Category Archives: Travel

A week at Al Quds Bard Honors College

Posted on May 14, 2013 by

I’ve just got back from spending a week working with Al Quds Bard Honors College in the occupied Palestinian territories, as part of the Open Society Institute’s Academic Fellowship Program. Al Quds Bard is a partnership between Al Quds University and … Continue reading →

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Jerusalem light rail

Posted on May 6, 2013 by

On Sunday I took a couple of hours to explore the fairly new Jerusalem light rail. It opened in late 2011 and when I was last here in 2009 it was still under construction. I’m staying near Damascus Gate, and … Continue reading →

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back in Jerusalem

Posted on May 4, 2013 by

I’m back in Jerusalem, staying in the historic Jerusalem hotel in the east of the city, only a few minutes walk from Damascus gate. This is the first time I’ve been back since 2009. The reason I’m here is that … Continue reading →

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The AAG meeting

Posted on April 13, 2013 by

I’ve spent the last week in Los Angeles for the Association of American Geographers annual meeting. It was mainly in the Westin Bonaventure hotel – made famous in the 1980s by the readings of Fredric Jameson and Edward Soja. I … Continue reading →

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Talking about Nigeria in Turkey

Posted on April 5, 2013 by

Today I gave a talk entitled “Nigeria’s War on Terror: The Geopolitics of Boko Haram”, to the Political Science & International Relations Academic Fellowship Program Discipline Group meeting. This is a programme run by the Open Society Institute, and this … Continue reading →

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Istanbul and Los Angeles

Posted on April 3, 2013 by

Just about to hit the road again, to conferences in Istanbul and Los Angeles. I’ll be speaking about Boko Haram in Istanbul, at a meeting of the Open Society Institute’s academic fellowship program. This gives me a chance to meet … Continue reading →

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Foucault lecture at Memorial University Newfoundland – audio recording

Posted on March 26, 2013 by

The audio recording of the George Story Lecture in Humanities I gave at Memorial University of Newfoundland, entitled “Knowledge, Truth, Power: The Politics of Foucault’s Leçons sur la volonté de savoir”, is now available here. There is a gap in the recording about … Continue reading →

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Lectures in Newfoundland

Posted on March 12, 2013 by

I’m giving a few lectures at Memorial University of Newfoundland next week. The main reason I am going is to give the George M. Storey lecture in the Humanities, but a few other events have been arranged including a visit to … Continue reading →

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Professor of Political Theory and Geography at the University of Warwick

Posted on March 6, 2013 by

I am pleased to announce that I have been appointed as Professor of Political Theory and Geography at the University of Warwick, starting in September 2013. The position is based in the Politics and International Studies department, but a substantial portion of my … Continue reading →

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Advisor to Al Quds University

Posted on February 2, 2013 by

I’ve been appointed as an International Scholar as part of the Academic Fellowship program of the Open Society Institute in Budapest. I’ll be working with the Social Science Division at Al-Quds Bard Honors College, Al-Quds University in East Jerusalem. This entails a week-long … Continue reading →

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