(1/3) It is with deep sadness that we mourn the passing of Teresa de Lauretis (1938–2026), an internationally renowned feminist and film theorist whose work reshaped the fields of cinema studies, feminist theory, and queer thought.

The Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies is looking to strengthen and extend the networks and scholarly expertise available to the journal by establishing an Emerging Editors Board. Read about it here: academic.oup.com/bics/pages/c...

Where to begin with Greek mythology epigram.org.uk/where-to-beg...

Déjà vu reveals the peculiar hidden workings of time and memory Bergson, the virtual world, and why we remember the present iai.tv/articles/dej... #Bergson #time #memory #philosophy #PhilSky #philsky

What are you doing today if not educating yourself about Puerto Rican feminism? This piece by Omayra Rivera Crespo on feminism in PR urbanism and the contestation of space looks fascinating

Theory, Culture & Society. From the e-Special issue - Painting / Knowledge: Boris Groys, 'The Border between Word and Image' - proceeding from Lessing’s distinction between poetry and visual art, Boris Groys argues that language is not external to, but resides behind, the image. (2011).

Issue 7 (2025) of SYMPHILOSOPHIE on "Spinoza" is now published! Special thanks to our guest editor Jimena Solé. 400 pages of new research on German romantic philosophy all online and fully open access: symphilosophie.com/issue-7-2025/

Just finished up a two-hour online discussion of my new paper on Hegel’s Theory of Rational Proof. I got a lot of great feedback and some very helpful criticism! Best of all, I'm coming out of this discussion with a greater sense of philosophical community than I have had for some time. #philsky

Very happy and proud to share my survey on the history and philosophy of market design, I hope I'll be able to do more in the upcoming year, stay tuned, and meanwhile -- read, criticize, and use it for good cause link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

OUT NOW! Nature and Human Nature in Ancient Greek Philosophy and Its Reception edited by Melina G. Mouzala 📚 Read online for free or purchase your own volume at www.sidestone.com/books/nature... #nature #ancientphilosophy

Nature and Human Nature in Ancient Greek Philosophy and its Reception Edited by Melina G. Mouzala @sidestone.bsky.social @niathens.bsky.social #openaccess www.sidestone.com/books/nature...

My first book, Darwin and the Queer Origins of Life, will be published by Yale University Press on 11 August (UK) and 8 September (US). Please help spread the word! 🙏 UK: yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300... @yalebooks.bsky.social 🏳️‍🌈📚🐵 US: yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300... @yalepress.bsky.social 🏳️‍⚧️ 🗃️🦋

Watched the film KANT -The Experiment of Freedom yesterday. I liked it a lot! It covered a number of themes in Kant's life and work, with an emphasis on political philosophy and ethics, but also raised questions about Kant's possible racism and eurocentrism and attraction to men. Well-worth a watch!

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Bruce Springsteen Revives the Protest Song, Condemns ICE Violence in “Streets of Minneapolis”

"neither Numidia nor Rome is stable in meaning. The people and places they denote were constantly in flux throughout antiquity, and ... pose(s) a challenge for scholars at nearly every step" The latest BICS, ed. Thomas Biggs & Mathilde Cazeaux, explores Numidia and Rome shorturl.at/q2Y8b

Re-reading this in anticipation of the online discussion tomorrow and finding that it's actually pretty good! But I also caught a few of typos this time around...

If you're in Galway tomorrow, Thursday, don't miss this! My friend Susan Thomson has created an amazing documentary on Mauritius and the Chagos islands with first-hand testimonies from Chagosians! Part of her Ghost Empire documentary series on British colonialism and fighting back!

Looking forward to the screening and discussion tomorrow Thursday evening in Galway, 6-8pm! www.galwayartscentre.ie/whats-on/gho...

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www.galwayartscentre.ie/whats-on/gho... Ghost Empire § Mauritius-Chagos (2025, 76 mins) Galway Arts Centre 6-8pm next Thurs 29th January! A living newspaper, the film features additional brand new material. I'll be in conversation after on colonialism in its new imperialist and postcolonial forms.

CALLING ALL UG STUDENTS. Awards (up to £1000) for students of classical studies at a UK University to visit classical sites and museums in Greece, Italy or the Eastern Mediterranean in the Easter or summer vacation. Society of Dilletanti travel awards now accepting applications: shorturl.at/fxXMI

New episode out! Avital Ronell on America, loser sons, Europe, stupidity and more www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoln...

Photogrammetry and 3D imaging for GLAM professionals Mon 26 Jan, 3-5pm This two-hour in-person session will introduce local GLAM professionals, including librarians and museum curators, to photogrammetry and other 3D imaging methods. Full details and link to register here: shorturl.at/zCdRi

It seems "Batman and Ethics" is currently 25% off at Amazon: amzn.to/3NumZ7R

Chinese philosophy's case against preserving the dead using AI | Daoism, AI, and letting go «Liu argues that for griefbots to help rather than harm, they should encourage eventual independence, not prolonged attachment.» iai.tv/articles/chi... #philosophy #AI #Daoism #philsky #PhilosophySky

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Before the new season drops: 23 free conversations on the Crisis & Critique Podcast with Butler, Žižek, Zupančič, Malabou, Tooze, Federici, Varoufakis, Oppenheimer, Pippin & more. Take a listen and please follow our channels. www.youtube.com/@crisisandcr... open.spotify.com/show/71HTMeq...

Currently reading Avital Ronell's "Loser Sons", as we prepare for our conversation with her on the "Crisis and Critique Podcast" Please consider subscribing to our YouTube & Spotify channels: www.youtube.com/@crisisandcr... open.spotify.com/show/71HTMeq... @illinoispress.bsky.social

Currently reading Agnes Heller's 'The Gods of Greece: Germans and the Greeks' published in Thesis Eleven in 2008. What a fantastic paper! The main argument is that the re-discovery of classical Greece in 19th century Germany served the purpose of refining and reinforcing German national identity

Forthcoming and New release @nieaufgehenderrest.bsky.social @gabegottlieb.bsky.social @symphilosophie.bsky.social @anitaleirfall.bsky.social @w-ezekielgoggin.bsky.social @roupavicky.bsky.social @andrewbowie.bsky.social @efimpi.bsky.social 1/

I’m truly grateful and still can’t believe it. “The Romantic Self: Sovereignty and the Politics of Nature” will finally be published this summer! www.cambridge.org/core/books/r... #philosophy #environment🌿🌱

The Future of the Antique: Interpreting the Sculptural Canon 10-12 Dec Programme: shorturl.at/td8kw Register: shorturl.at/cDJF4 Marking the new edition of Haskell & Penny’s seminal Taste and the Antique. This conference will address how classical statues shaped visual culture beyond replication.

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Nothing alive is alien to me Who belongs to our moral community? The Greek philosopher Empedocles had an answer: all life, from humans to the laurel bush. Animals, plants, even trees are our kin, and so treating them well isn’t optional, but a moral obligation aeon.co/essays/shoul... #PhilosophySky

Human Judgment: Your Most Valuable Skill in an AI-Driven World Why Cultivating Wise Decision-Making Is Essential When AI Does All the Thinking medium.com/@hjbarraza/h... #PowerOfJudgment #human #skill #AI

Good news for humans: AI doesn't do judgement Human judgement is still irreplaceable despite advancements in AI, reinforcing the value of critical thinking and decision-making. www.london.edu/think/good-n... #AI #human #judgment #criticalthinking #decisions

Revisiting the Ancient Mediterranean World at the British Museum: Race & the representation of the other Mon 15 Dec, 4pm, Senate House Full details: shorturl.at/dbH6p Speakers include: Hardeep Dhindsa (Birmingham Museums Trust), Mai Musié (UoL), Eleanor Newman (Oxford), Joseph Skinner (Newcastle)

📢📢 New Article 📢📢 "Hegel's Theory of Rational Proof" Published in Hegel Bulletin Open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... Big thanks to @schuringa.bsky.social and @ivanboldyrev.bsky.social for all the help along the way - and for putting up with all of my pesky emails!

Excited to have been part of this volume on the intersection of forgetting and power in Greek and Roman literature. www.steiner-verlag.de/en/Forgettin...

Nov 13-16 Edinburgh - 2025 Leventis Conference - Telling Bodies: A Conference on Corporeal Classical Reception (including "Martha Graham & Greek Myth: Clytemnestra," an original performance) hca.ed.ac.uk/2025-leventi...

Nov 15 deadline #CFP [book chapters] Reception of Antiquity in Music Videos - for Edinburgh University Press - esp. Ancient Rome, Ancient Mesopotamia, Biblical Antiquity in Music Videos listserv.liv.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa?A... (drive.google.com/file/d/1MNoF...) [email protected]

🚨Volunteer Opportunity: Archaeogaming What you will do- Expert Run webinars & train teachers Develop lesson plans Research Create educational content Details: - Remote | 5 hrs/week | Volunteer Apply: [email protected]

Listen to our latest episode on Spotify: Jean-Jacques Lecercle on language, politics, Chomsky, Frankenstein, and related matters. open.spotify.com/episode/14kL...

We had a wonderful workshop, yesterday! At DePaul University we discussed about “(Political) Philosophy and Its History: New Challenges in the Historical Approach to Philosophy”. It's the first result of an ongoing collaboration between the HOPE and the THiME Marie-Curie projects. #MSCA #Philosophy

My paper 'Hegel, Absolute Knowing and Epiphany' published in the International Journal of Philosophical Studies is now freely available from my institutional repository @openuniversity.bsky.social Here's the link: oro.open.ac.uk/97415/ Feel free to download, and do get in touch with your comments!

My paper 'Hegel, Absolute Knowing and Epiphany' published in the International Journal of Philosophical Studies is now freely available from my institutional repository @openuniversity.bsky.social Here's the link: oro.open.ac.uk/97415/ Feel free to download, and do get in touch with your comments!

Forthcoming books @nieaufgehenderrest.bsky.social @gabegottlieb.bsky.social @symphilosophie.bsky.social @anitaleirfall.bsky.social @w-ezekielgoggin.bsky.social @roupavicky.bsky.social @andrewbowie.bsky.social @efimpi.bsky.social @karlschafer.bsky.social @benjaminnorris.bsky.social 1/

There is no doubt that the ecological crisis is—or, better, should be—at the top of our political agenda. But should it not also change the way we think about politics? Join us at DePaul University next week (Oct. 22) to discuss about it! #MSCA #Ecology #Philosophy