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Derek Davison
Foreign Exchanges is a newsletter that helps you stay on top of important stories happening around the world. Our companion podcast aims to understand the contemporary world by looking to the past. Join host Derek Davison as he interviews writers and scholars whose work sheds light on world history. www.foreignexchanges.news
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Apr 10, 2023 • 25min
World roundup: April 8-9 2023
Stories from Israel-Palestine, Taiwan, Finland, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

Apr 5, 2023 • 1h 9min
The Mamluk Sultanate, with Carl F. Petry
Hello everybody! After a very extended hiatus we’re back with a real, full blown Foreign Exchanges podcast (more on that at the end of the show)! I’m joined by Carl F. Petry, Hamad ibn Khalifa Al Thani Professor of Middle East Studies and Professor of History Emeritus at Northwestern University and author of The Mamluk Sultanate: A History, a book that you can—nay, should—buy today. Professor Petry and I discuss who the Mamluks were, how they came to rule much of Egypt, Syria, and the Hejaz in the mid-13th century, and why it took until 2022 for the emergence of an accessible English language survey of their sultanate to emerge.Don’t forget to pick up a copy of Professor Petry’s book, and if you’re not already subscribed to Foreign Exchanges please do: This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

Mar 31, 2023 • 21min
World roundup: March 30 2023
Stories from Saudi Arabia, North Korea, Russia, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

Mar 29, 2023 • 19min
World roundup: March 28 2023
Stories from Israel-Palestine, North Korea, Russia, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

Mar 27, 2023 • 24min
World roundup: March 24-26 2023
Stories from Israel-Palestine, Uganda, Russia, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

Mar 20, 2023 • 19min
World roundup: March 18-19 2023
Stories from Kazakhstan, Sudan, Kosovo, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

Mar 15, 2023 • 20min
World roundup: March 14 2023
Stories from Lebanon, Armenia, Honduras, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

Mar 8, 2023 • 21min
World roundup: March 7 2023
Stories from Israel-Palestine, Mali, Ukraine, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe

Mar 6, 2023 • 21min
World roundup: March 4-5 2023
The podcast explores historical events such as the Treaty of San Stefano and Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, recent news from Iran, Estonia, and Mexico, global political developments in Kuwait, Iran, China, and more, global issues like voting rights in Mexico and arms trafficking, and reevaluation of historical figures like Bush and Cheney.

Mar 1, 2023 • 17min
World roundup: February 28 2023
Stories from Iran, Nigeria, Russia, and elsewhere This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.foreignexchanges.news/subscribe