Category Archives: Terror and Territory

Longer Times, Wider Geographies text

I previously posted the audio recording of my comments to the Tyneside Stop the War coalition meeting. The whole event was recorded by the organisers, and you can find that here. The text of my talk is now available here. … Continue reading

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‘Land, Terrain, Territory’ in Hebrew

My ‘Land, Terrain, Territory’ paper is coming out in Hebrew translation. It will be in issue 4 of  Mafte’akh: Lexical Review of Political Thought  – a project based out of the Minerva Humanities Center at Tel Aviv University. It will appear under a … Continue reading

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Longer Times, Wider Geographies

I’ve uploaded an audio recording of my comments to the meeting last night of the Tyneside Stop the War coalition meeting. The meeting was held to mark ten years since the war on Afghanistan started. The first speaker Lindsey German, of Stop … Continue reading

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The Killing of Anwar al-Awlaki

It has been the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki that has made the headlines, though it appears that among the others killed were two other US targets (report here). Among the reactions worth reading are Juan Cole, the Disorder of Things … Continue reading

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Afghanistan and the War on Terror – Ten Years On

Wednesday 5th October – public meeting Afghanistan and the War on Terror – Ten Years On 7pm, Herschel Building, Lecture Theatre 1 Newcastle University, UK SPEAKERS Lindsey German – National Convenor of Stop the War Coalition since 2001, co-author of … Continue reading

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Tyneside Stop the War events

From the Tyneside Stop the War coalition: The tenth anniversary of the invasion of Afghanistan on October 6th 2001 is fast approaching… …and Tyneside Stop the War is organising/supporting two events in early October 1. Wednesday 5th October – public … Continue reading

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“Sovereignty, Territory and the Imperium” – review essay by Karena Shaw

An interesting review essay of John Agnew’s Globalization and Sovereignty; my Terror and Territory, and Ronnie D. Lipschutz’s The Constitution of Imperium has just appeared in Geopolitics (subscription required). Written by Karena Shaw of the School of Environmental Studies at the … Continue reading

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RGS-IBG Medals and Awards ceremony proceedings published

Michael Palin’s introduction, individual commendations and the speeches in response are now available, open access, here. Palin, M., Earle, S., Livingstone, D, Elden, S., Lowe, J. and Owen, L. Honouring geographers and contemporary exploration: from the archive to the ocean … Continue reading

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‘Boffin’

I mentioned Durham University’s press release on the Murchison award I received for Terror and Territory a few days ago. It’s been picked up by a couple of local newspapers from Newcastle. Both pretty much reprint the press release, but … Continue reading

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Durham news item on Murchison award

Durham University have posted a news item on the Murchison award I recently won, including a photo of me receiving the award from Michael Palin, here.

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