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Robert St. Clair, Counter-Modernities in Nineteenth-Century French Literature: Constellations of Loss in Baudelaire, Rimbaud, and Flaubert – Oxford University Press, July 2025

Posted on September 16, 2025 by stuartelden

Robert St. Clair, Counter-Modernities in Nineteenth-Century French Literature: Constellations of Loss in Baudelaire, Rimbaud, and Flaubert – Oxford University Press, July 2025 Counter-Modernities in Nineteenth-Century French Literature explores a counterview of modernity in late nineteenth-century French literature (1848-1891). The principal claim of … Continue reading →

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Erwin Panofsky’s dog and Ernst Kantorowicz

Posted on September 15, 2025 by stuartelden

In the archives of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, there are some papers relating to Erwin Panofsky, the art historian, collected by his second wife Gerda Panofsky (née Sörgel). I was led there by the question of the … Continue reading →

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Faye Donnelly and Tilman Schwarze eds. Security and Space: In Pursuit of Interconnections – Bristol University Press, May 2026

Posted on September 15, 2025 by stuartelden

Faye Donnelly and Tilman Schwarze eds. Security and Space: In Pursuit of Interconnections – Bristol University Press, May 2026 This book brings fresh insights into how social spaces shape the way we experience and understand security. Chapters unite voices from … Continue reading →

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Pierre Bourdieu and Erwin Panofsky: Architecture, Scholasticism and the Concept of Habitus

Posted on September 14, 2025 by stuartelden

In 1967, Pierre Bourdieu translated Erwin Panofsky’s 1951 book Gothic Architecture and Scholasticism into French. The German-born Panofsky is best known for his work in art history, and for developing Aby Warburg’s distinction between iconography and iconology. He was teaching alternate semesters … Continue reading →

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Hegel 13/13 – Columbia University Centre for Contemporary Critical Thought series

Posted on September 13, 2025 by stuartelden

The seminars at the Columbia University Centre for Contemporary Critical Thought organised by Bernard Harcourt continue with Hegel 13/13. I was able to go to several of the Marx 13/13 series earlier this year, and the larger events are usually … Continue reading →

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Michael J. Shapiro, Thinking Outside the Canon: Political Theory as Textual Odyssey – Oxford University Press, October 2025

Posted on September 13, 2025 by stuartelden

Hot on the heels of Negotiating Civic Life: Literature, Film, Politics (Edinburgh University Press, May 2025), Michael J. Shapiro has another book out – Thinking Outside the Canon: Political Theory as Textual Odyssey, Oxford University Press, October 2025 Thinking Outside the … Continue reading →

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Bourse internationale IMEC/Centre Michel Foucault, 2025

Posted on September 12, 2025 by stuartelden

Bourse internationale IMEC/Centre Michel Foucault, 2025 – détails at Foucault News Version PDFL’Imec et le Centre Michel Foucault lancent un appel à chercheur pour l’attribution de la 5ème Bourse internationale Imec/Centre Michel Foucault. L’Institut Mémoires de l’édition contemporaine (Imec), préserve et met … Continue reading →

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CFP: The twenty-fourth annual meeting of the Foucault Circle, University of Notre Dame, April 3-5, 2025

Posted on September 12, 2025 by stuartelden

CFP: The twenty-fourth annual meeting of the Foucault Circle, University of Notre Dame, April 3-5, 2025 We seek submissions for papers on any aspect of Foucault’s work, as well as studies, critiques, and applications of Foucauldian thinking. This conference also … Continue reading →

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The Complete and Original Norwegian Folktales of Asbjørnsen and Moe, trans. Tiina Nunally – University of Minnesota Press, August 2025

Posted on September 12, 2025 by stuartelden

The Complete and Original Norwegian Folktales of Asbjørnsen and Moe, trans. Tiina Nunally – University of Minnesota Press, August 2025 The definitive English translation of the celebrated story collection regarded as a landmark of Norwegian literature and culture—now in paperback … Continue reading →

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Duncan Kelly, Worlds of Wartime: The First World War and the Reconstruction of Modern Politics – Oxford University Press, November 2025

Posted on September 12, 2025 by stuartelden

Duncan Kelly, Worlds of Wartime: The First World War and the Reconstruction of Modern Politics – Oxford University Press, November 2025 A major study, of a massive topic – 784 pages! The First World War hardly ended with the formal Armistice … Continue reading →

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