Category Archives: Stephen Graham

Development Dialogue new issue

Posted on April 28, 2012 by

Special issue on The End of the Development-Security Nexus? The Rise of Global Disaster Management – freely available. Stephen Graham, David Chandler, Mark Duffield, Julian Reid et. al.

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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 | 8 Comments

Review of Terror and Territory

Posted on March 14, 2012 by

Bit late noticing this one – nice review of Terror and Territory in The Canadian Geographer by Jeremy Kowalski (requires subscription). Interesting to see the take on the book proposed here, which is not how I would have put it, … Continue reading →

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Stephen Graham on Olympic London

Posted on March 13, 2012 by

Great piece in The Guardian. As a metaphor for the London Olympics, it could hardly be more stark. The much-derided “Wenlock” Olympic mascot is now available in London Olympic stores dressed as a Metropolitan police officer. For £10.25 you, too, … Continue reading →

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Security and Geopolitical Space – readings

Posted on February 14, 2012 by

My visit to the University of Kentucky for the Committee on Social Theory is part of a class on ‘Security’. The idea is that the four visiting speakers give public lectures and then have a discussion session with the students taking … Continue reading →

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Secure the Volume abstract

Posted on December 3, 2011 by

This is the abstract for the Kentucky Committee for Social Theory lecture (late March) and the Political Geography plenary lecture at the RGS-IBG conference in Edinburgh (early July). Secure the Volume: Vertical Geopolitics and the Depth of Power We all-too-often … Continue reading →

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Histories of Violence

Posted on September 2, 2011 by

That Massumi lecture is part of a series, including pieces by Bauman and Chomsky, which is itself part of a wider project run by Brad Evans at University of Leeds on ‘Histories of Violence’. The project has a website here, though … Continue reading →

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2012 – talks on ‘Volume’

Posted on June 11, 2011 by

Somewhat into the future, two dates for talks in 2012 are already in the diary… 30 March 2012 – “Secure the Volume”, Public Lecture on Security theme, Committee for Social Thought, University of Kentucky 3 May 2012 – “The Politics … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Jeremy Crampton, Peter Sloterdijk, Stephen Graham, The Space of the World | 1 Comment

Audio from two London conferences

Posted on December 15, 2010 by

I posted details of these two conferences before. The Political Life of Things (3 Dec, Imperial War Museum, London) – sound archive here, including Jane Bennett and many others Vertical Geographies, Royal Holloway, London, 8 December 2010, including Stephen Graham, … Continue reading →

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Reading List

Posted on December 5, 2010 by

One of the things about being away is the mountain of post to deal with on my return. These are the books received while away… some were bought, some were gifts, some were payment for reviews Peter E. Gordon, Continental … Continue reading →

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