Author Archives: stuartelden

Hegel, Our Untimely Contemporary – conference with Slavoj Žižek

Posted on February 23, 2013 by stuartelden

May 10-12, 2013, The Birkbeck Institute, London – full details here (via Verso blog) Hegel is the ultimate bête noire of the last two centuries of philosophy:proponents of Lebensphilosophie, existentialists from Kierkegaard onwards, materialists, historicists, analytic philosophers and empiricists, Marxists, … Continue reading →

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Posted on February 23, 2013 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Object-Oriented Philosophy:
Mehdi Belhaj Kacem is not yet as well known in the Anglophone world as some of the other important younger French thinkers, in part due to the absence of English translations of his work (a…

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Posted on February 23, 2013 by stuartelden

Another interesting interview at Figure/Ground Communication, especially good on universities today.

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Postdoctoral posts at Durham University

Posted on February 22, 2013 by stuartelden

Durham University seeks to employ two full-time Research Associates. The Research Associates will contribute to the International Boundaries Research Unit’s consultancy and training activities in boundary delimitation, demarcation and dispute resolution as well as pursuing their own research, and contributing … Continue reading →

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Wendy Brown interview at Critical Legal Thinking

Posted on February 22, 2013 by stuartelden

Wendy Brown is interviewed at Critical Legal Thinking about her work and contemporary politics. Thanks to Andrew Burridge for the link.

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Posted on February 21, 2013 by stuartelden

David Beer picks up on a discussion about reading that started on this blog.

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Althusser’s Machiavelli and Us discussed

Posted on February 21, 2013 by stuartelden

Adam David Morton and Jon Beasley-Murray discuss Althusser’s book Machiavelli and Us and the notion of post-hegemony.

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Posted on February 21, 2013 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
UChicago Professor Helps Uncover Lost Lectures by French Philosopher Foucault, 7 February 2013 Source Newsroom: University of Chicago Newswise — More than 30 years ago, French philosopher Michel Foucault gave a landmark series of seven…

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Posted on February 21, 2013 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Speculative Heresy:
DUST (Dublin Unit for Speculative Thought) presents: Weaponising Speculation Conference 2-3 March, Independent Colleges, 60-63 Dawson Street, Dublin 2. This gathering is the signature event organized by D.U.S.T (Dublin Unit for Speculative Thought), an art/theory…

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Chris Harker on Judith Butler’s Parting Ways

Posted on February 21, 2013 by stuartelden

My Durham colleague Chris Harker discusses Judith Butler’s Parting Ways – here and here.

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