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Marci Baranski, The Globalisation of Wheat: A Critical History of the Green Revolution – University of Pittsburgh Press, November 2022

Posted on September 16, 2022 by stuartelden

Marci Baranski, The Globalisation of Wheat: A Critical History of the Green Revolution – University of Pittsburgh Press, November 2022 In The Globalization of Wheat, Marci R. Baranski explores Norman Borlaug’s complicated legacy as godfather of the Green Revolution. Winner of … Continue reading →

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Karl Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program – new translation, PM Press, October 2022

Posted on September 15, 2022 by stuartelden

Karl Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program – new translation, PM Press, 2022 There is also a discussion of the book, today, 15 September 2022, 5.30pm Chicago time. Marx’s Critique of the Gotha Program is a revelation. It offers the fullest elaboration … Continue reading →

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Peter Brown, Journeys of the Mind: A Life in History – Princeton University Press, June 2023

Posted on September 14, 2022 by stuartelden

Peter Brown, Journeys of the Mind: A Life in History – Princeton University Press, June 2023 The end of the ancient world was long regarded by historians as a time of decadence, decline, and fall. In his career-long engagement with … Continue reading →

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‘Indo-European Thought in Post-War France’, Warwick Seminar for Interdisciplinary French Studies, 31 May 2023

Posted on September 6, 2022 by stuartelden

I’ll be giving a paper on the new project to the Warwick Seminar for Interdisciplinary French Studies on 31 May 2023. The seminar will be online, and open to all. More details nearer the time. It’s difficult to know what … Continue reading →

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Shifting landscapes of the medieval world – University of Cambridge, 13-15 September 2022

Posted on September 6, 2022 by stuartelden
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Michel Foucault and the Body. Questioning the Paradoxes of Juridical and Political Inscriptions, University of Warwick, 16-17 September 2022

Posted on September 5, 2022 by stuartelden

Michel Foucault and the Body. Questioning the Paradoxes of Juridical and Political Inscriptions

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Professors at the Collège de France 1985 – Bourdieu, Duby, Dumézil, Hadot, Veyne, et. al.

Posted on September 4, 2022 by stuartelden

This photograph of professors at the Collège de France is interesting, and I’m curious about who else is in here. It was posted on Twitter by Jorge Galindo, who indicates some of the people – a. Pierre Bourdieu b. Georges … Continue reading →

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Klaus Dodds and Sverker Sörlin (eds.), Ice Humanities: Living, Working and Thinking in a Melting World – Manchester University Press, August 2022

Posted on August 26, 2022 by stuartelden

Klaus Dodds and Sverker Sörlin (eds.), Ice Humanities: Living, Working, and Thinking in a Melting World – Manchester University Press, August 2022

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Indo-European Thought project update 5: Reading Saussure

Posted on August 25, 2022 by stuartelden

With the proofs and index of The Archaeology of Foucault complete, the next thing will hopefully be receiving an advance copy toward the end of the year. The new edition of Dumézil’s Mitra-Varuna is now in production with HAU books, and should be out … Continue reading →

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Foucault’s 1983 seminar at Berkeley – the two cowboy hat photographs

Posted on August 25, 2022 by stuartelden

Back in 2015, when I was doing the research for Foucault’s Last Decade, I tried to identify and contact the people who had been part of Foucault’s 1983 seminar at Berkeley. The famous photograph appeared in Didier Eribon’s biography, with … Continue reading →

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