Mathias Thaler

Professor of Political Theory, University of Edinburgh

Category: News and Events

  • New review of No Other Planet

    Political Theory has just published a very thoughtful and generous review of No Other Planet by Didier Zúñiga (University of Alberta). A short excerpt: “No Other Planet is path-breaking in the sense that it creates a space within political theory for new ideas to emerge and be played with—ideas that have the potential to deparochialize the…

  • New book review

    My review of Darrel Moellendorf’s most recent book Mobilizing Hope has just appeared in the Deutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie. You can find the text here: https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/dzph-2024-0045/html

  • Hamburg 2024

    A graphic recoding of my session together with Davina Cooper, by Lou Szymorek:

  • Panel in Hamburg

    I will be part of a panel on utopias on November 14, 2024, in Hamburg. More info below!

  • Biennal de Pensament 2024

    I was lucky enough to spend the last few days in Barcelona, going to a few exciting panels (Jacques Rancière! Joan Tronto!), and participating in one myself. My session, together with Christine Hentschel and chaired by Daniel Gamper, was on the apocalyptic imagination. A wonderful occasion!

  • Book talk at Uppsala University

    On October 8, 2024, I will be giving a book talk in the Department of History of Science and Ideas at Uppsala University. This event will feature both No Other Planet (2022) and Brett Christopher’s excellent new book The Price is Wrong (2024). More information, including the place and time of the event, can be…

  • Notes from my inaugural lecture

    Below are some of the (slightly edited) thoughts I shared during my inaugural lecture as Professor at the University of Edinburgh on May 8, 2024. These reflections pertain to my academic trajectory and to making my intellectual home in Edinburgh. I hope to publish the more academic part of the lecture in another forum. Making…

  • New Review of No Other Planet

    The Review of Politics has just published a review of No Other Planet, by Nicole Rogers (Bond University.) The link to the full text is here: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0034670524000123 And here is a short excerpt: “Drawing upon the utopian trope as manifested in theory and fiction, Thaler tackles the difficult question of how we can shape a…

  • Sabbatical plans

    I am lucky enough to have been granted research leave for the Academic Year 2024/25. To support my research during that period, I will spend the autumn term (September to December 2024) at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS), in Uppsala; and the spring term (February to June 2025) at the Netherlands Institute for…

  • Inaugural Lecture

    I will hold my inaugural lecture as Professor at the University of Edinburgh on May 8, 2024. The registration for the event is here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inaugural-lecture-professor-mathias-thaler-tickets-710213175727 And here is a short abstract of the lecture: Stuck in the Anthropocene interregnum? Imagination and action in a climate-changed world In this lecture, I plan to introduce my overall…