Category Archives: Books

2012 talks

Posted on September 27, 2011 by stuartelden

One of the things I’ve been working on since I got back is the schedule of talks for early 2012. I’d already agreed to give a couple of talks on ‘volume’ (part of The Space of the World project) in March … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Gottfried Leibniz, Pierre Macherey, Territory, The Space of the World, Travel | Leave a comment

Tim Morton, Realist Magic and writing books

Posted on September 25, 2011 by stuartelden

Tim Morton is writing a couple of books, under the titles Realist Magic and Hyperobjects. And he’s writing them terrifyingly fast, blogging about it as he goes. His stuff is worth reading, so it clearly works for him. Graham Harman is similarly … Continue reading →

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Berkeley and Tucson

Posted on September 19, 2011 by stuartelden

Now back in the UK. Both visits were a lot of fun, and it was great to visit Berkeley for the first time – a lovely campus and great walks in the hills behind it – and Tucson again for … Continue reading →

Posted in Boundaries, Conferences, Michel Foucault, Neil Brenner, Territory, The Birth of Territory, Travel | Leave a comment

Translation, discuss

Posted on September 18, 2011 by stuartelden

An interesting post, and developing discussion, about translation of philosophical texts, here.

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‘How should we do the history of territory?’ – Berkeley audio

Posted on September 16, 2011 by stuartelden

The audio recording of my Berkeley talk is now available. Many thanks to Ilaria Giglioli for making the recording. “How should we do the history of territory”, University of California, Berkeley, 14 September 2011.

Posted in Conferences, Giovanni Botero, Gottfried Leibniz, Michel Foucault, Niccolò Machiavelli, Quentin Skinnner, Reinhart Koselleck, Territory, The Birth of Territory | Leave a comment

Society and Space – Writing its History

Posted on September 13, 2011 by stuartelden

(Cross posted from Society and Space) I’ve recently completed work as the managing editor of a five volume compilation of papers from the four Environment and Planning journals. This is a collaborative venture between Pion, who publish the journals, and … Continue reading →

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Details of Berkeley and Tucson lectures

Posted on September 12, 2011 by stuartelden

14 September 2011 – “How should we do the history of territory?” Department of Geography, University of California, Berkeley, USA (details) 16 September 2011 – ”How should we do the history of territory?” School of Geography and Development, University of … Continue reading →

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Sensualising Deformity – Call for papers

Posted on September 12, 2011 by stuartelden

This could be interesting. Sensualising Deformity: Communication and Construction of Monstrous Embodiment, at the University of Edinburgh, June 15-16 2012. The link takes you to the call for papers, and they have a linked blog. Jeffrey Jerome Cohen is one of … Continue reading →

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Afghanistan and the War on Terror – Ten Years On

Posted on September 6, 2011 by stuartelden

Wednesday 5th October – public meeting Afghanistan and the War on Terror – Ten Years On 7pm, Herschel Building, Lecture Theatre 1 Newcastle University, UK SPEAKERS Lindsey German – National Convenor of Stop the War Coalition since 2001, co-author of … Continue reading →

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Lectures on Foucault

Posted on September 1, 2011 by stuartelden

I give two different lectures on Foucault this month. One is at the Radical Foucault conference in London (8th-9th Sept), and then the second is given at both UC Berkeley and University of Arizona the following week. The paper for … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Michel Foucault, teaching, Territory, The Birth of Territory, The Space of the World | 3 Comments