Author Archives: stuartelden

Books received

Posted on October 21, 2013 by stuartelden

Mainly in recompense for review work – Matthew Farish, The Contours of America’s Cold War; Braun & Whatmore, Political Matter; Sampson, Virality; Goldberg, Tempest in the Caribbean; Rutherford, Governing the Wild; Reece Jones, Border Walls and the latest issue of … Continue reading →

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African Geographical Review – Special Issue Call for Papers

Posted on October 21, 2013 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
Posted on behalf of Kevin DeJesus: African Geographical Review – Special Issue Call for Papers Out of Place, Into Extremis:        Critical Geographic Perspectives on the State of Forced Migration in Africa Guest Editors: Kevin M. DeJesus, Rhode…

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A US review of McGettigan’s The Great University Gamble

Posted on October 20, 2013 by stuartelden

I’ve linked to some reviews of Andrew McGettigan’s The Great University Gamble before; but this is a review in the LA Review of Books which draws out the links to what is happening in the US. Thanks to Michael O’Rourke for … Continue reading →

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A two-year old exchange with the UCU’s head of campaigns – relevant again today

Posted on October 20, 2013 by stuartelden

Two years ago I had an email exchange with Matt Waddup, national head of campaigns for the University and College Union. It concerned the ‘action short of a strike’ and the problems that this caused for writing, research, and external … Continue reading →

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Interview: Lefort and Rosanvallon

Posted on October 20, 2013 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Pop Theory:
New at the online journal La Vie des idées, here is an interview with Claude Lefort by Pierre Rosanvallon – actually from 2009.

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Chasing Dragons reading roundup on writing

Posted on October 19, 2013 by stuartelden

Some interesting links on writing at Chasing Dragons.

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Interview with Biblioklept’s Edwin Turner

Posted on October 19, 2013 by stuartelden

Edwin Turner, who runs the excellent and ever-fascinating Biblioklept blog, is interviewed about blogging by WordPress.

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The New Althusser – a possible TCS theme?

Posted on October 19, 2013 by stuartelden

One of the ideas floated at yesterday’s Theory, Culture and Society board meeting was a theme issue on what might be called ‘the new Althusser’. Since his death, many previously unpublished writings have been published in France, with English translations following. … Continue reading →

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Theory, Culture and Society board meeting

Posted on October 19, 2013 by stuartelden

Yesterday was spent at Sage’s offices in London, at my first meeting of the Theory, Culture & Society editorial board. They say that you should not see two things made – laws and sausages – but seeing how this journal was … Continue reading →

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Performing sovereignty and territory – the trial of the ‘King of New Germany’

Posted on October 18, 2013 by stuartelden

Thanks to Ben Rosamond for sending me this story of the self-proclaimed king, Peter Fitzek, “who claims to have a established his own kingdom outside Wittenberg in the state of Saxony-Anhalt”, who was arrested for a driving offence. He produced “a … Continue reading →

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