The Cosmos in Cosmopolitanism and John Berger and Me

In The Cosmos in Cosmopolitanism (Polity, 2023), Professor Nikos Papastergiadis revisits the intellectual history of the cosmos by looking at how philosophers and visual artists have related with themes associated with the cosmos from antiquity to the present. By engaging a plurality of perspectives and visions produced both in the West and in the Global South, the book argues for the importance of common connections in the face of the existential threats faced by all forms of life on the planet.

The first manifestation of a growing inclination towards “telling stories grounded in experience”, John Berger and Me (Giramondo Publishing, 2024) is a memoir of the deep relationship between the author and his former mentor, renowned English writer, artist, and art critic John Berger (1926–2017).  Part biography, part autobiography, part cultural history essay, the book revolves around the shared interest in art and migration and the biographical entanglements of these two public intellectuals as well as it reveals the generative dynamics of a lifelong friendship.

Nikos Papastergiadis is the Director of the Research Unit in Public Cultures and Professor in the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne. Furthermore, he is the co-founder (with Scott McQuire) of the Spatial Aesthetics research cluster. He is the Project Leader of the Australian Research Council Linkage Project, “Large Screens and the Transnational Public Sphere,” and Chief Investigator on the ARC Discovery Project “Public Screens and the Transformation of Public Space.” Prior to joining the School of Culture and Communication, he was Deputy Director of the Australia Centre at the University of Melbourne, Head of the Centre for Ideas at the Victorian College of Arts, and lecturer in Sociology and recipient of the Simon Fellowship at the University of Manchester. Throughout his career, Papastergiadis has provided strategic consultancies for government agencies on issues of cultural identity and has worked in collaborative projects with internationally renowned artists and theorists. He was the Chair of NTU CCA Singapore’s International Advisory Board from 2015 to 2024.

For both publications, a limited number of copies will be available for purchase.

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