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founded in 2010 that publishes a range of subjects including philosophy, literature, and arts. The journal is listed in the

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and has received a seal of approval from SPARC Europe. The Editors are supported by Contributing Editors Ben Segal, Feliz Lucia Molina, Sherrin Frances, Fintan Neylan, Frederick Arias, Rosemary Lee, Isaac Linder, John Gallic, Matt Bernico and Sophie Wagner. ''Continent'' is published under a

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being developed between Jamie Allen and Bernhard Garnicnig, and its advisory board comprises: *

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, The New School for Social Research, New York *

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Events

''Continent'' participated in the BABEL 2012 post-medieval conference
Cruising in the ruins: the question of disciplinarity in the post/medieval university
at Northeastern University in Boston and presented a panel called ''All In A Jurnal's Work: A BABEL Wayzgoose'' critiquing and questioning the idea of the academic journal. ''Continent'' also appeared at the University of Basel's
Aesthetics in the 21st Century
conference in September 2012. In June 2013, ''Continent'' sponsored its first academic conference in Tirana, Albania. Organized by Adam Staley Groves of the

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, Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei of the University of New York in Tirana, and Nico Jenkins of

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and the Honors College at the

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, and entitle
Pedagogies of the Disaster
the three-day conference featured keynote presentations by Chris Fynsk of the

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, Judith Balso of the Collège International de Philosophie, Paris; European Graduate School, Saas-Fee, Oliver Feltham of the

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, and Andreas Vrahimis of the

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. The conference sought to interrogate and challenge both the idea of teaching as well as being taught, and a catalogue of the event is available from punctum books.

References

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