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Levinas conference in Toulouse, July 4-8, 2016

Originally posted on Object-Oriented Philosophy:
THE NEIGHBOR AND THE STRANGER July 4th – 8th, 2016, University Jean Jaurès, Toulouse, France An international conference under the auspices of the North American Levinas Society (NALS) & Société internationale de Recherche Emmanuel Levinas (SIREL)…

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Guardian Shakespeare Solos – new set of videos

The final set of films in the Guardian’s Shakespeare Solos series has been released. The five videos feature outstanding actors performing some of the playwright’s best known speeches. Damian Lewis delivers the funeral oration from Julius Caesar, Zawe Ashton gives … Continue reading

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b20 an online journal from boundary 2

Announcing b2o: an online journal! // boundary 2 In Spring 2016, boundary 2 launched a new website that includes, in addition to the already existing b2 review, new reviews and interventions sections, as well as a new journal. The new … Continue reading

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My review of David Farrell Krell, Phantoms of the Other: Four Generations of Derrida’s Geschlecht in Derrida Today

My review of David Farrell Krell, Phantoms of the Other: Four Generations of Derrida’s Geschlecht, Albany: State University of New York, 2015 has now been published in Derrida Today (open access) or try here if that doesn’t work.

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In Memoriam: Doreen Massey (1944-2016) by Tracey Skelton

A new tribute to Doreen Massey, by Tracey Skelton at the Society and Space open site. More tributes here – https://progressivegeographies.com/2016/03/13/tributes-to-doreen-massey/

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Books received – Shakespeare, Sartre, Neocleous, TCS, Gabrys, Foucault

A pile of books received – three second-hand books for the Shakespeare work, Jean-Paul Sartre’s What is Subjectivity?, Mark Neocleous’s The Universal Adversary, the new issue of Theory, Culture & Society, Jennifer Gabrys’s Program Earth, and the 2004 special issue … Continue reading

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CFP Authority & Political Technologies 2016: Biopolitical Matters June 13-14, Warwick

Authority & Political Technologies 2016: Biopolitical Matters Warwick University June 13th-14th  – abstract submission deadline May 13th Key Notes: Kathryn Yusoff (Queen Mary) ‘Geopower: biopolitics and matter after life’ Celia Lury (Warwick) ‘Better than you: a topological imaginary’ Didier Fassin (Princeton IAS) ‘The … Continue reading

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Jerry Brotton to give Inaugural Denis Cosgrove Lecture in the GeoHumanities, June 16th, 2016, Royal Geographical Society

To celebrate its launch, the new Centre for the GeoHumanities at Royal Holloway University of London is hosting the inaugural Denis Cosgrove Lecture in the GeoHumanities on the evening of June 16th, 2016, at the Royal Geographical Society (with the … Continue reading

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Warwick Graduate Conference in Political Geography, 18-19-20 May 2016 programme

The next Warwick Graduate Conference in Political Geography will be held at the University of Warwick on 19-20 May, 2016, with a screening and discussion of Sur les toits the evening before. The topic of this year’s conference is: “(Dis)Assembling state spaces: Conceptualising … Continue reading

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Foucault’s Last Decade – now available worldwide

Foucault’s Last Decade is now available worldwide – I’ve been getting a few messages to say that copies in North America are now being received. You can order direct from Polity’s distributor Wiley and, of course, other online retailers. Thank you to … Continue reading

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