Category Archives: Books

The challenge of saying ‘no’ to academic requests

Posted on October 5, 2015 by stuartelden

Last year Rob Kitchin had a short post on his blog ‘The View from the Blue House’: Over the past couple of years I’ve been getting more and more invites to do work that extends beyond my usual day to day … Continue reading →

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Foucault: The Birth of Power Update 4 – collaborative work and a complete draft of Chapter One on the Lectures on the Will to Know and related materials

Posted on October 2, 2015 by stuartelden

Since the last update, I’ve been working on various aspects of this project. The first was a return to some of Foucault’s collaborative projects around CERFI. Quite late in the drafting of Foucault’s Last Decade I removed most of the … Continue reading →

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‘Before the Punitive Society: The Inquiry of Théories et institutions pénales’ – audio recording of talk to Time Served: Discipline and Punish Forty Years On conference

Posted on September 24, 2015 by stuartelden

I recently gave the opening plenary lecture to the ‘Time Served: Discipline and Punish Forty Years On‘ conference, organised by Sophie Fuggle and held at the Galleries of Justice in Nottingham. My talk was entitled “Before the Punitive Society: The Inquiry of Théories et institutions … Continue reading →

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‘The Territories and Majesty of King John’ – talk to University of Warwick’s ‘Sidelights on Shakespeare’ seminar series, 3 November 2015

Posted on September 21, 2015 by stuartelden

I’ll be giving a talk to University of Warwick’s ‘Sidelights on Shakespeare‘ seminar series, 3 November 2015, 4pm [Update: and also at UCL on 23 November 2015, 6pm, Common Ground (room in South Wing of Wilkins building), Institute of Advanced Study, University College … Continue reading →

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Foucault: The Birth of Power Update 3 – Théories et institutions pénales and activist work on health and asylums

Posted on September 17, 2015 by stuartelden

Since the last update, I’ve been working on two aspects of this project. The first was on the 1971-72 course Théories et institutions pénales, for Chapter Two. There are two main parts of the course, on the Nu-Pieds revolts of … Continue reading →

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The Birth of Territory reviewed in Politička misao by Višeslav Raos (in Croatian)

Posted on September 15, 2015 by stuartelden

The Birth of Territory has been reviewed in Politička misao by Višeslav Raos (in Croatian). The review is open access, and is the second review in a Croatian journal (see also the one in Croatian International Relations Review by Daniel Šaric – also open … Continue reading →

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Talk on Foucault’s collaborative projects, 10 November at the LSE

Posted on September 14, 2015 by stuartelden

I’ve just agreed to give a talk on Foucault’s collaborative projects in November at the LSE. This is part of the seminar series on ‘Cities, Space & Development’, so I’ll talk about the work on urban infrastructure, hospitals and public health, … Continue reading →

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Time Served: Discipline and Punish Forty Years On – a few thoughts after the Nottingham conference

Posted on September 14, 2015 by stuartelden

On Friday I gave the opening plenary lecture to the ‘Time Served: Discipline and Punish Forty Years On‘ conference, organised by Sophie Fuggle and held at the Galleries of Justice in Nottingham. The room we were in for much of the event was … Continue reading →

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Preparing for the ‘Time Served: Discipline and Punish Forty Years On’ conference

Posted on September 10, 2015 by stuartelden

Tomorrow I’ll be giving the opening plenary lecture to the ‘Time Served: Discipline and Punish Forty Years On‘ conference, organised by Sophie Fuggle and held at the Galleries of Justice in Nottingham. My talk is entitled “Before the Punitive Society: The Inquiry … Continue reading →

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Boris Porchnev/Porshnev on feudalism – were any of his works translated from Russian?

Posted on September 7, 2015 by stuartelden

I mentioned Boris Porchnev/Porshnev in a previous post today, looking at the two editions of his work on peasant uprisings in seventeenth century France. Foucault uses his work in his reading of the Nu-Pieds revolts in Théories et institutions pénales. In Claude-Oliver … Continue reading →

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