Stuart Elden
@stuartelden.bsky.social
Political theorist, political geographer, now mainly write on the history of ideas. Professor at University of Warwick, work on territory, Foucault, Lefebvre and new project on Indo-European thought in C20th France. https://progressivegeographies.com
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Call for papers!
We invite proposals for a special issue addressing historical animal geographies, co-edited by Karen M. Morin & Alice J. Hovorka.
Abstract deadline 15 Jan
Accepted submission deadline 15 Jun
Details here: sciencedirect.com/special-issue/327592/historical-animal-geographies
We invite proposals for a special issue addressing historical animal geographies, co-edited by Karen M. Morin & Alice J. Hovorka.
Abstract deadline 15 Jan
Accepted submission deadline 15 Jun
Details here: sciencedirect.com/special-issue/327592/historical-animal-geographies
November 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Call for papers!
We invite proposals for a special issue addressing historical animal geographies, co-edited by Karen M. Morin & Alice J. Hovorka.
Abstract deadline 15 Jan
Accepted submission deadline 15 Jun
Details here: sciencedirect.com/special-issue/327592/historical-animal-geographies
We invite proposals for a special issue addressing historical animal geographies, co-edited by Karen M. Morin & Alice J. Hovorka.
Abstract deadline 15 Jan
Accepted submission deadline 15 Jun
Details here: sciencedirect.com/special-issue/327592/historical-animal-geographies
Johanna Luyssen, Les Fragments d'Hélène, Julliard, September 2025
www.lisez.com/livres/les-f...
Thanks to @unsocialtheory.bsky.social for the news of this book, telling the other side of a story...
www.lisez.com/livres/les-f...
Thanks to @unsocialtheory.bsky.social for the news of this book, telling the other side of a story...
Les Fragments d'Hélène de Johanna Luyssen -
" J'ai mis des années avant d'oser écrire sur Hélène. Elle n'était pas que l'étranglée de la rue d'Ulm. Elle était un mystère, une femme aux multiples
www.lisez.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Johanna Luyssen, Les Fragments d'Hélène, Julliard, September 2025
www.lisez.com/livres/les-f...
Thanks to @unsocialtheory.bsky.social for the news of this book, telling the other side of a story...
www.lisez.com/livres/les-f...
Thanks to @unsocialtheory.bsky.social for the news of this book, telling the other side of a story...
@jdsargan.bsky.social, Trans Histories of the Medieval Book: An Experiment in Bibliography - @archumanities.bsky.social, October 2025 (print and open access)
www.arc-humanities.org/978180270163...
www.arc-humanities.org/978180270163...
Trans Histories of the Medieval Book - Arc Humanities Press
Archival collections are political spaces: the decisions that govern whose histories are preserved, when, and by whom are not neutral. They reflect the commu...
www.arc-humanities.org
November 19, 2025 at 8:16 AM
@jdsargan.bsky.social, Trans Histories of the Medieval Book: An Experiment in Bibliography - @archumanities.bsky.social, October 2025 (print and open access)
www.arc-humanities.org/978180270163...
www.arc-humanities.org/978180270163...
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It was such a pleasure to chat with @julietjfall.bsky.social about her recent book Along the Line, which explores border infrastructure through graphic narrative.
For the new TTiN series of conversations with academics and artists working on infrastructure.
m.soundcloud.com/ttinfrastruc...
For the new TTiN series of conversations with academics and artists working on infrastructure.
m.soundcloud.com/ttinfrastruc...
Along the Line: Writing with Comics and Graphic Narrative in Geography, with Juliet Fall
Stream Along the Line: Writing with Comics and Graphic Narrative in Geography, with Juliet Fall by Thinking Through Infrastructure Network on desktop and mobile. Play over 320 million tracks for free ...
m.soundcloud.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
It was such a pleasure to chat with @julietjfall.bsky.social about her recent book Along the Line, which explores border infrastructure through graphic narrative.
For the new TTiN series of conversations with academics and artists working on infrastructure.
m.soundcloud.com/ttinfrastruc...
For the new TTiN series of conversations with academics and artists working on infrastructure.
m.soundcloud.com/ttinfrastruc...
Peg Birmingham, Hannah Arendt and Political Glory: Earthly Immortality in an Age of Superfluousness - @edinburghup.bsky.social, November 2025
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-hannah-...
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-hannah-...
Hannah Arendt and Political Glory
Hannah Arendt and Political Glory
edinburghuniversitypress.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Peg Birmingham, Hannah Arendt and Political Glory: Earthly Immortality in an Age of Superfluousness - @edinburghup.bsky.social, November 2025
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-hannah-...
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-hannah-...
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I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
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Foucault's Multiple Plans for his History of Sexuality progressivegeographies.com/2025/11/16/f... - building on earlier work, and discussing a couple of other bits of evidence about the changing nature of Foucault's plans for this series from the mid-1970s until his 1984 death
Foucault’s Multiple Plans for his History of Sexuality
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 Wiss…
progressivegeographies.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Foucault's Multiple Plans for his History of Sexuality progressivegeographies.com/2025/11/16/f... - building on earlier work, and discussing a couple of other bits of evidence about the changing nature of Foucault's plans for this series from the mid-1970s until his 1984 death
Kathleen E. Kennedy, Illuminating Media: Transmitting the Renaissance in England, 1400–1550 - @concordiapress.bsky.social, Spring 2026
www.concordia.ca/press/illumi...
www.concordia.ca/press/illumi...
Illuminating Media | Concordia University Press - Concordia University
www.concordia.ca
November 17, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Kathleen E. Kennedy, Illuminating Media: Transmitting the Renaissance in England, 1400–1550 - @concordiapress.bsky.social, Spring 2026
www.concordia.ca/press/illumi...
www.concordia.ca/press/illumi...
Tom Harper, Nick Dykes, & Magdalena Peszko, Secret Maps: Maps You Were Never Meant to See, from the Middle Ages to Today @uchicagopress.bsky.social, November 2025
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Secret Maps exhibition @britishlibrary.bsky.social until 18 January 2026
events.bl.uk/exhibitions/...
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Secret Maps exhibition @britishlibrary.bsky.social until 18 January 2026
events.bl.uk/exhibitions/...
Secret Maps
An illustrated story of the relationship between mapping and secrecy, charting the role maps played in concealing and revealing knowledge across centuries. Is there anything more intriguing than a sec...
press.uchicago.edu
November 17, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Tom Harper, Nick Dykes, & Magdalena Peszko, Secret Maps: Maps You Were Never Meant to See, from the Middle Ages to Today @uchicagopress.bsky.social, November 2025
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Secret Maps exhibition @britishlibrary.bsky.social until 18 January 2026
events.bl.uk/exhibitions/...
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Secret Maps exhibition @britishlibrary.bsky.social until 18 January 2026
events.bl.uk/exhibitions/...
Foucault's Multiple Plans for his History of Sexuality progressivegeographies.com/2025/11/16/f... - building on earlier work, and discussing a couple of other bits of evidence about the changing nature of Foucault's plans for this series from the mid-1970s until his 1984 death
Foucault’s Multiple Plans for his History of Sexuality
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 Wiss…
progressivegeographies.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Foucault's Multiple Plans for his History of Sexuality progressivegeographies.com/2025/11/16/f... - building on earlier work, and discussing a couple of other bits of evidence about the changing nature of Foucault's plans for this series from the mid-1970s until his 1984 death
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Both volumes are now available for pre-order! If you're in North America, you should get the first volume in December, early enough to incorporate some texts into your Spring semester classes. The second should be available about a month later. global.oup.com/academic/pro... #philsky #slavery
November 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Both volumes are now available for pre-order! If you're in North America, you should get the first volume in December, early enough to incorporate some texts into your Spring semester classes. The second should be available about a month later. global.oup.com/academic/pro... #philsky #slavery
Stephan Schmid & Hamid Taieb eds., A Philosophical History of the Concept - @universitypress.cambridge.org, March 2026
www.cambridge.org/core/books/p...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/p...
A Philosophical History of the Concept
Cambridge Core - History of Ideas and Intellectual History - A Philosophical History of the Concept
www.cambridge.org
November 15, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Stephan Schmid & Hamid Taieb eds., A Philosophical History of the Concept - @universitypress.cambridge.org, March 2026
www.cambridge.org/core/books/p...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/p...
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Foucault Studies 38 published, including a theme section on Foucault and Nietzsche, and a 'Buffalo dossier' (all open access)
muse.jhu.edu/journal/891 (1/3)
muse.jhu.edu/journal/891 (1/3)
November 14, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Foucault Studies 38 published, including a theme section on Foucault and Nietzsche, and a 'Buffalo dossier' (all open access)
muse.jhu.edu/journal/891 (1/3)
muse.jhu.edu/journal/891 (1/3)
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I am delighted that my report on Foucault's lecture course "The History of Truth" has been published in the current issue of Foucault Studies, together with an excellent contribution by @stuartelden.bsky.social.
doi.org/10.1353/fou....
(Here's the Link for Stuart's piece: doi.org/10.1353/fou....)
doi.org/10.1353/fou....
(Here's the Link for Stuart's piece: doi.org/10.1353/fou....)
November 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I am delighted that my report on Foucault's lecture course "The History of Truth" has been published in the current issue of Foucault Studies, together with an excellent contribution by @stuartelden.bsky.social.
doi.org/10.1353/fou....
(Here's the Link for Stuart's piece: doi.org/10.1353/fou....)
doi.org/10.1353/fou....
(Here's the Link for Stuart's piece: doi.org/10.1353/fou....)
Foucault Studies 38 published, including a theme section on Foucault and Nietzsche, and a 'Buffalo dossier' (all open access)
muse.jhu.edu/journal/891 (1/3)
muse.jhu.edu/journal/891 (1/3)
November 14, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Foucault Studies 38 published, including a theme section on Foucault and Nietzsche, and a 'Buffalo dossier' (all open access)
muse.jhu.edu/journal/891 (1/3)
muse.jhu.edu/journal/891 (1/3)
Léopold Sédar Senghor, Writings on Politics - ed. Yohann C. Ripert, @dukepress.bsky.social, November 2025
www.dukeupress.edu/senghor
www.dukeupress.edu/senghor
Senghor: Writings on Politics
www.dukeupress.edu
November 14, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Léopold Sédar Senghor, Writings on Politics - ed. Yohann C. Ripert, @dukepress.bsky.social, November 2025
www.dukeupress.edu/senghor
www.dukeupress.edu/senghor
Jason Ananda Josephson Storm, The Genealogy of Genealogy: Nietzsche, Foucault, and the Coils of Critical History - @uchicagopress.bsky.social, April 2026
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
The Genealogy of Genealogy
A daring reassessment of the critical method that reshaped the humanities—and an invitation to imagine new ways of doing history. The genealogical method—a mode of historical analysis that shows tha...
press.uchicago.edu
November 14, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Jason Ananda Josephson Storm, The Genealogy of Genealogy: Nietzsche, Foucault, and the Coils of Critical History - @uchicagopress.bsky.social, April 2026
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Birgit Abels and Patrick Eisenlohr, Atmospheric Knowledge: Environmentality, Latency, and Sonic Multimodality - @ucpress.bsky.social, September 2025 (print and open access)
www.ucpress.edu/books/atmosp...
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social discussion
newbooksnetwork.com/atmospheric-...
www.ucpress.edu/books/atmosp...
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social discussion
newbooksnetwork.com/atmospheric-...
Atmospheric Knowledge by Birgit Abels, Patrick Eisenlohr - Paper
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
www.ucpress.edu
November 13, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Birgit Abels and Patrick Eisenlohr, Atmospheric Knowledge: Environmentality, Latency, and Sonic Multimodality - @ucpress.bsky.social, September 2025 (print and open access)
www.ucpress.edu/books/atmosp...
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social discussion
newbooksnetwork.com/atmospheric-...
www.ucpress.edu/books/atmosp...
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social discussion
newbooksnetwork.com/atmospheric-...
James Delbourgo, A Noble Madness: The Dark Side of Collecting from Antiquity to Now - WW Norton, August 2025
wwnorton.com/books/978039...
London Group of Historical Geographers seminar, online, 18 Nov 2025, 5.30pm. Registration required.
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
wwnorton.com/books/978039...
London Group of Historical Geographers seminar, online, 18 Nov 2025, 5.30pm. Registration required.
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
A Noble Madness
“In this fascinating, witty, and provocative book, Delbourgo’s collectors range from emperors to scientists, from shopaholics to taxonomists, from bibliomaniacs to serial killers. Give it ...
wwnorton.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
James Delbourgo, A Noble Madness: The Dark Side of Collecting from Antiquity to Now - WW Norton, August 2025
wwnorton.com/books/978039...
London Group of Historical Geographers seminar, online, 18 Nov 2025, 5.30pm. Registration required.
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
wwnorton.com/books/978039...
London Group of Historical Geographers seminar, online, 18 Nov 2025, 5.30pm. Registration required.
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Rahel Jaeggi, Progress and Regression, trans. Robert Savage, @harvardpress.bsky.social, July 2025
www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
Progress and Regression — Harvard University Press
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 are i...
www.hup.harvard.edu
November 13, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Rahel Jaeggi, Progress and Regression, trans. Robert Savage, @harvardpress.bsky.social, July 2025
www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
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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
progressivegeographies.com/2025/11/12/i...
progressivegeographies.com/2025/11/12/i...
November 12, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Indo-European Thought in Twentieth-Century France update 30 - archive work in Paris, Bern and Cambridge, MA, and Benveniste's library
progressivegeographies.com/2025/11/12/i...
progressivegeographies.com/2025/11/12/i...
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Extremely excited for this book come January! Hugo Drochon (@hdrochon.bsky.social and well worth the follow as well on Bluesky), Elites and Democracy (@princetonupress.bsky.social, 2026; #skystorians): press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Elites and Democracy
Why elites always rule democracies—and why recognizing that reality can help us respond to the crisis of democracy today
press.princeton.edu
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Extremely excited for this book come January! Hugo Drochon (@hdrochon.bsky.social and well worth the follow as well on Bluesky), Elites and Democracy (@princetonupress.bsky.social, 2026; #skystorians): press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Indo-European Thought in Twentieth-Century France update 30 - archive work in Paris, Bern and Cambridge, MA, and Benveniste's library
progressivegeographies.com/2025/11/12/i...
progressivegeographies.com/2025/11/12/i...
November 12, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Indo-European Thought in Twentieth-Century France update 30 - archive work in Paris, Bern and Cambridge, MA, and Benveniste's library
progressivegeographies.com/2025/11/12/i...
progressivegeographies.com/2025/11/12/i...
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Claude Raffestin (1936–2025) - @julietjfall.bsky.social tribute to introduce a virtual theme issue of Environment and Planning D: Society and Space
journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...
Links to all open access articles and other pieces in English
progressivegeographies.com/2025/11/11/c...
journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...
Links to all open access articles and other pieces in English
progressivegeographies.com/2025/11/11/c...
Claude Raffestin (1936–2025) – Juliet Fall tribute, open access articles, and other pieces in English
The Swiss-French geographer Claude Raffestin died earlier this year. Juliet Fall has a tribute to him here, and Sage have made some articles by or about him available open access until the end of 2…
progressivegeographies.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Claude Raffestin (1936–2025) - @julietjfall.bsky.social tribute to introduce a virtual theme issue of Environment and Planning D: Society and Space
journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...
Links to all open access articles and other pieces in English
progressivegeographies.com/2025/11/11/c...
journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...
Links to all open access articles and other pieces in English
progressivegeographies.com/2025/11/11/c...
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We’re launching our new catalogue on Monday 8 December.
To keep our collections safe while we do this, access and ordering will be suspended for a week before launch and all requests for 8 December onwards must be made on the new system when it launches.
Find out more: bit.ly/CollectionSu...
To keep our collections safe while we do this, access and ordering will be suspended for a week before launch and all requests for 8 December onwards must be made on the new system when it launches.
Find out more: bit.ly/CollectionSu...
November 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
We’re launching our new catalogue on Monday 8 December.
To keep our collections safe while we do this, access and ordering will be suspended for a week before launch and all requests for 8 December onwards must be made on the new system when it launches.
Find out more: bit.ly/CollectionSu...
To keep our collections safe while we do this, access and ordering will be suspended for a week before launch and all requests for 8 December onwards must be made on the new system when it launches.
Find out more: bit.ly/CollectionSu...