Category Archives: Boundaries

Michael Byers, International Law and the Arctic

Posted on October 15, 2013 by stuartelden

I’ve just been sent a copy of Michael Byers, International Law and the Arctic by the author. I’ll be on a panel with Michael and others at the ArcticNet conference in December, in Halifax, so this is essential background reading.

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CFP AAG 2014 – Borders Beyond Securitization: Rethinking the Lines that Bind Us

Posted on October 10, 2013 by stuartelden

I’m not going to post many calls for AAG sessions, but this also looks very relevant to this blog’s concerns. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Tampa, April 8-11, 2014 CFP: Borders Beyond Securitization: Rethinking the Lines that … Continue reading →

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CFP – Asia on the move: unpacking cross-border mobilities

Posted on October 7, 2013 by stuartelden

Call for Papers: Inaugural Association of Asian Studies-in-ASIA Conference. July 17-19 2014. Singapore Session Title Asia on the move: unpacking cross-border mobilities Cross-border mobilities are proliferating in Asia. From Hong Kong to Shenzhen, from Beijing to Tokyo, the region now … Continue reading →

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Jeppe Strandsbjerg on Cartography and Territory in International Relations

Posted on October 2, 2013 by stuartelden

At the e-International Relations website.

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The New York Times redraws borders in the Arabian peninsula

Posted on September 30, 2013 by stuartelden

The New York Times (via The Afternoon Map).

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Syria: Mapping the conflict

Posted on September 6, 2013 by stuartelden

The BBC has a good, interactive image mapping the Syria conflict. It is “produced by the Syria Needs Analysis Project (SNAP), [and] is based on information from the US government compiled from media sources”.  

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Alexander Betts, Survival Migration

Posted on August 11, 2013 by stuartelden

Alexander Betts, Survival Migration: Failed Governance and the Crisis of Displacement is now out. International treaties, conventions, and organizations to protect refugees were established in the aftermath of World War II to protect people escaping targeted persecution by their own governments. However, … Continue reading →

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Mezzadra and Neilson, Border as Method

Posted on August 11, 2013 by stuartelden

Sandro Mezzadra and Brett Neilson’s Border as Method, or, The Multiplication of Labor is now out. The table of contents and introduction are available as pdf here. Thanks to Charles Heller for the link. Far from creating a borderless world, contemporary globalization has generated … Continue reading →

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African Geographical Review – Special Issue Call for Papers

Posted on August 11, 2013 by stuartelden

Posted on behalf of Kevin DeJesus: African Geographical Review – Special Issue Call for Papers Out of Place, Into Extremis:        Critical Geographic Perspectives on the State of Forced Migration in Africa Guest Editors: Kevin M. DeJesus, Rhode Island College and Daisuke Maruyama, Kyoto … Continue reading →

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Conference: Borders and Boundaries in an Age of Global Urbanization

Posted on July 30, 2013 by stuartelden

Originally posted on UTS Urban Forum:
Please have a look at the Annual Meeting of the Urban Affairs Association, San Antonio, TX, USA, March 19-22, 2014. Urban areas have grown at an unprecedented rate in the last decade. More of the…

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