Monthly Archives: May 2024

Emile Benveniste’s Second World War (minor updating)

A few minor edits to this post, outlining how difficult it is to find out about what Benveniste did in the first few years of the war – there is more documentary information I’ve found about the second half of … Continue reading

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Michel Foucault, Nietzsche: Cours, conférences et travaux, ed. Bernard Harcourt – Seuil/Gallimard/EHESS, May 2024

Michel Foucault, Nietzsche: Cours, conférences et travaux, ed. Bernard Harcourt – Seuil/Gallimard/EHESS, May 2024 Out at the end of this month. « Nietzsche et Heidegger, ça a été le choc philosophique ! Mais je n’ai jamais rien écrit sur Heidegger et … Continue reading

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Not everyone can afford open access monographs | Wonkhe

Not everyone can afford open access monographs | Wonkhe Adding requirements for open access books and chapters to REF will massively increase costs – and there is no additional funding to cover these. Dawn Hibbert asks for a rethink Some … Continue reading

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Mary Gilmartin, Phil Hubbard, Rob Kitchin & Sue Roberts (ed.), Key Thinkers on Space and Place, third edition – Sage, June 2024

Mary Gilmartin, Phil Hubbard, Rob Kitchin & Sue Roberts (ed.), Key Thinkers on Space and Place, third edition – Sage, June 2024 Space and place are at the heart of how geographers and sociologists think.  This updated edition of the … Continue reading

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Alexandre Lefebvre, Liberalism as a Way of Life – Princeton University Press, June 2024

Alexandre Lefebvre, Liberalism as a Way of Life – Princeton University Press, June 2024 Where do you get your values and sensibilities from? If you grew up in a Western democracy, the answer is probably liberalism. Conservatives are right about … Continue reading

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Foucault, writing and the contemporary university: a grim celebration, London, 19 June 2024

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Foucault, l’indiscipliné – Sciences Humaines, hors-série Les Essentiels 16, April-May 2024

Foucault, l’indiscipliné – Sciences Humaines, Les Essentiels hors-série 16, April-May 2024 Il y a quarante ans, le 25 juin 1984, Michel Foucault disparaissait, emporté par le sida. Il avait 57 ans. Cette mort interrompait une existence prolifique et turbulente. Bâtir une … Continue reading

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Foucault: Art, Histories, and Visuality in the 21st Century – Toronto, 29-30 May 2024

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André Breton’s manuscripts freely accessible on Gallica

Les manuscrits d’André Breton librement accessibles sur Gallica, la bibliothèque numérique de la BnF

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International Dunhuang Programme new website

“After three decades of pioneering research, the IDP launches a new and improved website” – British Library Asian and African studies blog The International Dunhuang Programme (IDP) has launched a new website, where you can view over 150,000 Central and … Continue reading

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