Author Archives: stuartelden

New APPS interview with Beth Lord

Posted on April 11, 2012 by stuartelden

Another in the ever-interesting series of interviews – this time with Beth Lord from Dundee (Beth and I were at Warwick at the same time).

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Cambridge Companion to Thomas Pynchon

Posted on April 11, 2012 by stuartelden

Details here; review at Berfrois here. The most celebrated American novelist of the past half-century, an indispensable figure of postmodernism worldwide, Thomas Pynchon notoriously challenges his readers. This Companion provides tools for meeting that challenge. Comprehensive, accessible, lively, up-to-date and … Continue reading →

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Lego Social Theory

Posted on April 11, 2012 by stuartelden

More Lego Social Theory – here. Thanks to Ben R for the link – Anthony Giddens, Angela McRobbie and Stuart Hall. The original figures of Foucault, Butler, Giddens and McRobbie are here.

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Gunnar Olsson on Reading Kant’s Geography

Posted on April 10, 2012 by stuartelden

A detailed and very generous review (which becomes much more) of Reading Kant’s Geography by Gunnar Olsson in Geografiska Annaler B: Human Geography (requires subscription): So hot are the connections between the geography/anthropology courses and Kant’s overall philosophy that the … Continue reading →

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Reading suggestions

Posted on April 10, 2012 by stuartelden

Thanks for the suggestions in comments. Some very good ideas that should keep me busy – but clear that there are so many good things to read that I won’t be doing much re-reading… I won’t be following up on … Continue reading →

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Rereading novels

Posted on April 9, 2012 by stuartelden

The Guardian has a couple of features on rereading novels – a piece discussing it here, and some contemporary authors’ favourite novels to re-read here. This isn’t something I do very often with novels. I did when younger but now I … Continue reading →

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Ralph Fiennes on Coriolanus

Posted on April 7, 2012 by stuartelden

Interesting interview – though the bit on Coriolanus is about 18 minutes in.

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Palgrave Pivot

Posted on April 6, 2012 by stuartelden

Palgrave Macmillan is delighted to announce a new imprint: Palgrave Pivot. Launching globally in Autumn 2012 and publishing across the Humanities and Social Sciences, Palgrave Pivot liberates scholarship from the straitjacket of traditional formats and business models. It offers authors … Continue reading →

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review of New Geographies 4: Scales of the Earth

Posted on April 6, 2012 by stuartelden

Nice review of this project, here – New Geographies, a publication series initiated and edited by six doctoral candidates at the Harvard Graduate School of Design… Distancing itself from conventional positions and professional boundaries, the journal collects critical essays and … Continue reading →

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Exterritory conference

Posted on April 6, 2012 by stuartelden

You can now download the programme and details of the Exterritory conference in Paris on May 2nd 2012 in a press kit. The event is taking place at the Kadist Art Foundation. Their website is here – it uses a … Continue reading →

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