Author Archives: stuartelden

Coriolanus and contemporary politics

Posted on December 14, 2011 by stuartelden

Ralph Fiennes’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus is due for release in the UK early next year. It’s already out in the US. You can see a trailer here. Coriolanus is one of Shakespeare’s most political plays, and you can see … Continue reading →

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Another Leibniz – paper

Posted on December 13, 2011 by stuartelden

I think I may have finished – at least for now – my Leibniz paper. Or at least, time for some other people to see it. I’ll be giving a version of this at the AAG in February, and it will … Continue reading →

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US bases and Iran

Posted on December 13, 2011 by stuartelden

From From Democratic Underground (via Juan Cole): “Each star is a US base. But just to be clear, Iran is the one that is threatening us; we’re not threatening them.”

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Sloterdijk in English

Posted on December 13, 2011 by stuartelden

Speaking of Sloterdijk, Sean Sturm has recently updated his very helpful bibliography of his work in English translation.

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Peter Sloterdijk’s Spherological Poetics of Being – open access

Posted on December 13, 2011 by stuartelden

I mentioned the recently published collection In Medias Res: Peter Sloterdijk’s Spherological Poetics of Being before. Nicholas Dahmann has just informed me that as well as being available in print, it is also available as an open access e-book. thanks Nick.

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‘For Love of the World’ – Arendt, politics, space – CFP

Posted on December 13, 2011 by stuartelden

 ‘For Love of the World’ – Arendt, politics, space  Convener: Richard J Bater  (Royal Holloway, Universityof London)   Sponsored by the Political Geography Research Group of the Royal Geographical Society with theInstitute ofBritish Geographers RGS-IBG Annual Conference, Edinburgh University – … Continue reading →

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PhD funding and projects

Posted on December 13, 2011 by stuartelden

If you’re interested in pursuing graduate studies at Durham or Newcastle Universities, the North East Doctoral Training scholarships, deadline 24 February 2012, have now been advertised. I’ve also just updated the list of broad areas in which I’m interested in supervising … Continue reading →

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List serve etiquette

Posted on December 12, 2011 by stuartelden

Some good suggestions here. To the first set I would add this: allow people to subscribe without receiving posts, if the list provides an RSS feed. If you read lots of blogs then putting a listserv feed into your reader … Continue reading →

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Quentin Skinner interview

Posted on December 12, 2011 by stuartelden

Very interesting interview with Quentin Skinner in The Art of Theory – part one and part two. If you’re even remotely interested in the history of ideas you should take a look. Among many other things, the discussion of Shakespeare and … Continue reading →

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Exploring Geopolitics website

Posted on December 10, 2011 by stuartelden

I’m sure I’ve mentioned this before – but this site is worth checking out. Exploring Geopolitics – edited by Leonhardt van Efferink and filled with interesting contributions. Leonhardt is commissioning brief reflections on the geopolitical year at the moment which … Continue reading →

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