Author Archives: stuartelden

Postgraduate Funding Opportunities at Durham

Posted on November 29, 2012 by stuartelden

Details of the Durham Doctoral Studentships and ESRC studentships – the most common funding schemes used in Human Geography – are available here. Details of the department’s programmes, research topics, etc. are available here.

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Urban Uprising! Re-imagining the City – conference in New York

Posted on November 28, 2012 by stuartelden

Further details here – via Experimental Geographies. In the wake of the 2008 explosion of the current economic crisis, more and more people are actively fighting to restore what they’ve lost. Not since the ‘60s have so many people across … Continue reading →

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Citizen Balibar – Interview with Étienne Balibar

Posted on November 28, 2012 by stuartelden

At Books and Ideas, a wide-ranging interview with Étienne Balibar.

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Geography and the Humanities

Posted on November 28, 2012 by stuartelden

In the Politicised Literary Geographies event, one of the things discussed was the relation between the discipline of Geography and the Humanities. Geography is often put in a Social Sciences faculty (which can be seen as an issue by Physical … Continue reading →

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Posted on November 26, 2012 by stuartelden

Open access discussed

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Posted on November 26, 2012 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Biblioklept:
One evening at a remote provincial college through which I happened to be jogging on a protracted lecture tour, I suggested a little quiz—ten definitions of a reader, and from these ten the students had to…

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Between Deleuze and Foucault flyer

Posted on November 25, 2012 by stuartelden

The conference I mentioned a few days ago has a flyer available here, with a new take on an iconic image.

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Shakespearean Territories in Oxford – audio available

Posted on November 24, 2012 by stuartelden

I’ve posted the audio recording of my talk to the 1887 Society, Mansfield College, University of Oxford from earlier this week. The first 18 minutes discuss my work on territory and the Shakespeare project in more general terms; the example in the … Continue reading →

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The Daily Routines of Famous Writers

Posted on November 24, 2012 by stuartelden

Some of these are in other lists, but some good quotes from writers about how they get things done (via Peter Gratton).

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The Guardian’s Books of the Year

Posted on November 24, 2012 by stuartelden

2012’s Books of the Year, in The Guardian. Contributors include Adichie, Armitage, Byatt, Franzen, Paxman and Žižek. Ideas for Christmas or New Year reading, especially as some of these will be out in paperback soon. (The list of 2011 books is … Continue reading →

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