Monthly Archives: July 2019

Alex Jeffrey, The Edge of Law: Legal Geographies of a War Crimes Court – Cambridge University Press, December 2019

Posted on July 9, 2019 by stuartelden

Alex Jeffrey, The Edge of Law: Legal Geographies of a War Crimes Court – Cambridge University Press, December 2019 The Edge of Law explores the spatial implications of establishing a new legal institution in the wake of violent conflict. Using … Continue reading →

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The Global Epistemics Book Series

Posted on July 8, 2019 by stuartelden

The Global Epistemics Book Series – now launched, edited by Inanna Hamati-Ataya (Centre for Global Knowledges, University of Cambridge). Global Epistemics is a transdisciplinary series established in partnership with Rowman & Littlefield International, that aims to foster, promote, and disseminate … Continue reading →

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Andrea Ballestero, A Future History of Water – Duke University Press, June 2019

Posted on July 8, 2019 by stuartelden

Andrea Ballestero, A Future History of Water – Duke University Press, June 2019 Based on fieldwork among state officials, NGOs, politicians, and activists in Costa Rica and Brazil, A Future History of Water traces the unspectacular work necessary to make … Continue reading →

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L’aventure Althusser – 1 hour documentary with interviews with Macherey, Balibar, Rancière, etc, available until 7 July 2019

Posted on July 5, 2019 by stuartelden

L’aventure Althusser – 1 hour documentary with interviews with Macherey, Balibar, Rancière, etc, available until 7 July 2019. Thanks to Nadim Khoury for sending the link. Le portrait passionnant du philosophe marxiste Louis Althusser qui, avant de sombrer dans la … Continue reading →

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John Agnew awarded the 2019 Prix Vautrin-Lud

Posted on July 5, 2019 by stuartelden

John Agnew has been awarded the 2019 Prix Vautrin-Lud – the highest award in Geography and sometimes called the equivalent of the discipline’s Nobel prize. There is a news report in French here. Thanks to Sally Hardy for the alert.

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“Discourse and Truth” and “Parresia” (2019)

Posted on July 5, 2019 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Michel Foucault, “Discourse and Truth” and “Parresia”, Chicago University Press, 2019 Edited by Henri-Paul Fruchaud and Daniele Lorenzini With an Introduction by Frédéric Gros English edition established by Nancy Luxon The Chicago Foucault Project This…

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Foucault’s Inaugural lecture at the Collège de France, L’ordre du discours – comparison of the two different versions

Posted on July 1, 2019 by stuartelden

Foucault’s Inaugural lecture at the Collège de France was delivered on 2 December 1970, one week before the beginning of his first course, published as Leçons sur la volonté de savoir and translated as Lectures on the Will to Know. The … Continue reading →

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