Category Archives: Books

Posted on January 18, 2013 by stuartelden

Originally posted on AntipodeFoundation.org:
Following a post earlier this week about Gramsci: Space, Nature, Politics – one of the latest titles in the Antipode Book Series – here we’ve a new ‘mission statement’, and invitation, from Book Series editors…

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Speculative Medievalisms e-book

Posted on January 18, 2013 by stuartelden

The Speculative Medievalisms books is now available to for free download or to buy in print. If you do download, consider leaving a donation – free access does not mean no cost to produce. I was at one of the … Continue reading →

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Shakespearean Colonial Territories – audio and maps

Posted on January 17, 2013 by stuartelden

The audio recording of my talk to the Sociology Department at the University of York is available here. In the talk I discuss two maps – one from Ortelius’s Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (1570) of the Roman Empire: And this example … Continue reading →

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Sociology at York – Sociology and Space seminar series

Posted on January 15, 2013 by stuartelden

On Wednesday I’m going down to York to speak to the Sociology department – their blog has details of the whole term’s seminar programme, all on the theme of ‘Sociology and Space’. It’s a really interesting programme, with people from Geography, … Continue reading →

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Books received

Posted on January 8, 2013 by stuartelden

Not many academic books arrived over the Christmas break, except a new Sloterdijk translation; Mick Dillon’s collection Deconstructing International Politics and Christian Parenti’s Tropic of Chaos, along with a handful of journals.

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Politicised Literary Geographies audio recordings

Posted on January 7, 2013 by stuartelden

The audio recordings of the talks at the Durham workshop on Politicised Literary Geographies are available here. Following a brief introduction, there are talks by James Kneale, Carolyn Pedwell, Angharad Closs Stephens and me. my talk is on the Shakespearean … Continue reading →

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Sovereignty, Territorial Integrity and the Falklands/Las Malvinas

Posted on January 3, 2013 by stuartelden

Today’s Argentine letter on the Falkland/Las Malvinas islands makes for interesting reading. Buenos Aires, January 3rd, 2013 Mr Prime Minister David Cameron, One hundred and eighty years ago on the same date, January 3rd, in a blatant exercise of 19th-century … Continue reading →

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More novels read in 2012

Posted on December 24, 2012 by stuartelden

At the end of June I posted a list of the novels I’d read so far in 2012. Here are those I read between July and today the end of the year- not all are novels, as there are a few books about … Continue reading →

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Posted on December 23, 2012 by stuartelden

Joshua J. Kurz discusses my 2009 book Terror and Territory at his blog Being-in-Exodus.

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Cohen against $100 books

Posted on December 21, 2012 by stuartelden

Jeffrey Cohen rails against $100 books at In the Middle. I’ve noticed this price hike going on too, for print on demand books that have sold out in their first pressing.

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