Author Archives: stuartelden

Roundup

Posted on March 22, 2011 by stuartelden

Back in Canberra after a great few days in Tasmania. Will it be five years before I’m there again? Anyway, a post with a bunch of links… More stuff on blogs, here, here and here. More on the ‘Animal, Vegetable, … Continue reading →

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Talking about territory in Tasmania

Posted on March 21, 2011 by stuartelden

I gave my seminar on The Birth of Territory at the University of Tasmania today. Seemed to go well, with a good audience and interesting questions. The second event was a panel discussion with Jeff Malpas and Godfrey Baldacchino, chaired … Continue reading →

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Weekend in Tasmania

Posted on March 20, 2011 by stuartelden

Great weekend in Tasmania with Jeff and Margaret Malpas. Saturday at the Bream Creek Show, and then dinner with friends. Sunday to the terrific new Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) and then up to Myrtle Forest for a short walk. … Continue reading →

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Tasmania and Territory

Posted on March 18, 2011 by stuartelden

Just about to leave to go to Tasmania. I am giving a talk on The Birth of Territory on Monday, but have the weekend there first. I spent three very happy months as a visiting scholar at the University of … Continue reading →

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Libya, the UN and airstrikes

Posted on March 18, 2011 by stuartelden

Now that the UN has voted for ‘all necessary measures’ short of an invasion, airstrikes cannot be far away. The UN website still doesn’t have resolution 1973 up, but it is available here. OP4 is the crucial one: 4. Authorizes … Continue reading →

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Harman on Leibniz and Heidegger

Posted on March 17, 2011 by stuartelden

In the Cultural Studies Review here.

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More on the history of philosophy and geography

Posted on March 17, 2011 by stuartelden

Justin Smith (author of the Divine Machines book on Leibniz that is keenly anticipated) has a very interesting response to the Pasnau letter on the history of philosophy here (via New APPS). There are further responses at the Leiter Reports blog … Continue reading →

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Animal, Vegetable, Mineral

Posted on March 17, 2011 by stuartelden

Over at In the Middle, a couple of interesting reports on the Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: Ethics and Objects in the Medieval and Early Modern Periods conference. Eileen Joy on Jane Bennett’s keynote here – The audio of the lecture “Powers of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Jane Bennett, Medieval Studies | 1 Comment

Rudwick and Geohistory

Posted on March 17, 2011 by stuartelden

I’ve mentioned Martin Rudwick’s work before, in the context of his Bursting the Limits of Time: The Reconstruction of Geohistory in the Age of Revolution and his Worlds before Adam: the Reconstruction of Geohistory in the Age of Reform. He is perhaps … Continue reading →

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Books on the boil

Posted on March 16, 2011 by stuartelden

There has been a bit of a collision between different book projects recently… We received the revised final proofs of Reading Kant’s Geography, which still had mistakes, including some that had been pointed out on the original final proofs. We … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Fossils, Immanuel Kant, Peter Sloterdijk, The Birth of Territory, The Space of the World | 3 Comments