Monthly Archives: July 2010

Jean Bodin

Posted on July 12, 2010 by stuartelden

I think I may finally have finished with Jean Bodin. Bodin’s Six Livres de la République is probably more talked about than read, and there is no modern English translation of the complete work. (There is an abridged edition from … Continue reading →

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Taaffe Human Geography lecture

Posted on July 12, 2010 by stuartelden

I’ve been asked to give the Taaffe Human Geography lecture at Ohio State University later this year, probably in November. The lectures are named after Edward J. (‘Ned’) Taaffe. Taaffe himself gave the first lecture, and John Agnew, Brian Berry, Mike … Continue reading →

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Foucault and the Family – Cambridge conference

Posted on July 10, 2010 by stuartelden

This looks interesting – unfortunately can’t make it but may be of interest to some. Details below and poster here. Foucault, the Family and Politics Friday, 12 November 2010, Kings College, Keynes Hall, Cambridge Attendance free – but please register. … Continue reading →

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Medieval Geographies

Posted on July 10, 2010 by stuartelden

With Keith Lilley and Veronica della Dora I’m organising four sessions on Medieval Geographies at the annual conference of the Royal Geographical Society in London in early September. The sessions are currently scheduled for 1 Sept. The abstracts and other … Continue reading →

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Roundup – Zizek, Harvey, Tour de France

Posted on July 9, 2010 by stuartelden

You can watch a video of Zizek on Newsnight here You can download the first chapter of David Harvey’s Companion to Marx’s Capital here Tour de France – Mark Cavendish won again!

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Initial thoughts on Andreas Knichen

Posted on July 9, 2010 by stuartelden

I’ve been slowly struggling my way through Andreas Knichen’s 1600 book, De sublimi et regio territorii iure synoptica tractatio. Knichen was a German jurist and political advisor. Some thoughts:- – Knichen explicitly links the notion of Landeshoheit with superioritas territorialis. … Continue reading →

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The return of Aaaarg

Posted on July 8, 2010 by stuartelden

A new website, but it’s back – http://aaaaarg.org/login Thanks to Critical Animal for the news. I remain ambivalent about the site, as I said here when it closed this time.

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Tour de France – first few days

Posted on July 8, 2010 by stuartelden

An interesting few days in the Tour, with several crashes in the first few stages. The Guardian has some fairly gruesome images here. Mark Cavendish won his first stage today; and Geraint Thomas remains in second place and in the white … Continue reading →

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Foucault

Posted on July 8, 2010 by stuartelden

Clare O’Farrell has a quotation from Foucault’s recently translated 1982-83 lecture course, The Government of Self and Others, up on her Foucault site, and a brief discussion here. It seems to me that the philosophical choice confronting us today is the … Continue reading →

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REF delay to be announced

Posted on July 8, 2010 by stuartelden

The Times Higher Education Supplement has the news that the UK Research Exercise Framework (the Research Assessment Exercise replacement) will be delayed for a year. This means publications between 2008 and 2013 will now ‘count’. This has some strange distorting effects … Continue reading →

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