Category Archives: Books

‘How should we do the history of territory?’ – online

Posted on January 25, 2013 by stuartelden

My paper ‘How should we do the history of territory?’ is now online – forthcoming in the inaugural issue of the RSA journal Territory, Politics, Governance. The journal requires subscription, so if you can’t easily get hold of it, please … Continue reading →

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A history of the concept of distance?

Posted on January 24, 2013 by stuartelden

At Open Geography, Jeremy Crampton reports a conversation: A colleague recently asked me if geographers have written anything on the history of distance as a concept, especially since the Medieval period and the early modern. (He had in mind Elden’s … Continue reading →

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The Birth of Territory – draft blurb

Posted on January 21, 2013 by stuartelden

The Birth of Territory is inching its way towards publication. The proofs are due within a month, and the index needs to be compiled. I’ve just sent in the ‘author questionnaire’, which marketing will use as a basis for their … Continue reading →

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New Geographies 4: Scales of the Earth reviewed

Posted on January 18, 2013 by stuartelden

Issue 4 of Harvard GSD journal New Geographies was on the theme of ‘Scales of the Earth’. You can read a review of it here. New Geographies, 4: Scales of the Earth, edited by El Hadi Jazairy, centers on the … Continue reading →

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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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