Author Archives: stuartelden

Pop Theory on Sloterdijk

Posted on March 15, 2011 by stuartelden

Clive Barnett at Pop Theory says a bit about Sloterdijk here. His suggestion that Sloterdijk is “all the rage in spatial-theory-land” at the moment seems a bit strong, given that his two references are to a journal issue I co-edited and … Continue reading →

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History of Philosophy, History of Ideas, History of Geography

Posted on March 15, 2011 by stuartelden

Brian Leiter links to an interesting open letter on why graduate students should seriously consider studying the history of philosophy. The Leiter page also has some interesting discussion. The discussion appears, largely, to be framed within a more ‘analytic’ discourse, … Continue reading →

Posted in David N. Livingstone, J.G.A. Pocock, Medieval Studies, Quentin Skinnner, Reinhart Koselleck | 12 Comments

Lukasz Stanek on Lefebvre

Posted on March 13, 2011 by stuartelden

Details of Lukasz Stanek’s book on Lefebvre are now up online ahead of a July publication. Shows how Lefebvre’s theory of space developed out of direct engagement with architecture, urbanism, and urban sociology In this innovative work, Lukasz Stanek frames … Continue reading →

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Romanticism and Evolution conference

Posted on March 13, 2011 by stuartelden

May 12-14 2011, University of Western Ontario. Details here. The aim of “Romanticism & Evolution” will be to explore and defamiliarize prevailing notions of evolution by tracing their modern origins to literary and scientific discourses of the transitional period c. … Continue reading →

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A supervisor’s revenge

Posted on March 13, 2011 by stuartelden

Ouch. Find it here.

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Gould, Verne, Conan Doyle

Posted on March 12, 2011 by stuartelden

Sitting around in airports and (briefly) on planes is good reading time, though I tend to take something on the lighter side of the pile. First on the list was Stephen Jay Gould’s Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature … Continue reading →

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“Performing Geopolitics” workshop at Durham

Posted on March 12, 2011 by stuartelden

“Performing Geopolitics” 22-23 June 2011 Department of Geography, University of Durham A 2-day workshop organised by the Politics-State-Space and Lived and Material Cultures Research Clusters This workshop seeks to open up a conversation concerning the interplay between subjectivity, spatiality and … Continue reading →

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Mehdi Belhaj Kacem on Tunisia

Posted on March 11, 2011 by stuartelden

A Tunisian Renaissance – Interview with Mehdi Belhaj Kacem here (thanks to Clive at Pop Theory for the link). MBK is French-Tunisian, and offers some critical thoughts on French intellectuals and the revolution: This is a fact that the Badious … Continue reading →

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Sydney talks

Posted on March 11, 2011 by stuartelden

The University of Western Sydney talk went well, eventually. Things started to go wrong at the airport, when the first plane I was on had a fuel leak and was cancelled. Then the second, rebooked, flight was delayed. Then the computer … Continue reading →

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Crampton, Elden, Chomsky

Posted on March 10, 2011 by stuartelden

Jeremy Crampton uses the opportunity of linking to my interview to recount an embarassing story about us here.

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