Category Archives: Books

Workshop at UNSW on The Birth of Territory and ‘Geopolitics, Geopower, Geometrics’

Posted on March 11, 2015 by stuartelden

My public lecture “Territory from Shakespeare to Geo-politics” at University of New South Wales earlier this week was recorded by ABC Radio ‘Big Ideas‘, and I’ll hopefully be able to post the link soon. Paul Patton gave a very generous introduction … Continue reading →

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Lisa Smirl – Spaces of Aid: How Cars, Compounds and Hotels Shape Humanitarianism

Posted on March 11, 2015 by stuartelden

Lisa Smirl – Spaces of Aid: How Cars, Compounds and Hotels Shape Humanitarianism. Aid workers commonly bemoan that the spaces and experiences of working in ‘the field’ often sit uneasily with the goals they’ve signed up to: from visiting project … Continue reading →

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Rank Hypocrisies: the Insult of the REF by Derek Sayer – reviewed by Ron Johnston

Posted on March 9, 2015 by stuartelden

Rank Hypocrisies: the Insult of the REF by Derek Sayer – reviewed by Ron Johnston at Impact of Social Sciences.

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University of New South Wales – lecture and workshop this week

Posted on March 9, 2015 by stuartelden

10 March 2015, 4pm, “Territory from Shakespeare to Geo-politics”, Public Lecture, School of Humanities and Languages, John Goodsell 221/223, University of New South Wales –website; poster; abstract  In this talk I’ll be returning to the Shakespeare project for the first time in … Continue reading →

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Umberto Eco – How to Write a Thesis (MIT Press)

Posted on March 7, 2015 by stuartelden

Umberto Eco’s 1977 book How to Write a Thesis now out in translation from MIT Press. By the time Umberto Eco published his best-selling novel The Name of the Rose, he was one of Italy’s most celebrated intellectuals, a distinguished academic and … Continue reading →

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Steve Mentz, Shipwreck Modernity – forthcoming from University of Minnesota Press

Posted on March 7, 2015 by stuartelden

Steve Mentz’s Shipwreck Modernity: Ecologies of Globalization 1560-1719 is forthcoming from University of Minnesota Press. He’s posted the cover and table of contents at his blog – looking forward to this.

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The Uncollected Foucault – some updates to the list with links

Posted on March 3, 2015 by stuartelden

Foucault – uncollected notes, lectures and interviews – further updates to the list. This includes pieces which didn’t make it into Dits et écrits, but which are available in some form. I’ve provided links where I can, including some to files which are … Continue reading →

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Kate Sammler at Contrivers’ Review on The Birth of Territory

Posted on March 2, 2015 by stuartelden

Kate Sammler at Contrivers’ Review on The Birth of Territory. A broadly positive review though there are complaints about too many “details and tangential political thoughts” and ends with the suggestion that “derivative” and “distilled” summaries might be needed to reach a … Continue reading →

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Talks at University of New South Wales on Territory, Shakespeare and Geopolitics in March

Posted on February 27, 2015 by stuartelden

I’ll be back in Sydney in a couple of weeks for two events. Please note the date of the second has changed. 10 March 2015, 4pm, “Territory from Shakespeare to Geo-politics”, School of Humanities and Languages, John Goodsell 221/223, University … Continue reading →

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‘Foucault’s Third Course on Governmentality’ – audio recording of University of Sydney lecture

Posted on February 27, 2015 by stuartelden

The audio recording of my lecture “Foucault’s Third Course on Governmentality”, at Department of Political Economy/Centre for International Security Studies (CISS), University of Sydney is available here. Thanks to Adam David Morton and his colleagues for the invitation and hosting this, and … Continue reading →

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