Monthly Archives: March 2026

Afshin Matin-Asgari, Axis of Empire: A History of Iran–US Relations – Verso, January 2026

Posted on March 3, 2026 by stuartelden

Afshin Matin-Asgari, Axis of Empire: A History of Iran–US Relations – Verso, January 2026 A chronicle of intrigue and influence in the Iran-US entanglement Ironic plot twists and colorful characters abound in Afshin Matin-Asgari’s accessible history of relations between the … Continue reading →

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Amar Thorton and Katherine Harloe, Women Working the Past: Archaeology, History and Heritage in Britain, 1870–1950 – University of London Press, December 2026

Posted on March 3, 2026 by stuartelden

Amar Thorton and Katherine Harloe, Women Working the Past: Archaeology, History and Heritage in Britain, 1870–1950 – University of London Press, December 2026 This book offers a new history of women’s integral contribution to archaeology, history, and heritage in nineteenth- … Continue reading →

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‘A Line Is Followed, a Strategy Is Constructed – An Interview with Henri Lefebvre (1979)’, trans. Roberto Mozzachiodi, Historical Materialism (open access)

Posted on March 2, 2026 by stuartelden

‘A Line Is Followed, a Strategy Is Constructed – An Interview with Henri Lefebvre (1979)’, trans. Roberto Mozzachiodi, Historical Materialism (open access) This interview with Henri Lefebvre was conducted for the French Communist Party (PCF) journal La Nouvelle Critique in … Continue reading →

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Jan Eijking, The Technocratic International: Experts and the Making of a World from Nowhere – Oxford University Press, July 2026

Posted on March 2, 2026 by stuartelden

Jan Eijking, The Technocratic International: Experts and the Making of a World from Nowhere – Oxford University Press, July 2026 Most international organisations today-from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to the World Health Organisation-present themselves as technical institutions separate from political … Continue reading →

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A 1970 French interdisciplinary seminar on structuralism, organised by Gilbert Gadoffre, André Lichnerowicz and François Perroux, and attended by Suzanne Bachelard, Pierre Bourdieu, Georges Canguilhem, Michel Foucault, André Martinet, Jacques Monod, Clémence Ramnoux, Michel Serres, Gilbert Simondon and René Thom

Posted on March 1, 2026 by stuartelden

An interdisciplinary seminar on structuralism was held in France in September 1970. Attended by a wide range of speakers, it was an interesting moment in the French reception of this trend in ‘French theory’. Back in October 2022 I posted a … Continue reading →

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