Category Archives: Books

Global Discourse book award symposium on The Birth of Territory

Posted on November 16, 2015 by stuartelden

I’ve previously linked to the two reviews in the Global Discourse book award symposium on The Birth of Territory, by Jordan Branch and Jeppe Strandsbjerg. My response is now online. It requires subscription, but a preprint is here.

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Foucault: the Birth of Power Update 6 – working on The Punitive Society, drafting Chapter Three, work on Chapter Six and giving some talks

Posted on November 16, 2015 by stuartelden

The bulk of the recent work has been on Chapter Three. This is mainly a discussion of The Punitive Society, along with related materials. The chapter is based on a long review essay I wrote on the French original for Historical Materialism … Continue reading →

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Audio recordings of recent talks on Foucault – on Foucault, Porshnev and the Revolt of the Nu-Pieds, and Foucault’s Collaborative Projects

Posted on November 12, 2015 by stuartelden

Audio recordings of two recent talks on Foucault, both of which draw on material from the manuscript of Foucault: The Birth of Power, with a little from Foucault’s Last Decade in the second talk. Foucault, Porshnev and the Revolt of the Nu-Pieds, Historical … Continue reading →

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What would Shakespeare do about Europe’s migrants?

Posted on November 12, 2015 by stuartelden

“What would Shakespeare do about Europe’s migrants?” in The Economist. FOR months Sir Ian McKellen has been treating various audiences (including Marc Maron, a comedian and podcast host, and the Savannah Film Festival) to a monologue from a minor Elizabethan play entitled “Sir Thomas More”. … Continue reading →

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The Birth of Territory reviewed in The Journal of Territorial and Maritime Studies by Whanyung Kim

Posted on November 11, 2015 by stuartelden

There is a a review essay on The Birth of Territory in The Journal of Territorial and Maritime Studies by Whanyung Kim. This a journal of the Northeast Asian History Network, but the review is in English and is open access … Continue reading →

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Foucault’s Collaborative Projects – seminar at LSE, November 10th, 4.30pm

Posted on November 9, 2015 by stuartelden

Tomorrow I will be giving a talk entitled “Foucault’s Collaborative Projects: Hospitals, Habitat, and Public Infrastructure” to the Cities, Space and Development seminar series of the Department of Geography & Environment, at the London School of Economics at 4.30pm. It will be held in … Continue reading →

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Foucault’s Last Decade cover

Posted on November 9, 2015 by stuartelden

I’ve been waiting to share the cover of Foucault’s Last Decade until the Polity Press webpage was complete, but it is now up on Amazon, so here it is. It will form a pair with Foucault: The Birth of Power – this book … Continue reading →

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Everything you always wanted to know about territory, but were afraid to ask Shakespeare – talk to Cambridge University Geographical Society, 25 November 2015

Posted on November 6, 2015 by stuartelden

I’ll be giving the talk I gave at Warwick on Shakespeare’s King John again on the 23rd November at UCL at 6pm (abstract and details here). Then two days later I’ll be giving a talk to the Cambridge University Geography Society, at … Continue reading →

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Journal of Historical Geography review forum on The Birth of Territory published (Legg, Heffernan, McDonagh, Cohen, Sassen, Elden)

Posted on November 6, 2015 by stuartelden

The review forum on The Birth of Territory in Journal of Historical Geography is now published. Reviews by Stephen Legg, Michael Heffernan, Briony McDonagh, Jeffrey Jerome Cohen and Saskia Sassen, and a response by me. The full article requires subscription, but there is a preprint … Continue reading →

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‘The Territories and Majesty of Shakespeare’s King John’ – talks at Warwick 3 November and UCL 23 November

Posted on November 2, 2015 by stuartelden

I’ll be giving a talk with the title of ‘The Territories and Majesty of Shakespeare’s King John’ twice over the next couple of weeks. This lecture will discuss Shakespeare’s play King John around two themes – the question of majesty and … Continue reading →

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