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Neil Smith Tribute, tomorrow in Barcelona

Originally posted on multipliciudades:
The Neil Smith tribute organized by Espais Crítics is approaching and I am thrilled to join the event tomorrow, as it will be a great opportunity not only to enjoy the interesting set of selected papers…

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Top posts on Progressive Geographies this week

How we Write – open access collection edited by Suzanne Conklin Akbari: thirteen essays on academic writing The World Post interview with Peter Sloterdijk – ‘Man And Machine Will Fuse Into One Being’ My sabbatical rules for writing Where to start with reading … Continue reading →

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Update on the Foucault/13 Years at the Collège de France at Columbia University – places closed; live streaming details

via Foucault News Update on the 13/13 series of seminars from the website The first seminar will take place  on September 14, 2015. Thank you very much for your interest in the series Foucault 13/13. The seminar has received an … Continue reading →

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How we Write – open access collection edited by Suzanne Conklin Akbari: thirteen essays on academic writing

How We Write – the open access collection edited by Suzanne Conklin Akbari, which includes thirteen short pieces on academic writing – is now available. While free to download, it was not free to produce. It is also available to buy in … Continue reading →

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Geography and Politics Redux? – open access virtual theme issue of Transactions, edited by Richard Powell (including essay by me)

‘Geography and Politics Redux?‘ – open access virtual theme issue of Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, edited by Richard Powell. It includes my 2005 piece ‘Missing the point: globalization, deterritorialization and the space of the world‘. That piece took … Continue reading →

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Foucault on Prisons (and Elden on Schmitt) in Radical Philosophy open access to link to Nottingham conference

From the good people at Radical Philosophy, in relation to tomorrow’s conference: A free two-day conference, ‘Time Served: Discipline and Punish Forty Years On,’ begins tomorrow at Nottingham Trent University, rethinking the legacy of Foucault’s text today and RP contributor … Continue reading →

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Preparing for the ‘Time Served: Discipline and Punish Forty Years On’ conference

Tomorrow I’ll be giving the opening plenary lecture to the ‘Time Served: Discipline and Punish Forty Years On‘ conference, organised by Sophie Fuggle and held at the Galleries of Justice in Nottingham. My talk is entitled “Before the Punitive Society: The Inquiry … Continue reading →

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LSE has digitized Fabian society archives from 1884-2000

Originally posted on Jeremy J Schmidt:
Some really interesting historical tracts from the Fabian society on all sorts of topics–poverty, property, labour and so on–are now available in digital format here.

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Open access collection from E-IR – Nations under God: The Geopolitics of Faith in the 21st Century

Open access collection from E-IR –  Nations under God: The Geopolitics of Faith in the 21st Century. This edited collection presents a balanced analysis of the multifaceted roles taken on by religions, and religious actors, in global politics. The volume brings … Continue reading →

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RSC new season announced – Hamlet, Cymbeline, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Dr Faustus, The Alchemist, Don Quixote – but no King Lear

The RSC’s new season for summer 2016 has been announced – Hamlet, Cymbeline, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Dr Faustus, The Alchemist and Don Quixote…  The first three are in the main theatre; the non-Shakespeare plays in the Swan. I hope to get to all … Continue reading →

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