Category Archives: Books

‘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 →

Posted in Conferences, Politics, Terror and Territory | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Friedrich Nietzsche, Mapping the Present, Michel Foucault | 3 Comments

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 →

Posted in My Publications, Terror and Territory | 1 Comment

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 →

Posted in Territory, Terror and Territory | Leave a comment

Reading Foucault in Nigeria

Posted on June 29, 2011 by stuartelden

The key work I did in Nigeria, aside from editing Society and Space, was on Foucault. This is for two, interrelated, projects. The first is to to write a chapter for the book coming out of The Foucault Effect 1991-2011 … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Michel Foucault, Quentin Skinnner, Reinhart Koselleck, The Birth of Territory | 3 Comments

Reading Kant’s Geography out

Posted on June 14, 2011 by stuartelden

Finally! Reading Kant’s Geography, the collection I co-edited with Eduardo Mendieta is out. I’ve not yet seen a copy, but Eduardo has. You can download my introduction for free here. Contributors include Robert Bernasconi, Jeff Malpas, Onora O’Neill, Charles Withers, … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, David Harvey, David N. Livingstone, Eduardo Mendieta, Edward Casey, Immanuel Kant, My Publications | Leave a comment

Heidegger – Contributions to Philosophy new translation

Posted on June 12, 2011 by stuartelden

This is really important news in Heidegger studies. The Beiträge zur Philosophie (Vom Ereignis) is coming out in a new translation. It will be out with Indiana University Press in April 2012, with the translation made by Richard Rojcewicz and Daniela … Continue reading →

Posted in Martin Heidegger, Speaking Against Number | 2 Comments

2012 – talks on ‘Volume’

Posted on June 11, 2011 by stuartelden

Somewhat into the future, two dates for talks in 2012 are already in the diary… 30 March 2012 – “Secure the Volume”, Public Lecture on Security theme, Committee for Social Thought, University of Kentucky 3 May 2012 – “The Politics … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Jeremy Crampton, Peter Sloterdijk, Stephen Graham, The Space of the World | 1 Comment

Summer work

Posted on June 11, 2011 by stuartelden

Lots to do this summer (though it doesn’t exactly feel like summer in York)… Finish ‘Society and Space’ volume introduction and draft introduction to ‘Foundations’ volume for the Sage Environment and Planning collection. Submit the paper on King Lear that … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Cricket, Cycling, Fossils, Michel Foucault, My Publications, Society and Space, teaching, The Birth of Territory, The Space of the World, Travel | 2 Comments

RGS awards ceremony

Posted on June 8, 2011 by stuartelden

Monday evening was spent at the Royal Geographical Society, for the awards ceremony. The official list and photos are here. Susan, my Mum and my brother Ian were able to join me, which was great. The RGS hosted a very good … Continue reading →

Posted in Terror and Territory | Leave a comment