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Dr. Yasmin Cho

Assistant Instructional Professor of Anthropology in the Master of Arts program at the University of Chicago

University of Chicago

Episode: Yasmin Cho, "Politics of Tranquility: The Material and Mundane Lives of Buddhist Nuns in Post-Mao Tibet" (Cornell UP, 2025)

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Fairy tale scholar and author

Wayne State University Press

Episode: Michelle Anya Anjirbag, "Appropriated Tales: Race and the Disney Fairy-Tale Mode" (Wayne State UP, 2025)

Melissa K. Byrnes

Professor of modern European and world history at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, with a focus on migration and activism.

Southwestern University

Episode: Melissa Byrnes, "Making Space: Neighbors, Officials, and North African Migrants in the Suburbs of Paris and Lyon" (U Nebraska Press, 2024)

Caitlin Wiesner

Assistant Professor of History at Mercy University specializing in gender, sexuality, race, and crime control policy.

Mercy University

Episode: Caitlin Wiesner, "Between the Street and the State: Black Women’s Anti-Rape Activism Amid the War on Crime" (U Pennsylvania, 2025)

Jibola Fagbamiye

Visual artist and co-author of 'Fela: Music Is the Weapon'

Amistad Press

Episode: Jibola Fagbamiye and Conor McCreery, "Fela: Music Is the Weapon" (Amistad Press, 2025)

Conor McCreery

Comic writer and co-author of 'Fela: Music Is the Weapon'

Amistad Press

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José Blanco

Associate Professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology specializing in fashion history.

Fashion Institute of Technology, SUNY

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Raúl Vázquez-López

Educator at the Fashion Institute of Technology with a background in publishing and Puerto Rican culture.

Fashion Institute of Technology, SUNY

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Maja Davidović

Scholar of International Relations and author of Governing the Past.

Cambridge University Press

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Anne Lawrence-Mathers, "The Magic Books: A History of Enchantment in 20 Medieval Manuscripts" (Yale UP, 2025)

Q: What do these texts tell us about the role of magic in monastic life, especially in Anglo-Saxon England?

The texts indicate that magic was intertwined with monastic life, used for divination purposes and captured in manuscripts, demonstrating a blend of secular and spiritual interests.

Anne Lawrence-Mathers, "The Magic Books: A History of Enchantment in 20 Medieval Manuscripts" (Yale UP, 2025)

Q: Can you just very briefly introduce yourself and then tell us how the idea of this book came to you and why you decided to write this book?

I'm Anne Lawrence-Mathers, a Professor of Medieval History. My book came from my 25 years of research into medieval magic and its societal role, inspired partly by Harry Potter's popularity.

Yasmin Cho, "Politics of Tranquility: The Material and Mundane Lives of Buddhist Nuns in Post-Mao Tibet" (Cornell UP, 2025)

Q: How did this form of immersion, both physical and emotional, transform your understanding of anthropological presence and the Buddhist notions of devouring, impermanence, or endurance?

Dr. Cho noted that living among the nuns allowed her to embrace their experiences of impermanence, which shaped her understanding of endurance and the relationships in her research.

Yasmin Cho, "Politics of Tranquility: The Material and Mundane Lives of Buddhist Nuns in Post-Mao Tibet" (Cornell UP, 2025)

Q: What drew you to start the book this way, and how does that thing capture your broader approach to the material and everyday life in Tibetan Buddhism?

Dr. Cho aimed to immerse readers in the nuns' daily labor to challenge assumptions about Yacheng's sacredness and demonstrate how their lives construct spiritual meaning.

Yasmin Cho, "Politics of Tranquility: The Material and Mundane Lives of Buddhist Nuns in Post-Mao Tibet" (Cornell UP, 2025)

Q: Could you talk about how this conceptual shift from monastery to encampment reshapes the way we think about religious space, order, and authority in contemporary Tibet?

Dr. Cho explained that viewing Yacheng Gar as an encampment highlights the dynamic evolution driven by young Tibetan nuns, rather than conforming to traditional expectations of a monastery, thus revealing the contributions of the nuns.

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