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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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The Topographical Imagination of Jameson, Baudrillard, and Foucault (2015)

Posted on October 7, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Michael James Rizza The Topographical Imagination of Jameson, Baudrillard, and Foucault, Noesis/The Davies Group, 2015 Notice on author’s blog An interview with the author, Michael James Rizza, in Hyperrhiz 12 This in-depth discussion of several…

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New issue of ACME now out, including Neil Smith’s last conference presentation

Posted on October 7, 2015 by stuartelden

A new issue of ACME is now out, including Neil Smith’s last conference presentation (all open access). Neil Smith’s piece is entitled ‘The Future is Radically Open’, and was presented in Paris in September 2012, shortly before he died. It’s … Continue reading →

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Deleuze and Foucault’s Political Philosophy Conference

Posted on October 7, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on My Desiring-Machines:
At Purdue, November 13-14, 2015. The program is here. I’m not sure how I missed earlier announcements about this, but I’m going to do everything I can to get there.

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2015 Millennium Conference, LSE, 17-18 October 2015 – Bruno Latour as keynote

Posted on October 6, 2015 by stuartelden

2015 Millennium Conference, “Failure and Denial in World Politics”, LSE, 17-18 October 2015 – more details here. Programme:  DRAFT 2015 Millennium Conference Programme Call for Papers:   2015 Millennium Conference: Failure and Denial in World Politics Conference Theme:   International relations … Continue reading →

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