I received a suggestion from Dave about how to save the university whilst it nevertheless does its best to destroy itself: 'What about a self-organised 'proletarian university' that runs one night a week in cheap spaces? Given enough willing...

Spinoza and Texts 7-8 April 2010 University of Dundee, Scotland Speakers include: Dimitris Vardoulakis, Peg Rawes, Nick Nesbitt, Nicholas Halmi This conference focuses on uses of Spinoza in the arts and humanities, considering Spinoza's influence...

Kino Fist will be making a slight, last-minute return to tie in with the Historical Materialism conference. Due to may unfortunately lack a zine, but it will be in the salubrious environs of the Hotshoe Gallery in Farringdon. It will feature two films...

There is finally a piece in the THE about the parlous state of Philosophy in post-92 universities. My own institution is there (no longer accepting new students for its single honours course in 2010), but the reason given (low-recruitment) simply isn't...

A recording of Zizek on apocalypticism from the other day is now online (thanks René Wolf, person with the splendid name). I couldn't get in to the lecture in the end (or rather, I decided that I shouldn't get in...heh, vague! Confusing!). Anyway,...