Category Archives: Gottfried Leibniz

Leibniz archive

Posted on May 16, 2013 by

A very interesting post by Stephen Wolfram about working in the Leibniz archive, with plenty of photographs of his manuscripts (via Leiter Reports). About these ads

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Leibniz paper forthcoming in Geographica Helvetica

Posted on April 15, 2013 by

My paper on Leibniz, now under the title ‘Leibniz and Geography: Geologist, Palaeontologist, Biologist, Historian, Political Theorist and Geopolitician’ is forthcoming with Geographica Helvetica. Given that journal’s remit of crossing between linguistic traditions, it is a fitting home for a … Continue reading →

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Leibniz and Geography references

Posted on August 16, 2012 by

Thanks for the comments on the previous post on this. As a couple of people asked, I’ve uploaded the bibliography for the paper. It’s not a reading list on the topic, because there are things referenced that are not directly … Continue reading →

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Geographers on Leibniz – a question

Posted on August 14, 2012 by
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Next things to do

Posted on June 26, 2012 by

The manuscript for The Birth of Territory, the image files and all the permissions paperwork went to University of Chicago Press yesterday. Of course, there are still copy-editing queries, proofs, index, cover discussions, marketing questionnaires and so on to come, but … Continue reading →

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Another Leibniz – audio and slides

Posted on March 4, 2012 by

I’ve put the audio recording of my AAG talk on Leibniz together with the powerpoint slides, and uploaded it to youtube. I had to re-record the first minute as the recording of that was incomplete, so apologies for the transition … Continue reading →

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New York talks

Posted on February 22, 2012 by

Off to New York, probably my favourite city. Three talks over the next few days… 24-25 February 2012 – “The Geopolitics of King Lear: Territory, Land, Earth”, Anachronic Shakespeare conference, Poetics and Theory program, New York University 27 February 2012 … Continue reading →

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The Continuum Companion to Leibniz reviewed

Posted on January 25, 2012 by

The Continuum Companion to Leibniz is reviewed at NDPR – the whole review is open access, so will only quote a couple of telling lines: On the whole, the volume is of exceptional quality. Each and every article represents an … Continue reading →

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Another Leibniz – paper

Posted on December 13, 2011 by

I think I may have finished – at least for now – my Leibniz paper. Or at least, time for some other people to see it. I’ll be giving a version of this at the AAG in February, and it will … Continue reading →

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Leibniz, historian

Posted on November 26, 2011 by

The last couple of days at the British Library have mainly been looking at Leibniz’s work as a historian. He was employed by the Duke of Hanover as a librarian, and tasked with writing the family history. He kept going … Continue reading →

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