Monthly Archives: September 2010

Scranton on Iraq

Scranton on Iraq parts IV and V.

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Roundup – Iraq, Protevi, Unsolicited Boxes

Now I’m back, a few links… Roy Scranton on Iraq and becoming a soldier, parts II and III John Protevi will be giving one of the Yi-Fu Tuan lectures at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Details here. You can read the … Continue reading

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Leaving Nijmegen

I’ll be leaving Nijmegen early in the morning to head back to London. The Alexander von Humboldt lecture seemed to be well received. It didn’t go quite as smoothly as I wanted but it was well attended and there were … Continue reading

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Political Life of Things workshop

The Political Life of Things A One Day Workshop The Imperial War Museum, London, UK 3rd December 2010 Keynote 1: Jeremy Deller (Turner Prize Winner, 2004) Keynote 2: Jane Bennett (Johns Hopkins, author of Vibrant Matter)  The BISA Poststructural Politics … Continue reading

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Nijmegen

Arrived in Nijmegen. Now the rain has stopped I’ve had a chance to look around a little. There are two chapels that were part of a castle built by Frederick Barbarossa on the site of an earlier castle of Charlemagne … Continue reading

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Book cover design

Working with Eduardo and SUNY Press on the cover for the Reading Kant’s Geography book. Because the book is in the Contemporary Continental Philosophy series, we need to source some of Kant’s handwriting to provide the basis for the design. … Continue reading

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Little-known Leibniz

From Antognazza’s biography… His interest in mining went far beyond simply doing his job for the Duke of Hanover. He was given control of the mines in Harz and did a lot of work managing them and designing equipment. But … Continue reading

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A few shorter pieces

There will be a few shorter pieces coming out in the next several months. A piece on Lefebvre’s theory of moments, and his work on time more generally, for a book project entitled Learning from Vancouver. This seems an interesting … Continue reading

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Vertical Geographies workshop

Vertical Geographies workshop in December – details here

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Library

A pretty productive day in the libraries – Senate House and Warburg. I managed to track down a large number of the Leibniz references, although inevitably there were a few deadends. I also need to reread one text as I … Continue reading

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