Monthly Archives: June 2010

Five candidates

Posted on June 9, 2010 by stuartelden

The McDonnell withdrawal, plus some tactical nominating by the likes of Harriet Harman and David Miliband, means that the other five candidates are all now on the ballot paper for the Labour leadership race. When the Tories had their leadership … Continue reading →

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John McDonnell withdraws from Labour leadership

Posted on June 9, 2010 by stuartelden

Just received the following message Dear Comrades  I am writing to let you know that I have withdrawn from the Labour Party leadership race this morning.  I stood for the Labour leadership as the candidate of the Left and trade … Continue reading →

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Human Terrain screening in London

Posted on June 9, 2010 by stuartelden

James der Derian‘s documentary Human Terrain is screening in London tomorrow – 10th June. Details here. James is keynote to the Westminster CSIR launch event tonight.

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overcommitment

Posted on June 8, 2010 by stuartelden

The very interesting medievalist Jeffrey Jerome Cohen has a good post on overcommitment… It’s easy to say ‘no’ when the invitations are unexciting; much harder when they are interesting opportunities. The ‘problem’ is I nearly always get asked to do … Continue reading →

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The difference in repetition

Posted on June 8, 2010 by stuartelden

I used to try to avoid giving the ‘same’ talk more than once, but sometimes it was inevitable. It’s looking like I will be giving something in the region of 25 talks this year (invited lectures or at conferences), and so some repetition, … Continue reading →

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Derek Gregory in London

Posted on June 8, 2010 by stuartelden

Derek Gregory of Geography at UBC is giving a talk at Queen Mary on 23 June. Details here As I’ve said before Derek is a terrific speaker, and his work is very interesting. Should be good. Register and get there … Continue reading →

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CRMEP to move to Kingston University

Posted on June 8, 2010 by stuartelden

Some very good news – the Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy is to move to Kingston University. This was the centre at the core of the Middlesex philosophy dispute. I’d heard rumours of this but it now appears … Continue reading →

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Writing

Posted on June 8, 2010 by stuartelden

Graham Harman has a really interesting post on writing here. As I’ve said several times in conversation (and I think once in print) I’m fascinated by how academics write – it’s the one thing we all do, but rarely talk about. … Continue reading →

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Middlesex – 4 June update

Posted on June 7, 2010 by stuartelden

Bit late on this – just back from Italy. You can find it here Quite amazing really to read of the University’s disregard for the union; although the timescales are frustratingly slow. In situations like this it is the casework … Continue reading →

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New York Review of Books letter

Posted on June 4, 2010 by stuartelden

Yes, it’s about Middlesex. But the list of signatories is hugely impressive. Find it here. Just given a lecture in Pisa – a wonderful town with history, architecture, great food and great weather.

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