Monthly Archives: November 2016

The morning after the day before – contemporary politics and research directions

There are many things on which to reflect from yesterday’s events in the USA. One side of my extended family is in Ohio, Michigan and Alabama, so this is personally as well as generally political. But I was supposed to … Continue reading

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Abstract Expressionism at the Royal Academy of Arts

The Royal Academy of Arts in London has a major exhibition of Abstract Expressionism. I went on Friday after an interesting, but deeply depressing, day at the British Academy at a workshop on European Union and Disunion. Here’s the Royal … Continue reading

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Books and journals received – Symposium, Radical Philosophy, Esposito and an early piece by Foucault

A few books and journals received. The final issue of Radical Philosophy in its present form; Roberto Esposito’s Two; an issue of Symposium and a book which contains an early piece by Foucault. The Symposium issue has the discussion between me, Peter Gratton, Eduardo … Continue reading

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‘Step onto the map: the British Library’s exhibition is open’

I mentioned the new British Library maps exhibition on Friday, and lead curator Tom Harper now has a post on the BL maps blog discussing it. Welcome to Maps & the 20th century: Drawing the Line, the biggest map exhibition of the … Continue reading

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12 Critical Theory books that came out in October 2016

12 Critical Theory books that came out in October 2016 – another useful roundup. Includes Rowbotham, Rancière, Perreau, Lacan, Cavarero etc.

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British Library – Maps and the 20th Century: Drawing the Line

Last night I attended the opening of the British Library exhibition ‘Maps and the 20th Century: Drawing the Line‘. The lead curator is Tom Harper, but as he insisted, this was a collaborative project, and there were external experts used such … Continue reading

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Literary Geographies of Political Economy – new section of the Progress in Political Economy blog

Literary Geographies of Political Economy – new section of the Progress in Political Economy blog This section of the PPE blog is dedicated to Literary Geographies of Political Economy bringing together the emergence of work by Adam David Morton in this area as well as … Continue reading

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Surviving October

Well, I survived October. It felt like the perfect storm after the calm of a year of research leave. I did what I thought I could to get in the best possible shape for it – a first draft of … Continue reading

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New Society and Space site!!

Link to the new Society and Space open site – http://www.societyandspace.org

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