Category Archives: Books

Complete audio recordings of the Early Modern Literary Geographies conference

Posted on October 26, 2016 by stuartelden

The complete audio recordings of the  Early Modern Literary Geographies conference are now  available on Soundcloud and iTunes. They include a better recording of my talk on ‘Denmark, Norway, Poland: Regional Geopolitics in Hamlet‘, and talks by Tiffany Stern, Andrew McRae, Julia Reinhard Lupton, Mary Floyd-Wilson and … Continue reading →

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Early Modern Literary Geographies – call for book proposals for Oxford University Press series

Posted on October 20, 2016 by stuartelden

The conference I attended in California last weekend was linked to a book series with Oxford University Press. I’ve shared details of this before, but it was a while ago, and the first volume is now published, so here is … Continue reading →

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Foucault and Shakespeare: The Theatre of Madness

Posted on October 18, 2016 by stuartelden

My paper ‘Foucault and Shakespeare: Ceremony, Theatre, Politics’ should appear in The Southern Journal of Philosophy in late 2017, in the Spindel conference supplement. I’ve recently agreed to write a second piece developing out of this work: Foucault and Shakespeare: The Theatre … Continue reading →

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Early Modern Literary Geographies conference – audio recording of my Hamlet talk

Posted on October 17, 2016 by stuartelden

I’ve just got home from California after a couple of fascinating days at the Early Modern Literary Geographies conference. This was held in the Huntington Library in San Marino, a superb venue set in glorious grounds. The conference was very useful for … Continue reading →

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A new term at Warwick – teaching but also some research

Posted on October 7, 2016 by stuartelden

On Monday a new term at Warwick began. My teaching is blocked into term 1, and most of it is in the first few weeks, so this is a busy time. I’m also heading to California next week for the … Continue reading →

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Alistair Fraser on ‘Writing a book’

Posted on September 30, 2016 by stuartelden

At the Maynooth Geography blog, Alistair Fraser reflects on ‘Writing a book‘. He’s just published Global Foodscapes: Oppression and resistance in the life of food, which looks interesting, but the reflections and advice are general and should be useful to many people embarking on … Continue reading →

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Interview about Foucault’s Last Decade on New Books in Critical Theory (audio)

Posted on September 22, 2016 by stuartelden

A few weeks ago I was interviewed by Dave O’Brien of Goldsmiths about Foucault’s Last Decade for the New Books in Critical Theory series. The recording is now available as a podcast: Download (Duration: 47:54 — 21.9MB) or to stream … Continue reading →

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Foucault and Shakespeare, Terrain and forthcoming talks

Posted on September 15, 2016 by stuartelden

I’ve been fairly quiet on this blog recently. That isn’t to say I haven’t been busy – mainly on the Shakespeare project. (More on this project can be found here). Unlike the work for the Foucault books, I haven’t felt … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare productions in London and Stratford (late 2016-early 2017)

Posted on September 2, 2016 by stuartelden

An updated list of some of the productions I’m looking forward to seeing over the next few months… The Two Noble Kinsmen at the RSC. Cymbeline ‘reclaimed and renamed’ as Imogen at the Globe King Lear – Antony Sher at the RSC and Glenda Jackson … Continue reading →

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Foucault: The Birth of Power cover and description (forthcoming early 2017)

Posted on September 1, 2016 by stuartelden

Here is the cover for Foucault: The Birth of Power. The book is forthcoming in early 2017 with Polity, and the design fits with Foucault’s Last Decade which came out earlier this year. There is a lot about Foucault’s political activism in … Continue reading →

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