Monthly Archives: May 2011

Higher Education in North America

Posted on May 8, 2011 by stuartelden

Very interesting piece in The Nation.

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Noel Castree on the Future of Geography in English Universities

Posted on May 8, 2011 by stuartelden

Depressing but important reading in The Geographical Journal.

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British Intellectuals?

Posted on May 8, 2011 by stuartelden

The Guardian has published a list of its top 300 British intellectuals here. Some commentary here and thoughts from 10 ‘intellectuals’ here. I’m less interested in who is included (and who not) than the categories into which they are put. … Continue reading →

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Moretti on Hamlet

Posted on May 7, 2011 by stuartelden

Franco Moretti has a piece on Hamlet in New Left Review. It’s available here, though that may require subscription, or free access in a variant form here. This is an illustration of how Moretti’s approach of not reading novels as … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: The Royal Body

Posted on May 7, 2011 by stuartelden

Call for Papers Centre for the Study of Bodies and Material Culture, Royal Holloway, University of London 2-5 April 2012 ‘For the King has in him two bodies . a Body natural and a Body politic.’ The idea of the … Continue reading →

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Lee Braver interview

Posted on May 7, 2011 by stuartelden

Figure/Ground’s latest interview is with Lee Braver – Department Chair and Associate Professor of Philosophy at Hiram College, where he teaches advanced seminars on Being and Time, Wittgenstein, Kierkegaard, Foucault, Later Heidegger, Being & Nothingness, Postmodernism,  Phenomenology and Derrida. He specializes in nineteenth and twentieth century continental philosophy, history of philosophy, … Continue reading →

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The Foucault Effect 1991-2011 conference

Posted on May 7, 2011 by stuartelden

More details about this interesting looking conference are available here.

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New blog from Kurt Iveson

Posted on May 6, 2011 by stuartelden

New blog from Kurt Iveson – at University of Sydney and previously a colleague of mine at Durham – http://citiesandcitizenship.blogspot.com/

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Two London seminars on Geopolitics

Posted on May 6, 2011 by stuartelden

5pm 24th May 2011 Fiona McConnell (University of Cambridge) Rehearsing statehood: the governance practices of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile 5pm 7th June 2011 Adam Ramadan (University of Cambridge) Space, Sovereignty and Territory: Palestinian Refugee Camps in Lebanon These seminars are held … Continue reading →

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Roundup

Posted on May 6, 2011 by stuartelden

Speculations issue 2 is now available here Clive Barnett offers some thoughts on the now out Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Human Geography here. I guess that means my author copy is waiting for me in Durham. The writing, editing, publishing machine … Continue reading →

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