Monthly Archives: June 2015

Shakespeare in the Ruins – Antony and Cleopatra in Winnipeg

Posted on June 20, 2015 by stuartelden

Thanks to ‘Sig Laser’ for sending me details of an interesting site-specific production of Shakespeare’s Antony in Cleopatra. The production is “a story of occupation, set on the pre-confederation plains of Manitoba during the fur trade”. From the accounts in The Winnipeg Free Press comes this description … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare’s Richard II by Scena Mundi at St Bartholomew the Great church

Posted on June 20, 2015 by stuartelden

Last night I went to see Shakespeare’s Richard II by Scena Mundi at St Bartholomew the Great church in London. A stunning setting and an exceptional performance. Richard II is a wonderful play and it will be the focus of a … Continue reading →

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Foucault Studies 19 now out – special issue on Disability and first English translation of Foucault’s ‘Standing Vigil for the Day to Come’

Posted on June 20, 2015 by stuartelden

Foucault Studies No 19 is now out. It is mainly a special issue on Disability, but includes a number of separate essays, reviews and the first translation of Foucault’s ‘Standing Vigil for the Day to Come‘, a 1963 review essay … Continue reading →

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Adrian Ivakhiv on Pope Francis’s Laudato Si, the Papal Encyclical “On Care for Our Common Home”

Posted on June 20, 2015 by stuartelden

Adrian Ivakhiv on Pope Francis’s Laudato Si, the Papal Encyclical “On Care for Our Common Home”. Some good discussion, and links to further reading.

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[new book] Digital Cities: The Interdisciplinary Future of the Urban Geo-Humanities (2015)

Posted on June 20, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on urbanculturalstudies:
A mid-length Palgrave Pivot book being released here. ‘Making a strong case for interdisciplinary layering as a way to represent the many layers – physical, social, aesthetic – of the city, Fraser’s visionary book is as much…

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John Rawls ‘Modern Political Philosophy’ – audio of lectures online

Posted on June 20, 2015 by stuartelden

The audio of lectures given by John Rawls to students in his course “Philosophy 171: Modern Political Philosophy” are being made available on YouTube by the Harvard Philosophy Department. The lectures were delivered at Harvard in the spring semester of 1984. … Continue reading →

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Michel Foucault, On the Punitive Society – forthcoming in translation from Palgrave

Posted on June 18, 2015 by stuartelden

Michel Foucault, On the Punitive Society, translated by Graham Burchell, forthcoming from Palgrave – date unclear: Palgrave say June; Amazon August. Thanks to Chatham Vemuri for the link to the updated Palgrave page. These thirteen lectures on the ‘punitive society,’ delivered … Continue reading →

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Verso – 90% off all e-books until midnight 18 June 2015

Posted on June 18, 2015 by stuartelden

Verso – 90% off all e-books until midnight 18 June 2015 Update: extended to 19 June because of website problems.

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King John at the Globe – the text, the Magna Carta, land and the question of territory

Posted on June 17, 2015 by stuartelden

Last night I went to see the rarely performed King John at the Globe theatre in London. The production – the last of the canonical plays to be performed at the Globe – was timed to coincide with the 800th … Continue reading →

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Kostas Axelos, Introduction to a Future Way of Thought: On Marx and Heidegger – now available open access from Meson Press

Posted on June 17, 2015 by stuartelden

Kostas Axelos, Introduction to a Future Way of Thought: On Marx and Heidegger – now published by Meson Press. The book is open access online and print-on-demand The book was translated by Kenneth Mills, and edited and introduced by me. “Technologists only … Continue reading →

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