Essay on Mining Politics in Indonesia (€1)
- Environmentalism and Political Economy of Mining in Indonesia by Kevin Patrick Fitzgerald (July,
2025)
Published by Mnoty Press – Acut Fitzgerald Publishing House (11 August 2026).
I'm mostly focused on who controls what mines in Indonesia today, and how that might give us clues as to how we can start putting together international institutions that can regulate mining practices.
Free Essay on Russian Metal Music
- Russian Metal as Russian Literature by Kevin Patrick Fitzgerald ((03 July 2025); Publlished by Mnoty Press – Acut Fitzgerald Publishing House (11 August 2026).
A brief discussion considering some of the similarities between writing literature in the late 19th and early twentieth centuries in Russia and playing metal music in contemporary Russia. I illustrate the use of metaphor to express cultural criticism that goes against official ideology.
Free essay on Peacebuilding in Medieval Southwest Asia
- Jihad, Crusade, and Peacebuilding in the Middle Ages by Kevin Patrick Fitzgerald. (27 April 2025) Published by Mnoty Press; Acut Fitzgerald Publishing House, (09 August 2026)
I consider here the siege of Jerusalem by the Crusaders in 1099 in the context of how previous sieges in the region had taken place. The Crusaders were especially violent and cruel, especially compared with the Jihadists of previous centuries who brought about a largely peaceful regime where different religious communities were able to live and work together in peace.
Two new releases (9 August 2026)
Two volumes of History, culture, peace, freedom: a journal for informed activism.
Volume 8: Migration and Revolution in Ireland
A series of essays on archaeology and history of migration and revolutionary movements on the island of Ireland. Essays on the neolithic revolution, bronze age linguistics, revolutionary movements in the 18th century. Themes of identity, migration, and revolution throughout. Framed in contemporary discourse on what it means to be Irish, and the role of Irish people in the present politics of Europe.
Volume 7: Nubia in Context
.Two essays on the history and archaeology of the region known as Nubia. One on Kerma ceramics, dating before the Nubian Kingdom, and one on the Nubian Texts. Both essays explore how materials were used and how people used the materials in their interactions with their neighbors. The cultural context for the exchange of technology is a key feature of this exploration.
Tutoring available
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New book release
'Buddhist, Christian, and Muslim Saints: a book of poems, by Kevin Patrick Fitzgerald.
A collection of poems dedicated to saintly figures in three spiritual traditions. The subjects span about two thousand years of pre-modern good works, focusing on the virtues demonstrated by these people and the legacies of their good work. Available for €5 in pdf format here.
New Album Release
exululamus: Naawan Sessions
We are excited to publish a two volume album set by exululamus titled 'Naawan Sessions' vol 1 and vol 2.
These albums were recording in Naawan over about a year from Spring of 2025 to early 2026. The core of the work is an exploration of the electric viola, which provides much of the ambience and some of the lead. There are a lot of rattles and bells. There are no drums on the album, although there is quite a bit of beatboxing, and the rhythmic dynamics are more subtle than in exululamus' previous works. There is also more space, largely due to a new mixing practice by which the volumes of the individual tracks are shifted, sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. The result is that the fluidity and textures of the layers of sound are more digestible. The first volume has more of the electric viola up front, the second volume has more of an acoustic violin and the rosewood flute as the lead instruments.
Acut Fitzgerald Publishing House:
Uniting against Tyranny
We are a small, yet ambitious, publishing house operating with a clear goal of resisting tyranny. This is a global project, and we work to empower scholars who share our passion for freedom, justice, and peace for all the people of the world.
We welcome projects that challenge the existing and entrenched dogmas that continue to work to exploit people and resources in a greedy quest for more profit. We seek to build an institution to organize scholarly and artistic work against this practice, serving as, we hope, a voice for liberation and a venue for community construction.
We are all on this rock together, we can work together for a better world for future generations.