Albert Camus Radio

Here is a fantastic episode by one of the world's leading Camus scholars, Dr. Simon Lea. The entire paper will be available in The Journal of Camus Studies. Below is the abstract of the paper: Albert Camus planned his works in cycles. Each were to contain an essay, a novel and plays. The first cycle wasconcerned with the absurd and the second with rebellion. Camus' life was tragically cut short in...

In this episode you will hear Professor Heffernan of Merrimack College discuss reader response to Meursault in The Stranger . Dr. Heffernan will take you on a tour of his previous work on The Stranger and then engage in a discussion of the reading of Meursault as a character in Camus' work. This episode is the last in the series bringing you the addresses give to The Albert Camus Society in 2023 h...

In this episode Dr. Simon Lea gives us a fascinating look into not only the idea of myth philosophically and in Camus' works specifically, he makes several groundbreaking connections to Nietzsche. Enjoy!

In this address Dr. Eric Berg presents a challenging reading of the often-venerated Dr. Rieux of The Plague . Dr. Berg makes the case that we should morally and professionally re-evaluate Dr. Rieux in light of his findings. This address and following publication in The Journal of Camus Studies should stimulate our conventional view of Dr. RIeux. Enjoy!

Here we have the first in a series of episodes from the annual meeting of the Albert Camus Society. These addresses took place in November of 2023 in Krakow Poland. In this episode you will hear a world class expert on Camus make some interesting and innovative connections between Albert Camus and James Baldwin. Enjoy.

Here I chat briefly about the upcoming fourth season of Albert Camus Radio, review the 2023 meeting of the Albert Camus Society, and preview the 2024 meeting taking place in London in mid-November.

Peter Francev: ‘Gushing Over Nature, or Janine’s Sexual Exhibitionism’ Abstract: For the past few years, I have been interested in the topic of Albert Camus and empathyand, rightfully so, as I am currently writing a monograph on the subject, it makes sense that I wouldbe interested in such a subject. However, for as long as I have been formally and informally studyingCamus (which is surpassing 25...

In this episode I review the December 2022 publication of States of Plague: Reading Camus in a Pandemic by Alice Kaplan and Laura Marris, published by The University of Chicago Press.  Enjoy!

A review of a book that is very hard to find: Albert Camus and the Men of Stone from 1971. It is a series of illuminating interviews of men who worked with Camus as coy editors, editors, printers, and typesetters. Enjoy! 

A review by Dr. Berg of a new (2022) important book for the English reading audience. 34 lectures and speeches written by Camus on many important topics. Enjoy! 

A fascinating look into how academic scholarship is advanced. This session is a recording of the question and answer session where the scholars that just presented their work to some of the top Camus scholars in the world defend their views. Enjoy! 

Whilst there is no mention of the empathy or ethics of Edith Stein in the fiction and non-fiction of Albert Camus, one can easily surmise that Camus, being a part of the Parisian café scene during the years leading up to, including and beyond the second world war, would have encountered some discussions of Stein’s thought through Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir or Maurice Merleau-Ponty, prior...

Gina Breen: ‘French-Algerian Exile’ Albert Camus’s L’Exil et le Royaume was Camus’s last official literary publication before his death in 1960. It is a collection of six short stories, published in 1957, seven months before he received the Nobel Prize in Literature. In his acceptance speech, which was misreported, Camus specifically addressed justice and the Algerian situation, by discussing the...

In this episode you will here the finest Camus scholars engaging each other on their current research on Camus. It is here that our understanding of Camus and his work is really pushed in new directions. This is a very exciting episode indeed! 

In this episode Tom Hammer gives his paper to the Albert Camus Society's annual conference. The paper is titled "The Formal Structure of Existential Absurdity". It is a very engaging paper and a slight, but rewarding divergence from the typical paper we hear as it has an analytic approach. Enjoy! 

In this podcast you will hear from one of the leading Camus scholars in the world. Professor Heffernan of Merrimack College has been widely published and quoted on Camus across the years. Enjoy this engaging talk on Camus and the question of Meursault's guilt in The Stranger. 

First in a series of podcasts taken directly from the action at the annual meeting of The Albert Camus Society held on-line in November, 2021. This series of podcasts will give listeners first access to the newest (yet to be published) research on Albert Camus from the top Camus scholars in the world.  The papers you hear on these podcasts will eventually appear in The Journal of Camus Studies, cl...

A book review of the controversial book Albert Camus and the Minister.  The question: Did Camus ask to be baptized and covert to Christianity just before his fateful car accident?  All Albert Camus Radio podcasts are made possible by the generous support of Vectis Consulting.  Vectis Consulting is in the business of fighting for the long-term health of the humanities.  www.vectisconsulting,org

In this episode I review Catelli's 2020 (English translation) of The Death of Camus . In this text he makes the case that Camus was killed by the KGB. Enjoy. Thank you to Vectis Consulting for sponsoring this podcast! www.vectisconsulting.org 

Professor Dan Hieber is a dear friend from The University of Kansas and a very engaging thinker and writer. His book Five Cigarettes is a marvelous read and I encourage you to check it out on Amazon.com.  In this podcast we take a tour of Camus through the eyes of an accomplished philosopher that has not spent all of his time in Camus studies. It is a remarkable conversation with fresh insights. E...

In this episode we have for you the President of the Polish Camus Society Maciej Kaluza's presentation to The Albert Camus Society in 2020. In this presentation we explore the issue of political violence and Camus. Enjoy! It is in English

The tables are turned with the 20 Questions format!  I have been put on the spot and asked 20 questions about Camus by Dr. Peter Francev.  Enjoy this talk as I enjoyed having this conversation. 

A fascinating talk on Camus and Nietzsche.  Take a half an hour and learn about the connection between Camus and Nietzsche from one of the most engaging scholars on both thinkers! 

Albert Camus, Edith Stein, and the Problem of Empathy in The Plague Abstract: Whilst there is no mention of the phenomenology or ethics of Edith Stein (1891-1942) in the fiction and non-fiction of Albert Camus (1913-1960), one can easily surmise that Camus, being a part of the Parisian café scene during the years leading up to, including and beyond the second world war, would have encountered some...

A book review of Kamel Daoud's The Meursault Investigation . Published in 2013 in French and 2015 in English, The Meursault Investigation is a fascinating novel based on Camus' The Stranger .  Please turn the volume up a bit on this one.  Enjoy!