Monthly Archives: March 2014

The First English Translation of Moses Mendelssohn’s Answer to the Question “What is Enlightenment?”: Part I

Posted on March 18, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Persistent Enlightenment:
Last summer I wrote a series of posts on the choices involved in translating Kant’s answer to the question “What is Enlightenment?” into English. Attempting something similar for Moses Mendelssohn’s answer to the same question,…

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CFP: 16th International Conference of Historical Geographers, London, 5-10 July 2015

Posted on March 18, 2014 by stuartelden

CFP: 16th International Conference of Historical Geographers, London, 5-10 July 2015 – more details here.

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Materiali Foucaultiani – a tri-lingual journal and resource site

Posted on March 18, 2014 by stuartelden

I’ve known about this site for a while, but not sure I’ve posted about it before. Materiali Foucaultiani is an online, tri-lingual (Italian-French-English) journal and website concerning Foucault. As well as the journal, there is a lot of information on … Continue reading →

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Foucault’s La Société punitive – audio recordings of Melbourne lectures

Posted on March 17, 2014 by stuartelden

These are the audio recordings of the two talks I gave on Foucault’s La Société punitive earlier this month – at Monash University and University of Melbourne. The Monash talk has definitely the better recording quality; the Melbourne one was … Continue reading →

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Michel Foucault, Subjectivité et vérité – forthcoming in May 2014

Posted on March 17, 2014 by stuartelden

Seuil now have a page up for Foucault’s 1980-81 lecture course Subjectivité et vérité, with a publication date of May 2014. Thanks to Chathan Vemuri for the link. No great surprises in the publicity text, except perhaps for the explicit link … Continue reading →

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David Harvey and Andy Merrifield, London, 3 April 2014 – sold out

Posted on March 17, 2014 by stuartelden

“Contradictions of capitalism and the new urban question” – David Harvey and Andy Merrifield in conversation, Birkbeck, London, 3 April 2014. More details here. Unfortunately the website now says that there are no tickets available.

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David Farrell Krell on reading, translating and citing

Posted on March 16, 2014 by stuartelden

A note in one of David Farrell Krell’s books: I will cite Derrida’s texts throughout the book by a code letter (here, G), with the page numbers of the French and English editions. I have not used the available translations … Continue reading →

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What Does It Mean To Start An Open Access Journal?

Posted on March 15, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on The Disorder Of Things:
Following earlier interviews with Editors at Ethics & Global Politics and the newly open Cultural Anthropology, we present yet another insight into how to do open access, this time with Professor Kim Weeden…

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The Birth of Territory – audio recording of lecture at RMIT

Posted on March 15, 2014 by stuartelden

The audio recording of my lecture on The Birth of Territory in February at RMIT is available here. I gave a version of the same talk at Monash University the day before but didn’t manage to record it. I say … Continue reading →

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Is there a need for a news site for Geography appointments?

Posted on March 15, 2014 by stuartelden

At My Desiring Machines, a call from Keith Harris for a news site for Geography and Urban Studies appointments: Who is getting hired in the urban studies/geog world? Posted on March 13, 2014 by Keith Harris I came across these open threads … Continue reading →

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