Author Archives: stuartelden

Gordon and Tina Wasson, Slavic Studies in the Cold War, and the Hallucinogenic Mushroom

Posted on November 23, 2025 by stuartelden

R. Gordon Wasson was Vice President at the American investment bank J.P. Morgan & Co., a major supporter of Slavic Studies in the United States during the Cold War, and fascinated by hallucinogenic mushrooms.  His wife, Valentina Pavlovna Wasson was … Continue reading →

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François Cusset and Thomas Daquin, French Theory, itinéraires d’une pensée rebelle – La Découverte/Delcourt 2025

Posted on November 22, 2025 by stuartelden

François Cusset, Thomas Daquin, French Theory, itinéraires d’une pensée rebelle – La Découverte/Delcourt 2025 Thanks to Foucault News for the link. On connaissait la French Pop , mais connaissez-vous la French Theory ? Comment Deleuze, Foucault, Derrida… sont devenus des stars aux … Continue reading →

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Lise Vogel, The Contested Domain: Selected Writings on Marxism and Feminism, ed. Kirstin Munro, Pluto, November 2025

Posted on November 22, 2025 by stuartelden

Lise Vogel, The Contested Domain: Selected Writings on Marxism and Feminism, ed. Kirstin Munro, Pluto, November 2025 ‘A compelling critique of bourgeois society and women’s oppression – a critique that not only advances theory, but also engages deeply with the … Continue reading →

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States of precarity in UK Higher Education geography

Posted on November 21, 2025 by stuartelden

States of precarity in UK Higher Education geography – summary at the RGS-IBG website, with links to the report, plans, posters etc. Precarious working conditions are increasingly common throughout academia – from the proliferation of fixed term contracts (FTCs) to … Continue reading →

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Daniel Heller-Roazen, Far Calls: On Omens, Slips & Epiphanies – Zone, September 2025

Posted on November 21, 2025 by stuartelden

Daniel Heller-Roazen, Far Calls: On Omens, Slips & Epiphanies – Zone, September 2025 When words are not heard but overheard, when phrases are perceived in bits and pieces, and when speakers, failing to do as they intend, state things that … Continue reading →

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Maia Kotrosits, After Transformation: A Lyrical History of Christian Late Antiquity – Duke University Press, November 2025

Posted on November 21, 2025 by stuartelden

Maia Kotrosits, After Transformation: A Lyrical History of Christian Late Antiquity – Duke University Press, November 2025 Introduction open access at this link In After Transformation, Maia Kotrosits offers a lyrical history of Christian late antiquity as it lives on in … Continue reading →

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Julia Welland, Pleasure and Depletion in Contemporary Militarism – Edinburgh University Press, March 2026

Posted on November 20, 2025 by stuartelden

Julia Welland, Pleasure and Depletion in Contemporary Militarism – Edinburgh University Press, March 2026

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Walter Benjamin, Berlin Childhood around 1900 – trans. Shierry Weber Nicholsen, Verso, November 2025

Posted on November 20, 2025 by stuartelden

Walter Benjamin, Berlin Childhood around 1900 – trans. Shierry Weber Nicholsen, Verso, November 2025 An elegant new translation of Benjamin’s moving evocation of the experiences of his urban childhood Composed in exile in the 1930s and pub­lished as a whole only after … Continue reading →

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Johanna Luyssen, Les Fragments d’Hélène – Julliard, September 2025

Posted on November 19, 2025 by stuartelden

Johanna Luyssen, Les Fragments d’Hélène – Julliard, September 2025 J’ai mis des années avant d’oser écrire sur Hélène. Elle n’était pas que l’étranglée de la rue d’Ulm. Elle était un mystère, une femme aux multiples identités, une personnalité opaque, hermétique … Continue reading →

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J.D. Sargan, Trans Histories of the Medieval Book: An Experiment in Bibliography – ARC Humanities Press, October 2025 (print and open access)

Posted on November 19, 2025 by stuartelden

J.D. Sargan, Trans Histories of the Medieval Book: An Experiment in Bibliography – ARC Humanities Press, October 2025 (print and open access) Archival collections are political spaces: the decisions that govern whose histories are preserved, when, and by whom are not … Continue reading →

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