Category Archives: Terror and Territory

Contemporary Political Theory review of Terror and Territory

Posted on April 25, 2012 by stuartelden

Terror and territory: The spatial extent of sovereignty is reviewed by Jonathan Havercroft here. (It appears to require a subscription; though the journal has announced book reviews are now open access.) It is an overall positive review, though it is critical of … Continue reading →

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Secure the Volume – Kentucky video

Posted on April 17, 2012 by stuartelden

The video of my presentation at the University of Kentucky. [Update: the higher resolution version has replaced the earlier one] The slides are somewhat blurred and the audience questions quiet, but may be of interest.

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Technologies of Bordering – Yale audio

Posted on April 14, 2012 by stuartelden

The audio of my presentation at the Yale conference – nothing especially new for people who know my work on territory already; and especially this piece – but may be of interest to some. Apologies for the noise in a … Continue reading →

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Secure the Volume: Vertical Geopolitics and the Depth of Power

Posted on March 24, 2012 by stuartelden

For the past several days I’ve been writing – and almost as importantly, working with the images for – my lecture for Kentucky. At the moment it looks like it will cover… Area, Volume, Territory, Boundedness, the Volumetric, Political Technology, … Continue reading →

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Review of Terror and Territory

Posted on March 14, 2012 by stuartelden

Bit late noticing this one – nice review of Terror and Territory in The Canadian Geographer by Jeremy Kowalski (requires subscription). Interesting to see the take on the book proposed here, which is not how I would have put it, … Continue reading →

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Territory and Geopolitics

Posted on March 14, 2012 by stuartelden

Yesterday was the last lecture of new material on my level 3 module Territory and Geopolitics (handbook/reading list here). There is a revision lecture after the Easter break. Obviously it’s for those who took the class to say how it … Continue reading →

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Cambridge discussion audio

Posted on February 20, 2012 by stuartelden

The audio recording of the discussion on 16 February 2012 with Adam Ramadan is now available. Many thanks to Adam for asking the questions and John Mason and the Cambridge University Geographical Society for inviting me and organising the event. Apart from a … Continue reading →

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Discussion with Adam Ramadan, Cambridge, 16 February 2012

Posted on February 10, 2012 by stuartelden

The talk for the 16 February 2012, 7pm, at the Cambridge University Geographical Society will be in the form of a discussion with Adam Ramadan. We will be talking about my political work on territory in Terror and Territory; the more recent historical … Continue reading →

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Five free downloads

Posted on February 6, 2012 by stuartelden

I’ve uploaded the pdfs of these five papers. I’ll put another five up when I have the chance. This page has the complete list of all the things I know are available free online. Elden, S. Another sense of Demos: … Continue reading →

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Elden, Gregory, Sevilla-Buitrago in ACME

Posted on November 12, 2011 by stuartelden

ACME: An International E-Journal for Critical Geographies, Vol 10 No 2 is now available. It includes the English version of a discussion between me, Derek Gregory and Álvaro Sevilla-Buitrago that was originally published earlier this year in a Spanish translation: … Continue reading →

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