@JackBicker

...just another millennial philosopher, seeking to be existentially reassured by a reliable WiFi connection / #CriticalTheory #Mind #Philosophy #Education

 Lecturer @UCL @IOE_London
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Joined May 2010
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What Odysseus hears has no consequence: he is able only to nod his head as a sign to be set free from his bonds; yet it is too late #Adorno
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The Stuart Hall Essay Prize is reopening to submissions. New entries will be accepted until 5pm, 3rd November 2025. Open to submissions from UK-based entrants aged 18-30 inclusive, the prize invites new writing that connects with Hall’s ideas and impacts broad public discourse.
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‘CLR James in Conversation with Stuart Hall’ (1986) by Mike Dibb, Channel 4 is available to view on Vimeo and YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=_Gf0KUxg… Reading the Crisis is part of our 2025 programme, In Search of Common Ground. Learn more about the programme: stuarthallfoundation.org/pro…
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Congratulations to Caroline Déodat! Her book, Dans la polyphonie d’une île: Les fictions coloniales du séga mauricien, is the winner of the Nicolás Cristóbal Guillén Batista Outstanding Book Award! Read more: caribbeanphilosophy.org/nico…
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As one of the editors, I'm excited to share that the Call for Proposals for the Palgrave Handbook on Frantz Fanon is now out. The submission deadline is February 1, 2025. For more information, visit here: lnkd.in/eqt4ENvQ
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CFP: Caribbean Philosophical Association Summer School | June 1-7, 2025 | Arizona State University | Submission Deadline: March 1, 2025 | More information can be found here: caribbeanphilosophy.org/summ…
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Comprehensive analysis of Amartya Sen’s notion of ’commitment’.
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The Black Teacher Archive has a new grant program—up to $40k in funding for projects that amplify, preserve, and produce historical knowledge about the intellectual and political legacy of black teachers. Accepting letters of interest until 1/25/25. curiosity.lib.harvard.edu/bl…
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Sleeping Women lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n24/…
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I am excited to share my piece, “The Hypocrisy of Community-Engaged Research,” published in @insidehighered. It critiques how the neoliberal university’s market-driven model prioritizes profits over justice-oriented research. insidehighered.com/opinion/c…

The hypocrisy of community-engaged research (opinion)

Evelyn Vázquez writes that white saviorism often drives community-engaged research in the neoliberal university—and offers suggestions for how to change this.

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Happy to see our Topoi special issue on “The Semantics of Imagination” in print! Guest-edited with @jzdambrosio. Featuring contributions by @DaniilAltshuler, @FriederikeMoltm, @MarkusWerning, and others
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Here are a few movies I’d recommend checking out this year.
My favorite movies of 2024: All We Imagine As Light Conclave The Piano Lesson The Promised Land The Seed of the Sacred Fig Dune: Part Two Anora Dìdi (弟弟) Sugarcane A Complete Unknown

ALT My favorite movies of 2024: All We Imagine As Light Conclave The Piano Lesson The Promised Land The Seed of the Sacred Fig Dune: Part Two Anora Dìdi (弟弟) Sugarcane A Complete Unknown

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I'm grateful to have won the Sanders Prize in Philosophy of Mind! And it's for "A Theory of Sense-Data," where I defend one of the most unpopular, ill-reputed, and disparaged views in all of philosophy. philpapers.org/rec/LEEATO-3

Andrew Y. Lee, A Theory of Sense-Data - PhilPapers

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The History That James Baldwin Wanted America to See newyorker.com/books/page-tur… via @NewYorker

The History That James Baldwin Wanted America to See

For Baldwin, the past had always been bent in service of a lie. Could a true story be told?

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Working on my slides for Saturday's keynote. Columbia '68 Protests , Ursula K Le Guin's The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas, Rodrigo Pla's La Zona, Derrick Bell's The Space Traders, Charles Schulz, and Mr Rodgers all in the mix.
Thoughtful@Thoughtful_p4c25 Oct 2024
Dr Darren Chetty will be speaking at the SAPERE Conference on 16th November on 'The Gated Community of Enquiry: Racism and Philosophy for Children.' His co-written resource 'Mark's Dilemma' is available free this month on P4C.com: buff.ly/3YxjEYF
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“For, intellectual activity is, and must be disinterested - the truth is a two-edged sword - and if one is not willing to be pierced by that sword… then all of one's intellectual activity is a masturbatory delusion and a wicked and dangerous fraud.” James Baldwin
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Gail Lewis reflects on Stuart Hall's 1990 essay ‘Cultural Identity and Diaspora' and considers how different societal actors are responding to the current conjuncture, as part of our third Reading the Crisis event. Watch the conversation back in full: stuarthallfoundation.org/res…
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🚨We are excited to officially announce our 2025 conference, RESISTANCE, RENEWAL, REIMAGINATION: 100 Years of Race & Resistance in Britain🚨 ⏳CfP deadline: 13th January 2025 📅 7th March 2025 📍University of Oxford Huge thanks to our sponsor, Black Academic Futures⭐
Call for Papers graphic for the 2025 conference, Resistance, Renewal, Reimagination: 100 years of race & resistance in Britain. The graphic has an orange & pink spiral background, with black & white images of various activists at the bottom. Also pictured are the logos for Race & Resistance, TORCH, and Black Academic Futures. The first paragraph reads Race & Resistance is excited to announce our 2025 conference that invites scholars, activists, researchers, and professionals from all sectors to participate in an interdisciplinary exploration of the last hundred years of race and resistance. This conference aims to foster discussions on current work happening in Black Britain, with a nod to the past and a focus on the future. For the full abstract, please visit torch.ox.ac.uk/raceresist

ALT Call for Papers graphic for the 2025 conference, Resistance, Renewal, Reimagination: 100 years of race & resistance in Britain. The graphic has an orange & pink spiral background, with black & white images of various activists at the bottom. Also pictured are the logos for Race & Resistance, TORCH, and Black Academic Futures. The first paragraph reads Race & Resistance is excited to announce our 2025 conference that invites scholars, activists, researchers, and professionals from all sectors to participate in an interdisciplinary exploration of the last hundred years of race and resistance. This conference aims to foster discussions on current work happening in Black Britain, with a nod to the past and a focus on the future. For the full abstract, please visit torch.ox.ac.uk/raceresist

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Woke to the news that Quincy Jones has joined the ancestors. WHAT A LIFE!! All thanks, all praise to this consummate musician/producer/composer, whose talents touched so many and thrilled the world. We will keep your music playing, blessed to know that the music never ends. RIP.
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CFP: The Palgrave Handbook on Frantz Fanon | Editors: Tal Correm, Thomas Meagher, and Dana Francisco Miranda | Submission Deadline: February 1, 2025 | For more information, visit here: philevents.org/event/show/12…
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The Dialectics of Absolute Nothingness will be released in a few months! @TakeshiMorisato @rationalcreatur @KeilingTobias cornellpress.cornell.edu/boo…
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