I've written a short book review of @benandersongeog.bsky.social and @ajsecor.bsky.social, The Politics of Feeling. It's now available open access in the incomparable ephemera.
I hope it does some justice to the book and maybe even leads others to pick it up.
ephemerajournal.org/contribution...
Thank you @sharonkishik.bsky.social for this thoughtful review! It is an honor to be read so well and generously.
in case anyone missed it, my first article is out now in Progress in Human Geography:
The poetics of knowledge in the Anthropocene: Rancière and the politics of posthuman knowledge
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
FFO: posthumanism, postfoundational politics, Anthropocene
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I'll be taking part in this online event w/ @benandersongeog.bsky.social @ajsecor.bsky.social @jemgilbert.bsky.social to discuss the brilliant The Politics of Feeling - 11th April - register here www.eventbrite.com/e/the-politi...
Fantastic that a long interview with @ajsecor.bsky.social and I is the cover story for the January issue of Byline Times - was a pleasure to talk to Hardeep and Peter about the ideas in the The Politics of Feeling! @bylinetimes.bsky.social
@peterjukes.bsky.social @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social
A scene from our The Politics of Feeling book launch in London - great discussion on fascist optimisms and nihilism, left structures of feelings, AI and Stranger Things with @ajsecor.bsky.social @jemgilbert.bsky.social @will-davies.bsky.social @geogdurham.bsky.social
Looking forward to this tomorrow!
Book launch for The Politics of Feeling with @ajsecor.bsky.social and @jemgilbert.bsky.social @will-davies.bsky.social on 25.11 at 15.00 in London. Details here, last time I checked there were a couple of tickets left
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-politi...
“The ideal of modern society is freedom from loss. This denial is Western modernity’s foundational lie.”
London people come discuss and celebrate with us! A launch event for The Politics of Feeling on 25th November at the October Gallery, with @will-davies.bsky.social and @jemgilbert.bsky.social. Eventbrite link below! 🥂
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-politi...
How exciting!
Oh thank you! That’s lovely to hear!
First glimpse of the cover of The Routledge Handbook of Cultural Geographies - and I think it is beautiful! The image is Franz Marc, "The Bewitched Mill"(1905) - human and nonhuman, science and magic, dark and light, wondrous!
So excited to see our book in the wild! Thank you Jonny - the coffee pairing looks perfect!
We’re hiring again in Geography at Durham - an Associate Prof, Grade 9. This is part of the university’s strategic ‘Heritage 360’ initiative. Follow this link for more details and to apply! durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
Good to see Durham Geography's Helen F Wilson on urban kittiwakes and coexistence in today's Guardian! @geogdurham.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Thank you!!!
Book cover Goldsmiths Press The Politics of Feeling by Ben Anderson and Anna J Secor
The Politics of Feeling with
@benandersongeog.bsky.social
comes out the 1st of July! So excited for readers and grateful for the lovely blurbs from Will Davies, @jemgilbert.bsky.social and @carolynpedwell.bsky.social
Social & Cultural Geography is seeking a new Editor. We hope that you might be keen to join our lovely team! 🙏
⏰ Closing date for applications is Friday 20 June 2025
📬 Applications should be sent to the journal’s editorial office at scg-jrnl@unimelb.edu.au
📄 Full details: go.unimelb.edu.au/uy8p
We’ve got a 3 year lecturership in human geog and gender now advertised.
Deadline 6th May 2025
Please spread the word!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMS710/l...
White writing against a black background with gold swirls: ‘Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life’. Circle cropped headshot of Professor Louise Amoore, Leverhulme Trust logo and URL leverhulme.ac.uk/news
@amoorelouise.bsky.social will lead the Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life @geogdurham.bsky.social @durham-university.bsky.social, which aims to change the way we understand and study the interaction between people, machine learning and AI algorithms.
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Aw thanks for that! It’s such nice compliment! Glad I made you smile 😊
Three-year Visiting Assistant Professor in Geography at Mount Holyoke College. They are looking for a human or physical geographer, and candidates with expertise in critical geography, urban studies, and/or planning are encouraged to apply!
mtholyoke.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
Job in Palestine Studies! UC Davis seeks to hire an Anthropologist of Palestine at assistant/associate professor rank, Seeking a scholar with a cutting-edge, ethnographically grounded research agenda and interest in collaboration. Review begins March 5.
recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06996
Last call for Fantasies of Escape at the RGS-IBG 2025 conference! Deadline for abstracts is Friday.
At long last, my new book, Edges of Care: Living and Dying in No Man's Land, is now out!
Based on a decade of research, it documents the realities of sovereign abandonment and the many forms of political liveliness that persist in abandonment’s wake.
Published by @uchicagopress.bsky.social
Excited to share that Anna Secor (@ajsecor.bsky.social) and I are organizing a session at the upcoming RGS-IBG conference (@rgsibg.bsky.social) on "Fantasies of escape." Join us in exploring the imaginative landscapes and socio-political dimensions of escape! The deadline is 14 February.
We ( @geogdurham.bsky.social ) are very honoured to be hosting Aslı Zengin for an event about her latest book "Violent Intimacies" this Thursday (16 January). Details of the event via the link below.
www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
After a day in meetings yesterday, doing page proofs for The Politics of Feeling: Populism, Progressivism, Liberalism, with @ajsecor.bsky.social Here’s part of the argument about the impasse progressivism finds itself in (the loss of faith in progress)