Author Archives: stuartelden

Mr Guttenberg resigns

Posted on March 2, 2011 by stuartelden

First he was stripped of his doctorate for plagiarism, now Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg resigns as German defence minister.

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E-book on Franco Moretti

Posted on March 1, 2011 by stuartelden

Franco Moretti’s Graphs, Maps, Trees: Abstract Models for Literary History is discussed in this new book, entitled Reading Graphs, Maps, and Trees: Responses to Franco Moretti, available as a free pdf and in other formats. Graphs, Maps, Trees is a short, … Continue reading →

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Blair-Giddens-LSE-Gaddafi

Posted on March 1, 2011 by stuartelden

I’d previously taken the Giddens defence of Gaddafi back in 2007 as largely connected to his ‘Third Way’ role and as an ‘intellectual’ backup to Blair’s embrace. But of course, Giddens was a previous director of the the LSE, also … Continue reading →

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Fossils: Age, World, Relation

Posted on March 1, 2011 by stuartelden

This is the title of the talk I’ll be giving at ANU in four weeks time. The Humanities Research Centre theme for this year is ‘The World and World-Making in Humanities and the Arts’. The draft abstract follows:- What do fossils … Continue reading →

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Gaddafi plagiarises Painter

Posted on February 28, 2011 by stuartelden

That Saif Gaddafi’s LSE doctoral thesis was plagiarised is slightly old news; but I’ve just been told that it included unattributed excerpts from a piece by my friend and colleague Joe Painter. Details here. There is also a wiki that attributes other … Continue reading →

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Libyan no-fly zone

Posted on February 28, 2011 by stuartelden

The idea of a no-fly zone in Libya has been discussed by various governments. It hasn’t yet been sanctioned by the UN security council. See resolution 1970 (2011) here. David Cameron has raised the idea more seriously now that UK citizens … Continue reading →

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ICA – Radical Publishing: What Are We Struggling For?

Posted on February 28, 2011 by stuartelden

In a related vein to the last post, Verso has the news of an event at the ICA in London on 19th March on protest and print.

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Another e-book on student protests

Posted on February 28, 2011 by stuartelden

An und für sich notes two e-books on the student protests. I mentioned one of these before before, but not this one: In a similar vein is the PDF version of the book Toward a Global Autonomous University produced by the … Continue reading →

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New journal; new book series

Posted on February 27, 2011 by stuartelden

Contributions to the History of Concepts – details here. The journal serves as a platform for theoretical and methodological articles as well as empirical studies on the history of concepts and their social, political, and cultural contexts. It aims to … Continue reading →

Posted in Medieval Studies, Publishing | 1 Comment

Butler on Kafka

Posted on February 27, 2011 by stuartelden

Judith Butler discusses Kafka in the London Review of Books (open access). This would be interesting enough just by author and subject, but it also raises some intriguing and important issues about publishing, author’s wishes and copyright. There are some very interesting reflections … Continue reading →

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