Monthly Archives: March 2012

Shakespearean Territories

Posted on March 7, 2012 by stuartelden

What begun as a distraction, and became an obsession, is now looking increasingly like a book project. As regular readers of this blog will know, I’ve been reading and thinking about Shakespeare for a while now. My thinking at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Territory, William Shakespeare | 4 Comments

Heidegger translations forthcoming

Posted on March 7, 2012 by stuartelden

As well as the new translation of the Contributions to Philosophy, which I’ve mentioned before, Indiana University Press also has listed forthcoming translations of The Event (Gesamtausgabe 71) and the Bremen and Freiburg Lectures (GA79). The first of these is … Continue reading →

Posted in Martin Heidegger | Leave a comment

Interview with Alain Badiou in Berfrois

Posted on March 6, 2012 by stuartelden

The Crisis of Negation

Posted in Alain Badiou | Leave a comment

Commentary on Nigeria

Posted on March 6, 2012 by stuartelden

I remain unimpressed by most Western coverage of Nigeria. This ‘Comment is Free’ piece by Remi Adekoya in The Guardian is, however, worth a look.

Posted in Boundaries, Politics | Leave a comment

Library.nu shutdown

Posted on March 6, 2012 by stuartelden

Al-Jazeera has an interesting piece on the library.nu shutdown (few days late noticing this one).

Posted in Politics, Publishing | 8 Comments

China Miéville on contemporary London full version

Posted on March 6, 2012 by stuartelden

I mentioned this piece in The New York Times a few days back. A fuller, illustrated version is here.

Posted in China Mieville, Politics | Leave a comment

South Asian Governmentalities Workshop

Posted on March 6, 2012 by stuartelden

30th March, British Academy,  London. Organised by Stephen Legg, and featuring papers by Colin Gordon and others. Full details here.

Posted in Conferences, Michel Foucault | 2 Comments

Another Leibniz – audio and slides

Posted on March 4, 2012 by stuartelden

I’ve put the audio recording of my AAG talk on Leibniz together with the powerpoint slides, and uploaded it to youtube. I had to re-record the first minute as the recording of that was incomplete, so apologies for the transition … Continue reading →

Posted in Gottfried Leibniz | 2 Comments

More Coriolanus reviews

Posted on March 3, 2012 by stuartelden

Joe Glenton in Counterfire Monika Bartyzel in The Atlantic Dana Stevens in Slate Richard Corliss in Time Stephen Greenblatt in New York Review of Books (requires subscription) and mine in Berfrois

Posted in Stephen Greenblatt, William Shakespeare | 2 Comments

The George Story Lecture in Humanities

Posted on March 3, 2012 by stuartelden

I’ve been invited to give the George M. Story Lecture in Humanities at Memorial University, Newfoundland in Winter 2013. The lecture series is named after George Morley Story, and though I can’t find a list of previous lecturers, I do know … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences | 2 Comments