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Elvan Cobb, Infrastructured Landscapes: Spatial Histories of Early Ottoman Railways – Brill, July 2026

Posted on July 25, 2026 by stuartelden

Elvan Cobb, Infrastructured Landscapes: Spatial Histories of Early Ottoman Railways – Brill, July 2026 In Infrastructured Landscapes, Elvan Cobb reveals how the arrival of railways originating from the eastern Mediterranean port city of Izmir reshaped the very fabric of space and … Continue reading →

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Cary Wolfe, Jagged Ontologies – University of Minnesota Press, July 2026

Posted on July 24, 2026 by stuartelden

Cary Wolfe, Jagged Ontologies – University of Minnesota Press, July 2026 Rethinking life, justice, and the biosphere through the sharp edges of jagged ontology In this groundbreaking book, Cary Wolfe dismantles some of the most entrenched assumptions in contemporary interdisciplinary … Continue reading →

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Elena Woodacre, Lucinda H.S. Dean, Simon Lambe, Patrik Pastrnak, Exploring Monarchy in Medieval Europe, 1000–1500 – Routledge, July 2026

Posted on July 22, 2026 by stuartelden

Elena Woodacre, Lucinda H.S. Dean, Simon Lambe, Patrik Pastrnak, Exploring Monarchy in Medieval Europe, 1000–1500 – Routledge, July 2026 Through wide-ranging thematic chapters, this book offers students a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of monarchy across Europe in … Continue reading →

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Gabriella Soto, Border Afterlives: Migrant Deaths, Forensic Investigations, and the Politics of Haunting – University of Arizona Press, March 2026

Posted on July 20, 2026 by stuartelden

Gabriella Soto, Border Afterlives: Migrant Deaths, Forensic Investigations, and the Politics of Haunting – University of Arizona Press, March 2026 I’ve shared news of the book before. There is now a New Books discussion with Jennifer Rose Najera. Thanks to dmf … Continue reading →

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The Georges Dumézil-Mircea Eliade correspondence – a chronological listing with publication details or archive locations

Posted on July 19, 2026 by stuartelden

The mythologist Georges Dumézil and the historian of religions Mircea Eliade had a long-term correspondence and several of their letters have been published. They met during the Second World War, and when Eliade’s links to the Iron Guard meant he … Continue reading →

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Lucien Sève, Thinking with Marx Today, Volume 2 – trans. James H. Membrez, Haymarket, September 2026

Posted on July 18, 2026 by stuartelden

Lucien Sève, Thinking with Marx Today, Volume 2 – trans. James H. Membrez, Haymarket, September 2026 The second volume in Lucien Sève’s Thinking with Marx Today series explores Marx’s revolution in anthropology. Instead of abstract “man,” Marx argued that there is an ensemble of societal … Continue reading →

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Ann Blair, In the Scholar’s Workshop: Hidden Histories of Collaboration and Authorship – Princeton University Press, July/September 2026

Posted on July 17, 2026 by stuartelden

Ann Blair, In the Scholar’s Workshop: Hidden Histories of Collaboration and Authorship – Princeton University Press, July/September 2026 For centuries, many of the world’s most influential thinkers routinely relied on helpers who performed tasks such as taking dictation, correcting, indexing, … Continue reading →

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Roopika Risam, Data Empire: How Information Shaped Human History – Torva, July 2026

Posted on July 16, 2026 by stuartelden

Roopika Risam, Data Empire: How Information Shaped Human History – Torva, July 2026 We live in an era when trading our information for access can feel harmless or inevitable – yet from targeted advertising to mass surveillance, data shapes the course … Continue reading →

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Ali Fard, Grounding the Cloud: Urbanism in the Shadow of Data – University of Minnesota Press, June 2026 and New Books discussion

Posted on July 15, 2026 by stuartelden

Ali Fard, Grounding the Cloud: Urbanism in the Shadow of Data – University of Minnesota Press, June 2026 New Books discussion with Miranda Melcher – thanks to dmf for the link A detailed foray into the material and spatial realities … Continue reading →

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Pascale Drouet, Shakespeare and the Denial of Territory: Banishment, Abuse of Power and Strategies of Resistance – Manchester University Press, November 2021

Posted on July 14, 2026 by stuartelden

Pascale Drouet, Shakespeare and the Denial of Territory: Banishment, Abuse of Power and Strategies of Resistance – Manchester University Press, November 2021 I’m slow to notice this one, but looks interesting. My own Shakespearean Territories discusses related issues. This book … Continue reading →

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