Monthly Archives: November 2014

Foucault’s Last Decade – Update 14

Posted on November 5, 2014 by stuartelden

It’s been two months since the last update on this book. I’ve been working, in and around lots of other things, on the manuscript, though more slowly than I’d hoped. I finished and published my review of On the Government of … Continue reading →

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Society and Space Lecture at the 2015 AAG: Professor Lauren Berlant

Posted on November 5, 2014 by stuartelden

Lauren Berlant to give the Society and Space lecture at the Chicago AAG meeting.

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Cities of Tomorrow reviewed by Jonathan Rokem

Posted on November 5, 2014 by stuartelden

A new review at the Society and Space open site.

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Call for Paper Sessions – Climate change and migration, Durham 28 June-1 July 2015

Posted on November 4, 2014 by stuartelden

International Conference – 2nd Call for Paper Sessions – COST Action IS1101 Climate change and migration Human migration and the Environment: Futures, Politics, Invention 28 June-1 July 2015, Durham University Confirmed Keynote Speakers: Professor David Held (Durham University) Professor Wendy … Continue reading →

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‘Confession, Flesh, Power and Truth’ – my review of the most recently translated Foucault lecture courses

Posted on November 4, 2014 by stuartelden

My review of Foucault’s lecture courses Du gouvernement du vivants/On the Government of the Living and Mal faire, dire vrai/Wrong-Doing, Truth-Telling is now available, open access, at Berfrois. It’s entitled ‘Confession, Flesh, Power and Truth‘ and it tries to situate these courses in … Continue reading →

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Graham Burchell – notes on the translation of ‘Society Must be Defended’

Posted on November 4, 2014 by stuartelden

Graham Burchell has sent me the following comments on the translation of Michel Foucault’s ‘Society Must be Defended’ lecture course. Graham is the translator of all the other Paris lecture courses: this course, the first to appear, was made by … Continue reading →

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Terrain, AAG session – one paper required

Posted on November 4, 2014 by stuartelden

Due to a late withdrawal, we have a slot available in the two sessions on ‘Terrain’ that Gastón Gordillo and I are organising at the Association of American Geographers meeting, Chicago, April 2015. If you have a paper that might work, … Continue reading →

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Call for contributions: Power, Acceleration and Metrics in Academic Life – Prague, December 2015

Posted on November 3, 2014 by stuartelden

Call for contributions: ‘Power, Acceleration and Metrics in Academic Life’, Prague, December 2015, organised by Mark Carrigan and Filip Vostal – all the details here.

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Chris Philo to give David M. Smith annual lecture, Queen Mary, London, 26 Nov 2014

Posted on November 3, 2014 by stuartelden

Chris Philo will give the David M. Smith annual lecture, entitled ‘Well-Being, Mental Health and the Smiths’, at Queen Mary University of London, 26 Nov 2014, 6pm. Free to attend but booking required. All details here.

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Top posts on Progressive Geographies this week

Posted on November 2, 2014 by stuartelden

Towards a reading list on the Ebola crisis University of Warwick Institute of Advanced Study visiting fellowships CFP ‘Time Served: Discipline and Punish forty years on’ – 11-12 Sept 2015, The Galleries of Justice, Nottingham, UK Is this much packaging … Continue reading →

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