Last spring (2013) I had the honor and privilege to co-teach the annual Social Theory seminar, with three colleagues, Jenny Rice, Jeff Peters, and Susan Larson. The seminar is a long-standing feature of the Committee on Social Theory, which was founded at UKY in the spring of 1989 by JP Jones, Ted Schatzki, and Wolfgang Natter (see Postmodern Contentions, 1993).

The topic we proposed, “Mapping,” attracted a superb and diverse group of graduate students. Another tradition of the CST is the production of a journal, disClosure, which is totally written and produced by graduate students in CST and the seminar. There is a nice story on this year’s editors, Rachel Hoy and Christina Williams, here.

Issue 23 of disClosure on “Mapping” (2014) is now out. It contains a great selection of content, including poetry, interviews and articles from authors near (Transylvania University, Lexington)…