Monthly Archives: December 2011

‘For Love of the World’ – Arendt, politics, space – CFP

Posted on December 13, 2011 by stuartelden

 ‘For Love of the World’ – Arendt, politics, space  Convener: Richard J Bater  (Royal Holloway, Universityof London)   Sponsored by the Political Geography Research Group of the Royal Geographical Society with theInstitute ofBritish Geographers RGS-IBG Annual Conference, Edinburgh University – … Continue reading →

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PhD funding and projects

Posted on December 13, 2011 by stuartelden

If you’re interested in pursuing graduate studies at Durham or Newcastle Universities, the North East Doctoral Training scholarships, deadline 24 February 2012, have now been advertised. I’ve also just updated the list of broad areas in which I’m interested in supervising … Continue reading →

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List serve etiquette

Posted on December 12, 2011 by stuartelden

Some good suggestions here. To the first set I would add this: allow people to subscribe without receiving posts, if the list provides an RSS feed. If you read lots of blogs then putting a listserv feed into your reader … Continue reading →

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Quentin Skinner interview

Posted on December 12, 2011 by stuartelden

Very interesting interview with Quentin Skinner in The Art of Theory – part one and part two. If you’re even remotely interested in the history of ideas you should take a look. Among many other things, the discussion of Shakespeare and … Continue reading →

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Exploring Geopolitics website

Posted on December 10, 2011 by stuartelden

I’m sure I’ve mentioned this before – but this site is worth checking out. Exploring Geopolitics – edited by Leonhardt van Efferink and filled with interesting contributions. Leonhardt is commissioning brief reflections on the geopolitical year at the moment which … Continue reading →

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Hardt and Negri on what to expect in 2012

Posted on December 10, 2011 by stuartelden

Some thoughts on 2011 and predictions for what is to come, here.

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Slavoj Žižek on Occupy and the Left today

Posted on December 9, 2011 by stuartelden

The Occupy movement, a renascent Left, and Marxism today: An interview with Slavoj Žižek – interview with Platypus

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University of Sydney and research ‘project management’

Posted on December 7, 2011 by stuartelden

I posted the first link I was sent about the situation at the University of Sydney yesterday, in the long message about email. It is worth a look – a statement by a large number of faculty members about the … Continue reading →

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Keith Thomas on the state of British universities

Posted on December 7, 2011 by stuartelden

Distinguished historian Keith Thomas writes in the London Review of Books. Secondly, we must press for changes to the REF, formerly the RAE. In my experience, this operation, though initially a stimulus, has in the longer run had appalling effects. … Continue reading →

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Sloterdijk Now available

Posted on December 6, 2011 by stuartelden

Available at the Polity site, but Amazon UK has it for the discounted price of £11.99. Amazon.com doesn’t have it yet as the US release date is a little later. Google Books has quite a bit as a preview. If you … Continue reading →

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