Author Archives: stuartelden

International Law and The Territorial Gains and Losses of Non-State Actors – project report in Diplomat Magazine by Mahmoud Abdou

Posted on May 11, 2017 by stuartelden

I’ve mentioned a project on International Law and The Territorial Gains and Losses of Non-State Actors, run by the London Centre of International Law and Practice, before – I spoke at their launch event in London back in October. Mahmoud Abdou has … Continue reading →

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Territory in Indeterminate and Changing Environments – Amsterdam, 12 May 2017

Posted on May 10, 2017 by stuartelden

A reminder that the first workshop of the Territory sub-theme of the ICE-LAW Project, on Territory in Indeterminate and Changing Environments, will take place at the University of Amsterdam on Friday 12 May 2017. It will be held in the Bushuis, room … Continue reading →

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Daniel McCormack, Some Lesser-Known Truths About Academe

Posted on May 9, 2017 by stuartelden

Daniel McCormack, ‘Some Lesser-Known Truths About Academe‘ in The Chronicle of Higher Education. While this is a US focused piece, there is still much in here to consider for people in, or considering a career in higher education elsewhere. The … Continue reading →

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Three potential starting points for reading Thomas Pynchon

Posted on May 9, 2017 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Biblioklept:
Today is Pynchon in Public Day, so here are three books that I think may make good entry points for those interested in, but perhaps unnecessarily daunted by, Thomas Pynchon. My intuition is that many readers’…

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Mary Beard – How long can it take to write a paragraph?

Posted on May 9, 2017 by stuartelden

Mary Beard – How long can it take to write a paragraph? in the TLS. Answer: in my case recently about three days, or — more accurately — about three days of repeatedly getting a few lines down on the screen, then … Continue reading →

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Here Be Monsters: A Punctum Publishing Primer – Eileen Joy on the current state of academic publishing

Posted on May 9, 2017 by stuartelden

Here Be Monsters: A Punctum Publishing Primer – Eileen Joy on the current state of academic publishing. Much to think about here. punctum doesn’t publish books for your grandmother’s tenure and promotion committee, which somehow, through a strange process of … Continue reading →

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‘The Rise of Forensic Architecture’ – profile of Eyal Weizman and the agency in Architect magazine

Posted on May 5, 2017 by stuartelden

‘The Rise of Forensic Architecture‘ – a fascinating  profile of Eyal Weizman and the agency in Architect magazine. Eyal’s book Forensic Architecture: Violence at the Threshold of Detectability is now available from MIT Press.

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Call for applications – Summer School for Critical Palestine/ Israel Studies, Haifa, August 2017

Posted on May 4, 2017 by stuartelden

Mada El Carmel, a Palestinian research institute located in Haifa, is organizing a summer school that is supported by the Antipode Foundation. Full details can be found here: http://mada-research.org/en/2017/04/20/mada-summer-school-critical-palestine-israel-studies-august-2017/ Mada Summer School for Critical Palestine/ Israel Studies, Haifa, August 2017 Palestine/Israel … Continue reading →

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9 Critical Theory books that came out in April

Posted on May 4, 2017 by stuartelden

Useful roundup as ever – Deutscher, de Angelis, Lambert, Schmidt, DeLanda and Harman et. al.

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Giorgio Agamben, The Omnibus Homo Sacer – forthcoming in July from Stanford University Press

Posted on May 4, 2017 by stuartelden

I’d seen a French translation of this, and so was wondering if there would be an English version, and here it is: Giorgio Agamben, The Omnibus Homo Sacer – forthcoming in July from Stanford University Press. 1336 pages, bringing together all … Continue reading →

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