Monthly Archives: August 2016

Urban Cultural Studies: Call for abstracts – AAG in Boston April 5-9, 2017

Posted on August 10, 2016 by stuartelden

Urban Cultural Studies: Call for abstracts – AAG in Boston April 5-9, 2017   The AAG session on Urban Cultural Studies takes an interdisciplinary approach to the culture(s) of cities. In recent years, cities have been increasingly at the forefront of … Continue reading →

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Ray Milefsky, 1949-2016 – tributes from Martin Pratt and Phil Steinberg

Posted on August 10, 2016 by stuartelden

Ray Milefsky, who worked with the US State Department’s Office of the Geographer and Global Issues has died. I only met Ray briefly at Durham’s International Boundaries Research Unit events. He was a regular tutor at IBRU workshops, and a … Continue reading →

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8 Critical Theory books that came out in July 2016

Posted on August 5, 2016 by stuartelden

Another useful roundup – Benjamin, Malabou, Althusser et. al., Lefebvre, etc.  

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Top 10 works of fiction by philosophers

Posted on August 5, 2016 by stuartelden

Esther Leslie has an interesting piece in The Guardian on fictions by philosophers. Benjamin, Goethe, Marx, Nietzsche et. al. Just one woman in the list. Leslie is one of the translators of Walter Benjamin’s The Storyteller, just out with Verso.

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Deborah Cowen and Nemoy Lewis – Anti-blackness and urban geopolitical economy: Reflections on Ferguson and the suburbanization of the ‘internal colony’

Posted on August 5, 2016 by stuartelden

An important commentary at the Society and Space open site.

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Michael J. Shapiro, Politics and Time

Posted on August 5, 2016 by stuartelden

Michael J. Shapiro, Politics and Time, now out with Polity. Catastrophic events like the bombing of Hiroshima, Hurricane Katrina’s devastation of New Orleans, and drone strikes periodically achieve renewed political significance as subsequent developments summon them back to public awareness. … Continue reading →

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‘Production of Inequalities: Realities and Prospects for Change in Jerusalem’, Centre for Jerusalem Studies, Al-Quds University, 3-5 December 2016

Posted on August 4, 2016 by stuartelden

Production of Inequalities: Realities and Prospects for Change in Jerusalem Centre for Jerusalem Studies, Al-Quds University 2016 Call for Abstracts With the benevolent grant from the Ghussein Fund, Al-Quds University through the Centre for Jerusalem Studies, in partnership with the Philosophy, … Continue reading →

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Beginning work on the proofs of Foucault: The Birth of Power

Posted on August 3, 2016 by stuartelden

Today I’m beginning work on the proofs of Foucault: The Birth of Power. They look to be in a good state, so this should be reasonably straight-forward. The book should be out in early 2017 – January or early February. There … Continue reading →

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Interviews on Foucault’s Last Decade – one out, one discussion forthcoming

Posted on August 3, 2016 by stuartelden

Peter Gratton kindly links to my Interview with Eugene Wolters at critical-theory.com, which I shared at the weekend, and also mentions that he is currently interviewing me, along with Eduardo Mendieta and Dianna Taylor, for Symposium. The interview uses the book as a starting … Continue reading →

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Nietzsche & Critical Social Theory – Affirmation, Animosity, Ambiguity, San Diego, 28-29 Jan 2017

Posted on August 3, 2016 by stuartelden

Nietzsche & Critical Social Theory – Affirmation, Animosity, Ambiguity, San Diego, 28-29 Jan 2017. Douglas Kellner is giving the keynote address.

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