Paragraph: A Journal of Modern Critical Theory

Paragraph is the leading UK journal of Modern Critical Theory | Published by @edinburghUP | Three issues per year.

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**New Paragraph Special Issue**
49:1: "Temporalities of Refusal: Fugitivity, Imagination, Radical Futurities" guested-edited by David Ventura & German Primera.
Free-to-read "Glitching Colonial Radio History" by Luc Marraffa. https://t.co/Iv875QDYF3

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Other essays submitted for the prize may also be published in Paragraph. Entries must be no longer than 6k words & formatted according to the journal’s conventions, here: https://t.co/Lx8fpPkuCf
Please send to the MS editor, Dr @AmaleenaDamle: [email protected]
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🎉Paragraph Prize 2026🎉
The editors are pleased to announce that a prize will be awarded for an outstanding article submitted for publication before 30 Sept 2026. Articles can be on any topic appropriate to the journal’s remit: to explore critical theory & its applications.
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The winning article will be published in 2027. Its author will receive a sum of £500.
The competition is open to ECRs & established scholars. All submissions are evaluated by members of the Editorial Committee.
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Stop the removal of Modern Languages courses at the University of Nottingham! - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/wrqXe2Nyht via @UKChange

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🎉Paragraph Prize Winners🎉

Read for free:

Barnett, "Catherine Malabou’s Historical
Epistemology" https://t.co/nimnsir3w2

Waller, "Dead Loss: Freud & the Aesthetics of Mourning" https://t.co/9QUZxSfCDl

Congratulations, Tobias & Thomas!

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🎉Paragraph Prize Winners🎉

The editors are delighted to announce 2 joint prize-winners of the 2023-24 prize:

Tobias Barnett (@TobiasLDBarn)
and
Thomas Waller (@thomasowaller)

Both prize-winning articles are free to read - links in the next message (downthread).

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🫰💰 SALE💰🫰
Some titles in the Paragraph "Special Issues as Books" series, which ran until 2023, are currently on sale - selected titles slashed from £26.99 to £16.99.
https://t.co/BCcfPabGCp

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🌟Just published🌟: 48:2, SI on "Thinking Care in the 21st Century" ed. Jasmine Cooper & Katie Pleming.
This issue is dedicated to the memory of Isabelle McNeill who is very profoundly missed. Isabelle's article is the free-to-read article at the link. https://t.co/LoZcSydRnm

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Entries should be no longer than 6,000 words & should be formatted according to the journal’s conventions:
https://t.co/Lx8fpPkuCf.
Submissions should be sent to the manuscripts editor, Dr Douglas Smith: [email protected]
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The Paragraph editors are pleased to announce that a prize will be awarded for an outstanding article submitted for publication before 30 Sept. 2025. Submissions can be on any topic in our remit: to explore critical theory & its application to literature, arts & culture.
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The competition is open to both early-career researchers and established scholars. All submissions are evaluated by members of the Editorial Committee. The winning article will be published in the 2026 general issue of the journal, and its author will receive a sum of £500.
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[French Studies @french_studies]

Please sign this petition urging Cardiff University to reconsider its plans to close the School of Modern Languages:

'We stand in solidarity with the university staff affected by this decision.' @cardiffmlang

https://t.co/JTzX6Key7m

[Giovanni Menegalle @gvnnmngll]

I have a new article out in @ParagraphEUP on Simondon’s Imagination and Invention. If you can’t access it and would like a copy let me know.
https://t.co/PKuHEVhoIi

[Benjamin Dalton @BenBGDalton]

Excited to see my latest article out in @ParagraphEUP: “Gentle Biologies: Reconceptualizing Bodily Transformation and Healthcare between Catherine Malabou and Anne Dufourmantelle” 🧬🧪🧫🧠 This explored themes of letting go and freedom in both thinkers https://t.co/CnnYAhReaE

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🥳Just published! SI: 47:3 "Post-Deconstructive Thought and Biological Theory” ed. Ian James. 🥳
Articles: Francesco Vitale, Eszter Timár, Erin Obodiac, @MancheSolange, @gvnnmngll, Ian James.
editor's intro & article by @BenBGDalton free to read.
https://t.co/kF9oehZk5i

[Tobias Barnett @TobiasLDBarn]

Out now, my latest article on Catherine Malabou & the philosophy of history in @ParagraphEUP: from Hegel and Georges Canguilhem to Quentin Skinner.

https://t.co/4d2UmGx3PC

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Paragraph 47:2 (July 2024) is now available online. Articles include "Unconjugating Community with Fernand Deligny and Jean-Luc Nancy" by Madeleine Chalmers, last year's Paragraph prize winner. https://t.co/Txc5S8CPBD

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Other articles submitted for the Prize may also be published. Entries should be no longer than 6,000 words & formatted according to the journal’s conventions: https://t.co/Lx8fpPkuCf
Submissions should be sent to the manuscripts editor, Dr Douglas Smith: [email protected]

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🎉🎉Paragraph Prize Announcement - a thread 🎉🎉

The editors are pleased to announce that a prize will be awarded for an outstanding article submitted for publication before 30 Sept 2024.

Submissions can be on any topic appropriate to the journal’s remit.

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The competition is open to both ECRs & established scholars. All submissions are evaluated by the members of the Editorial Committee.

The winning article will be published in the November 2025 issue of the journal, and its author will receive a sum of £500.

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