Patrick Higgins is a Ph.D candidate in the Department of History at the University of Houston. *Discussion of US withdrawal from Syria begins roughly halfway through the episode* Home ***** Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com www.eastpodcast.com

Dr. Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in the Faculty of Oriental Studies at the University of Oxford. Original article available here: https://ajammc.com/2017/03/06/ann-lambton-in-iran/ Please support the show https://www.patreon.com/east_podcast created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com https://twitter.com/east_podcast

William Blum was one of the most critical voices in the US media sphere. After leaving behind a lucrative career with the State Dept in 1967, he began writing about the disastrous consequences of US foreign policy. Here is a short conversation with radio host…

Nikkie Hessel is Associate Professor School of English, Film, Theatre and Media Studies at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. Her most recent book isRomantic Literature and the Colonised World: Lessons from Indigenous Translations (Palgrave, 2018). created by Sina Rahmani (@urorientalist) eastisapodcast@gmail.com https://twitter.com/east_podcast

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi’s reign was profoundly connected to the Western news media. The mainstream press played an active role in the ousting of his rival Mohammad Mossadegh in 1953, and spent the next two decades lavishing him with the kind of praise that only paid…

Isa Blumi is Associate Professor in the Department of Asian, Middle Eastern, and Turkish Studies at Stockholm University. Heholds a PhD in History and Middle Eastern/Islamic Studies from New York University and a Master of Political Science and Historical Studies from The New School…

A interview with legendary English journalistRobert Fiskfrom 2015 produced by Vancouver’sRedeye Collective. The talk was titled: “Goodbye, Mr Sykes! Adieu, Monsieur Picot!” How the ISIS ‘caliphate’ frightens the Middle East – and us.” For more on Redeye, please consult their archive…

This is the story of the now largely forgotten “dark night” of October 17, 1961, “the bloodiest act of state repression of street protest in Western Europe in modern history”. Adapted from Sina Rahmani, “It’s when there’s more than one that there…

While they may not be household names, Bernard Lewis and Samuel Huntington can justifiably count themselves among the most influential academics of the last few decades. As the Cold War was winding down, the two men helped manufacture one of the biggest intellectual frauds in…

Sara Salem is Assistant Professor in Sociology at the London School of Economics. Sara’s research interests include political sociology, postcolonial studies, Marxist theory, feminist theory, and global histories of empire and imperialism. Please send all comments and suggestions to eastisapodcast@gmail.com or reach us…