Category Archives: The Birth of Territory

The Birth of Territory introduction

Posted on February 7, 2011 by stuartelden

I don’t like writing introductions, and The Birth of Territory was definitely no exception. I’d been struggling with working out how to shape this, but now have what I think is a good working version. One of the things I … Continue reading →

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The Birth of Territory page

Posted on February 5, 2011 by stuartelden

The Birth of Territory book project now has a separate page, in the bar above, or here. There’s an updated table of contents; links to the posts I wrote while redrafting the chapters; links to video and audio; and the … Continue reading →

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Talks in Sydney, Canberra, London, Cambridge

Posted on February 5, 2011 by stuartelden

I’ve agreed to give a few more talks. On March 11th, the day after I speak at the Centre for Cultural Research at the University of Western Sydney, I will head across town to the Law Faculty at University of New … Continue reading →

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Nijmegen lecture

Posted on February 1, 2011 by stuartelden

The lecture I gave in Nijmegen in September last year is now available on video here. You can find my own reflections on how the lecture went here. You can find the other lectures in the series here.

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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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Bartolus consilia found

Posted on January 13, 2011 by stuartelden

A week ago I discussed the last few references I’ve been trying to find for The Birth of Territory. I’m back at the British Library today, and thought I would just check one more time. And I found the Bartolus … Continue reading →

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Die Entstehung des Territorium

Posted on January 12, 2011 by stuartelden

The text of my Erlangen lecture ‘The Emergence of Territory’ has now been translated into German and is available as a working paper here. My sincere thanks to Henning Füller, Georg Glasz and their colleagues for this work. It must … Continue reading →

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Triptych, not a Trilogy

Posted on January 7, 2011 by stuartelden

On one the interesting things in the Wu Ming interview comes in the third section of the audio, where they describe their Manituana book as the first in a triptych, not a trilogy. The second is on the French Revolution. … Continue reading →

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Four out of six

Posted on January 4, 2011 by stuartelden

I should have noted in the earlier message that these were not just any six references, but included three or four of the most problematic in the book, which I’d not left to last through choice or neglect, but because … Continue reading →

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British Library references

Posted on January 4, 2011 by stuartelden

Back in one of my favourite places – the British Library rare books room. I’m spending a day here trying to wrap up the final few references to things I can’t easily get in other libraries. The references are to … Continue reading →

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