Professor Cathie Carmichael discusses the political unrest that plagued the Balkans on the eve of the First World War.

Mya Guarnieri Jaradat, an American-Israeli journalist, discusses her book, “The Unchosen: The Lives of Israel’s New Others.”

Dr. Bjorn Brenner, a Middle East scholar, discusses his book “Gaza Under Hamas: From Islamic Democracy to Islamic Governance.”

Professor Frances Raday discusses the instances where international law can offer redress to the victims of patriarchy.

Dr. Peter Krause discusses his new book, “Rebel Power: Why National Movements Compete, Fight, and Win,” which compares different national struggles.

Eileen Barker discusses the role of religion in the human condition, what a sociological study of religions entails, religious movements, and more.

Dr. Ben Herzog discusses his book “Revoking Citizenship: Expatriation in America from the Colonial Era to the War on Terror.”

Professor Hasia Diner on her latest book, “Roads Taken: The Great Jewish Migration to the New World and the Peddlers Who Forged the Way.”

Dr. Mark Raider discusses Hayim Greenberg, a legendary yet all but forgotten mid-20th century Jewish-American essayist and thinker.

Dr. Felicia Waldman, author of “Tales and Traces of Sephardic Bucharest,” discusses the history of Romanian Jewry on the cusp between East and West.