Category Archives: Boundaries

Stuart Elden, “Visuality and Vocabulary in Political Geography”, Dialogues in Human Geography, review forum on Juliet Fall, Along the Line: Writing with Comics and Graphic Narrative in Geography, online first

Posted on January 7, 2026 by stuartelden

My contribution to a review forum on Juliet Fall’s remarkable books Bornées: Une histoire illustrée de la frontière (Mētis); Along the Line: Writing with Comics and Graphic Narrative in Geography (EPFL) has now been published online first in Dialogues in Human Geography Stuart Elden, … Continue reading →

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My favourite academic books of 2025

Posted on January 1, 2026 by stuartelden

A list of academic books I liked published in 2025, or late 2024, or in paperback this year. Many of the books I read this year were published years ago; some of the 2025 ones I’ve bought or have been … Continue reading →

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Books received – Leshem, Arviddson, Natter and Réfrégier, Pawelski

Posted on December 23, 2025 by stuartelden

Noam Leshem, Edges of Care: Living and Dying in No Man’s Land, the reedition of Stefan Arviddson, Aryan Idols: Indo-European Mythology As Ideology and Science, Henri Natter and Adam Réfrégier, Five Years Behind Hitler’s Barbed Wire:A Diary of French Officers … Continue reading →

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Gillian Mathys, Fractured Pasts in Lake Kivu’s Borderlands: Conflicts, Connections and Mobility in Central Africa – Cambridge University Press, July 2025

Posted on July 8, 2025 by stuartelden

Gillian Mathys, Fractured Pasts in Lake Kivu’s Borderlands: Conflicts, Connections and Mobility in Central Africa – Cambridge University Press, July 2025

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Books received – Quinn, Stonebridge, Harari, Donato, Anheim & Pasquali, Kojève, Jakobson, Wilson, Fall

Posted on June 11, 2025 by stuartelden

A pile of mostly recently bought books, including Josephine Quinn, How the World Made the West: A 4,000-Year History; Lyndsey Stonebridge, We are Free to Change the World: Hannah Arendt’s Lessons in Love and Disobedience; Etienne Anheim and Paul Pasquali, Bourdieu et Panofsky: … Continue reading →

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Juliet Fall, Along the Line: Writing with Comics and Graphic Narrative in Geography – EPFL Press, April 2025

Posted on March 22, 2025 by stuartelden

Juliet Fall, Along the Line: Writing with Comics and Graphic Narrative in Geography – EPFL Press, April 2025, distributed by University of Chicago Press I’ve mentioned the French version Bornées: Une histoire illustrée de la frontière before; but the English also … Continue reading →

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Noam Leshem, Edges of Care: Living and Dying in No Man’s Land – University of Chicago Press, January 2025 and New Books network discussion with Roberto Mazza

Posted on March 14, 2025 by stuartelden

Noam Leshem, Edges of Care: Living and Dying in No Man’s Land – University of Chicago Press, January 2025 I’ve shared news of the book before, but there is a New Books network discussion with Roberto Mazza – thanks to … Continue reading →

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Border Temporalities in and Beyond Europe – special issue of Borders in Globalization Review (open access)

Posted on January 20, 2025 by stuartelden

Border Temporalities in and Beyond Europe – special issue of Borders in Globalization Review (open access) Guest editors Johanna Jaschik, Machteld Venken, and Birte Wassenberg bring time into border studies with this new collection, Border Temporalities in and Beyond Europe, featuring 12 research … Continue reading →

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We Jung Yi, Worm-Time: Memories of Division in South Korean Aesthetics – Cornell University Press, December 2024

Posted on January 15, 2025 by stuartelden

We Jung Yi, Worm-Time: Memories of Division in South Korean Aesthetics – Cornell University Press, December 2024 Worm-Time challenges conventional narratives of the Cold War and its end, presenting an alternative cultural history based on evolving South Korean aesthetics about enduring … Continue reading →

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Noam Leshem, Edges of Care: Living and Dying in No Man’s Land – University of Chicago Press, January 2025

Posted on December 13, 2024 by stuartelden

Noam Leshem, Edges of Care: Living and Dying in No Man’s Land – University of Chicago Press, January 2025 A firsthand look at the lives of those who reside in no man’s land—the violence they endure and their immense resilience. “No man’s … Continue reading →

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