Category Archives: Books

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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The Barbican’s production of Hamlet, with Benedict Cumberbatch

Posted on September 7, 2015 by stuartelden

Last Friday I went to see the Barbican’s production of Hamlet, directed by Lyndsey Turner, and starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Ciarán Hinds, Anastasia Hille, and Siân Brooke. Tickets sold out very quickly, but occasionally returns become available and a bit of … Continue reading →

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‘Foucault, Porshnev and the Revolt of the Nu-pieds’, Historical Materialism conference, London, 5-8 November 2015

Posted on September 2, 2015 by stuartelden

I’ll be speaking about ‘Foucault, Porshnev and the Revolt of the Nu-pieds’, at the Historical Materialism conference, to be held in London between 5-8 November 2015. Here’s the abstract: In his recently published lecture course from 1971-72, Théories et institutions pénales, Michel … Continue reading →

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My sabbatical rules for writing

Posted on September 1, 2015 by stuartelden

I’m hoping to complete the manuscript for Foucault: The Birth of Power over the next 12 months – a sabbatical year and summer. I’ll be based in London most of the time. I’m also hoping to make considerable progress on the … Continue reading →

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Foucault: The Birth of Power Update 2 – work on early period at the Collège de France and another visit to the Bibliothèque Nationale

Posted on August 27, 2015 by stuartelden

Foucault’s Last Decade is now being copy-edited, with a view to proofs in the autumn and hopefully publication in April. I worked with the same copy-editor for Sloterdijk Now. It’s always good to hear that the text I submitted is seen … Continue reading →

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Early Modern Literary Geographies – call for book proposals for Oxford University Press series, and the first volume

Posted on August 23, 2015 by stuartelden

EARLY MODERN LITERARY GEOGRAPHIES Oxford University Press Series Editors: JULIE SANDERS, Newcastle University and GARRETT A. SULLIVAN, JR., Pennsylvania State University Early Modern Literary Geographies features innovative research monographs and agenda-setting essay collections that engage with the topics of space, … Continue reading →

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Foucault’s posthumous publications – review in Inside Higher Education, and some corrections

Posted on August 17, 2015 by stuartelden

Two volumes of Foucault’s posthumous publications are reviewed in Inside Higher Education by Scott McLemee. The review looks at Speech Begins After Death and  Language, Madness and Desire, both published by University of Minnesota Press. The review doesn’t say very much at all about … Continue reading →

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Feature on Terror and Territory (interview, review and profile) in Iran’s Shargh Daily

Posted on August 17, 2015 by stuartelden

There is a full-page feature on my 2009 book Terror and Territory in Iran’s Shargh Daily newspaper. It was put together by Sahand Sattari, and includes a translation of an interview with Exploring Geopolitics, a review of the book, and a short profile of my background, publications and current … Continue reading →

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Audio recording of talk on terrain and territory from AAG 2015

Posted on August 15, 2015 by stuartelden

The audio recording of my 22 April 2015 AAG talk on ‘The Geophysics of Territory’ is available here (18 minutes). This was in sessions co-organised with Gastón Gordillo; Derek Gregory and Setha Low acted as discussants. The talk ranges across quite … Continue reading →

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