Monthly Archives: January 2013

Shakespearean Colonial Territories – audio and maps

Posted on January 17, 2013 by stuartelden

The audio recording of my talk to the Sociology Department at the University of York is available here. In the talk I discuss two maps – one from Ortelius’s Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (1570) of the Roman Empire: And this example … Continue reading →

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Earth – rethinking geopolitics

Posted on January 17, 2013 by stuartelden

Here’s my abstract for CityState: A Lexical Workshop later this year in Tel Aviv: Earth Geopolitics has, today, become effectively a synonym for global politics. Armchair strategists still come up with grand plans for understanding and changing the world; critical geopolitics … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 17, 2013 by stuartelden

A video of Graham Harman speaking on Speculative Realism and the Philosophy of Tristan Garcia.

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Posted on January 17, 2013 by stuartelden

Originally posted on War Law Space:
I’m a little late off the mark on this one, but being so close, I could hardly let it pass without note. The tent village in Bab el Sham, near Jerusalem. Photograph: Baz Ratner/Reuters…

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Posted on January 16, 2013 by stuartelden

Originally posted on ANTHEM:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLTCzth8H1M http://www.hkw.de/anthropocene Dialogue between Cary Wolfe (Department of English at Rice University, Houston) and Claire Colebrook (Department of English at Penn State University, University Park ). Introduction: Cecelia Watson (Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Berlin) – Haus der…

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Kant’s Geographies – review of Natural Science

Posted on January 15, 2013 by stuartelden

My review of the Natural Science volume of Kant’s writings has now been published at the Berfrois website.

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Sociology at York – Sociology and Space seminar series

Posted on January 15, 2013 by stuartelden

On Wednesday I’m going down to York to speak to the Sociology department – their blog has details of the whole term’s seminar programme, all on the theme of ‘Sociology and Space’. It’s a really interesting programme, with people from Geography, … Continue reading →

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Books received

Posted on January 15, 2013 by stuartelden

A pile of new books including six Polity titles received in recompense for review work, Tom McCarthy’s novel C, Esposito’s Living Thought, and a few by Hegel for a possible future project.

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Call for Papers and Contributions – Legal Geography

Posted on January 15, 2013 by stuartelden

A call for papers for the RGS-IBG conference in London in August 2013. Please contact a.layard@bham.ac.uk with all queries. Submission Deadline for papers – Friday 8th February 2013 (other contributions can come later, please see below). Organisers – Antonia Layard (Birmingham) … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 15, 2013 by stuartelden

Three books on cities, urban and political geography and Central and Eastern Europe reviewed at the Society and Space open site.

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