Dr. Duane Rousselle 120 Hunter Street East (Upper) Peterborough, Ontario K9H 1G6 – Canada [email protected]
Education PhD (2015) Cultural Studies – Trent University Dissertation: “Lacanian Realism: A Clinical and Political Investigation” Special Field: Psychoanalysis, Political Theory, Continental Philosophy Committee: Dr. Charmaine Eddy, Dr. Davide Panagia, Dr. Elaine Stavro, Dr. Jonathan Bordo, Dr. Clive Thomson
PhD (2012) (ABD) Philosophy, Media & Communications – European Graduate School
MA (2011) Sociology – University of New Brunswick Dissertation: “Kropotkin is Dead: A Second Order Reading of Ethics in Post- Anarchism and the Philosophy of Georges Bataille” Committee: Dr. Deborah Harrison, Dr. Richard J. F. Day, Dr. Isher-Paul Sahni
BA (2007) (Hons) Sociology, Psychology – University of New Brunswick Thesis: “Post-structuralism, Anarchism, and the Newest Social Movements” Committee: Dr. Gary Bowden, Dr. Deborah Harrison
Dipl (2002) Electronic Game Design / Computer Programming New Brunswick Community College, Miramichi
Refereed Books Duane Rousselle. (2016) Lacanian Realism: Clinical and Political Psychoanalysis. New York, NY: Bloomsbury Publishing. Contract Signed on January 2016. Projected Publication on January 2017. Overview: A reconstruction of the Lacanian theory of the real for the purposes of rethinking its implications for psychoanalytic and political theory.
Simon Critchley, Jacob Blumenfeld, Chiara Bottici, Duane Rousselle, Eds. (2013) The Anarchist Turn. London: Pluto Press. 264 pages. Overview: An edited collection of contemporary anarchist political theory from the vantage point of continental theory.
Duane Rousselle, Sureyya Evren., Eds. (2011) Post-Anarchism: A Reader. London: Pluto Press. 320 pages. Overview: A ground-breaking book that introduced the new political theory of post-anarchism. Includes chapters on literary criticism, political theory, cultural theory, flm studies, gender theory, social movement studies, and more.
Other Books Alain Badiou. (2013) The Subject of Change (Duane Rousselle, Ed.). New York, NY: Atropos Press. 142 pages. Overview: Transcribed and Edited Book of Dr. Alain Badiou’s Seminars at the European Graduate School. Duane Rousselle. (2012) After Post-Anarchism. Oakland, CA: Repartee Books. 288 pages. Overview: An exploration of the different epistemological and ontology moments of anarchist and Marxist political theory.
Edited Journals (2009-current) Founder and Editor of Anarchist Developments in Cultural Studies. LBC Books & Punctum Press. Print on Demand & Open Access. Offcial Refereed Journal of the North American Anarchist Studies Network. Initial Print Run of 200-400. ISSN. 1923- 5615. Stocked by University Libraries. (2014) Issue Editor. “What is Anarchist Studies?” Anarchist Developments in Cultural Studies. 2014.0. Video Issue. (2013) Issue Editor. “Ontological Anarche: Beyond Materialism and Idealism,” Anarchist Developments in Cultural Studies. 2013.2. Punctum Books. 284 pages. (2011) Issue Editor. “The Anarchist Turn,” Anarchist Developments in Cultural Studies. 2011.0. Video Issue. (2010) Issue Editor with Dr. Lewis Call. “Post-Anarchism Today,” Anarchist Developments in Cultural Studies. 2010.1. LBC Books. 253 pages.
Refereed Book Chapters (2014) “Imaginary, Symbolic, Real,” The Zizek Dictionary (Rex Butler, Ed.). New York, NY: Acumen Publishing. pp. 213-6.
Other Book Chapters (2013) “Introduction,” The Subject of Change (Alain Badiou). New York, NY: Atropos Press. pp. v- viii. (2011) “Preface,” Post-Anarchism: A Reader (Sureyya Evren, Duane Rousselle, Eds.). London: Pluto Press. pp. vii-ix. (1993) “Flutterby,” Island Sunsets: An Anthology of Canadian Verse. Poetry Institute of Canada.
Refereed Articles (2016) “Numbers & Things: A Contribution to Number Theory Within Lacanian Psychoanalytic Theory,” S: Journal of the Circle for Lacanian Ideology Critique. Special Issue: “Capitalism and Psychoanalysis” (John Holland, Ed.)., Volume 8. pp. 141-72. (2015) “Obsession & Politics: A Contribution to Lacanian Political Psychoanalysis,” Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society. 2015.62. doi: 10.1057/pcs.2015.62 (2014) “The Symbolic, the Sublime, and Slavoj Zizek’s Theory of Film,” Canadian Journal of Communication. Vol. 39., No. 4., pp. 657-8. (2014) “Demanding the Impossible,” Information, Communication and Society. Vol. 17., No. 10., pp. 1304-5. (2013) “The New Hysterical Question,” Umbr(a): A Journal of the Unconscious. Special Issue on the Psychoanalytic Object (Joan Copjec, Chris Sylvester, Eds.). The Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Culture. pp. 71-88. (2013) “Post-Anarchism and Its Critics” (Duane Rousselle & Saul Newman), Anarchist Studies. Vol. 21., No. 2. pp. 74-96. (2013) “Max Stirner’s Post-Post-Anarchism,” Journal for the Study of Radicalism. Vol. 7., No. 1. pp. 157-65. (2012) “Torn from Ghostly Hands, The Object’s Property,” In Media Res. Special Issue on “Anti-Intellectual Property” (Kris Coffeld, Ed.). Curation of Mike Figgis’s (Dir.) “Co(te)lette.” Unpaginated. (2012) “Postmodern Pollution,” C-Theory: Theory, Technology, and Culture. Vol. 35., No. 1-2. Unpaginated. (2012) “What Comes After Post-Anarchism?” Continental journal. Vol. 2., No. 2. pp. 152-4. (2012) “Georges Bataille’s Post-Anarchism,” Journal of Political Ideologies. Vol. 17., No. 3. pp. 235- 57.
Non-Refereed Articles (2014) “On the Names of the Father,” Interstitial: A Journal of Modern Culture and Events. Unpaginated. Invited to Publish. Unpaginated. (2013) “The Triumph of Religion,” Interstitial: A Journal of Modern Culture and Events. Unpaginated. Invited to Publish. Unpaginated. (2012) “Scruples: Rules of Play,” International Journal of Zizek Studies. Vol. 6., No. 3., Unpaginated. (2010) “Symptom or Sinthome?,” International Journal of Zizek Studies. Vol. 4., No. 1. Unpaginated. (2006) “Accursed Anarchism: Five Post-Anarchist Meditations on Bataille,” Zine. San Francisco, CA: The Anarchist Library. Unpaginated. (2006) “Post-Anarchism is Not What You Think: The Role of Post-Anarchist Theory After the Backlash,” San Francisco, CA: The Anarchist Library. Unpaginated.
Interviews (2014) “Stags, Sexploitation, and Hardcore: Moving-Image Pornography up to 1972,” Artspace, Peterborough (Ontario, Canada). Video Available at
Popular Blogs (2014) “Lacan’s Tenth Seminar, Anxiety,” Extensive Weekly Notes. Arranged by Date of Seminar. Available at http://dingpolitik.wordpress.com, Advertised on Lacanian Ink. (2014) “Critical Theory as New Access to the Real,” Transcribed Lecture for Alain Badiou, given at the Global Center for Advanced Studies. My transcription was also translated into Spanish by Andres Rueda for the Economic & Social Justice Reality Report. (2013) “Zizek Versus Badiou,” Detailed Summar and Transcript of a Key Debate in Contemporary Psychoanalytic Theory. Debate Occurred at the University of California, Los Angeles. Newspapers (2015) “Media Coverage Ignored the Real Issue,” Analysis of Fundraiser for local Religious Temple. The Peterborough Examiner. December 12th, 2015. (2014) “On the Creative Economy,” Critique of Buzz Word “Creative Economy,” The Peterborough Examiner. October 22nd. (2014) “Give the Anarchist an Electronic Cigarette,” Economic & Social Justice Reality Report. May 10th, 2014. (2014) “Questions if English Language Petitioners are Heading in the Right Direction,” Miramichi Leader. April 29th, 2014.
Awards Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick Medal for Distinction in Scholarship. Awarded by the 29th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick, Hermenegilde Chaisson. Queen’s Jubilee Award, $10,000 Nels Anderson Prize in Sociology Sandra Budobitch Memorial Prize Norman S. Fraser Prize in the Arts Tom & Parker Hickey Memorial Scholarship Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Graduate Research Fellowship, $17,500. To Support Research on the Newest Social Movements. University of New Bruswick, Department of Sociology Research Grant Nels Anderson Research Grant Graduated with a Perfect Grade Point Average (2003-2007), University of New Brunswick. (Dean’s List, First Class).
National/International Conferences (2015) “The Question of Anarchist Subjectivity,” Lecture Delivered at the North American Anarchist Studies Network Conference. Video Available. (2015) “On the Good Work of the Slave: Psychoanalysis & Obsessional Politics,” Panel Presentation for “Labour and the Unconscious.” American Comparative Literature Association Conference. With Dr. Fernanda Negrete and Dr. Karen Benezra. Washington: University of Washington. (2011) “Georges Bataille’s Post-Anarchism,” Canadian Association of Cultural Studies Biennial Conference. Montreal, McGill University.
Guest Lectures (2016) “The Semiotics of a Lacanian Event,” Invited Paid Lecture and Seminar for Graduate Students in Cultural Studies and Theory, Culture & Politics. Trent University. (2015) “Anarchist Studies: Three Logical Moments,” Lecture and Seminar. Offered as a Graduate Course Credit for Students at The New Centre for Research & Practice. With Guest, Dr. Saul Newman. Video Available. (2014) “What Can Psychoanalysis Teach Us About Style?,” Three Minute Thesis Competition. Market Hall. Peterborough, Ontario. Video Available. (2013) “The Freudian Unconscious in Dream Analysis,” Guest Lecturer for Dr. Ihor Junyk. Cultural Studies 1000. Peterborough, Ontario. Trent University. (2013) “Jacques Lacan: The Four Discourses, Borromean Knot, and Gaze,” Invited Lecture and Seminar for Graduate Students in Cultural Studies, Trent University. Peterborough, Ontario. (2013) “Post-, Non-, Anarchism,” Panel at “Post-Non-Post,” with Drs. Svitlana Matviyenko, Drew Burk, Anthony-Paul Smith, Dock Ramsey. Toronto, Ontario. York University. (2013) “What is Change?,” Public Lecture. Peterborough, Ontario. Trent University. (2012) “The New Hysterical Question,” Public Lecture. Peterborough, Ontario. Trent University. (2009-2011) Various Lectures in Crminal Justice and Sociology. For Dr. Michael Fleming. University of New Brunswick and Saint Thomas University. Fredericton, New Brunswick. (2011) “Kropotkin is Dead: A Second Order Reading of Ethics in the Philosophies of Georges Bataille and Post-Anarchism,” Public Lecture. Fredericton, New Brunswick. Department of Sociology, University of New Brunswick.
Organized Events (2016) Invited to attend a Private Meeting with the Prime Minister of Canada and other International Dignitaries. (2015) Raised $112,000 in Crowdfunding within 24 Hours to help residents of Peterborough, Ontario rebuild after a tragedy. International News. Mentioned as an Exemplary Act in several addresses by the Prime Minister of Canada. (2013) “Gamer Theory,” A Lecture by Dr. McKenzie Wark. Cultural Studies 1000, Trent University. Peterborough, Ontario. (2008) “Visions of Post-Anarchism,” Panel for the Renewing the Anarchist Tradition Conference. Montpelier, Vermont. Drs. Sandra Jeppesen, Thomas Nail, Roger Farr.
Editorial Boards (Editor) Academia.edu. (Founder / Editor) <>Point: A Journal of Lacanian Studies. (Dr. Joan Copjec, Dr. Daniel Tutt). (Editorial Board) Journal of Social Justice. (Transformative Studies Institute) (Section Editor) “Psychoanalysis.” Aceronta Movebo. Pensee Lacanian Journal. (Founder / Editor) Anarchist Developments in Cultural Studies. Offcial Journal of the North American Anarchist Studies Network.
Manuscript Refereeing (Journal) Information, Communication & Society. (Journal) Theory & Event. Bloomsbury Publishing. (Journal) Affnities: A Journal of Radical Theory, Culture and Action. (Journal) Journal for the Study of Radicalism. Pluto Press.
Work Experience (2015) “Grader / Marker,” Literature: Theory & Criticism. English Literature 3601. Dr. Charmaine Eddy. Trent University. Peterborough, Ontario. (2014-15) “Professor.” Unpaid Title. Global Center for Advanced Studies. (2014-15) “The Concept of Anxiety in the work of Jacques Lacan,” Course Taught with Dr. Levi Bryant at the Global Center for Advanced Studies. Enrolment: 40 Graduate Students. (2014-15) “Introduction to the Study of Modern Culture,” Cultural Studies 1000. Teaching Assistant for Drs. Victoria de Zwann, Ihor Junyk. Trent University. Peterborough, Ontario. (2013-14) “Introduction to Modern Culture,” Cultural Studies 1000. Teaching Assistant for Drs. Victoria de Zwann, Ihor Junyk. Trent University. Peterborough, Ontario. (2013) “The Union Theatre Project,” Research Assistant for Dr. Alan O’Connor. Trent University. Peterborough, Ontario. (2013) “International Media and Development Studies.” IMDS-3000. Teaching Assistant for Dr. Alain O’Connor. Trent University. Peterborough, Ontario. (2012-13) “Psychoanalysis, Culture & Philosophy.” (Graduate Course) Teaching Assistant for Dr. Slavoj Zizek. European Graduate School. Saas-Fee, Switzerland. (2012) “Media Studies” IDMS-3000 / CULT-3000. Teaching Assistant for Dr. Alan O’Connor. Trent University. Peterborough, Ontario. (2011) “International Development Studies and Media,” IDMS-3000. Teaching Assistant for Dr. Alan O’Connor. Trent University. Peterborough, Ontario. (2010) Various Criminology and Sociology Courses. Introductory and Advanced. Teaching Assistant for Dr. Michael Fleming. University of New Brunswick and Saint Thomas University. Fredericton, New Brunswick. (2009) “Contemporary Sociological Theory.” SOCI-3000. Teaching Assistant for Dr. Isher- Paul Sahni. University of New Brunswick. Fredericton, New Brunswick. (2009) “The Sociology of Deviance.” SOCI-2000 / CRIMM-2000. Teaching Assistant for Dr. Dale Ballucci. University of New Brunswick. Fredericton, New Brunswick. (2008) “Classical Sociological Theory,” SOCI-2000. Teaching Assistant for Dr. Isher-Paul Sahni. University of New Brunswick. Fredericton, New Brunswick. (2008) “The Sociology of Crime,” SOCI-3000 / CRIMM-3000. Teaching Assistant for Dr. Dale Ballucci. University of New Brunswick. Fredericton, New Brunswick. (2008-09) “Military Kids Mental Health and Wellness Study.” In Collaboration with the University of New Brunswick, Ryerson University, York University, and the University of Alberta. Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. Supervisor: Dr. Deborah Harrison. (2007) “Introduction to Sociology,” SOCI-1000. Teaching Assistant for Dr. Robert Beamish. Queen’s University. Kingston, Ontario. (2006-07) Business Owner / Operator. The Underground Cafe and Alternative Bookstore. Fredericton, New Brunswick. Seminars Attended (2015) Personal Analysis with Apres-Coup Psychoanalytic Association. (2015) Lacan Toronto Psychoanalysis Teaching Program. Topics Included: Psychosis, Gay Identity, Ethics, Sexuality, and Eating Disorders. (6-12 Seminars) (2015) Savoir-faire of the Analyst within the Lacanian Clinic. Speaking of Lacan Seminar and Reading Group. Dr. Mavis Himes. University of Toronto. Toronto, Ontario. (6-12 Seminars) (2014) “The Philosophy and Ontology of Sexuality within Lacanian-Freudian Psychoanalysis,” Seminar with Dr. Alenka Zupancic. Toronto Lacanian Society at the Toronto Psychoanalytic Institute. (2 Seminars) (2014) “On an Object that can not be Oriented: Lacan’s Seminar on Anxiety.” Dr. Levi Bryant. Global Center for Advanced Studies. Seminar Series. (6-8 Seminars) (2012) “The Subject of Change,” Seminar with Dr. Alain Badiou. Saas-Fee, Switzerland. (8-12 Seminars) (2012) “Psychoanalysis, Politics, Aesthetics, and Popular Culture,” Seminar with Dr. Slavoj Zizek. Saas-Fee, Switzerland. (8-12 Seminars) (2012) Seminars with Mike Figgis, Siegfried Zielinski, and Christopher Fynsk. Saas-Fee, Switzerland. (8-12 Seminars) (2008) Teaching Workshop. Two Week Seminars. Queen’s University. Kingston, Ontario.
Translations (2014) “The Psychoanalyst’s Point of View: ‘Neurosis and Psychosis: Where Does Abnormal Begin?’” Translation of Interview with Jacques Lacan. Accepted by Property Holder, Jacques-Alain Miller. For Private Use Only. Approved Translation by Trent University Cultural Studies PhD Translation Committee. (2014) “True and False Psychoanalysis.” Translation of Letter by Jacques Lacan. Accepted by Property Holder, Jacques-Alain Miller. For Private Use Only. Approved Translation by Trent University Cultural Studies PhD Translation Committee.
Professional memberships Lacan Toronto. A Lacanian and Freudian Seminar and Reading Group. Toronto Psychoanalytic Institute. Speaking of Lacan. A Lacanian and Freudian Seminar and Reading Group. Toronto. North American Anarchist Studies Network. Anarchist Studies Network. A Division of the British Political Science Association. Founder of the University of New Brunswick Social Justice Society (2003-2007) Co-Founder of the Nels Anderson Sociology Society. University of New Brunswick.
Other Activities (2013-15) Social Media Administrator. European Graduate School. (2013-15) Social Media Administrator. Trent University, Cultural Studies Department. (2014) Social Media Administrator. Global Center for Advanced Studies. (2009-14) Digital Librarian, Typesetter (LaTeX) for The Anarchist Library Project. The World’s Largest Collection of Anarchist Texts. (2013-Current). Master Mason & Senior Deacon. Corinthian #101. A.F. & A. M. (2014-Current). 18th Degree. A&A Scottish Rite of F.M. Canada. 3rd Degree Black Belt. Tae Kwon Do. World Teaching Certifcation.
References Dr. Davide Panagia Dr. Charmaine Eddy Associate Professor of Political Science Associate Professor of English Literature University of California, Los Angeles Trent University 4289 Bunche Hall Champlain College S403 Los Angeles, CA 1770 West Bank Drive United States – 90095-1472 Peterborough, Ontario Phone. 1.310.825.4331 Canada – K9L 1Z7 Email. [email protected] Phone. 1.705.748.1011 x7398 Email. [email protected]
Dr. Ihor Junyk Dr. Slavoj Zizek Associate Professor of Cultural Studies Senior Researcher Trent University Institute for Sociology and Philosophy Cultural Studies PhD Offce Faculty of Social Sciences Scott House, Room 208 University of Ljubljana 300 London Street 1000 Ljubljana Peterborough, Ontario Slovenie Canada – K9H 7P4 Email. [email protected] Phone. 1.705.748.1011 x6052 or x1771 Email. [email protected] Also: Birkbeck School of Law London University.