Monthly Archives: July 2015

David Harvey, Wendy Brown, Étienne Balibar discuss neoliberalism, capitalism and Marx

Posted on July 7, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Deterritorial Investigations :
http://backdoorbroadcasting.net/archive/audio/2015_07_03/2015_07_03_London_Critical_Theory_Summer_School_2015_Friday_Debate_I_speakers.mp3 Q&A @ http://backdoorbroadcasting.net/2015/07/london-critical-theory-summer-school-2015-friday-debate-i/

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Foucault Animated – video from The School of Life

Posted on July 7, 2015 by stuartelden

Installing Social Order shared this video about Foucault. I think it’s Alain de Botton speaking. The animation is very good, but the script could have used some serious work.

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Talks at three workshops – on Foucault and Artemidorus, Earth, and Foucault and Shakespeare – with links to some audio recordings

Posted on July 7, 2015 by stuartelden

I attended and spoke at three workshops last week. First, at the Monash University study centre in Prato, Italy, on modern reappropriations of Hellenistic Ethics. I ran a reading seminar on Foucault’s reading of Artemidorus. The other sessions were by … Continue reading →

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‘How 7/7 changed the way Britain mourns victims of terrorism’ – Charlotte Heath-Kelly in The Conversation

Posted on July 7, 2015 by stuartelden

My colleague Charlotte Heath-Kelly has a thoughtful piece entitled ‘How 7/7 changed the way Britain mourns victims of terrorism’ in The Conversation.

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Books received – Shakespeare, Marlowe, Bercé

Posted on July 7, 2015 by stuartelden

Some second-hand copies recently bought – two editions of Shakespeare’s King John, the complete plays of Christopher Marlowe, and Yves-Marie Bercé’s Croquants et nu-pieds: Les soulèvements paysans en France du XVIe au XIXe siècle. The last is important background for what Foucault … Continue reading →

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“Let UK universities do what they do best – teaching and research” – Letter from 121 professors in The Guardian

Posted on July 7, 2015 by stuartelden

“Let UK universities do what they do best – teaching and research” – Letter from 121 professors in The Guardian. Here’s the first paragraph: The UK’s universities can justifiably claim an outstanding international reputation, generating multiple direct and indirect benefits for society, … Continue reading →

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William Cronon lecture at the British Academy tomorrow – 7 July 2015, 6pm

Posted on July 6, 2015 by stuartelden

William Cronon British Academy lecture, Royal Geographical Society, London, 7 July 2015 – ‘ Who reads Geography or History anymore?‘ I was looking forward to this, but now have a conflicting appointment.

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Foucault Circle meeting at UNSW June 29-July 2, 2016 – call for papers

Posted on July 6, 2015 by stuartelden

The sixteenth annual meeting of the Foucault Circle will be held in Sydney, Australia, June 29-July 2, 2016 (hosted by the University of New South Wales). The Foucault Circle at UNSW will be held immediately before the Australasian Association of Philosophy … Continue reading →

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The Spatial History: Maksakov on Yampolsky

Posted on July 6, 2015 by stuartelden

A review of an intriguing Russian book, at the Society and Space open site.

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Jeffrey Jerome Cohen on ‘Creativity, Routine, Writing Lockdowns, and the Necessity of Ignoring Those Who Offer Themselves as Example’

Posted on July 6, 2015 by stuartelden

Jeffrey Jerome Cohen has a draft of his contribution to a collection on writing with which I am also involved: ‘Creativity, Routine, Writing Lockdowns, and the Necessity of Ignoring Those Who Offer Themselves as Example‘. (A little more on my … Continue reading →

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