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David Harvey at 90: A Verso Series

Posted on October 3, 2025 by stuartelden

David Harvey at 90: A Verso Series  Last year, we celebrated Fredric Jameson‘s ninetieth birthday with a month long series commemorating his impact on literary criticism, critical theory and philosophy.  This month, in honour of David Harvey‘s ninetieth birthday, we’re publishing a series of … Continue reading →

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Mia Bennett and Klaus Dodds, Unfrozen: The Fight for the Future of the Arctic – Yale University Press, September 2025

Posted on October 3, 2025 by stuartelden

Mia Bennett and Klaus Dodds, Unfrozen: The Fight for the Future of the Arctic – Yale University Press, September 2025 A vital account of the state of the Arctic today—emphasising the twin dangers of climate change and geopolitical competition Nowhere is … Continue reading →

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Jen Rose Smith, Ice Geographies: The Colonial Politics of Race and Indigeneity in the Arctic – Duke University Press, May 2025 and New Books discussion

Posted on October 2, 2025 by stuartelden

Jen Rose Smith, Ice Geographies: The Colonial Politics of Race and Indigeneity in the Arctic – Duke University Press, May 2025 Ice animates the look and feel of climate change. It is melting faster than ever before, causing social upheaval … Continue reading →

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Jean de Menasce’s dedication to Émile Benveniste – “in memory of the year of exile”

Posted on October 1, 2025 by stuartelden

I already knew that Jean de Menasce dedicated his edition and translation of the 9th century Zoroastrian theological text Škand-Gumānīk Vičār to Émile Benveniste. Benveniste had taught de Menasce Iranian languages, especially Pahlavi, in the late 1930s at the École Pratique des Hautes … Continue reading →

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RGS-IBG book series relaunch with LSE Press and first two titles

Posted on October 1, 2025 by stuartelden

The RGS-IBG Book Series is a publishing partnership between the Royal Geographical Society  (with the Institute of British Geographers) and LSE Press. The Series publishes work of the highest international standing. Its emphasis is on distinctive new developments in human and physical … Continue reading →

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James George Lowder, Anthropocene Cosmographies: A Human Geography of the Earth and Outer Space – Routledge, February 2026

Posted on September 30, 2025 by stuartelden

James George Lowder, Anthropocene Cosmographies: A Human Geography of the Earth and Outer Space – Routledge, February 2026 part of the Routledge Planetary Spaces series, edited by Kimberly Peters This book explores relationships between humans and outer space through a geographical lens in … Continue reading →

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Dagmar Herzog, The Question of Unworthy Life: Eugenics and Germany’s Twentieth Century – Princeton University Press, October 2024 and London Review of Books review by Richard J. Evans

Posted on September 29, 2025 by stuartelden

Dagmar Herzog, The Question of Unworthy Life: Eugenics and Germany’s Twentieth Century – Princeton University Press, October 2024 London Review of Books review by Richard J. Evans Between 1939 and 1945, Nazi genocide claimed the lives of nearly three hundred thousand people diagnosed … Continue reading →

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Books written by French professors while prisoners of war in World War II, and the Université de Captivité in Oflag XVII-A

Posted on September 28, 2025 by stuartelden

There are many famous books written in prison, from Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy to Antonio Gramsci’s Prison Notebooks. Socrates’ final words in prison are dramatized by Plato in the Crito. The Marquis de Sade wrote some of his books in prison, and Miguel … Continue reading →

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Siân Echard, Facsimile: Making, Likeness, and Medieval Manuscripts – Penn Press, October 2025

Posted on September 27, 2025 by stuartelden

Siân Echard, Facsimile: Making, Likeness, and Medieval Manuscripts – Penn Press, October 2025 An unprecedented cultural history of reproductions of medieval manuscripts Facsimiles are, or claim to be, exact copies of objects, and medieval manuscripts have long been a focus for … Continue reading →

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Nataša Kovačević, Nonaligned Imagination: Yugoslavia, the Global South, and Literary Solidarities Beyond the Cold War Blocs – Northwestern University Press, September 2025

Posted on September 26, 2025 by stuartelden

Nataša Kovačević, Nonaligned Imagination: Yugoslavia, the Global South, and Literary Solidarities Beyond the Cold War Blocs – Northwestern University Press, September 2025 Recovering the literary and intellectual history of anticolonial collaborations Preoccupied with developing a multiethnic, postcolonial culture and seeking an … Continue reading →

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