Category Archives: Books

Shakespeare, Politics, Territory – a talk for prospective Warwick students

Posted on October 23, 2013 by stuartelden

On 21st October I gave a short talk to prospective students at the University of Warwick. These were students between the ages of 15 and 18. The topic, which was suggested for me, was ‘Shakespeare, Politics, Territory’. It’s pitched at … Continue reading →

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Ian Gregory talk at Warwick – reflections on GIS and historical and literary texts

Posted on October 23, 2013 by stuartelden

Earlier this week I attended a talk by Ian Gregory of the University of Lancaster, on the way GIS and the digital humanities more generally can be useful in reading historical and literary texts. Gregory has a background in Geography … Continue reading →

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Books received

Posted on October 21, 2013 by stuartelden

Mainly in recompense for review work – Matthew Farish, The Contours of America’s Cold War; Braun & Whatmore, Political Matter; Sampson, Virality; Goldberg, Tempest in the Caribbean; Rutherford, Governing the Wild; Reece Jones, Border Walls and the latest issue of … Continue reading →

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Interview with Biblioklept’s Edwin Turner

Posted on October 19, 2013 by stuartelden

Edwin Turner, who runs the excellent and ever-fascinating Biblioklept blog, is interviewed about blogging by WordPress.

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the Birth of Territory in 750 words

Posted on October 18, 2013 by stuartelden

Well, not quite, but a short interview at Exploring Geopolitics. Thanks to Leonhardt van Efferink for the invitation to do this.

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The Birth of Territory in 34 minutes

Posted on October 17, 2013 by stuartelden

At the book launch for The Birth of Territory yesterday I introduced the book in just over thirty minutes. The audio recording is available here.

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The Birth of Territory book launch – today

Posted on October 16, 2013 by stuartelden

Later today I’ll be giving a brief talk about my book The Birth of Territory as part of a book launch in the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick.

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Pedagogies of Disaster

Posted on October 9, 2013 by stuartelden

Newly published by Punctum books, Pedagogies of Disaster – authored by The Department of Eagles, edited by Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei, Adam Staley Groves, Nico Jenkins. We live in an era where the university system is undergoing great changes owing to developments … Continue reading →

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Madeleine Fagan – Ethics and Politics after Poststructuralism Levinas, Derrida and Nancy

Posted on October 9, 2013 by stuartelden

My Warwick colleague Madeleine Fagan’s book Ethics and Politics after Poststructuralism: Levinas, Derrida and Nancy has now been released by Edinburgh University Press. This groundbreaking book offers a fresh and innovative perspective on ethics and politics after poststructuralism. Madeleine Fagan argues … Continue reading →

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Two days in Zurich

Posted on October 9, 2013 by stuartelden

Just back from two very nice days in Zurich. Yesterday I gave a lecture entitled ‘Earth: Re-grounding Geopolitics’, and today there was a seminar on my work – particularly ‘Land, Terrain, Territory’ and ‘How should we do the history of … Continue reading →

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