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EU referendum debate – Warwick, 6 June 2016

PAIS EU Referendum Debate – 6th June Join our panel of experts who will get to the heart of the issues over whether the UK should stay or go and will be ready to answer your questions. Speaking for ‘Remain’: … Continue reading

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Books received – Shakespeare and Foucault

Some more second-hand books for the Shakespeare project, the special issue of Les Etudes Philosophiques on Foucault’s L’Archéologie du savoir, which includes an early draft of the book’s Introduction, and the little book by Christian-François de Kervran, Les dix et une nuits de Jean Barraqué … Continue reading

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A geopolitical Cymbeline at the RSC – ancient Britain, Rome and the EU referendum

The current production of Cymbeline at the RSC is explicitly geopolitical. In their publicity they make the point that Cymbeline is ‘rarely performed’, which is generally true, though there was a production at the Globe’s indoor theatre this past winter, … Continue reading

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Security, Risk, and the Urban Imagination, LSE, 7 June 2016

Security, Risk, and the Urban Imagination, LSE, 7 June 2016, 6-8pm, Shaw Library, Old Building On the panel: Prof Matthew Gandy, University of Cambridge; Prof Gareth A Jones, LSE; Dr Kate Maclean, Birkbeck, University of London Introduction:  Dr Austin Zeiderman, … Continue reading

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Jacques Lévy (ed.), A Cartographic Turn Mapping and the Spatial Challenge in Social Sciences

Jacques Lévy (ed.), A Cartographic Turn  Mapping and the Spatial Challenge in Social Sciences now published with EPFL Press. The Cartographic Turn contains contributions on maps and cartography from multiple authors from various disciplines: geography, demography, cartography, art theory, architecture … Continue reading

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TCS review of Pierre Bourdieu, On the State: Lectures at the Collège de France, 1989-1992

TCS review of Pierre Bourdieu, On the State: Lectures at the Collège de France, 1989-1992 at the TCS website, by Rohit Chopra. Pierre Bourdieu’s On the State grapples with the unthinkability of the state, seeking to bring it within the … Continue reading

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Elisa Ganivet, Esthétique du mur géopolitique (English synopsis)

Elisa Ganivet, Esthétique du mur géopolitique now published with Les Presses de l’Université du Québec. Elisa sent an English synopsis (the French can be found on the book’s site). Through the eyes of a hundred artists: an historical and contemporary … Continue reading

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What happens after a book manuscript goes into production?

After a book manuscript is delivered to a publisher, and agreed in final form, a whole lot of things happen. This is one of those ‘black boxes’ in publishing, and some thoughts might be of interest. What follows is a description … Continue reading

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Henri Lefebvre, Marxist Thought and the City -forthcoming in November

Henri Lefebvre, Marxist Thought and the City is forthcoming in November from University of Minnesota Press. It is translated by Robert Bonnano and has a short preface by me. One of the most influential Marxist theorists of the twentieth century, … Continue reading

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The UCU and the industrial action – research and ineffective strategies

The UCU has, following a ballot on industrial action, announced that there will be a two-day strike on 25-26 May 2016, followed by “an instruction to members to work to contract with effect from 25/05/2016”. Four years ago I had … Continue reading

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