Category Archives: Books

Poster and Website for Warwick ‘Shakespearean Territories’ lecture

Posted on September 14, 2012 by stuartelden

The abstract for my lecture at University of Warwick has been posted online. They’ve also produced this poster.  It will be ten years almost to the day that I left the department, though I’ve been back a few times to give talks or … Continue reading →

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Forthcoming talks

Posted on September 6, 2012 by stuartelden

Several talks for the 2012/13 academic year have been arranged. Two lectures have been in the diary for a while – the Critical International and Political Studies annual lecture at the University of Warwick in October (abstract here), and the George M. … Continue reading →

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Rob Kitchin on beginning a new book

Posted on September 5, 2012 by stuartelden

Rob Kitchin has some brief thoughts here on the process of beginning a new book – this time without a plan or a contract in place. I hope he says more about the process – if not the content – … Continue reading →

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‘Shakespearean Territories’ – abstract for Warwick

Posted on September 5, 2012 by stuartelden

This is my abstract for the Critical International and Political Studies annual lecture, University of Warwick, October 3rd 2012. This lecture shows how Shakespeare’s plays can help us to think about the multi-faceted nature of territory as word, concept and … Continue reading →

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Recent Shakespeare reading

Posted on September 4, 2012 by stuartelden

Working on my paper for Warwick in October. Hamlet, Macbeth and possibly something on Othello.

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Shakespeare and War

Posted on August 30, 2012 by stuartelden

Derek Gregory has followed up his post on Theatre of/and War with one on Shakespeare and War. Lots of good reading suggestions in both. I’d also suggest Simon Barker, War and Nation in the Theatre of Shakespeare and his Contemporaries. Derek kindly … Continue reading →

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Urban Territory: Violent Political Technologies in London and Kano

Posted on August 29, 2012 by stuartelden

This is my abstract for the AAG meeting in Los Angeles next April. It will be part of the ‘Violence and Space’ sessions organised by Philippe le Billon and Simon Springer – call for papers here. I’ll also be part … Continue reading →

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Thomas Meyer’s Beowulf

Posted on August 26, 2012 by stuartelden

The latest book from Punctum is Thomas Meyer’s translation of Beowulf. No ordinary translation – typographically and linguistically this is very different and this is a beautifully produced edition. It’s available free online or for a small price. You can … Continue reading →

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Heidegger and Schmitt correspondence (again)

Posted on August 11, 2012 by stuartelden

Twenty-five years after they first published it, Telos are again highlighting the letter Martin Heidegger sent to Carl Schmitt in August 1933. The point of the letter was to thank Schmitt for sending a copy of The Concept of the … Continue reading →

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More books received

Posted on August 10, 2012 by stuartelden

The Pluto ones are for review work, and a couple of others are review copies. More interesting reading here.

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