Author Archives: stuartelden

Shakespeare in New York: Kenneth Branagh as Macbeth – a short review

Posted on June 1, 2014 by stuartelden

Warning: if you are planning on seeing this production of Macbeth, I’d suggest not reading further. There are spoilers about the production I would not have wanted to know beforehand.     The staging of Macbeth at the Park Avenue … Continue reading →

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Jeffrey Jerome Cohen on finishing a book

Posted on June 1, 2014 by stuartelden

A nice piece on the process of finishing a book – in this case, Stories of Stone for University of Minnesota Press – which discusses funding, collaboration and the process of writing.

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Foucault’s Lectures on the Punitive Society X

Posted on June 1, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Stockerblog:
Lecture of March 7th 1973 ? Foucault continues a discussion from the last lecture of the lawyer Guy-Jean-Baptiste Target, he refers to there in connection with the dehumanised account of peasant rebels against the regime of…

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The Onuf Principles

Posted on May 31, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on The Disorder Of Things:
Nicholas Onuf recently gave an interview over at e-IR. Several people of our acquaintance shared the tail-end of that, in which he is prompted to dispense career advice. Although opinions are indeed like…

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In a Miles Davis Way

Posted on May 31, 2014 by stuartelden

I missed the formal opening a few days ago, but on the way to the opening plenary of LeftForum today, I made a detour to the newly named Miles Davis Way – the block between West End Avenue and Riverside Drive on W … Continue reading →

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National Academy of Sciences report on mass incarceration in the US

Posted on May 31, 2014 by stuartelden

This was mentioned at LeftForum yesterday, a major study and publication on The Growth of Mass Incarceration in the United States: Exploring Causes and Consequences. The paper copy is for sale; but it is also available to download as a … Continue reading →

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Five videos about urbanization in Africa

Posted on May 31, 2014 by stuartelden

All at the Urban Africa site – here’s the first one:

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AAG award citation for The Birth of Territory

Posted on May 30, 2014 by stuartelden

I announced the AAG Meridian award for The Birth of Territory before, but they have now posted the citation online: AAG Meridian Book Award for Outstanding Scholarly Work in Geography This award is given for a book written by a geographer … Continue reading →

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Simon Russell Beale as King Lear; Kenneth Branagh as Macbeth

Posted on May 30, 2014 by stuartelden

Tomorrow – my last full day in New York – will be a day of Shakespeare. At lunch time I am going to see the ‘live in Cinema’ screening at the Brooklyn Academy of Music of King Lear with Simon Russell Beale … Continue reading →

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Derek Gregory interviewed at The Archipelago

Posted on May 30, 2014 by stuartelden

Derek Gregory interviewed by Léopold Lambert at The Archipelago.

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