Category Archives: Publishing

Foucault archive as a ‘National Treasure’

Clare O’Farrell’s Foucault News blog has been really helpful for updates on the archival status of Foucault’s papers – notes, lecture drafts, manuscripts, etc. Les aveux de la chair is in there. See these two recent pieces she has linked … Continue reading

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This is really important news in Heidegger studies. The Beiträge zur Philosophie (Vom Ereignis) is coming out in a new translation. It will be out with Indiana University Press in April 2012, with the translation made…

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An editor’s plea

This is extremely familiar… I frowned as I looked up from the computer. Yet another author complaining about the long turn-around. It had been six months since the author submitted his paper to the journal. That does seem like a … Continue reading

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Folger Shakespeare e-texts

The Folger Shakespeare Library, in co-operation with Simon & Schuster, is pleased to announce the release of the texts of its celebrated Folger Shakespeare Editions. The texts of the plays themselves, minus glosses, notes and interpretive material, will be available … Continue reading

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Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: Ethics and Objects

Interesting edited collection now available in print or free download. Details here. Animal, Mineral, Vegetable examines what happens when we cease to assume that only humans exert agency. Through a careful examination of medieval, early modern and contemporary lifeworlds, these … Continue reading

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Revista Urban issue 3 and call for papers

The Spanish journal Revista Urban issue 3 is now out. It’s a theme issue on Conflicts of contemporary cities. It includes articles by Don Mitchell, Alain Bertho, Fabrizio Bottini & Maria Cristina Gibelli, Cristina Fernández & Fernando Roch, Julio Soria … Continue reading

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Geographica Helvetica relaunch

The venerable Swiss geography journal Geographica Helvetica is being relaunched next year with a new editorial team – Francisco Klauser, Ola Söderström and Benedikt Korf. I’ve accepted an invitation to be part of the new editorial board. The plan is … Continue reading

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Pirate Radical Philosophy?

The latest issue of Radical Philosophy has an interesting piece entitled ‘Pirate Radical Philosophy’, which is free to download. It raises questions about open access, piracy, copyright and the digital humanities. It is followed by a brief statement from the … Continue reading

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Foucault Studies issue 13

A Special Issue on Foucault and Accounting guest edited by Andrea Mennicken & Peter Miller Issue 13 also includes original articles on parrhesia, classical scholarship and Foucault’s ‘German moment’ as well as a review essay on Foucault’s 1970-1971 course on … Continue reading

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Is ‘podcasting’ lectures a good idea?

Renowned classicist Mary Beard asks this question on her TLS blog. She is responding to the frequent request that a lecture/seminar is recorded. I don’t especially like the term ‘podcasting’ – basically it means audio or video files being made … Continue reading

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