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Nicholas Terpstra, Senses of Space in the Early Modern World – Cambridge University Press, February 2024 (print and open access) New Books discussion with Miranda Melcher How did early moderns experience sense and space? How did the expanding cultural, political, and social … Continue reading →

Judith Carney, “Planting Resistance: Botanical Legacies of the African Diaspora”, British Academy/Denis Cosgrove lecture, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 28 May 2024, 6pm free, but booking required; part of the Denis Cosgrove lecture series Delivered by the most outstanding academics in … Continue reading →

Marx, A French Passion: The Reception of Marx and Marxisms in France’s Political-Intellectual Life – ed. Antony Burlaud and Jean-Numa Ducange, trans. David Broder, Haymarket Books, March 2024 Despite the collapse of Soviet-style socialism, the spectre of Marx still haunts the French … Continue reading →

Ten years ago I wrote a post – Five apps I find really useful for my writing and blogging I am really stuck in my ways! or, more charitably, I found what worked for me, and have continued with it. … Continue reading →

James McElvenny, A History of Modern Linguistics: From the Beginnings to World War II – Edinburgh University Press, January 2024 The book is discussed at Language on the Move (partnered with New Books Network) In this book, McElvenny offers a concise … Continue reading →

Samar Al-Bulushi, War-Making as Worldmaking: Kenya, the United States and the War on Terror – Stanford University Press, November 2024 Since Kenya’s invasion of Somalia in 2011, the Kenyan state has been engaged in direct combat with the Somali militant … Continue reading →

Steve Mentz, Sailing without Ahab: Ecopoetic Travels – Fordham University Press, 2024; foreword by Suzanne Conklin Akbari. There is a New Books discussion with John Yargo here. Navigate the Depths of a Timeless Classic, Reimagined. Come sail with I. We’re … Continue reading →

Foucault: Genealogies for the Future – Rice University, 18-19 April 2024, with online option news story about the event, organised by Niki Kasumi Clements, here

Douglas Porch, Resistance and Liberation: France at War 1942-1945 – Cambridge University Press, January 2024 In Resistance and Liberation, Douglas Porch continues his epic history of France at war. Emerging from the debâcle of 1940, France faced the quandary of … Continue reading →