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Richard Horton, ‘Frantz Fanon and the origins of global health’, The Lancet (open access)

Posted on March 25, 2019 by stuartelden

Richard Horton, ‘Frantz Fanon and the origins of global health’, The Lancet (open access)

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Forthcoming translations of Althusser – History and Imperialism (Polity) and Lessons on Rousseau (Verso)

Posted on March 25, 2019 by stuartelden

Forthcoming translations of Althusser from Polity and Verso History and Imperialism: Writings 1964-1988, translated by G.M. Goshgarian, Polity, October 2019 Writings on History brings together a selection of texts by Louis Althusser dating from 1963 to 1986, including essays, a … Continue reading →

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David Farrell Krell, “Derrida, Heidegger, and the Magnetism of the Trakl House” (on Derrida’s Geschlecht III – video)

Posted on March 22, 2019 by stuartelden

And while we’re on that theme – David Farrell Krell, “Derrida, Heidegger, and the Magnetism of the Trakl House” (on Derrida’s Geschlecht III – video)

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Sex, Race, Nation, Humanity: Derrida’s Geschlecht III (Goldsmiths, April 8-9, 2019)

Posted on March 22, 2019 by stuartelden

Sex, Race, Nation, Humanity: Derrida’s Geschlecht III (Goldsmiths, April 8-9, 2019) Sex, Race, Nation, Humanity: Derrida’s Geschlecht III A Conference on a Newly Re-discovered Text April 8-9, 2019 Richard Hoggart Building 137a, Goldsmiths, University of London This two-day conference focuses on a … Continue reading →

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History of Anthropology theme section – Canguilhem’s Milieu (open access)

Posted on March 18, 2019 by stuartelden

History of Anthropology theme section – Canguilhem’s Milieu (open access) Thanks to James Tyner for the link. Special Focus: Canguilhem’s Milieu Today Editors’ Introduction: As Adventurous as Life Gabriel Coren and Cameron Brinitzer The Life of the Milieu Kathleen Stewart … Continue reading →

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In Memory of Couze Venn

Posted on March 16, 2019 by stuartelden

I was very sorry to hear the news of the death of Couze Venn, earlier this week. Couze was a Professor at Goldsmiths University, and managing editor of Theory, Culture & Society. I first met Couze at a Foucault conference at … Continue reading →

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The Birth of Territory coda translated in Iran’s Shargh Daily

Posted on March 16, 2019 by stuartelden

The coda from my 2013 book The Birth of Territory (‘Territory as a Political Technology’) is translated in today’s issue of Iran’s Shargh Daily newspaper (the pdf is here). This translation is made by Sahand Sattari, who has also translated some … Continue reading →

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Books received – Wade, Towarnicki, Althusser, Foucault

Posted on March 15, 2019 by stuartelden

Simeon Wade’s memoir, Foucault in California, Frédéric de Towarnicki, À la rencontre de Heidegger, Louis Althusser, Journal de captivité: Stalag XA 1940-1945, and one of the several issues of Magazine littéraire on Foucault. Wade’s memoir is the infamous Death Valley acid trip, and … Continue reading →

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British Academy/Leverhulme grant for archival work on the early Foucault

Posted on March 11, 2019 by stuartelden

I’m very pleased to say that I’ve been awarded a British Academy/Leverhulme small grant for a project entitled ‘The Early Foucault: Retracing Intellectual History through Archival Sources’. As regular readers of the blog will know, I’ve been working on the first … Continue reading →

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Georges Canguilhem, transmission d’une pensée : des archives aux Œuvres complètes – CAPHÉS, Paris, 14 March 2019

Posted on March 11, 2019 by stuartelden

Georges Canguilhem, transmission d’une pensée : des archives aux Œuvres complètes – CAPHÉS, Paris, 14 March 2019 Jeudi 14 mars 2019 — École normale supérieure, 29, rue d’Ulm, salle 236 (2e étage), 75005 Paris — 17h à 19h 30 Intervenants : Jean-François Braunstein, Camille Limoges, … Continue reading →

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