Category Archives: Terror and Territory

Doctor of Letters

Posted on February 28, 2013 by

I’ve been awarded a DLitt degree (Doctor of Letters) from Durham University, on the basis of publications post-PhD. This is a so-called ‘higher doctorate’. I submitted three books – Understanding Henri Lefebvre, Speaking Against Numberand Terror and Territory – along … Continue reading →

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Sovereignty, Territorial Integrity and the Falklands/Las Malvinas

Posted on January 3, 2013 by

Today’s Argentine letter on the Falkland/Las Malvinas islands makes for interesting reading. Buenos Aires, January 3rd, 2013 Mr Prime Minister David Cameron, One hundred and eighty years ago on the same date, January 3rd, in a blatant exercise of 19th-century … Continue reading →

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terror, territoriality, and the limits of the state

Posted on December 23, 2012 by

Reblogged from being-in-exodus: Stuart Elden provides a discussion of territory and its link to terror in his 2009 book, Terror and Territory: The Spatial Extent of Sovereignty. He describes “territorial integrity as the spatial extent of sovereignty” (171). He directly links … Continue reading →

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Romney’s Project for a New American Century

Posted on November 9, 2012 by

Romney’s team prepared a website to launch if he’d won the election. I don’t blame him for being prepared, though rather embarassing that it leaked. Political Wire has some images. Interesting to see the idea of the ‘American century’ coming up … Continue reading →

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‘Shakespearean Territories’ – abstract for Warwick

Posted on September 5, 2012 by

This is my abstract for the Critical International and Political Studies annual lecture, University of Warwick, October 3rd 2012. This lecture shows how Shakespeare’s plays can help us to think about the multi-faceted nature of territory as word, concept and … Continue reading →

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Urban Territory: Violent Political Technologies in London and Kano

Posted on August 29, 2012 by

This is my abstract for the AAG meeting in Los Angeles next April. It will be part of the ‘Violence and Space’ sessions organised by Philippe le Billon and Simon Springer – call for papers here. I’ll also be part … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Michel Foucault, Peter Sloterdijk, Politics, Stephen Graham, Territory, Terror and Territory, urban/urbanisation | 12 Comments

Contemporary Political Theory review of Terror and Territory

Posted on April 25, 2012 by

Terror and territory: The spatial extent of sovereignty is reviewed by Jonathan Havercroft here. (It appears to require a subscription; though the journal has announced book reviews are now open access.) It is an overall positive review, though it is critical of … Continue reading →

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Secure the Volume – Kentucky video

Posted on April 17, 2012 by

The video of my presentation at the University of Kentucky. [Update: the higher resolution version has replaced the earlier one] The slides are somewhat blurred and the audience questions quiet, but may be of interest.

Posted in Boundaries, Conferences, Eyal Weizman, Jeremy Crampton, Michel Foucault, My Publications, Paul Virilio, Peter Sloterdijk, Politics, Stephen Graham, Territory, Terror and Territory | 12 Comments

Technologies of Bordering – Yale audio

Posted on April 14, 2012 by

The audio of my presentation at the Yale conference – nothing especially new for people who know my work on territory already; and especially this piece – but may be of interest to some. Apologies for the noise in a … Continue reading →

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Secure the Volume: Vertical Geopolitics and the Depth of Power

Posted on March 24, 2012 by

For the past several days I’ve been writing – and almost as importantly, working with the images for – my lecture for Kentucky. At the moment it looks like it will cover… Area, Volume, Territory, Boundedness, the Volumetric, Political Technology, … Continue reading →

Posted in Boundaries, Conferences, Derek Gregory, Michel Foucault, Paul Virilio, Politics, Territory, Terror and Territory, The Space of the World | 5 Comments