Julian Brigstocke
Geographer at Cardiff University. 'Non-authoritarian authority'; politics of aesthetics; social, cultural and political theory; cities; materialisms. Lover of plants, piano, cello, walking. Father of two small boys.
- Just finished correcting the page proofs for this. Very excited to see it in print shortly 🍾
🔎 Coming soon Non-Authoritarian Authority: Cities, Materiality, and the Aesthetics of Power by Julian Brigstocke @jbrigstocke.bsky.social This book will be free to read and download via #OpenAccess publishing and is published in collaboration with @rgsibg.bsky.social doi.org/10.31389/lse...
- The web page for my forthcoming book "Nonauthoritarian Authority: Cities, Materiality, and the Aesthetics of Power", part of the @rgsibg.bsky.social monograph series, is now live: press.lse.ac.uk/books/m/10.3... It should be out around January 2026 🤞 #geosky #sociology #socialtheory
- Great opportunity for UK and international students to apply for PhD funding in Geography at @cardiffuni.bsky.social Applicants from current final-year undergraduates and masters students, as well as from non-traditional academic backgrounds, are welcome. #Geosky www.findaphd.com/phds/program...
- Reposted by Julian BrigstockeHappy to announce our fall programme! Pleased to be hosting @brdemuth.bsky.social for our annual flagship lecture on Nov 6. We'll also welcome @andrewseaton.bsky.social and @dannydorling.bsky.social on Dec 4 for a discussion of Andrew's new work on coal. For more info, see the web link in our bio.
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- Reposted by Julian BrigstockeToday marks the launch of our edited volume Aesthetics and the City. @amycbarron.bsky.social and I are thrilled to see this in print. We hope it’s of interest! Do let us know what you think. We are hosting a hybrid launch event in early October. 🔗More details: www.routledge.com/Aesthetics-a...
- So excited to see Aesthetics and the City in print. Congratulations to editors @joeblakey.bsky.social and @amycbarron.bsky.social. #geosky
- I have a chapter in the book on Cities and the Sixth Sense: The Aesthetics of Experimental Urbanism. The chapter looks at experimental architecture/urbanism projects on the US/Mexico border through the lens of Hannah Arendt’s politics of aesthetics. www.routledge.com/Aesthetics-a... #geosky
- Feel free to get in touch if you need help accessing a copy.
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- Reposted by Julian BrigstockeAre you curious about expanding your social research practice to include nonhuman species, but don’t know where to start? Come and join this immersive three-day workshop at the University of Manchester, with a mix of indoor seminars and outdoor fieldwork: store.southampton.ac.uk/short-course...
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- Reposted by Julian BrigstockeThe Trust's May newsletter is out now! Read about intersectionality and the musical, exploring our future in space, plantation afterlives: landscape change and environmental experience in Guyana, and much more: leverhulme.ac.uk/newsletter
- I'm fortunate to have a Leverhulme Fellowship from Sept 2025 to August 2026, on 'Informal Authority, Care and Resistance in the Favelas of Rio de Janeiro', developing the concept of 'nonauthoritarian authority' in a detailed empirical setting. Brief summary here: lnkd.in/eww3v5yi #geosky
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- A highlight of my garden year is always this cobra lily (arisaema) coming into flower:) 🌱GB
- This looks fascinating
- Remember to register for next week's online-only seminar: a panel discussion of 'Adorno and the Antifascist Geographical Imagination,' by Chris Philo. Featuring @milesogborn.bsky.social, @stuartelden.bsky.social, and @feli-k.bsky.social. Details here: www.history.ac.uk/events/a-pan...
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- Reposted by Julian BrigstockeThe crisis in British higher education is acute + painful right now. If you are in it you already know this, but for those who are not I want to share what is going on. As strikes start at Newcastle Uni + others will doubtless follow, now is a time for solidarity + resistance
- Also thrilled to announce that Volume 1 of Agoriad: A Journal of Spatial Theory, is out. It was a huge labour of love for all involved and there are some terrific papers. The theme is Indigenous Ontologies. #geosky #academicsky agoriad.cardiffuniversitypress.org/1/volume/1/i...
- Call for Papers: Special issue on ‘Geographies of the good: love and hate in a polarized world’. Delighted to announce the call for Issue 3 of Agoriad: A Journal of Spatial Theory. #geosky #academicsky agoriad.cardiffuniversitypress.org/announcement...
- From Dissertation to Funding: A Roadmap for Early Career Researchers in Human Geography 2025-26. UK History and Philosophy of Geography research group seminar, with Maximilian Hepach, online, February 20th 2025, from 12-1pm GMT. #geosky Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/15f057...
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- Delighted to see three major UK universities cancelling subscriptions with Elsevier. Given the financial woes of the university sector, I am amazed how little attention is given to the money wasted through extortionate fees to publishers taking $ multi-billion profits #AcademicSky shorturl.at/STYZq
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- The four Editors of our new ECR-led journal Agoriad: A Journal of Spatial Theory agoriad.cardiffuniversitypress.org are busy finalising the final production-ready files of Volume 1, on Indigenous Ontologies. We'll hopefully be publishing the volume in a couple of weeks 🤞 #geosky
- Hmm, how do you know when you've finished a book manuscript?
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- Crikey
- Cuts to science spending could see UKRI awarding no new grants next year - as so much of their annual budget is already committed www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...
- Very exciting to see this paper out on Brazilian historical geography
- Lovely day on the beach at Barry Island with our new Freshers today.
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- Delighted to see the new special issue of the Journal of Historical Geography out: Reflections on histories and philosophies of geography. Edited by Heike Jöns, myself, Pauline Couper & Federico Ferretti: #geosky www.sciencedirect.com/journal/jour... 🧵
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- Final reminder of today's online event on converting your PhD / postdoc to a monograph, organised by the RGS History and Philosophy of Geography Research Group. Today at 1pm British Summer Time BST #geosky 👇👇👇
- Online #geosky session on publishing your PhD as a monograph, this Wednesday 1300. Organised by the RGS History and Philosophy of Geography Research Group, but open to all. With experienced book series editors Ruth Craggs, Peter Merriman, and Anna Lawrence, Sign up: cardiff.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
- Exciting call for papers from Claire Blencowe and Martin Savransky #geosky #socialtheory #sociology PLANETARY DISPOSITIONS: AFFECTIVE (UN)SETTLING IN CATASTROPHIC TIMES www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-j...
- This looks fascinating - definitely one for my summer reading pile :)
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- Online #geosky session on publishing your PhD as a monograph, this Wednesday 1300. Organised by the RGS History and Philosophy of Geography Research Group, but open to all. With experienced book series editors Ruth Craggs, Peter Merriman, and Anna Lawrence, Sign up: cardiff.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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- Great PhD opportunity in Cardiff University Geography to work with Prof. Pete Mackie on an ESRC collaborative PhD studentship: "Accessing housing justice: a critical legal geography of independent housing advice in Wales." Deadline May 9th. #geosky www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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- Reposted by Julian BrigstockeWe are delighted to announce the appointment of 4 new members to the Transactions Editorial Board: Joe Gerlach, University of Bristol @jessaloomis.bsky.social, Newcastle University @ninajm.bsky.social, University of Edinburgh Junxi Qian, University of Hong Kong Welcome to the #TIBG team! #geosky
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- On way home from fabulous #geosky discussions at Gregynog Theory School, discussing urban fragments and fragmentary theory with our keynote Colin McFarlane. Reading wonderful authors including Walter Benjamin, Abdou-maliq Simone, Tariq Jazeel, Tatiana Thieme, Cresswell, Buck-Morss, Pred, Mcfarlane.
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- The website for our new ECR-led journal Agoriad: A Journal of Spatial Theory is now live: agoriad.cardiffuniversitypress.org CFP for Issue 2 to follow shortly "Thinking with fragments: the allure of the broken, discarded, and disjointed in geography" #geosky #academicsky #socialtheory #sociology
- 2 years for the journal to make a decision and give me the peer reviews. 2 weeks to make the corrections. *sigh*
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- A day of eight hours of back to back lecturing today... phew!
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- Reminder: Gregynog Postgraduate Theory School, March 19-20. #geosky #academicsky 👇 "Thinking with fragments: the allure of the broken, discarded, and disjointed in urban space." Keynote lecture by Colin McFarlane and discussion of key texts. At stunning Gregynog Hall, Powys. shorturl.at/jBCM7
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