Category Archives: Lauren Berlant

Lauren Berlant, On the Inconvenience of Other People – Duke University Press, September 2022 I’m late in noticing this book, published last year. The Introduction is available open access here. In On the Inconvenience of Other People Lauren Berlant continues to explore … Continue reading →

Twenty one 1000 word encounters with Lauren Berlant’s incredible work Encountering Berlant Part 1: Concepts otherwise Encountering Berlant Part 2: Cruel and other optimisms Open access – thanks to Ben Anderson for the link

The news of the sad death of Lauren Berlant has been all over social media, with many heartfelt tributes to the impact of their work. I won’t try to link to all of them, but these three are useful. University … Continue reading →

You’ll have to get up early to see me present at the Association of American Geographers conference in Chicago next week. Both sessions are at 8am. 21 April 2015, “The Multiple Geographies of Ebola”, as part of a panel session on (Geo)politics … Continue reading →

Interesting piece in the LA Review of Books, “The Function of Criticism at the Present Time“, which looks at the work of Lauren Berlant. Berlant will be giving the Society and Space lecture at the Association of American Geographers meeting … Continue reading →