Author Archives: stuartelden

England v. Bulgaria

Posted on September 3, 2010 by stuartelden

Great night out at the football with my brother and nephew. Bit patchy at times but a strong result.

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Badiou, Meillassoux and worlds

Posted on September 3, 2010 by stuartelden

Very interesting post from Graham Harman about the Badiou/Meillassoux relation (both father and son). It’s most relevant for me given that my next project is on the idea of ‘world’ in a range of forms. L’inexistence divine was going to … Continue reading →

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The State of Critical Geopolitics

Posted on September 2, 2010 by stuartelden

Papers from a conference at Durham on the current state of Critical Geopolitics are published in a theme section of the journal Political Geography. Papers by Derek Gregory, Katharyne Mitchell, Gearóid Ó Tuathail, Simon Dalby and Jennifer Hyndman, introduced by … Continue reading →

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Medieval Geographies

Posted on September 2, 2010 by stuartelden

The four sessions on medieval geographies were held yesterday at the Royal Geographical Society. Because the sessions were all in the same room at Imperial College, it felt like a small workshop running in parallel to the main conference. We … Continue reading →

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More on the threat to the Warburg Institute

Posted on September 2, 2010 by stuartelden

Story in the New York Review of Books – thanks to Engin for sending this to me. I’ve already mentioned here before what a great resource The Warburg Institute library is, and the threat to its continued existence. I’ll be there later … Continue reading →

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Foucault news

Posted on September 1, 2010 by stuartelden

For those people looking for a regular Foucault fix, you can now find it at Clare O’Farrell’s Refracted Input. As Jeremy says: Specifically the news page is here. Clare is well known in the Foucault community and the author of … Continue reading →

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The Birth of Territory

Posted on September 1, 2010 by stuartelden

The title of most of the lectures I will be giving this autumn will be ‘The Birth of Territory’. It’s increasingly clear to me that this is also the title of the book I’ve been writing, with no complicating subtitle.

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Gratton on Elden on Territory

Posted on September 1, 2010 by stuartelden

Very nice comment from Peter Gratton here.  Two minor corrections. I said it was available online, not free online – but as ever I’m happy to share if anyone can’t get it and drops me an email. And second, my project … Continue reading →

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Wu Ming London dates

Posted on August 31, 2010 by stuartelden

Two members of the Wu Ming writing collective speaking in London in October. Should be interesting. Details here.

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Iraq – sovereign? when?

Posted on August 31, 2010 by stuartelden

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said that “Iraq today is sovereign and independent.” He continued: “With the execution of the troop pullout, our relations with the United States have entered a new stage between two equal, sovereign countries.” But think back … Continue reading →

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