James Martell
@professeurmartell.bsky.social
French Literature professor. He, his, him.
(If you google me I’m going to find out through academiadotedu)
https://lyon.academia.edu/JamesMartell
(If you google me I’m going to find out through academiadotedu)
https://lyon.academia.edu/JamesMartell
the level of villany, perfidy, and malevolence of jdvance is such that I really hope we get a great biopic of him one day, complete with a happy ending for all of us to enjoy
October 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
the level of villany, perfidy, and malevolence of jdvance is such that I really hope we get a great biopic of him one day, complete with a happy ending for all of us to enjoy
long live Frogespierre!
October 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
long live Frogespierre!
some of you (in America) would not recognize a snake oil administration even if it swindle you out of all your wealth, health, and community ties, and it shows.
October 8, 2025 at 3:11 PM
some of you (in America) would not recognize a snake oil administration even if it swindle you out of all your wealth, health, and community ties, and it shows.
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My last review on Plastic Theory for The Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory has come out, it reviews texts on plasticity and concrete, the life sciences, historicity in Malabou & Tagore, and includes a serendipitious digression on Kafka's Verwandlung.
My last review on Plastic Theory for The Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory has come out, it reviews texts on plasticity and concrete, the life sciences, historicity in Malabou & Tagore, and includes a serendipitious digression on Kafka's Verwandlung.
Plastic Theory/Studies
Abstract. This, my last year as reviewer of this section, included some of the most complex and promising texts of plastic theory/studies that I have read
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October 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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My last review on Plastic Theory for The Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory has come out, it reviews texts on plasticity and concrete, the life sciences, historicity in Malabou & Tagore, and includes a serendipitious digression on Kafka's Verwandlung.
My last review on Plastic Theory for The Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory has come out, it reviews texts on plasticity and concrete, the life sciences, historicity in Malabou & Tagore, and includes a serendipitious digression on Kafka's Verwandlung.
the new assistant dean of X / me, French prof, at faculty assembly
October 5, 2025 at 2:51 PM
the new assistant dean of X / me, French prof, at faculty assembly
sept 30 / oct 1
October 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
sept 30 / oct 1
I wonder how those generals, admirals, etc., feel about reality TV-3AM infomercial quality d celebrities talking to them about standards and moral values....
September 30, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I wonder how those generals, admirals, etc., feel about reality TV-3AM infomercial quality d celebrities talking to them about standards and moral values....
This Is the Feeling of Losing a Country. I Know It Well. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/o...
Opinion | This Is the Feeling of Losing a Country. I Know It Well.
www.nytimes.com
September 22, 2025 at 5:53 AM
This Is the Feeling of Losing a Country. I Know It Well. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/o...
people (the nyt) are confusing the free informed debate that happens in a classroom with the opportunistic and hostile demagoguery of grifters and Bible peddlers undermining such free spaces
September 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
people (the nyt) are confusing the free informed debate that happens in a classroom with the opportunistic and hostile demagoguery of grifters and Bible peddlers undermining such free spaces
mailchi.mp/bloomsbury/w... "Resisting Big Tech" Bloomsbury News Letter includes our recently published Beckett & Nature volume
Resisting Big Tech
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September 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
mailchi.mp/bloomsbury/w... "Resisting Big Tech" Bloomsbury News Letter includes our recently published Beckett & Nature volume
and my life would have been a series of beautiful and mysterious moments interrupted here and there by me saying: "wait... wait... my foot is asleep... ow.. ow... can't stand up too fast..."
August 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
and my life would have been a series of beautiful and mysterious moments interrupted here and there by me saying: "wait... wait... my foot is asleep... ow.. ow... can't stand up too fast..."
3 years later, I’m finally going to crack that one open
August 14, 2025 at 10:47 PM
3 years later, I’m finally going to crack that one open
I think the reason why, while always close to philosophy and its writing, I've never identified as a philosopher, is that, ultimately, I do not want to be anything close to a cop.
those micro/macro fascistic tendencies in phil (particularly analytic), ooph...
those micro/macro fascistic tendencies in phil (particularly analytic), ooph...
August 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I think the reason why, while always close to philosophy and its writing, I've never identified as a philosopher, is that, ultimately, I do not want to be anything close to a cop.
those micro/macro fascistic tendencies in phil (particularly analytic), ooph...
those micro/macro fascistic tendencies in phil (particularly analytic), ooph...
www.bloomsbury.com/us/beckett-a... out today!
Beckett and Nature
New analyses on the insightful ways in which Beckett's work actively engages with contested notions of Nature and the natural, developing a radical version of m…
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August 7, 2025 at 8:24 PM
www.bloomsbury.com/us/beckett-a... out today!
There’s a reason Dante put fraud in the last circle of Hell www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/u...
Judges Openly Doubt Government as Justice Dept. Misleads and Dodges Orders
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August 5, 2025 at 5:17 AM
There’s a reason Dante put fraud in the last circle of Hell www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/u...
at what point we just find a way to switch all the male comedian podcasts men are listening to for audiobooks of V. Woolf, C. Lispector, H. Cixous, M. Duras, E. Jelinek, etc?
drastic times call for drastic measures
drastic times call for drastic measures
August 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
at what point we just find a way to switch all the male comedian podcasts men are listening to for audiobooks of V. Woolf, C. Lispector, H. Cixous, M. Duras, E. Jelinek, etc?
drastic times call for drastic measures
drastic times call for drastic measures
when are we talking about the real Sydney S. scandal?!: not reading Lacan in French
gross
gross
August 2, 2025 at 11:41 PM
when are we talking about the real Sydney S. scandal?!: not reading Lacan in French
gross
gross
preparing my WWI & WWII French lit & cinema syllabus.
Colleagues, what are your *must* texts and films for such a course?
Colleagues, what are your *must* texts and films for such a course?
July 27, 2025 at 10:16 PM
preparing my WWI & WWII French lit & cinema syllabus.
Colleagues, what are your *must* texts and films for such a course?
Colleagues, what are your *must* texts and films for such a course?
could we also have humanities, scientific literacy, and ethics exams, please?
And no monolingual representatives allowed either.
If you can’t handle two+ languages you should not be representing anybody else
And no monolingual representatives allowed either.
If you can’t handle two+ languages you should not be representing anybody else
July 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
could we also have humanities, scientific literacy, and ethics exams, please?
And no monolingual representatives allowed either.
If you can’t handle two+ languages you should not be representing anybody else
And no monolingual representatives allowed either.
If you can’t handle two+ languages you should not be representing anybody else
free education centered on the humanities you mean
July 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
free education centered on the humanities you mean
Hulk Hogan (1953-2025) Rest in Piss
July 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Hulk Hogan (1953-2025) Rest in Piss
James R. Martel and I are co-organizing an ACLA panel on Doppelgänger, Mirror Worlds, Twins, and Doubles next year in Montreal.
That's two James Martel(l)s, talking about doppelgänger, doubles, and twins.
Let me know if you and your dead ringer are interested.
That's two James Martel(l)s, talking about doppelgänger, doubles, and twins.
Let me know if you and your dead ringer are interested.
July 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
James R. Martel and I are co-organizing an ACLA panel on Doppelgänger, Mirror Worlds, Twins, and Doubles next year in Montreal.
That's two James Martel(l)s, talking about doppelgänger, doubles, and twins.
Let me know if you and your dead ringer are interested.
That's two James Martel(l)s, talking about doppelgänger, doubles, and twins.
Let me know if you and your dead ringer are interested.