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IAS Newsletter, Winter 2014

CONTENTS
* Announcing Our 2014 Grantees
* The Next Grant Application Deadline
* Forthcoming issue of Perspectives on Anarchist Theory
* Newest Title in Our Anarchist Interventions Book Series
* Reminder about Our New, Improved IAS Web Site
* Recent IAS Events
* Help Sustain Independent Radical Scholarship
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ANNOUNCING OUR 2014 GRANTEES
As always, we had a difficult time deciding on our grantees, given that we received many worthy applications for writing and translation projects during each round. But this round was particularly hard: we received a record high of 110 proposals, from across the world and in many languages, compared to the typical 30 to 40 applications. That’s good news in terms of what appears to be a growing commitment to autonomous, politically engaged writing and translating on antiauthoritarian themes as well as from anarchist(ic) perspectives. Sadly, the IAS could only fund four proposals based on our available funds—all the more reason we hope that you’ll consider becoming a monthly sustainer in order for the IAS to grant more awards the next time around (see below).
That said, we’re honored to congratulate the following people on their IAS grant awards! Here’s a glimpse of their upcoming projects:

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Lexicon Pamphlet: Gender (in Romanian)

by Jamie Heckert
Genul este un sistem de repartizare în categorii a sinelui și a celorlalți (incluzând corpuri, dorințe, comportamente) care se găsește în fiecare aspect al culturii și al societății, interconectat cu alte categorii și ierarhii (rasă, clasă, sexualitate, vârstă, abilități și multe altele). Numeroase aspecte biologice (de exemplu organele genitale, cromozomii, constituția corpului) sunt interpretate în așa fel încât oamenii sunt incluși în mod natural în una din două categorii: bărbat și femeie. Dar dacă ne uităm mai îndeaproape, s-ar putea să chestionăm natura genului. Biologia, umană sau alta, este minunat de diversă.

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Red & Black Vienna with Cindy Milstein

This summer, IAS board member Cindy Milstein traveled to Austria to present on her most recent book, Paths Toward Utopia, co-authored with Erik Ruin. She wound up sticking around Vienna for a few weeks, wandering its streets and visually documented its anarchist elements, compiling what … Read more

A Beautiful and Radiant Thing

[youtube=http://youtu.be/zbsXBd5lWTk] Last November, IAS board members Maia Ramnath and Joshua Stephens were interviewed for the Horizontal Power Hour radio show, run out of Wesleyan University, mostly on the topic of anarchism and decolonization. Toward the end of their conversation, the host asked about their relationship … Read more

Take a look at all that’s available from the Institute for Anarchist Studies here! We continuously post new Perspectives on Anarchist Theory essays, announcements about events and new book projects in conjunction with AK Press, and other news, so keep checking back.  For updates, sign up for our mailing list!
 

  • Full PDF’s of back issues of our journal Perspectives on Anarchist Theory
  • Info on the Anarchist Interventions book series, with AK Press and the Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative
  • Info on our new series of books published in collaboration with AK Press, starting with Octavia’s Brood, Angels with Dirty Faces, and Guerrillas of Desire!
  • Printable PDF’s of all the Lexicon pamphlets
  • Information about upcoming events sponsored and organized by the IAS.

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