Monthly Archives: January 2026

Mary Gilmartin, Malene H. Jacobsen, Anna-Kaisa Kuusisto, Migration: A Critical Introduction – Wiley, January 2026

Posted on January 8, 2026 by stuartelden

Mary Gilmartin, Malene H. Jacobsen, Anna-Kaisa Kuusisto, Migration: A Critical Introduction – Wiley, January 2026 Migration: A Critical Introduction offers a fresh and accessible framework for understanding migration through a distinctly geographical lens. Going beyond traditional borders and categories, this book examines the … Continue reading →

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Antoine Compagnon, 1966, année mirifique – Gallimard, January 2026

Posted on January 8, 2026 by stuartelden

Antoine Compagnon, 1966, année mirifique – Gallimard, January 2026 Thanks to John Raimo for the link « L’année des cheveux longs et de la minijupe », résume le journal rétrospectif des Actualités françaises le 27 décembre 1966. Sommet des Trente Glorieuses, arrivée … Continue reading →

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Stuart Elden, “Visuality and Vocabulary in Political Geography”, Dialogues in Human Geography, review forum on Juliet Fall, Along the Line: Writing with Comics and Graphic Narrative in Geography, online first

Posted on January 7, 2026 by stuartelden

My contribution to a review forum on Juliet Fall’s remarkable books Bornées: Une histoire illustrée de la frontière (Mētis); Along the Line: Writing with Comics and Graphic Narrative in Geography (EPFL) has now been published online first in Dialogues in Human Geography Stuart Elden, … Continue reading →

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Arden Shakespeare fourth series – first three volumes scheduled

Posted on January 7, 2026 by stuartelden

Arden Shakespeare fourth series – first three volumes scheduled Julius Caesar, edited by Andrew James Hartley Titus Andronicus, edited by Curtis Perry and Ayanna Thompson As You Like It, edited by Tom Bishop The first two are scheduled for May, … Continue reading →

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Lawrence Douglas, The Criminal State: War, Atrocity, and the Dream of International Justice – Princeton University Press, April/June 2026

Posted on January 7, 2026 by stuartelden

Lawrence Douglas, The Criminal State: War, Atrocity, and the Dream of International Justice – Princeton University Press, April/June 2026 The Criminal State offers a gripping account of how law has confronted the most radical forms of state violence. Beautifully written, broad … Continue reading →

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Anthony Gottlieb, Ludwig Wittgenstein: Philosophy in the Age of Airplanes – Yale University Press, January 2026

Posted on January 6, 2026 by stuartelden

Anthony Gottlieb, Ludwig Wittgenstein: Philosophy in the Age of Airplanes – Yale University Press, January 2026 The first biography in more than three decades of the Austrian-born thinker Ludwig Wittgenstein, one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century … Continue reading →

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C. G. Jung and Aniela Jaffé, Jung’s Life and Work: Interviews for Memories, Dreams, Reflections with Aniela Jaffé – ed. Sonu Shamdasani, Princeton University Press, December 2025/January 2026

Posted on January 5, 2026 by stuartelden

C. G. Jung and Aniela Jaffé, Jung’s Life and Work: Interviews for Memories, Dreams, Reflections with Aniela Jaffé – ed. Sonu Shamdasani, Princeton University Press, December 2025/January 2026 In 1957, at the age of eighty-one, C. G. Jung began a … Continue reading →

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Archivaria 100: Special Issue – Legacies of Critical Theory in Archives (Fall/Winter 2025), including a piece on Foucault’s archives

Posted on January 5, 2026 by stuartelden

Archivaria 100: Special Issue – Legacies of Critical Theory in Archives (Fall/Winter 2025) The issue is not yet on Project Muse and requires subscription. The issue contains Steven Maynard, “Michel and Mathurin: Finding Foucault in the Archives“, Archives,” Archivaria 100 (fall/winter 2025): … Continue reading →

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Fernand Braudel and the Writing and Teaching of History in Captivity

Posted on January 4, 2026 by stuartelden

In a previous pieces in this series I’ve discussed Étienne Wolff’s work on the biology of monsters, some of which was written during his time in Oflag XVII-A during the Second World War. (An Oflag was a Offizierslager – a German camp for Allied … Continue reading →

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Tilman Schwarze and Matt Dawson eds. The Anthem Companion to Henri Lefebvre – Anthem, March 2026

Posted on January 3, 2026 by stuartelden

Tilman Schwarze and Matt Dawson eds. The Anthem Companion to Henri Lefebvre – Anthem, March 2026 Reassesses Henri Lefebvre’s enduring relevance to sociology, examining themes from Marxism to urban life and proposing new directions for Lefebvrian research on rhythm, embodiment … Continue reading →

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