Category Archives: Books

Eileen Joy interview with The Funambulist – publishing, medieval studies, and much more

This interview was conducted by Léopold Lambert in September 2013, and made available on Archipelago: The Podcast Platform of The Funambulist in January. I’ve just made time to listen. Very interesting insights on publishing, medieval studies and much more. Every publishing house … Continue reading

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A question for German and Italian Foucault scholars

A question that I hope someone can help with. For the German and Italian translations of Foucault’s History of Sexuality Volume I, Foucault wrote a new preface. This appears in Dits et écrits as text number 190, but as a retranslation into French … Continue reading

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Giroux, Neoliberalism’s War on Higher Education

This looks like a thoroughly depressing must-read: Henry Giroux’s Neoliberalism’s War on Higher Education Neoliberalism’s War on Higher Education reveals how neoliberal policies, practices, and modes of material and symbolic violence have radically reshaped the mission and practice of higher … Continue reading

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Talks on Foucault’s La société punitive in Melbourne – 3 and 4 March 2014

In addition to the talks on The Birth of Territory (details here); I’ll be giving talks on Foucault’s La société punitive at Monash University on 3 March 2014, 11am (Clayfield Room A1. 34, Caufield Campus – map here); and at the University of Melbourne on … Continue reading

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Melbourne talks on The Birth of Territory – full details and flyers

26 February 2014, 12.30pm, “The Birth of Territory”, Monash University, Melbourne (Room N502, Menzies Building, Clayton Campus) – flyer, website 27 February 2014, 5pm, “The Birth of Territory”, RMIT University, Melbourne (Swanston Academic Building SAB, B80 L3 R15, City Campus) – flyer

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Talks in Melbourne this month on The Birth of Territory

I will be giving two talks on The Birth of Territory this month in Melbourne. 26 February 2014, 12.30pm, “The Birth of Territory”, Monash University, Melbourne (Room N502, Menzies Building, Clayton Campus) – flyer, website 27 February 2014, 5pm, “The Birth of Territory”, RMIT University, … Continue reading

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Foucault’s back cover text for Surveiller et punir – scan, French, English translation

Jeremy Crampton recently provided an image of the original back cover for Foucault’s Surveiller et punir, including a text signed ‘M.F.’   The text has now been transcribed and translated by Philippe Theophanidis at his Aphelis blog. Incidentally, the Gallimard Tel edition I … Continue reading

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AAG program online – breakfast with The Birth of Territory

The Tampa 2014 Association of American Geographers conference program is now online. Someone has to have the 8am on Saturday slot, and this year it’s the author meets critics session for The Birth of Territory. I’m also in a panel discussing … Continue reading

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Foucault’s Last Decade – eighth update

The first thing I did on arrival in Melbourne was finish work on a short piece on Grégoire Chamayou’s Manhunts for The Funambulist, which returns to some of the arguments I’ve made about Foucault and territory. I’m grateful to Léopold … Continue reading

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REMEDIAEVAL: Proposal for a New Minigraph Book Series

In the Middle has news of an interesting publishing venture from Eileen Joy and Karl Steel – REMEDIAEVAL, a New Minigraph Book Series. Here’s a couple of paragraphs, but you should really check out the whole post: Currently, the Middle Ages … Continue reading

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