Category Archives: Books

Ready to go

Packed and ready to go. Singapore first for a few days, then Australia this time next week. I should be used to to putting my English life in storage, and packing only what I can carry, but it’s always a … Continue reading

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The Birth of Territory introduction

I don’t like writing introductions, and The Birth of Territory was definitely no exception. I’d been struggling with working out how to shape this, but now have what I think is a good working version. One of the things I … Continue reading

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The Birth of Territory page

The Birth of Territory book project now has a separate page, in the bar above, or here. There’s an updated table of contents; links to the posts I wrote while redrafting the chapters; links to video and audio; and the … Continue reading

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Talks in Sydney, Canberra, London, Cambridge

I’ve agreed to give a few more talks. On March 11th, the day after I speak at the Centre for Cultural Research at the University of Western Sydney, I will head across town to the Law Faculty at University of New … Continue reading

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Nijmegen lecture

The lecture I gave in Nijmegen in September last year is now available on video here. You can find my own reflections on how the lecture went here. You can find the other lectures in the series here.

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End of the Leverhulme fellowship

Today is the last day of my Leverhulme major research fellowship. As of tomorrow I am on research leave. The Leverhulme award was to work on the history of the concept of territory project. I’d already been working on that … Continue reading

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Terror and Territory response

The most enjoyable task of the day was drafting a response to four engagements with my Terror and Territory book. The pieces – by Katharyne Mitchell, Gunnar Olsson, Adam Ramadan and Michael Smith – were originally presented at the Association of … Continue reading

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Bartolus consilia found

A week ago I discussed the last few references I’ve been trying to find for The Birth of Territory. I’m back at the British Library today, and thought I would just check one more time. And I found the Bartolus … Continue reading

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Die Entstehung des Territorium

The text of my Erlangen lecture ‘The Emergence of Territory’ has now been translated into German and is available as a working paper here. My sincere thanks to Henning Füller, Georg Glasz and their colleagues for this work. It must … Continue reading

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Book lovers

Another one for the bibliophiles…

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