Monthly Archives: October 2015

Foucault 13/13 Seminar 3 (2015) livestream

Posted on October 12, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Livestream of Seminar 3 of Foucault 13/13 This will also be available as a recording after the event October 12, 2015, 6:15pm Didier Fassin, Institute for Advanced Studies (Princeton) and EHESS Axel Honneth, University of…

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The Funambulist launch in London with The Westminster Law and Theory Lab, 2 November 7pm

Posted on October 12, 2015 by stuartelden

The Funambulist launch in London – Léopold Lambert introduces his new project, with contributions by Reina Lewis and Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos. The event is free but places are strictly limited – book here.

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Top posts on Progressive Geographies this week

Posted on October 11, 2015 by stuartelden

Michel Foucault on refugees – a previously untranslated interview from 1979 The challenge of saying ‘no’ to academic requests Eleven thoughts on reading and citing Where to start with reading Henri Lefebvre? – updates to the reading guide: Metaphilosophy, Marxist Thought and the … Continue reading →

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Nick Vaughan-Williams, Europe’s Border Crisis: Biopolitical Security and Beyond – forthcoming from Oxford University Press

Posted on October 10, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
Nick Vaughan-Williams, Europe’s Border Crisis: Biopolitical Security and Beyond – forthcoming from Oxford University Press. Europe’s Border Crisis investigates dynamics in EU border security and migration management and advances a path-breaking framework for thought, judgment, and action in…

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Ai Weiwei exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, London

Posted on October 10, 2015 by stuartelden

Yesterday evening I went to a talk at the Royal Academy of Arts, London on the Ai Weiwei exhibition they have there for the next few months. This was a special event for bloggers and instagrammers, as opposed to more … Continue reading →

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Barry Stocker on Foucault’s Théories et institutions pénales lecture course

Posted on October 9, 2015 by stuartelden

Barry Stocker has been making a series of posts on Foucault’s Théories et institutions pénales lecture course, which appeared earlier this year – an English translation is likely to be a couple of years away, since The Punitive Society has just … Continue reading →

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Where to start with reading Henri Lefebvre? – updates to the reading guide: Metaphilosophy, Marxist Thought and the City, and two edited collections

Posted on October 9, 2015 by stuartelden

I’ve made some minor updates to the reading guide ‘Where to start with reading Henri Lefebvre?‘ The updates are a link to the Verso page for the forthcoming translation of Metaphilosophy and links to two recent collections Understanding the City: Henri Lefebvre and Urban Studies and Urban … Continue reading →

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Richard Sennett, ‘A New Charter of Athens’, lecture at Cambridge University, 10 November 2015

Posted on October 7, 2015 by stuartelden

A NEW CHARTER OF ATHENS, by RICHARD SENNETT, 10 NOVEMBER, 5:30 PM Sir Arthur Marshall Lecture, hosted by the Department of Architecture at the University of Cambridge where Professor Sennett is Sir Arthur Marshall Visiting Professor in Urban Design. The lecture will … Continue reading →

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The geopolitics of international humanitarian law and the kunduz hospital bombing

Posted on October 7, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on placinglaw:
Reports are suggesting that on 3rd October a US AC130 gunship fired on an Afghan hospital in the city of Kunduz, killing 12 staff members and 10 patients and wounding many more (while the precise figures…

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Today, 1pm, Architectural Association, London – “Territory – Political Technology, Volume, Terrain”

Posted on October 7, 2015 by stuartelden

Today at 1pm I’ll be giving a lecture to the Landscape Urbanism Programme at the Architectural Association, London: “Territory – Political Technology, Volume, Terrain”,  (abstract and details). I understand that the talk will be recorded and made available online. The lecture will range … Continue reading →

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