Monthly Archives: July 2011

Bloomsbury buys Continuum

Posted on July 12, 2011 by stuartelden

Bloomsbury (publishers of Harry Potter and more recently Bloomsbury Academic) have bought Continuum. Continuum were my first publisher with Mapping the Present – though I signed the contract with Athlone, which they acquired while the book was in production – … Continue reading →

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‘Boffin’

Posted on July 12, 2011 by stuartelden

I mentioned Durham University’s press release on the Murchison award I received for Terror and Territory a few days ago. It’s been picked up by a couple of local newspapers from Newcastle. Both pretty much reprint the press release, but … Continue reading →

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Assange, Žižek, Goodman

Posted on July 12, 2011 by stuartelden

Julian Assange and Slavoj Žižek in dialogue with Amy Goodman here – there are plenty of excerpts on You Tube etc., but this is the full video recording.

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Leibniz’s work on life sciences

Posted on July 12, 2011 by stuartelden

Justin Smith – author of the excellent Divine Machines: Leibniz and the Sciences of Life (see my earlier comments here) – has a useful list of Leibniz’s works on natural science here.

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Human Geography major work

Posted on July 12, 2011 by stuartelden

Another very expensive major work of reference – the four five volume Human Geography, edited by Derek Gregory and Noel Castree. It comprises reprints of articles from diverse sources, and is largely intended for libraries that don’t have access to … Continue reading →

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Novels read so far in 2011

Posted on July 10, 2011 by stuartelden

I mentioned back in January my informal New Year’s Resolution was to read more novels. Not nearly as many as Rob Kitchin – who has read and reviewed 52 – but so far in 2011, half way through the year, I’ve read… … Continue reading →

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Reading Kant’s Geography paperback in September

Posted on July 10, 2011 by stuartelden

This is good news – a paperback is due in September, at just over a third of the price of the hardback. Details at the SUNY Press site.

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Tim Cresswell’s ‘Great Books’

Posted on July 10, 2011 by stuartelden

In response to the list of ‘ambitious geography books’ I posted last year, Tim Cresswell has compiled his own list of great books. (see also my followup post of ‘other ambitious geography books‘)

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Junior Research Fellowships at Durham

Posted on July 9, 2011 by stuartelden

14 postdoc fellowships at Durham  – details here.

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Engin Isin workshop

Posted on July 9, 2011 by stuartelden

Yesterday was spent in London at a small, closed workshop on Engin Isin‘s forthcoming book Citizens without Frontiers. Really terrific, inspirational discussions.

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