This is an interview with Yuniya Kawamura, author of Sebastian Masuda  Q1: Can you explain who Sebastian Masuda is to those who are not familiar with his work? He is known as the Godfather of the Japanese kawaii (cute) culture which originated in Harajuku, one of Japan’s most famous fashionable districts. It is a home […]

This is an interview with Blaine Kaltman, author of Perfecting the U.S. Constitution: 27 and Counting, The Amendments that Shaped America’s Future  Q. What made you decide to write a book about the Amendments to the U.S. Constitution? Dr. Kaltman: Because it is a very interesting topic that too often is buried in legal jargon. […]

This is an author interview by Dylan Motin, author of How Louis XIV Survived His Hegemonic Bid Q1. Why a book about Louis XIV and not any other king? Louis XIV’s France belonged in a rare category of states. Not only was it a great power but also what international relations scholars like to call […]

This is an author interview by Keith McDonald and Wayne Johnson, authors of The Spectral West: Super-Nature and the Gothic and the Western Film   Q1. What was the importance of writing this book now? The Western has always been cyclical in terms of its popularity and the ways that it responds to socio/political/cultural tensions. […]

This is an interview with Sarah Murray and Lachlan Umbers, editors of Civic Engagement in Australian Democracy   What inspired this edited collection on Civic Engagement in Australian Democracy? Australian democracy depends fundamentally upon an active, engaged citizenry. In this respect, however, Australian democracy appears to be in decline. The percentage of citizens on the […]

Nathan Wainstein interviews Bryan Counter, author of Four Moments of Aesthetic Experience Nathan Wainstein: At the outset of the book, you say that it ‘will approach aesthetic experience with a focus on life’. I find this interest in immediate or actual life, as opposed to the more curated encounters that we have with individual artworks, […]

This is an author interview by Fernando G Herrero, author of The (Latin) American Scene, Present and Future (Im-)Perfect.    What was the assembling idea behind this work? I was in the middle of the PhD at Duke University in the late-1990s after Wake Forest University, the University of Wales, Swansea and the University of […]

This is an interview by Galina M. Yemelianova, author of Islamic Leadership and the State in Eurasia Q1: Why did you write this book now? Answer: Since the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington in 2001, Islam and Islamism have been at the centre of media, political and academic debate in the West. This […]

Dubai-based Art Historian Maie El-Hage speaks to Sophie Kazan Makhlouf about her forthcoming book, The Development of An Art History in the UAE: An Art Not Made To Be Understood. ME-H: Though I know you have been writing articles and papers for a while, this is your first book, which is about the development of […]