Author Archives: stuartelden

Working to Contract

Posted on October 2, 2011 by stuartelden

The British Universities and College Union is in dispute with employers over pensions (USS), and hasn’t managed to get anywhere through its attempts at negotiation. A ballot was held that voted for industrial action. (I voted yes, by the way.) … Continue reading →

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Email triage

Posted on October 2, 2011 by stuartelden

I’ve written about how I handle email before. Jo van Every has an interesting post here, suggesting dealing with email as a whole is not a task on your to do list; but sorting your email is. I think this … Continue reading →

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Critical Inquiry new website

Posted on October 1, 2011 by stuartelden

The Critical Inquiry journal has a new website and a blog. Thanks to Clive at Pop Theory for the link.

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Shapiro on Foucault

Posted on September 29, 2011 by stuartelden

Recording of an interview with Stephen Shapiro – co-author of new book How to Read Foucault’s Discipline and Punish – is available here. Interesting discussion of what Foucault is doing, and links to contemporary events and questions. The discussion of higher … Continue reading →

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Harman and Morton in Continent

Posted on September 29, 2011 by stuartelden

Online (open access) essays. Graham’s piece is a particularly good introduction to his work. Details here.

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Merrifield on Lefebvre in London

Posted on September 29, 2011 by stuartelden

Reposted from crit-geog-forum. I’m speaking in Newcastle that night so will unfortunately miss it.  UCL Urban Laboratory/CITY Journal Annual Lecture with the support of Bartlett School of Planning Henri Lefebvre and Planetary Urbanization Lecture by Andy Merrifield 05 October 2011 Christopher … Continue reading →

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Two Heidegger Reviews

Posted on September 29, 2011 by stuartelden

NDPR has reviews of two new Heidegger translations – Introduction to Philosophy — Thinking and Poetizing and Country Path Conversations. In the first, Katherine Withy rightly notes the slender volume and its meager rewards – the English translation is less … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare in New York

Posted on September 29, 2011 by stuartelden

While in New York for the AAG, I’ll also be speaking at a Shakespeare conference at NYU. It’s organised by the people who put on a conference on Shakespeare and Philosophy earlier this year. More details when they are official, … Continue reading →

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Schmitt in New York

Posted on September 28, 2011 by stuartelden

Rory Rowan will be the fifth speaker in the ‘German Philosophy and Geography’ session, speaking on Carl Schmitt. He dropped me a line after yesterday’s post and we all welcomed it enthusiastically. As Rory well knows I think Schmitt is … Continue reading →

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Sloterdijk Now endorsements

Posted on September 28, 2011 by stuartelden

I mentioned the Sloterdijk Now endorsees before, but here are the actual endorsements: ‘A superb introduction to the most formidable (and fun) philosopher of our time. Indispensable.’ Sylvère Lotringer, Columbia University ‘Sloterdijk is finally coming to the fore as one of … Continue reading →

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