Monthly Archives: October 2015

Eduardo Gudynas, David Harvey, Ecuador and ‘sympathetic colonialism’ – links to Spanish/English versions of both texts

Posted on October 15, 2015 by stuartelden

Eduardo Gudynas has recently criticised David Harvey and his research team in Ecuador for ‘simpatico [sympathetic, nice or friendly] colonialism’ (Spanish/English). The research team (Estefanía Martínez, Verónica Morales, Carla Simbaña, Japhy Wilson, Nora Fernández, Thomas Purcell and Jeremy Rayner) respond (Spanish/English); … Continue reading →

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Daniel Defert interview in German – History of Sexuality IV, Les aveux de la chair, will be published

Posted on October 14, 2015 by stuartelden

There is an interview with Daniel Defert in German here, in which he discusses Foucault’s life and work, Adorno, May 68 and political activism, the AIDES group he founded after his death, the lecture courses and the material sold to … Continue reading →

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Mark Carrigan, Social Media for Academics (Sage, 2016) – now available to pre-order

Posted on October 14, 2015 by stuartelden

Mark Carrigan’s book, Social Media for Academics, is now available to pre-order. Social media is an increasingly important part of academic life that can be a fantastic medium for promoting your work, networking with colleagues and for demonstrating impact. However, alongside … Continue reading →

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Virtual roundtable discussion, and free Antipode papers, on “Migration and the Refugee Crisis”

Posted on October 14, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on AntipodeFoundation.org:
Antipode’s publisher, Wiley, runs a great philosophy blog – The Philosopher’s Eye. This Friday, 16 October, they will be hosting what they’re calling a “virtual roundtable discussion” on migration and the refugee crisis. On the panel…

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Volume 33 Issue 5 now out – currently open access

Posted on October 14, 2015 by stuartelden

The new issue of Society and Space is now out, and currently open access…

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Senior Research Fellow at University College London’s Institute of Advanced Studies 2015-16 – and talk on 23 November

Posted on October 13, 2015 by stuartelden

For the 2015-16 academic year I’ll be a Senior Research Fellow at University College London’s new Institute of Advanced Studies. As well as Tamar Garb as director and Catherine Stokes as administrator, there are already four junior research fellows in … Continue reading →

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Two posts in Warwick’s Politics and International Studies department

Posted on October 13, 2015 by stuartelden

Assistant Professor and Assistant/Associate Professor vacancies in PAIS at Warwick: Assistant Professor (76845-105) Assistant or Associate Professor (72453-105)

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Marx’s Economic Manuscript of 1864-1865 – the draft of Capital, Vol III – now translated by Brill

Posted on October 13, 2015 by stuartelden

Marx’s Economic Manuscript of 1864-1865 – the draft of Capital, Vol III – now translated by Brill. Really expensive at the moment, but a paperback with Haymarket will be released in a year’s time. Translated by Ben Fowkes. Edited and … Continue reading →

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Foucault 3/13 The Punitive Society (2015)

Posted on October 13, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Bernard E. Harcourt, Foucault 3/13 The Punitive Society: Didier Fassin, Axel Honneth, Nadia Urbinati, and the Question of the Political and Moral Economies of Punishment [This article draws on a longer essay titled “The ’73…

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J.R.R. Tolkien’s manuscript map of Rohan, Gondor, and Mordor

Posted on October 12, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Biblioklept:
From the forthcoming The Art of the Lord of the Rings, which collects Tolkiens’s preparatory drawings for his epic. Via/more at Wired.

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