Monthly Archives: July 2013

Thinking Memory Through Space – conference in London

Posted on July 10, 2013 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
Conference in July in London – full details here.

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Warwick Graduate Conference in Political Geography – Call for papers

Posted on July 10, 2013 by stuartelden

Call for Papers: Warwick Graduate Conference in Political Geography, 28-29 November 2013 Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS), University of Warwick Theme: ‘Politics, Spaces, Imaginations’ Keynote: Klaus Dodds (Geography, Royal Holloway) Globalised mobilities today remind us of the inextricable … Continue reading →

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“Maybe there’s something wrong with our notion of paradise” — Slavoj Žižek

Posted on July 10, 2013 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Biblioklept:
In an essay published today at the LRB, Slavoj Žižek addresses the current, disparate waves of protest around the globe and explores the difference between a reformist and a revolutionary period: in a reformist period, global revolution remains a…

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‘Leibniz and Geography’ published

Posted on July 10, 2013 by stuartelden

My article on Leibniz and geography is published in the new issue of Geographica Helvetica. The journal is subscription only for the first year but I can send a copy of the article if you ask. Leibniz and geography: geologist, … Continue reading →

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Sloterdijk in English Update

Posted on July 10, 2013 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Te Ipu Pakore: The Broken Vessel:
I’ve updated my bibliography of Sloterdijk’s writings in English again: see the post. Not much has appeared recently, except the arrival of two monographs: The Art of Philosophy: Wisdom as a…

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Another review of Code/Space by Rob Kitchin & Martin Dodge

Posted on July 10, 2013 by stuartelden

a roundup of reviews of Code/Space

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Books received

Posted on July 10, 2013 by stuartelden

Amin and Thrift’s Arts of the Political; two old books by Elizabeth Grosz; the latest Sloterdijk books in English and German; the new Foucault lecture course; John Protevi’s Life, War, Earth (which I wrote an endorsement for); and the new … Continue reading →

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Gezi Revolt: Critique, Courage–A Commentary by Ali Riza Taşkale

Posted on July 8, 2013 by stuartelden

a new commentary on events in Turkey at the Society and Space open site.

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Getting academic research published and read

Posted on July 4, 2013 by stuartelden

RGS advice on publishing.

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The Golan Heights

Posted on July 4, 2013 by stuartelden

Another fascinating trip on my recent visit to Israel was into the Golan Heights with political geographer Nimrod Luz. The Golan was captured by Israel from Syria in 1967, and very nearly lost in 1973. Israel annexed it in 1981, … Continue reading →

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