Category Archives: Books

This Is Not The End Of The Book

Posted on July 13, 2011 by stuartelden

Just finished reading Umberto Eco and Jean-Claude Carrière’s book-length series of dialogues This Is Not The End Of The Book. It’s an interesting, engaging and sometimes annoyingly showy discussion, ranging widely across book-related topics such as libraries, editing, publishing, private collections, … Continue reading →

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‘Boffin’

Posted on July 12, 2011 by stuartelden

I mentioned Durham University’s press release on the Murchison award I received for Terror and Territory a few days ago. It’s been picked up by a couple of local newspapers from Newcastle. Both pretty much reprint the press release, but … Continue reading →

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Human Geography major work

Posted on July 12, 2011 by stuartelden

Another very expensive major work of reference – the four five volume Human Geography, edited by Derek Gregory and Noel Castree. It comprises reprints of articles from diverse sources, and is largely intended for libraries that don’t have access to … Continue reading →

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Novels read so far in 2011

Posted on July 10, 2011 by stuartelden

I mentioned back in January my informal New Year’s Resolution was to read more novels. Not nearly as many as Rob Kitchin – who has read and reviewed 52 – but so far in 2011, half way through the year, I’ve read… … Continue reading →

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Tim Cresswell’s ‘Great Books’

Posted on July 10, 2011 by stuartelden

In response to the list of ‘ambitious geography books’ I posted last year, Tim Cresswell has compiled his own list of great books. (see also my followup post of ‘other ambitious geography books‘)

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Durham news item on Murchison award

Posted on July 8, 2011 by stuartelden

Durham University have posted a news item on the Murchison award I recently won, including a photo of me receiving the award from Michael Palin, here.

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‘Assessing Ten Years of the War on Terror’

Posted on July 5, 2011 by stuartelden

I’ve just agreed to be one of the speakers at an event entitled ‘Assessing Ten Years of the War on Terror”, organised by the Tyneside Stop-the-War Coalition and the Newcastle University Place/Space/Politics research cluster. Of course, one of the themes … Continue reading →

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Foucault, “Nietzsche, Genealogy, History”

Posted on July 5, 2011 by stuartelden

In working on my lecture on Foucault’s 1970-71 course I have been rereading some related texts, including the “Nietzsche, Genealogy, History” essay. I know this text well, as I’ve taught it and it was a fundamental text in my PhD … Continue reading →

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Terror and Territory Review Symposium

Posted on July 4, 2011 by stuartelden

The latest issue of the new journal Dialogues in Human Geography has a review symposium on my Terror and Territory. It comprises the papers initially given at an ‘Author meets Critics’ session at the Association of American Geographers conference in Washington, … Continue reading →

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theory@buffalo theme issue on Territory and reviews of Terror and Territory

Posted on June 29, 2011 by stuartelden

The journal theory@buffalo has a new issue on ‘Territories of Thought’. Interesting mix of papers on the theme, including papers on Heidegger, Plato and the animal. It includes a very careful and generous review essay of my Terror and Territory by Guy Witzel. The … Continue reading →

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