Monthly Archives: January 2012

Agamben – Homo Sacer structure

Posted on January 31, 2012 by

Thanks to Nicholas Dahmann for this – the structure of Agamben’s Homo Sacer in graphic form… jpg and pdf. About these ads

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Analysing Discourse conference in Stockholm

Posted on January 31, 2012 by

14-15 June 2012. Details here and here.

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Map fight

Posted on January 31, 2012 by

This is handy comparison tool for sizes of different countries. I was looking for a rough indicator for the size of Somalia for a lecture, and it’s almost exactly the same size as France.

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Thrift on refereeing in crisis

Posted on January 31, 2012 by

In the Chronicle of Higher Education. Thanks to Sam Kinsey for posting this in comments – I’ve reposted so it is more widely seen.

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Giorgio Agamben – Homo Sacer structure

Posted on January 31, 2012 by

Thanks to André Dias for the Italian information – this is the structure of Giorgio Agamben’s Homo Sacer series, with English titles where available: I:  Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life [Homo Sacer: Il potere soverano e la vita nuda, Einaudi, … Continue reading →

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King’s College London talk

Posted on January 31, 2012 by

Wednesday 1st February, 12 noon, “How should we do the history of territory?” Pyramid Room, Geography Department, King’s College London, 4th floor King’s Building.  

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On peer review

Posted on January 30, 2012 by

A post on the difficulty of getting reports, here; and a post on how it’s not really a huge amount of work, with interesting comments, here. Another post raises the issue of who is asked to referee. And finally, a proposal … Continue reading →

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Agamben, Opus Dei in French

Posted on January 29, 2012 by

Agamben’s Opus Dei – volume II, 5 of the Homo Sacer project – has been translated into French. Why is it the French seem to always be quicker at translations than the English or American presses? I can’t find an … Continue reading →

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Canguilhem, Complete Works

Posted on January 29, 2012 by

Volume 1 of Georges Canguilhem’s Œuvres complètes was published late last year. Given it is over 1,000 pages, the price of €38 is not too steep. There are projected to be six volumes. This has been promised for some time. … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare cartoons

Posted on January 29, 2012 by

Cliffs Notes have cartoon versions of six of Shakespeare’s plays, here. Currently Othello, Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Julius Caesar. Not to be taken too seriously… (Via Julia Reinhard Lupton’s Thinking with Shakespeare blog.)

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