Monthly Archives: December 2013

Originally posted on War Law Space:
Please see the below call for papers for the RGS-IBG conference in London in August 2014.   Jayel Aheram RGS-IBG 2014 Paper Session Proposal The geography of war and peace Conveners: Derek Gregory (UBC),…

Nadim Khoury reviews Rachel Beckles Willson’s Orientalism and Musical Mission.

Forthcoming in Society and Space, Franck Billé’s “Territorial phantom pains (and other cartographic anxieties)” (requires subscription).

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Daniele Lorenzini, Ariane Revel & Arianna Sforzini (eds.) Michel Foucault : éthique et vérité (1980-1984), Paris, Vrin, coll. « Problèmes & Controverses », 2013 Les recherches menées par Foucault au cours des années quatre-vingt demeurent,…

An interesting analysis of Twitter: Writers who cover Twitter find the grandiose irresistible: nearly every article about the service’s IPO this fall mentioned the heroes of the Arab Spring who toppled dictators with 140-character stabs, or the size of Lady Gaga’s readership, which … Continue reading →

Verso’s catalogue for Spring 2014 is now available – many interesting looking books, including Roudinesco’s Lacan; Gros’s A Philosophy of Walking; Lefebvre’s Critique of Everyday Life (three volumes in one); Liberti’s Land-Grabbing (in paperback); Wilson’s Jeffrey Sachs; Kojève’s The Notion of Authority; and Rancière’s Aisthesis.

James Glickman reviews Joss Whedon’s film Much Ado About Nothing on the Berfrois website. A really good and interesting review, situating the film within the wider context of filming Shakespeare. I enjoyed the review more than the film, to be honest.