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A Tale of Two Researchers
Traumatized: The New Politics of Public Suffering will officially hit shelves on September 29. As the book launches, Catherine Liu will be speaking at events in Portugal, London, and California, as well as online. We would love to see you i...
This Month's Seminar: "The Storyteller" and "Theses on the Philosophy of History"
A bridge into the new seminar year, 2026-2027.
Hi CLiuAnonners! I am really looking forward to our first seminar of the year, which focuses on two of Walter Benjamin's essays. We discussed these two essays at the end of the academic year i...
(Ar)Day-Drinking with Catherine: On Collaborative Autoethnography and Dialogic Production
Translation: Shooting the breeze with Catherine this Sunday @ 9AM PDT!
My readers know I’ve written many times about the dysfunction and decline of the academy, and the Arday affair has felt like the apotheosis of this trend. This Sunday,...
Film Review: The Christophers
Don’t forget to apply to the PSSSR’s Emerging Writers Fund. Deadline is August 20th.
Don’t forget to apply to the PSSSR’s Emerging Writers Fund. Deadline is August 20th.
Call for Submissions: Work in the 21st Century
Also: don’t forget to apply to the ’s Emerging Writers Fund. Deadline is August 20th.
Writing About What You Do All Day
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“Most of us…have jobs that are too small for our spirit. Jobs are not big enough for people.” —Nora Wat...
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Author of Traumatized: the New Politics of Public Suffering, out with Verso September 29th, 2026.
I’m a gearhead who writes about the automotive industry, a Southern intellectual who writes about the American South, and a father who writes about his son. ASE certified, PhD Berkeley, owner of a 1985 Toyota 4Runner aka the Redneck Convertible
Aimee Walleston is a writer, editor, and adjunct professor working in New York City.
The Palm Springs School for Social Research is an educational initiative dedicated to restoring critical theory as a serious, rigorous, and public intellectual practice.
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