Anna Secor

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.”

The Politics of Feeling and this Conjunctural Crisis A workshop on the politics of feeling in this conjunctural crisis, with Anna Secor, Ben Anderson, Will Davies, Jeremy Gilbert.

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...

The seagulls have landed: why gulls are encroaching on Britain’s towns Avian invaders have coastal communities in Britain and beyond in a flap – but people are learning how to live with them

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

Lecturer in Human Geography and Gender (Education) at King's College London Explore an exciting academic career as a Lecturer in Human Geography and Gender (Education). Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.

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...

Assistant or Associate Professor in Anthropology - Sociocultural University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

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.

Edges of Care A firsthand look at the lives of those who reside in no man’s land—the violence they endure and their immense resilience.   “No man’s land” invokes stretches of barren landscape, twisted barbed wire, ...

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)

Two Assistant Prof positions in Geography at Durham, deadline for applications next week!

The Politics of Feeling by Ben Anderson, Anna Secor: 9781915983299 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books How today’s dominant political forms—right-wing populism, progressivism, and liberalism—offer differentiated responses to shared conditions of uncertainty. The Politics of Feeling argues...

I can’t wait for this to be out - a book of propositions on the politics of feeling in populism, liberalism and progressivism with @ajsecor.bsky.social Probably the work I’m most proud of so far - as I think it says something novel about this conjuncture

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/777472...

We’re hiring two human geographers in the areas of environment, climate, and sustainability! Contact me with any questions.

NEW GEOGRAPHY JOURNAL!

Agoriad: A Journal of Spatial Theory.

Issue 1, special issue on Indigenous Ontologies, out now, open access. It looks excellent.

Congratulations to the managing and issue editors on making this happen.

Well done me