Monthly Archives: August 2011

AAG session on Borders CFP

Posted on August 9, 2011 by stuartelden

Call for papers: AAG 2012, New York City, February 24-28, 2012 http://www.aag.org/cs/annualmeeting Border Matters! Organizer: J.J. Zhang (Durham University) There has been an understanding of borders as static, unmoving, and fixed – something that people have to work around rather … Continue reading →

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Reading Kant’s Geography reactions

Posted on August 9, 2011 by stuartelden

Nice initial reaction to the Reading Kant’s Geography collection here, saying it “looks like a pretty interesting, perspective-shifting book”. Robert B. Louden’s Kant’s Human Being: Essays on His Theory of Human Nature is out this week. It reprints Robert’s essay from … Continue reading →

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Updates to Downloads and Talks

Posted on August 8, 2011 by stuartelden

I’ve added three pieces to the ‘Free Downloads’ section – the RGS awards piece mentioned earlier today; a piece on Lefebvre in French that appeared in Actuel Marx (the English version later appeared in Historical Materialism, for which you would need … Continue reading →

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A little more on writing

Posted on August 8, 2011 by stuartelden

My recent post on writing in response to a Foucault passage has received more notice than almost any other post I’ve made here. In particular, take a look at the different perspectives offered by Mark Purcell, Paul Simpson, Oliver Belcher … Continue reading →

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Speculative Medievalisms II

Posted on August 8, 2011 by stuartelden

Speculative Medievalisms II, with some excellent speakers (Graham Harman, Jeffrey Jerome Cohen, Patricia Clough etc.), is to be held in New York at the CUNY Graduate Center on September 16th. I wish I could be there, as the first was excellent (see … Continue reading →

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RGS-IBG Medals and Awards ceremony proceedings published

Posted on August 8, 2011 by stuartelden

Michael Palin’s introduction, individual commendations and the speeches in response are now available, open access, here. Palin, M., Earle, S., Livingstone, D, Elden, S., Lowe, J. and Owen, L. Honouring geographers and contemporary exploration: from the archive to the ocean … Continue reading →

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Speaking Against Number price reduction

Posted on August 4, 2011 by stuartelden

My 2006 book on Heidegger, Speaking Against Number, has been reduced in price at last. It has been over £50 since publication, and a paperback, though initially promised, never appeared. It is now available, in the UK at least, for … Continue reading →

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Quote from Austerlitz

Posted on August 4, 2011 by stuartelden

There are several wonderful passages in W.G. Sebald, Austerlitz, but I particularly liked this one: In the week I went daily to the Bibliotheque Nationale in the rue Richelieu, and usually remained in my place there until evening, in silent … Continue reading →

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