting and offered solutions for the safety and security of the 2020 US presidential election and elections in the future. Music: Filaments by Podington Bear is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. © Oxford University Press | |||
| Urban Studies, City Life, and COVID-19 – Episode 56 – The Oxford Comment | 24 Aug 2020 | 00:41:12 | |
On this episode of The Oxford Comment, we spoke with three scholars involved in the launch of the upcoming Oxford Bibliographies in Urban Studies. Editor-in-Chief Richard Dilworth and authors Zack Taylor (“Toronto”) and James Mansell (“Urban Soundscapes”) discussed the new OBO subject at large, their individual contributions, and attempted to answer for us the question on everyone’s mind: what is the future of cities in a post-COVID world? Music: Filaments by Podington Bear is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. © Oxford University Press | |||
| Art and Theater After Stonewall – Episode 55 – The Oxford Comment | 22 Jun 2020 | 00:41:45 | |
On this episode of The Oxford Comment, we spoke with Elizabeth Wollman, author of “Hard Times: The Adult Musical in 1970s New York City,” and Micah Salkind, author of “Do You Remember House?: Chicago’s Queer of Color Undergrounds,” on the convergence of LBGTQ culture and art, especially in the aftermath of the 1969 Stonewall riots and other movements focusing on gay rights in the late 1960s and 1970s. Music: Filaments by Podington Bear is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. © Oxford University Press | |||
| Earth Day at 50: Conservation, Spirituality, and Climate Change – Episode 54 – The Oxford Comment | 20 Apr 2020 | 00:35:20 | |
On this episode, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. We spoke with Ted Steinberg, author of “Down to Earth: Nature’s Role in American History,” Belden Lane, author of “The Great Conversation: Nature and the Care of the Soul,” Lufti Radwan of Willowbrook Farm, and Buddy Huffaker, executive director of the Aldo Leopold Foundation, about conservation history, spirituality, organic farming, land ethics, and, of course, climate change. Music: Filaments by Podington Bear is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. © Oxford University Press | |||
| Taking a Knee: Sports and Activism – Episode 53 – The Oxford Comment | 27 Jan 2020 | 00:39:29 | |
On this episode, we examine the difficulties athletes face when they speak out on hot-button subjects with the help of documentary filmmaker Trish Dalton, co-director and co-producer of HBO Sports’ “Student Athlete,” and Robert Turner, author of “Not For Long: The Life and Career of the NFL Athlete.” Activism can be incredibly difficult in professional sports, let alone in collegiate athletics, and we look at the political plights of athletes in the wake of the firestorm created by quarterback Colin Kaepernick a few years ago. Music: Filaments by Podington Bear is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. © Oxford University Press | |||
| Based On A True Story – Episode 52 – The Oxford Comment | 30 Jan 2019 | 00:33:53 | |
On this episode, we examine the significant role of academic consultants within television and movies, with the help of author and consultant, Diana Walsh Pasulka. The use of consultants on set has steadily increased since the early twentieth century, and we investigate why this trend has become a popular practice, and how it impacts the audience, the success of the project and its cultural impact on society. Music: Filaments by Podington Bear is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. © Oxford University Press
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| The History Of Holiday Traditions – Episode 51 – The Oxford Comment | 21 Dec 2018 | 00:22:42 | |
On this episode of the Oxford Comment, we examine the history of holiday traditions and attempt to figure out why we continue to celebrate them; even the strange ones. Our guest, Gerry Bowler, author of “Christmas in the Crosshairs: Two Thousand Years of Denouncing and Defending the World’s Most Celebrated Holiday” explores the entire sweep of Christmas history and provides a global scope of its influence. Music: Filaments by Podington Bear is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. © Oxford University Press | |||
| The Politics of Food – Episode 50 – The Oxford Comment | 20 Nov 2018 | 00:27:02 | |
On this episode of The Oxford Comment, we explore the social, economic and psychological issues that families face, when providing meals year-round, especially during Thanksgiving and the holidays. From parent-shaming to the expense of eating organic, the food we eat says more than meets the eye. With the help of the authors of “Pressure Cooker: Why Home Cooking Won’t Solve Our Problems and What we Can Do About It” we tackle the million dollar question; how do families approach the conversation of food? Music: Filaments by Podington Bear is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. © Oxford University Press
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| Revisiting Toxic Masculinity and #MeToo – Episode 85 – The Oxford Comment | 25 Jul 2023 | 00:56:36 | |
On today’s episode, we explore two recognizable components in contemporary conversations on gender and gendered violence. First, we welcomed Robert Lawson, the author of Language and Mediated Masculinities: Cultures, Contexts, Constraints, to share how language intersects with masculinity in media spaces and how it may be our best weapon in combatting rising misogyny. We then interviewed Iqra Shagufta Cheema, the editor of The Other #MeToos, who spoke with us about the origins of the #MeToo movement, how it has been received around the world, and how it has changed—and will continue to change—to meet the needs of the victims for which it advocates. For more information on Language and Mediated Masculinities, check out: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/language-and-mediated-masculinities-9780190081058 A PDF transcript for this episode can be found here. Please subscribe to The Oxford Comment through your favourite podcast app to listen to the latest insights from our expert authors: The Oxford Comment Crew: Music: Filaments by Podington Bear is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. © Oxford University Press | |||
| Technology, Privacy and Politics Minisode – Episode 49.2 – The Oxford Comment | 02 Nov 2018 | 00:22:03 | |
On this minisode of The Oxford Comment, Katelyn Phillips sits down with Lexi Beach, owner of Astoria Bookshop, to discuss how politics play a role in stacking the shelves at independent bookstores. Follow @astoriabookshop on Twitter © Oxford University Press | |||
| Technology, Privacy and Politics – Episode 49 – The Oxford Comment | 26 Oct 2018 | 00:49:41 | |
On this episode of the Oxford Comment, we are taking a look at how elections are influenced by technology with the help of Jamie Susskind and Siva Vaidhyanathan. From fake news to Cambridge Analytica, the 2016 election was the first look at how digital media will influence modern campaigns. The 2018 midterm elections will amplify the effects seen by social media in the last election and how our current dependence on technology will affect the future political power structure. Don’t forget to vote! © Oxford University Press | |||
| Consent On Campus Minisode – Episode 48.2 – The Oxford Comment | 10 Oct 2018 | 00:14:11 | |
Warning: This episode of The Oxford Comment includes discussion of sexual assault. Listener discretion is advised. On this minisode of The Oxford Comment, we hop on a call with Jes Lukes, co-owner of “A Room of One’s Own” an independent book store in the heart of college town Madison, Wisconsin. Jes provides insight to some new initiatives by college campuses to acknowledge the culture of consent, including some applicable literature recommendations. Follow @roomofonesownbooks on Instagram and @RoomofOnesOwn on Twitter as well as their website, www.roomofonesown.com RAINN: 800.656.4673 www.rainn.org (U.S) © Oxford University Press | |||
| Consent on Campus – Episode 48 – The Oxford Comment | 25 Sep 2018 | 00:49:21 | |
Warning: This episode of The Oxford Comment includes discussion of sexual assault. Listener discretion is advised. On this episode of The Oxford Comment we are discussing how one’s thoughts on consent are formed over a lifetime. From what students learn in school to how popular culture in their teenage years frames their reference, the psychology of consent goes beyond a seminar at university orientation. But how students are taught consent in their formative years will affect how they perceive more sensitive topics like abuse and sexual assault in during their college years. We’re joined by Donna Freitas, author of “Consent on Campus” and Brendan Kiely (@KielyBrendan) author of “All American Boys” to further discuss the role consent plays from childhood to college campuses, and into adulthood. RAINN: 800.656.4673 www.rainn.org (U.S)
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| World Humanitarian Day Minisode – Episode 47.2 – The Oxford Comment | 07 Sep 2018 | 00:16:11 | |
On this minisode of The Oxford Comment, Katelyn Phillips sits down with Hannah Oliver-Depp, Communications Director of WORD Bookstores and Cafe, Jersey City & Brooklyn. © Oxford University Press | |||
| World Humanitarian Day – Episode 47 – The Oxford Comment | 17 Aug 2018 | 00:49:48 | |
On this episode of The Oxford Comment, we explore what drives people to dedicate their lives to humanitarianism. We also take a look at rising social media trends centered around advocacy and humanitarian efforts. Activists use social platforms to engage with one another and attract attention to their causes. Humanitarian efforts are going beyond hashtags to create lasting change, but how can the rest of society be engaged beyond the internet? © Oxford University Press | |||
| New Narrative Nonfiction Minisode – Episode 46.2 – The Oxford Comment | 09 Aug 2018 | 00:13:30 | |
On this minisode of the Oxford Comment, we spoke with Adam Sonderberg from the Seminary Co-op Bookstore to discuss how the rise of narrative nonfiction has impacted indie bookstore culture. © Oxford University Press | |||
| New Narrative Nonfiction – Episode 46 – The Oxford Comment | 19 Jul 2018 | 00:52:35 | |
On this episode of the Oxford Comment we take a look at what has narrative nonfiction turning the industry on its head. Sitting down with host Erin Katie Meehan, authors Simon Winchester (The Meaning of Everything), Dan Drezner (The Ideas Industry), Patricia Fara (A Lab of One’s Own), Leigh Fought (Women in the World of Fredrick Douglas), Jeffrey Stewart (The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke), Mary Schmidt Campbell (An American Odyssey), Philip Nel (Was the Cat in The Hat Black?), and Duende District Bookstore owner Angela Maria Spring discussed the emerging trends of diversity and education in publishing. © Oxford University Press | |||
| The Global Plastic Problem – Episode 45 – The Oxford Comment | 05 Jun 2018 | 00:38:31 | |
On this episode, we sat down with authors Judith S. Weis (Marine Pollution: What Everyone Needs to Know®) Daniel K. Gardner (Environmental Pollution in China: What Everyone Needs to Know®) and Philip J. Landrigan (Children and Environmental Toxins: What Everyone Needs to Know®) to discuss the global plastic problem and how it impacts a global population, hosted by OUP’s Senior Marketing Manager, Erin Katie Meehan. © Oxford University Press | |||
| The Importance of Press Freedom – Episode 44 – The Oxford Comment | 03 May 2018 | 00:25:37 | |
World Press Freedom Day provides a forum to celebrate the fundamental principles of press freedom, and to defend the media from attacks on their independence. This year, we sat down with OUP President Niko Pfund, as well as authors Nadine Strossen (HATE) and Tom Nichols (The Death of Expertise) to discuss the challenges faced by the media today, and the future of press freedom, hosted by OUP’s Senior Marketing Manager, Erin Katie Meehan. © Oxford University Press | |||
| The Great Gun Conundrum – Episode 84 – The Oxford Comment | 27 Jun 2023 | 00:59:54 | |
On today’s episode of The Oxford Comment, we explore the history of gun ownership in the United States and practical solutions for resolving contemporary gun violence. First, we welcomed Robert J Spitzer, the author of The Gun Dilemma: How History is Against Expanded Gun Rights, to share new historical research on America’s gun law history as it informs modern gun policy disputes. We then interviewed Philip J Cook, the author of Policing Gun Violence: Strategic Reforms for Controlling Our Most Pressing Crime Problem, who spoke with us about utilising the police as a strategic resource for reducing gun violence. For more information on The Gun Dilemma, check out: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-gun-dilemma-9780197643747 Please subscribe to The Oxford Comment through your favourite podcast app to listen to the latest insights from our expert authors: The Oxford Comment Crew: Music: Filaments by Podington Bear is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. © Oxford University Press | |||
| Mexican Women’s Self-Expression through Dress – Episode 43 – The Oxford Comment | 22 Mar 2018 | 00:51:54 | |
Our host for this episode is William Beezley, Professor of History at the University of Arizona and Editor in Chief of the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Latin American History. He moderates a roundtable discussion with historians Stephanie Wood and Susie Porter about Mexican women’s self-expression through textiles and dress throughout history to the present day. © Oxford University Press | |||
| Engendering Communication – Episode 42 – The Oxford Comment | 14 Nov 2017 | 00:41:45 | |
On this episode of The Oxford Comment, we chatted with SJ Miller, Deputy Director of Educational Equity Supports and Services at the NYU Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools; and David E. Kirkland, author of “Black Masculine Language” from The Oxford Handbook of African American Language, and Executive Director of the NYU Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools; to discuss the developments we’re seeing in today’s English lexicon and how we can positively incorporate linguistic change instead of dismissing it. © Oxford University Press | |||
| Gangsters And Genre – Episode 41 – The Oxford Comment | 01 Aug 2017 | 00:51:03 | |
This month on The Oxford Comment, Anita Lam, Associate Professor at York University in Toronto and author of “Gansters and Genre” in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice, chats with Dr. Karen Fang and Peter Stanfield about the characteristics of gangster films; the differences we see in these films internationally; the cultural metaphors the films present about race, gender, and class; as well as the role the genre plays into other mediums such as music and television. © Oxford University Press | |||
| Betty Tompkins – Episode 40 – The Oxford Comment | 14 May 2017 | 00:58:45 | |
Please note: this episode contains explicit language and references to explicitly sexual artwork and has not been bleeped. In this episode of the Oxford Comment (the latest in a series produced by the Benezit Dictionary of Artists), Benezit’s Editor in Chief, Dr. Kathy Battista, sits down with painter Betty Tompkins in our New York office. The two discuss the start of Tompkins’ life as an artist in New York in the 1970s, the success of her large-scale sex paintings and other airbrush works, and her new series of text paintings, WOMEN Words. For more insight into Betty’s career and feminist art over the last half-century, Michelle Wilson from Oxford Art Online invites art historian Dr. Betty Ann Brown, curator Stephanie Roach, and gallerist Mitchell Algus to join the conversation. © Oxford University Press | |||