Anna Secor
@ajsecor.bsky.social
Geographer and more - The Politics of Feeling (Goldsmiths Press, 2025) — spacetimeunconscious - Durham University
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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
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FFO: posthumanism, postfoundational politics, Anthropocene
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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
Please share!
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February 4, 2026 at 8:56 AM
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
Please share!
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
Please share!
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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...
The Politics of Feeling: Populism, Progressivism, Liberalism
A launch event to mark the publication of The Politics of Feeling: Populism, Progressivism, Liberalism by Ben Anderson and Anna J. Seccor
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January 26, 2026 at 10:36 AM
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...
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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
@peterjukes.bsky.social @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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
@peterjukes.bsky.social @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social
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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
November 28, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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
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Looking forward to this tomorrow!
Our colleague @penelopeanthias.bsky.social will be speaking next month @camunigeography.bsky.social on the topic of 'Infrastructural affects and (contested) hydrocarbon futures in Bolivia':
November 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Looking forward to this tomorrow!
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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...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-politi...
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November 20, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-politi...
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...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-politi...
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.
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September 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-politi...
How exciting!
Coming soon. The Citizen and the Vagabond. A Politics of Mobility.
August 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
How exciting!
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!
July 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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!
Perfectly timed for summer reading, new book from two of my wonderful @geogdurham.bsky.social colleagues: @ajsecor.bsky.social and @benandersongeog.bsky.social. Also perfectly timed for navigating the turbulent cultural politics of the present (coffee strictly optional) @goldsmithspress.bsky.social
July 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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...
Associate Professor (Research %26 Education)
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
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June 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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...
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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/...
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
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June 21, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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/...
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
@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
June 8, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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
@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
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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
⏰ 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
May 19, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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
⏰ 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
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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...
Deadline 6th May 2025
Please spread the word!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMS710/l...
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.
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April 16, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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...
Deadline 6th May 2025
Please spread the word!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMS710/l...
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@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.
April 9, 2025 at 7:09 AM
@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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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!
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February 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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...
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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
recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06996
Assistant or Associate Professor in Anthropology - Sociocultural
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ucdavis.edu
February 23, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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
recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06996
Last call for Fantasies of Escape at the RGS-IBG 2025 conference! Deadline for abstracts is Friday.
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.
February 11, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Last call for Fantasies of Escape at the RGS-IBG 2025 conference! Deadline for abstracts is Friday.
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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
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
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, ...
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January 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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
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
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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.
January 14, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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.
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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/...
www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
Dr Aslı Zengin - Durham University
www.durham.ac.uk
January 13, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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/...
www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
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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)
January 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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!
We’re hiring two human geographers in the areas of environment, climate, and sustainability! Contact me with any questions.
Job Alert - @GeogDurham is seeking applications for two permanent Human Geography Assistant Professorships - durham.taleo.net/careersectio... closing date 11:59pm on 12th January 2025
January 6, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Two Assistant Prof positions in Geography at Durham, deadline for applications next week!
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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...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/777472...
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...
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December 18, 2024 at 10:11 AM
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...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/777472...