I realised today that I last updated this site in 2015, although clearly a great deal has been taking place. I plan to remake or destroy the website this summer, but… For now, just to mention this excellent event that I’ll be chairing this weekend at the Tate Britain: http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/aftermath/traces-mind-art-trauma-and-loss Coinciding with Aftermath: Art in …
I’m delighted to be part of the new series of Radio 4’s A History of Ideas. On Monday 20th of July at 12:04 I’ll be talking with Melvyn Bragg, Angie Hobbs, Justin Champion and Kate Barker about the question ‘How can we live together?’ Here On Friday 24th of July at 12:04 I’ll be presenting …
In another surge of energy to start updating this website more than annually, a news report that my book The Politics and Pedagogy of Mourning: On Responsibility in Eulogy is now available from Bloomsbury. It’s been a delight to see the hardback starting to turn up in bookshops and I extend my thanks to everyone …
The central focus of my world at the moment is the upcoming submission of the final manuscript for my first monograph – The Politics and Pedagogy of Mourning – which will be available in hardback from Bloomsbury Academic later this year I am particularly delighted to have secured this cover image by the fantastic contemporary …
While it is rather late to advertise this, I will be talking at The Photographers Gallery tomorrow (11 September) at 7pm as part of a panel discussion on Death, Aesthetics and Representation as part of the series Death and the Contemporary. For further details and tickets see here. I believe this event will be recorded …
On Monday evening I was once again on Night Waves, participating in a round table discussion for Death Awareness Week with Deborah Bowman (Professor of Medical Ethics at St. Geoges) and Jonathan Koffman (Senior lecturer in medicine at Kings whose work focuses on palliative care), chaired by Matthew Sweet. To hear our discussion please click …
My micro-documentary with BBC Arts Scotland is now available online here. If not appearing below, please click here In other news I am very much looking forward to participating in the upcoming 10 day How The Light Gets In philosophy and music festival in Hay. I will be taking part in a roundtable discussion on …
I hope to finally turn to this site more properly once term is over but for now a short news update. I recently passed my Viva with no corrections. I’d like to thank my external examiner Étienne Balibar for making the time for my project along of course with thanks to my supervisor David McNeill …
I recently gave a popular philosophy talk at the BBC Free Thinking Festival of Ideas 2012 at the Sage in Gateshead. Alongside taking part in their ‘speed date a thinker’ event, I decided to discuss in my talk animal rights and the gaze. The 14 minute talk was recorded by the BBC and recently went …
Thesis is almost completed and submitted – only a fortnight to go. I thought I’d just post a few pieces of news. Details are now online for my talk in November at the BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking festival at The Sage Gateshead. Saturday the 3rd of November and free to the public – I’ll …