Monthly Archives: March 2013

Bridge and Adey responses to ‘Secure the Volume’

The responses to my “Secure the Volume: Vertical Geopolitics and the Depth of Power” paper are now available. Gavin Bridge – Territory, now in 3D! Peter Adey – Securing the volume/volumen Along with my reply – Bodies, books, beneath.

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Will Self on the Right in Britain

While overblown at times, this is nonetheless a very readable analysis of the Right in Britain (or perhaps England) in the present moment.

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A new publisher – Rowman and Littlefield International

I recently met with Sarah Campbell, the editorial director of Rowman and Littlefield International, a new publisher part owned by the US Rowman and Littlefield, but with editorial independence. It sounds like they have very interesting plans for their list. … Continue reading

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Globalectics reviewed at the Society and Space open site.

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Link to Neil Smith’s undergraduate dissertation – recently scanned and available online.

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AAG Political Geography pre-conference

Details of the Political Geography specialty group’s pre-conference in Los Angeles – immediately before the AAG general meeting – are available here.

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Heidegger – Nature, History, State: 1933-1934

[update: thanks to Harvey Shoolman for details – the hardback of this is now published; a paperback is due in 2015. The seminars were published in German in the Heidegger Jahrbuch vols 4 and 5]. Intriguing news of a new volume … Continue reading

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RGS journals issue 1 of 2013 open access

The first issues of the 2013 volumes of the Royal Geographical Society’s journals are available open access for the rest of the year. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers; Area and The Geographical Journal. There is also the Geography Directions … Continue reading

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Professor of Political Theory and Geography at the University of Warwick

I am pleased to announce that I have been appointed as Professor of Political Theory and Geography at the University of Warwick, starting in September 2013. The position is based in the Politics and International Studies department, but a substantial portion of my … Continue reading

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ESRC benchmarking report on Human Geography

Last year I was involved in the Political Geography focus group of the ESRC’s review of UK human geography. This was an international evaluation of the discipline. The final report has now been published – International Benchmarking Review of UK Human Geography. … Continue reading

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