Author Archives: stuartelden

Enough already

Posted on September 12, 2010 by stuartelden

With the Foucault endorsement I’ve now cleared the last review task outstanding. Counting journal articles, book manuscripts and proposals, promotions, and grants, I’ve done 27 reviews of some kind in 2010. (This doesn’t include anything related to the journal I edit.) That’s probably … Continue reading →

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Foucault, The Courage of Truth

Posted on September 12, 2010 by stuartelden

Although I’d read the French lectures, and probably could have written the endorsement for the English translation anyway, I did ask for the ms. and have now finished reading it. It’s a very good translation – again by Graham Burchell. … Continue reading →

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Scranton on Iraq

Posted on September 12, 2010 by stuartelden

Scranton on Iraq parts IV and V.

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Roundup – Iraq, Protevi, Unsolicited Boxes

Posted on September 11, 2010 by stuartelden

Now I’m back, a few links… Roy Scranton on Iraq and becoming a soldier, parts II and III John Protevi will be giving one of the Yi-Fu Tuan lectures at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Details here. You can read the … Continue reading →

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Leaving Nijmegen

Posted on September 10, 2010 by stuartelden

I’ll be leaving Nijmegen early in the morning to head back to London. The Alexander von Humboldt lecture seemed to be well received. It didn’t go quite as smoothly as I wanted but it was well attended and there were … Continue reading →

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Political Life of Things workshop

Posted on September 9, 2010 by stuartelden

The Political Life of Things A One Day Workshop The Imperial War Museum, London, UK 3rd December 2010 Keynote 1: Jeremy Deller (Turner Prize Winner, 2004) Keynote 2: Jane Bennett (Johns Hopkins, author of Vibrant Matter)  The BISA Poststructural Politics … Continue reading →

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Nijmegen

Posted on September 8, 2010 by stuartelden

Arrived in Nijmegen. Now the rain has stopped I’ve had a chance to look around a little. There are two chapels that were part of a castle built by Frederick Barbarossa on the site of an earlier castle of Charlemagne … Continue reading →

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Book cover design

Posted on September 8, 2010 by stuartelden

Working with Eduardo and SUNY Press on the cover for the Reading Kant’s Geography book. Because the book is in the Contemporary Continental Philosophy series, we need to source some of Kant’s handwriting to provide the basis for the design. … Continue reading →

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Little-known Leibniz

Posted on September 7, 2010 by stuartelden

From Antognazza’s biography… His interest in mining went far beyond simply doing his job for the Duke of Hanover. He was given control of the mines in Harz and did a lot of work managing them and designing equipment. But … Continue reading →

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A few shorter pieces

Posted on September 7, 2010 by stuartelden

There will be a few shorter pieces coming out in the next several months. A piece on Lefebvre’s theory of moments, and his work on time more generally, for a book project entitled Learning from Vancouver. This seems an interesting … Continue reading →

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