Category Archives: Books

Off to Maynooth and Dublin – talks on Terrain, publishing and Foucault

Posted on March 23, 2017 by stuartelden

It’s a little difficult to treat today as just another day, after the events in London yesterday, but I’m just about to head to Ireland for a couple of events. This evening at 4pm I’ll be giving a talk entitled “Terrain: … Continue reading →

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Foucault in Ireland, March 24th, Dublin

Posted on March 20, 2017 by stuartelden

Friday March 24th, ‘Foucault in Ireland‘ conference at the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin. This one-day symposium reviews the engagement of Irish Studies with the work of Michel Foucault. It begins with a roundtable on the recent work of Stuart … Continue reading →

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Foucault: The Birth of Power now available worldwide

Posted on March 15, 2017 by stuartelden

Foucault: The Birth of Power is now available worldwide. The book is published by Polity, and the design fits with Foucault’s Last Decade which came out in 2016. There is a lot about Foucault’s political activism in this second book, … Continue reading →

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La Revue Recherches – all but one now available online (at a price)

Posted on March 15, 2017 by stuartelden

I’ve mentioned the Recherches review more than a few times, because it was set up by Félix Guattari, and Foucault was involved in some discussions published in the journal. These conversations led to some collaborative work (a full bibliography here), some … Continue reading →

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‘Measuring Territories: The Techniques of Rule’ – talk to Kingston Shakespeare seminar, Rose Theatre, 16 March 2017

Posted on March 13, 2017 by stuartelden

On Thursday I’ll be giving a talk at the Rose Theatre to the Kingston Shakespeare seminar, entitled ‘Measuring Territories: The Techniques of Rule’. It’s a version of Chapter 7 of my Shakespearean Territories manuscript. Speaking about Shakespeare in a theatre … Continue reading →

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Goldsmiths talk on early Foucault postponed

Posted on March 6, 2017 by stuartelden

In my updates on my work on the early Foucault, I’ve mentioned that I was going to be speaking on 10 March at Goldsmiths. This talk is now going to be rescheduled for later in the year.

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Books received – Canguilhem, Foucault and the Modern International, Kantorowicz

Posted on March 1, 2017 by stuartelden

A contributor copy of Foucault and the Modern International, the two published volumes of Canguilhem’s Oeuvres and his work on the reflex, and a copy of Ernst Kantorowicz’s biography of Friedrich II – the second volume is the later supplementary … Continue reading →

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Bibliothèque nationale – pictures of the renovated Richelieu building

Posted on February 22, 2017 by stuartelden

In my reports of my work on Foucault, I’ve often talked about the Richelieu building of the Bibliothèque nationale where I’ve been working on his archive. Initially this was in a temporary space, passing through portacabins and past a lot … Continue reading →

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Books received – Merleau-Ponty, Lecourt, Foucault, Canguilhem, Moore

Posted on February 22, 2017 by stuartelden

Some books picked up in Paris and London – mainly for the early Foucault work, but also Margaret Moore’s A Political Theory of Territory, just out from OUP.

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The Early Foucault update 4: Merleau-Ponty, Canguilhem, a week in the archive and a book contract…

Posted on February 21, 2017 by stuartelden

The past few weeks have felt like I am running a few different research careers in parallel, with ongoing things around Lefebvre, Shakespeare and the terrain work. This has meant dealing with publishers, grant bodies, and writing projects, as well … Continue reading →

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