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Shanghai 1990 and 2010

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Spatialising the (Geo)Political – conference

Spatialising the (Geo)Political: Political Geography and Critical Geopolitics Preconference 2012 24/25 August 2012 Campus Westend, Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany The conference will provide a forum for exchange for political geographers prior to the IGC 2012 meeting in Cologne with … Continue reading →

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Insuring War

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Luis Lobo-Guerrero, Insuring War: Sovereignty, Security and Risk, Routledge (Interventions Series), 2012, ISBN: 978-0-415-61772-7 Publisher’s web page Description Insurance is a central, if until now ignored, instrument of war in the modern period. Ever since…

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Security Dialogue new issue

Full details here – papers by Maja Zehfuss, Ben Anderson, Peter Adey and others. Themes include preemption, emergency, photography and the human terrain system.

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Secure the Volume – Kentucky video

The video of my presentation at the University of Kentucky. [Update: the higher resolution version has replaced the earlier one] The slides are somewhat blurred and the audience questions quiet, but may be of interest.

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Luce Irigaray seminar

An amazing opportunity for Irigaray scholars: Invitation to the Seminar of LUCE IRIGARAY 10 – 16 June 2012 University of Bristol Since 2003, Luce Irigaray holds a seminar with researchers doing their PhD on her work. This way, they have … Continue reading →

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Society and Space new issue out

New issue of Society and Space out, including an open access set of responses to the 22 July 2011 events in Norway; papers by Jeff Malpas, Mustafa Dikeç, Adrian Evans & Mara Miele and others; and a theme section on … Continue reading →

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Matter Matters

Really interesting looking conference in Lund, 15-16 October 2012. Keynotes by Diana Coole, Samantha Frost, Graham Harman, Hans Ruin, and Nick Srnicek. I’m really sorry I can’t attend this – the busiest time of teaching for me.

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Yale conference and homeward bound

The Yale conference was good, with a wide range of perspectives. Though there was a clear clash of perspectives between the historians and geographies on the one hand, and the political scientists on the other, this was not unpleasant. The … Continue reading →

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