Author Archives: stuartelden

Johannes Angermuller and Philippe Blanchard, Careers of the Professoriate: Academic Pathways of the Linguists and Sociologists in Germany, France and the UK – Palgrave, 2023 This book examines career patterns of the professoriate. Professors may appear as specialised individualists in … Continue reading →

Ian Klinke, Life, Earth, Colony: Friedrich Ratzel’s Necropolitical Geography – University of Michigan Press, August 2023 The book is available in print and open access. Life, Earth, Colony explores the ideas, life, and historical significance of German zoologist turned geographer Friedrich Ratzel … Continue reading →

Gregory J. Seigworth & Carolyn Pedwell (eds.), The Affect Theory Reader 2 – Duke University Press, October 2023 The Introduction is available open access here. Building on the foundational Affect Theory Reader, this new volume gathers together contemporary scholarship that highlights … Continue reading →

Stefanos Geroulanos, The Invention of Prehistory: Empire, Violence, and our Obsession with Human Origins – Liveright, April 2024 No publisher page yet, though it is appearing in online bookstores. There is more info about the book and related essays on … Continue reading →

Mark Carrigan, “Where now for academics on social media, post Twitter?“

James Tyner, Academic Writing for Geographers: A Handbook – De Gruyter, 2023 Expensive hardback and e-book only at this point; paperback coming next year.

Andy Merrifield, John Berger and Gramsci in Rome I’m sitting at the bar of Blackmarket Hall in Rome, a trendy food and drink hang out not far from my new home in Monti. It’s Friday night and the joint is … Continue reading →

Trenton Holliday, Cro-Magnon: The Story of the Last Ice Age People of Europe – Columbia University Press, July 2023 During the Last Ice Age, Europe was a cold, dry place teeming with mammoths, woolly rhinoceroses, reindeer, bison, cave bears, cave … Continue reading →

Maria Stavrinaki, Transfixed by Prehistory: An Inquiry into Modern Art and Time, trans. Jane Marie Todd – Zone Books, May 2022 Prehistory is an invention of the late nineteenth century. In that moment of technological progress and acceleration of production … Continue reading →