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Kathleen E. Kennedy, Illuminating Media: Transmitting the Renaissance in England, 1400–1550 – Concordia University Press, Spring 2026

Posted on November 17, 2025 by stuartelden

Kathleen E. Kennedy, Illuminating Media: Transmitting the Renaissance in England, 1400–1550 – Concordia University Press, Spring 2026 The overlooked art of late medieval English manuscript illumination—its initials, borders, and non-figurative designs—finally receives its first book-length examination. Far from being mere decoration, … Continue reading →

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Tom Harper, Nick Dykes, and Magdalena Peszko, Secret Maps: Maps You Were Never Meant to See, from the Middle Ages to Today – University of Chicago Press, November 2025

Posted on November 17, 2025 by stuartelden

Tom Harper, Nick Dykes, and Magdalena Peszko, Secret Maps: Maps You Were Never Meant to See, from the Middle Ages to Today – University of Chicago Press, November 2025 An illustrated story of the relationship between mapping and secrecy, charting … Continue reading →

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Foucault’s Multiple Plans for his History of Sexuality

Posted on November 16, 2025 by stuartelden

Some years ago, Philippe Chevallier alerted me to the importance of the 1977 German translation of the first volume of Foucault’s History of Sexuality as Sexualität und Wahrheit: Der Wille zum Wissen. This text included a brief preface by Foucault … Continue reading →

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Stephan Schmid & Hamid Taieb eds., A Philosophical History of the Concept – Cambridge University Press, March 2026

Posted on November 15, 2025 by stuartelden

Stephan Schmid & Hamid Taieb eds., A Philosophical History of the Concept – Cambridge University Press, March 2026 The concept of concept plays a central role in philosophy, serving both as a subject of study in disciplines such as logic, epistemology, … Continue reading →

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Jason Ananda Josephson Storm, The Genealogy of Genealogy: Nietzsche, Foucault, and the Coils of Critical History – University of Chicago Press, April 2026

Posted on November 14, 2025 by stuartelden

Jason Ananda Josephson Storm, The Genealogy of Genealogy: Nietzsche, Foucault, and the Coils of Critical History – University of Chicago Press, April 2026 A daring reassessment of the critical method that reshaped the humanities—and an invitation to imagine new ways of doing … Continue reading →

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Léopold Sédar Senghor, Writings on Politics – ed. Yohann C. Ripert, Duke University Press, November 2025

Posted on November 14, 2025 by stuartelden

Léopold Sédar Senghor, Writings on Politics – ed. Yohann C. Ripert, Duke University Press, November 2025 Introduction open access at this link Senghor: Writings on Politics brings Léopold Sédar Senghor’s most vital essays, speeches, and political writings to English-language readers for … Continue reading →

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Birgit Abels and Patrick Eisenlohr, Atmospheric Knowledge: Environmentality, Latency, and Sonic Multimodality – University of California Press, September 2025 (print and open access) and New Books discussion

Posted on November 13, 2025 by stuartelden

Birgit Abels and Patrick Eisenlohr, Atmospheric Knowledge: Environmentality, Latency, and Sonic Multimodality – University of California Press, September 2025 (print and open access) New Books discussion with Khadeeja Amenda – thanks to dmf for the link How do we know … Continue reading →

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James Delbourgo, A Noble Madness: The Dark Side of Collecting from Antiquity to Now – WW Norton, August 2025, and London Group of Historical Geographers seminar, online, 18 November 2025

Posted on November 13, 2025 by stuartelden

James Delbourgo, A Noble Madness: The Dark Side of Collecting from Antiquity to Now – WW Norton, August 2025 A captivating history of obsessive collectors: from ancient looters and idolaters to fin de siècle decadents, Freudian psychos, and hoarders. Collectors … Continue reading →

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Rahel Jaeggi, Progress and Regression, trans. Robert Savage, Harvard University Press, July 2025

Posted on November 13, 2025 by stuartelden

Rahel Jaeggi, Progress and Regression, trans. Robert Savage, Harvard University Press, July 2025 Despite widespread technological innovation, scientific and medical breakthroughs, and strides toward gender and racial equity, few believe that humanity is on the road of progress. Indeed, many … Continue reading →

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Indo-European Thought in Twentieth-Century France update 30 – archive work in Paris, Bern and Cambridge, MA, and Benveniste’s library

Posted on November 12, 2025 by stuartelden

The formal end of the Leverhulme major research fellowship for the Indo-European thought project was at the end of September, but I have a no-cost extension until the end of January. This is invaluable, and is effectively to extend the grant for … Continue reading →

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