Off the Shelf http://blog.case.edu/orgs/ksl/offtheshelf/ A series of podcast interviews with Case Western Reserve University faculty authors, hosted by librarian William Claspy. en-us Mon, 14 May 2012 11:06:55 EST Mon, 14 May 2012 11:06:55 EST william.claspy@case.edu william.claspy@case.edu http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Movable Type v3.121 Off the Shelf- Episode 24: From the Molecular World with Alan Rocke http://blog.case.edu/orgs/ksl/offtheshelf/2012/05/14/off_the_shelf_episode_24_from_the_molecular_world_with_alan_rocke My guest today on Off the Shelf is Professor Alan Rocke. Alan is the Henry Eldridge Bourne Professor of... http://blog.case.edu/orgs/ksl/offtheshelf/2012/05/14/off_the_shelf_episode_24_from_the_molecular_world_with_alan_rocke history podcast podcast Mon, 14 May 2012 11:06:55 EST
From the Molecular World

My guest today on Off the Shelf is Professor Alan Rocke. Alan is the Henry Eldridge Bourne Professor of History and Distinguished University Professor here at Case Western Reserve University. He is a historian of science, specializing in the history of the physical sciences during the 19th and 20th centuries, particularly the development of the science of chemistry and its applications during the course of the nineteenth century, especially in Germany, France, and Great Britain. Alan and I discuss his latest book, entitled From the Molecular World: A Nineteenth Century Science Fantasy, a translation of a work written in the late 19th century by Hermann Kopp.

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]]> Off the Shelf- Episode 23: Appearance of Print in 18th Century Fiction with Chris Flint http://blog.case.edu/orgs/ksl/offtheshelf/2011/12/14/off_the_shelf_episode_23_appearance_of_print_in_18th_century_fiction_with_chris_flint Today on Off the Shelf I'm happy to welcome Christopher Flint as my guest. Chris has a new book... http://blog.case.edu/orgs/ksl/offtheshelf/2011/12/14/off_the_shelf_episode_23_appearance_of_print_in_18th_century_fiction_with_chris_flint english podcast Wed, 14 Dec 2011 09:40:36 EST
Appearance of Print

Today on Off the Shelf I'm happy to welcome Christopher Flint as my guest. Chris has a new book out from Cambridge University Press entitled The Appearance of Print in Eighteenth-Century Fiction. In the book, Chris uses a wide variety of example books, texts, and authors from that era to look at the fluid and dynamic relationship between authors, publishers, printers, booksellers and readers. These various groups had sometimes surprising influence on each other in an age when prose fiction and the novel were being defined and redefined, based on how readers consumed texts, how printers assembled texts, and how writers created texts.

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]]> Off the Shelf- Episode 22:CWRU Farm History with Chris Bond and Ana Locci http://blog.case.edu/orgs/ksl/offtheshelf/2011/11/18/off_the_shelf_episode_22cwru_farm_history_with_chris_bond_and_ana_locci The Case Western Reserve University Farm is a special place for many CWRU people, faculty, staff, alumni and students... http://blog.case.edu/orgs/ksl/offtheshelf/2011/11/18/off_the_shelf_episode_22cwru_farm_history_with_chris_bond_and_ana_locci history podcast Fri, 18 Nov 2011 08:57:06 EST
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The Case Western Reserve University Farm is a special place for many CWRU people, faculty, staff, alumni and students alike. It's my great privilege to welcome Dr. Ana Locci, director of the farm, and Christopher Bond, horticulturalist, to Off the Shelf. For a special place, it's a special episode. I traveled the short distance from campus to the farm to record the episode, and it's the first time I've had two authors at once. Chris and Ana recently published a photographic history of the CWRU Farm, entitled Case Western Reserve University: Squire Valleevue and Valley Ridge Farms. Drawing from a rich variety of documents and photographs from the university's archives and personal papers, the book tells the history of these properties and their bequest to and use by the university community, past and present.

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]]> Off the Shelf- Episode 21: Flower of Paradise with David Rothenberg http://blog.case.edu/orgs/ksl/offtheshelf/2011/10/26/off_the_shelf_episode_21_flower_of_paradise_with_david_rothenberg I'm delighted to welcome David J. Rothenberg to Off the Shelf to discuss his brand new book, The Flower... http://blog.case.edu/orgs/ksl/offtheshelf/2011/10/26/off_the_shelf_episode_21_flower_of_paradise_with_david_rothenberg music podcast Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:15:08 EST
Flower of Paradise

I'm delighted to welcome David J. Rothenberg to Off the Shelf to discuss his brand new book, The Flower of Paradise: Marian Devotion and Secular Song in Medieval and Renaissance Music, which was published in September of 2011 by the Oxford University Press.

David is an associate professor of musicology here at CWRU, and is the author of a number of highly regarded papers related to the music of the 13th through the 16th century, in which he focuses on musical meaning and connections between music, liturgy and other arts. This view of early music is exactly what he does in The Flower of Paradise, examining the connection and intersection of secular and Marian devotional song. Professor Rothenberg does so on a broad level, and includes examinations of poetry, painting and sculpture, and how those arts related to, were influenced by, and mirrored the music of the age.

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]]> Off the Shelf- Episode 20: Hotel Dreams with Molly Berger http://blog.case.edu/orgs/ksl/offtheshelf/2011/06/22/off_the_shelf_episode_20_hotel_dreams_with_molly_berger I'm delighted to welcome Molly Berger to Off the Shelf for the 20th episode. Molly is associate dean of... http://blog.case.edu/orgs/ksl/offtheshelf/2011/06/22/off_the_shelf_episode_20_hotel_dreams_with_molly_berger history podcast Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:21:15 EST
Hotel Dreams

I'm delighted to welcome Molly Berger to Off the Shelf for the 20th episode. Molly is associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and instructor of history here at Case Western Reserve University. If you listen in, you'll hear Molly and me discuss her book entitled Hotel Dreams: Luxury, Technology, and Urban Ambition in America, 1829-1929 published by the Johns Hopkins University Press in the spring of 2011. Her book focuses on how luxury hotels in the 19th century have come to represent the complexities of an emerging national urban culture in America.

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]]> Off the Shelf- Episode 19:Captives and Corsairs with Gillian Weiss http://blog.case.edu/orgs/ksl/offtheshelf/2011/04/29/off_the_shelf_episode_19captives_and_corsairs_with_gillian_weiss Joining me for episode 19 of Off the Shelf is Gillian Weiss, associate professor of history here at Case... http://blog.case.edu/orgs/ksl/offtheshelf/2011/04/29/off_the_shelf_episode_19captives_and_corsairs_with_gillian_weiss history podcast Fri, 29 Apr 2011 13:58:05 EST
Captives and Corsairs

Joining me for episode 19 of Off the Shelf is Gillian Weiss, associate professor of history here at Case Western Reserve University. In this episode, Gillian and I discuss her brand new book entitled Captives and Corsairs: France and Slavery in the Early Modern Mediterranean published by Stanford University Press in the spring of 2011.

You can read the introduction to Gillian's book at the Stanford University Press website.

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]]> Off the Shelf- Episode 18:The Rise and Fall of the Bible with Tim Beal http://blog.case.edu/orgs/ksl/offtheshelf/2011/02/10/off_the_shelf_episode_18the_rise_and_fall_of_the_bible_with_tim_beal Returning to Off the Shelf is Timothy Beal, Florence Harkness Professor of Religion here at Case Western Reserve University,... http://blog.case.edu/orgs/ksl/offtheshelf/2011/02/10/off_the_shelf_episode_18the_rise_and_fall_of_the_bible_with_tim_beal podcast religion Thu, 10 Feb 2011 11:05:51 EST The Rise and Fall of the Bible

Returning to Off the Shelf is Timothy Beal, Florence Harkness Professor of Religion here at Case Western Reserve University, and prolific author of books and essays on religion and American culture. He joined me previously when we discussed his book Biblical Literacy. For episode 18, I sit down with Tim to discuss his latest book entitled The Rise and Fall of the Bible: The Unexpected History of an Accidental Book.

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]]> Off the Shelf- Episode 17: Sacred Repertories with Peter Bennett http://blog.case.edu/orgs/ksl/offtheshelf/2010/11/08/off_the_shelf_episode_17_sacred_repertories_with_peter_bennett Joining me for episode 17 of Off the Shelf is Peter Bennett. Peter is assistant professor of music here... http://blog.case.edu/orgs/ksl/offtheshelf/2010/11/08/off_the_shelf_episode_17_sacred_repertories_with_peter_bennett music podcast Mon, 08 Nov 2010 12:25:06 EST Sacred Repertories in Paris Under Louis XIV

Joining me for episode 17 of Off the Shelf is Peter Bennett. Peter is assistant professor of music here at CWRU and recently the author of Sacred Repertories in Paris Under Louis XIII. In addition to his research interests and teaching schedule, Peter is an active performer, appearing regularly as a continuo player with Apollo’s Fire, Cleveland’s baroque orchestra. Indeed, he has just returned from a successful tour with Apollo's Fire during which they performed Monteverdi's Vespers to sold out audiences across the country. And the campus community heard Peter perform on the wonderful Norton Memorial organ in Severance Hall, where he played during the university's fall convocation.

Peter's recordings with Ensemble Dumont, of which he was founder, can be found on the Linn Recordings website. The opening of this episode features a clip of the piece Veni Sponsa Mea from a recording by the ensemble entitled Henri Dumont: Les Litanies De La Vierge.

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]]> Off the Shelf- Episode 16: Ballet Russes Style with Mary Davis http://blog.case.edu/orgs/ksl/offtheshelf/2010/11/01/off_the_shelf_episode_16_ballet_russes_style_with_mary_davis Returning to Off the Shelf is musicologist, author, and chair of CWRU's Music department, Mary Davis. I'm happy to... http://blog.case.edu/orgs/ksl/offtheshelf/2010/11/01/off_the_shelf_episode_16_ballet_russes_style_with_mary_davis music podcast Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:46:15 EST Ballet Russes Style

Returning to Off the Shelf is musicologist, author, and chair of CWRU's Music department, Mary Davis. I'm happy to welcome Mary back to the program. She joined me back in May, 2009 when we discussed her biography of Erik Satie.

Mary's most recent book returns to fin de siecle France and looks at the celebrated Ballet Russes, the troupe's equally celebrated leader Sergei Diaghilev, and the impact he and his group's work had on society and fashion in Paris.

In addition to leading the Music department, Mary is also associate director of the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities and coordinator of, along with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, the American Music Masters series. This year's event, which kicks off on November 8, 2010, features the music of Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew.

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]]> Off the Shelf- Episode 15: American Literature and the Free Market with Michael Clune http://blog.case.edu/orgs/ksl/offtheshelf/2010/10/25/off_the_shelf_episode_15_american_literature_and_the_free_market_with_michael_clune With me for episode 15 of Off the Shelf is Michael Clune. Michael is assistant professor of English here... http://blog.case.edu/orgs/ksl/offtheshelf/2010/10/25/off_the_shelf_episode_15_american_literature_and_the_free_market_with_michael_clune english podcast Mon, 25 Oct 2010 10:45:34 EST American Literature and the Free Market

With me for episode 15 of Off the Shelf is Michael Clune. Michael is assistant professor of English here at CWRU and specializes in American literature. This is his first semester on campus.

Michael is teaching a course this semester entitled "Genre Studies: Forms of Life". This course was picked by the blog The Daily Beast as one of the top 20 hottest college courses from across the country. The class and its hotness was featured in The Daily here on campus. Michael and I discuss the class during our conversation.

Some of Michael's other writings can be found on the English Department's website.

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The Cambridge University Press website has a portion of Michael's book available as a pdf download to preview.

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I'm happy to kick off a new season of Off the Shelf with an interview featuring Professor Jim Sheeler of the English department. Jim is new to campus, recently arrived as the Shirley Wormser Professor of Journalism and New Media.

Jim comes to CWRU from Denver, where he spent many years writing for the Rocky Mountain News. In 2006, he won the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing for the series “Final Salute”, which he then published in book form in 2008 with The Penguin Press as Final Salute: A Story of Unfinished Lives.” In addition, Jim has two other books, Obit: Inspiring Stories of Ordinary People Who Led Extraordinary Lives, a collection of his writing, and Life on the Death Beat: A Handbook for Obituary Writers of which he was a co-author.

In addition to our conversation here on Off the Shelf, Jim has been profiled by the campus newsletter The Daily, and by the student run newspaper The Observer.

There are many charities involved in honoring fallen soldiers and those who are left behind. Jim has links to these charities on his own web site.

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]]> Off the Shelf- Episode 13: Green is the Orator with Sarah Gridley http://blog.case.edu/orgs/ksl/offtheshelf/2010/04/14/off_the_shelf_episode_13_green_is_the_orator_with_sarah_gridley It is my great pleasure to present episode 13 of Off the Shelf with my first returning guest, poet... http://blog.case.edu/orgs/ksl/offtheshelf/2010/04/14/off_the_shelf_episode_13_green_is_the_orator_with_sarah_gridley english podcast Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:12:42 EST Green is the Orator

It is my great pleasure to present episode 13 of Off the Shelf with my first returning guest, poet and assistant professor of English Sarah Gridley. Sarah's poetry has been published in a long list of prestigious journals and poetry reviews, including the Chicago Review, Crazyhorse, the Kenyon Review Online, New American Writing and Slope.

Sarah joined me in November, 2008 for episode 4 of this program, in which we discussed her book Weather Eye Open, which was published by the University of California Press in 2005. The press clearly couldn't get enough of Sarah's work, and earlier this year published her latest volume in their New Poetry series. The book is entitled Green is the Orator, and will be the topic of our conversation for episode 13.

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Explore Green is the Orator at Google Book Search: ]]> Off the Shelf- Episode 12:Black Dogs and Blue Words with Kimberly Emmons http://blog.case.edu/orgs/ksl/offtheshelf/2010/04/05/off_the_shelf_episode_12black_dogs_and_blue_words_with_kimberly_emmons It is my distinct pleasure to welcome Kimberly Emmons to Off the Shelf for episode 12. Kimberly is Associate... http://blog.case.edu/orgs/ksl/offtheshelf/2010/04/05/off_the_shelf_episode_12black_dogs_and_blue_words_with_kimberly_emmons english podcast Mon, 05 Apr 2010 12:35:44 EST Black Dogs and Blue Words

It is my distinct pleasure to welcome Kimberly Emmons to Off the Shelf for episode 12. Kimberly is Associate Professor of English and Director of Composition here at Case Western Reserve University.


Kimberly's field of research is medical rhetoric, and as such she has published a wide variety of book chapters and journal articles on various aspects within that field. Her recently published first book Black Dogs and Blue Words: Depression and Gender in the Age of Self-Care appeared in March, 2010 from Rutgers University Press and will be the topic of our conversation.

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]]> Mary Davis on Around Noon http://blog.case.edu/orgs/ksl/offtheshelf/2010/03/30/mary_davis_on_around_noon Mary Davis, professor of Music, chair of the CWRU Music department, author of Classic Chic and past guest on Off... http://blog.case.edu/orgs/ksl/offtheshelf/2010/03/30/mary_davis_on_around_noon Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:35:59 EST Mary Davis, professor of Music, chair of the CWRU Music department, author of Classic Chic and past guest on Off the Shelf will be on WCPN radio's program Around Noon on March 31 for their Spring Fashion program. Be sure to tune in!

]]> Sarah Gridley awarded Creative Workflow Fellowship http://blog.case.edu/orgs/ksl/offtheshelf/2009/12/11/sarah_gridley_awarded_creative_workflow_fellowship Sarah Gridley, poet and assistant professor in CWRU's English Department, and former guest here at Off the Shelf, has been... http://blog.case.edu/orgs/ksl/offtheshelf/2009/12/11/sarah_gridley_awarded_creative_workflow_fellowship english Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:39:36 EST Sarah Gridley, poet and assistant professor in CWRU's English Department, and former guest here at Off the Shelf, has been awarded a Creative Workflow Fellowship according to today's Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper.

Congratulations, Sarah!

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