Monthly Archives: December 2010

Kirsch and Flint (eds.), Reconstructing Conflict

Posted on December 6, 2010 by stuartelden

I’ve just finished reading the manuscript of Scott Kirsch & Colin Flint (eds.), Reconstructing Conflict: Integrating War and Post-War Geographies  forthcoming with Ashgate in 2011. I was asked to write an endorsement which I was pleased to do. It has a number … Continue reading →

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Speculations II – call for papers

Posted on December 5, 2010 by stuartelden

Speculations, a journal for speculative realist thought, invites submissions for its second volume. Given the intrinsically open and unconstrained nature of the arena for speculative thought which Speculations aims at embodying — and in view of the favourable reception of … Continue reading →

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How to Referee

Posted on December 5, 2010 by stuartelden

Thom Brooks offers some advice on how to referee here. It is a followup to his earlier guidelines for graduate students on publishing (here). Lots of really helpful suggestions – tell your students! 

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Reading List

Posted on December 5, 2010 by stuartelden

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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Alain Badiou, Five Lessons on Wagner

Posted on December 5, 2010 by stuartelden

Alain Badiou – new translation of his book Five Lessons on Wagner is out with Verso. Also has an afterward by Slavoj Žižek.

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Free Wu Ming

Posted on December 4, 2010 by stuartelden

You can download Verso’s translation of Wu Ming’s most recent book, Manituana, free here.

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Leaving Seattle with a better draft

Posted on December 1, 2010 by stuartelden

Time to leave Seattle. It’s been a good, but busy, six weeks. I had great side trips to Vancouver (twice), Victoria, Eugene, and Columbus. University of Washington has a great geography department and it’s been good to get to know people … Continue reading →

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UCLA conference streaming

Posted on December 1, 2010 by stuartelden

Today’s conference at UCLA (details here) is being streamed live on the Ecology without Nature site. Starts in just over an hour – 10.30 local time.

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The Birth of Territory – Chapter Updates

Posted on December 1, 2010 by stuartelden

These are the links to the chapter updates I’ve been posting as I’ve worked through this redraft. Reading the posts through would give a pretty good idea of what’s in the book, as well as some of the issues I faced in writing … Continue reading →

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Chapter Nine

Posted on December 1, 2010 by stuartelden

Chapter Nine is now done. This is the last chapter of the book, which means I’ve now worked through all the chapters in the revision I’ve done while in Seattle. I leave tomorrow. I’ve posted quite a bit about this … Continue reading →

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