Category Archives: Terror and Territory

‘Assessing Ten Years of the War on Terror’

Posted on July 5, 2011 by stuartelden

I’ve just agreed to be one of the speakers at an event entitled ‘Assessing Ten Years of the War on Terror”, organised by the Tyneside Stop-the-War Coalition and the Newcastle University Place/Space/Politics research cluster. Of course, one of the themes … Continue reading →

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Terror and Territory Review Symposium

Posted on July 4, 2011 by stuartelden

The latest issue of the new journal Dialogues in Human Geography has a review symposium on my Terror and Territory. It comprises the papers initially given at an ‘Author meets Critics’ session at the Association of American Geographers conference in Washington, … Continue reading →

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theory@buffalo theme issue on Territory and reviews of Terror and Territory

Posted on June 29, 2011 by stuartelden

The journal theory@buffalo has a new issue on ‘Territories of Thought’. Interesting mix of papers on the theme, including papers on Heidegger, Plato and the animal. It includes a very careful and generous review essay of my Terror and Territory by Guy Witzel. The … Continue reading →

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RGS awards ceremony

Posted on June 8, 2011 by stuartelden

Monday evening was spent at the Royal Geographical Society, for the awards ceremony. The official list and photos are here. Susan, my Mum and my brother Ian were able to join me, which was great. The RGS hosted a very good … Continue reading →

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Roundup

Posted on May 22, 2011 by stuartelden

Back home in York. Lots to catch up on. Graham Harman’s review of Jane Bennett’s Vibrant Matter is in the new issue of New Formations (via Graham’s blog). Doesn’t seem to be available online. Visual/Method/Culture is a new blog from … Continue reading →

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Territory: Conceptual, Political, Historical

Posted on May 10, 2011 by stuartelden

I’ll be giving a talk at the Hong Kong Baptist University on 18th May. Because the audience will be mixed between faculty and students, I’ve been asked to be more general and so this will give me a chance to … Continue reading →

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Agnew, Elden, Nelson review essay

Posted on March 28, 2011 by stuartelden

In the International Studies Review, a thoughtful review essay by Thomas J. Rubeck of John Agnew’s Globalization and Sovereignty; my Terror and Territory; and Scott Nelson’s Sovereignty and the Limits of the Liberal Imagination. A few excerpts on Terror and … Continue reading →

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Territory and Geopolitics discussion

Posted on February 18, 2011 by stuartelden

Interesting discussion session with Matt Sparke in Singapore yesterday. We discussed chapter 5 from Matt’s 2005 book In the Space of Theory, the intro to my Terror and Territory, and the ‘Land, Terrain, Territory’ piece. Henry Yeung was as ever a … Continue reading →

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The Space of the World 2009

Posted on February 16, 2011 by stuartelden

Here’s the initial project proposal I wrote in 2009 for the work I’m now beginning to think about more seriously. Globalisation remains a significant research topic across the social sciences and humanities. Yet despite attention within geography, a coherent analysis … Continue reading →

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End of the Leverhulme fellowship

Posted on January 31, 2011 by stuartelden

Today is the last day of my Leverhulme major research fellowship. As of tomorrow I am on research leave. The Leverhulme award was to work on the history of the concept of territory project. I’d already been working on that … Continue reading →

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