Monthly Archives: February 2014

Arlette Farge, The Allure of the Archives – translated into English

Posted on February 18, 2014 by stuartelden

I’ve just discovered that Arlette Farge’s book Le Goût de l’archive was translated into English and was published last year as The Allure of the Archive. Farge worked with Foucault on the lettres de cachet collection Le désordre des families – also being translated … Continue reading →

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The Power of the Monstrous – seminars and conference in London

Posted on February 17, 2014 by stuartelden

Queen Mary have a series of seminars (February-June), and Brunel has a conference (26-27 June) on the theme of The Power of the Monstrous. Full details here.

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Trevor Barnes: ‘Karl and Albrecht Haushofer and the Spaces of Nazi Geopolitics’ – lecture at Queen Mary

Posted on February 16, 2014 by stuartelden

Queen Mary School of Geography is pleased to invite you to a lecture by Professor Trevor Barnes from the University of British Columbia – Distinguished School Visitor for 2014. ‘Karl and Albrecht Haushofer and the Spaces of Nazi Geopolitics’ Tuesday … Continue reading →

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Urban History Group Conference at Warwick – Urban Poverty: Wealth, Inequality and Experience 1600-2014

Posted on February 16, 2014 by stuartelden

The 2014 Urban History Group Conference programme is now available on the Urban History Group website. This year’s conference, to be held on 27-28 March 2014 at Warwick, promises much and contains keynotes by Professor Mike Savage from LSE and Dr … Continue reading →

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PhDs in Geopolitics, Cyber Security and Society @ RHUL

Posted on February 15, 2014 by stuartelden

PhD studentships at Royal Holloway.

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Giroux, Neoliberalism’s War on Higher Education

Posted on February 14, 2014 by stuartelden

This looks like a thoroughly depressing must-read: Henry Giroux’s Neoliberalism’s War on Higher Education Neoliberalism’s War on Higher Education reveals how neoliberal policies, practices, and modes of material and symbolic violence have radically reshaped the mission and practice of higher … Continue reading →

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Kittler on data and surveillance (a new translation)

Posted on February 14, 2014 by stuartelden

Kittler translated and discussed on the TCS open site.

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Essays by and on Stuart Hall – open access from Cultural Studies

Posted on February 14, 2014 by stuartelden

[update 6 May 2015 – it appears these texts are no longer open access] A number of essays by or on Stuart Hall have been made open access by Taylor & Francis – available here. They are mainly taken from Cultural … Continue reading →

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Talks on Foucault’s La société punitive in Melbourne – 3 and 4 March 2014

Posted on February 14, 2014 by stuartelden

In addition to the talks on The Birth of Territory (details here); I’ll be giving talks on Foucault’s La société punitive at Monash University on 3 March 2014, 11am (Clayfield Room A1. 34, Caufield Campus – map here); and at the University of Melbourne on … Continue reading →

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Power, Knowledge, Self-Reference: Guattari’s Triad

Posted on February 13, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Deterritorial Investigations :
“Machines,” wrote Gilles Deleuze in his examination of Foucault’s thought, “are always social before being technical. Or, rather, there is a human technology before which exists before a material technology.”i With this simple statement, the…

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