Category Archives: Boundaries

Jerusalem light rail

On Sunday I took a couple of hours to explore the fairly new Jerusalem light rail. It opened in late 2011 and when I was last here in 2009 it was still under construction. I’m staying near Damascus Gate, and … Continue reading →

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back in Jerusalem

I’m back in Jerusalem, staying in the historic Jerusalem hotel in the east of the city, only a few minutes walk from Damascus gate. This is the first time I’ve been back since 2009. The reason I’m here is that … Continue reading →

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Thinking Memory Through Space – conference in London

Conference in July in London – full details here.

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1000 years of European and Middle Eastern borders

If you can get past the idea that previous political geographical arrangements had strict borders and marked out territories, on a modern model; and some of the historical errors; this is an interesting animation of 1000 years of history and geography. via … Continue reading →

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Animating Geopolitics – cfp for ISA panel in Toronto 2014

Please send inquiries/abstracts of no more than 250 words to Vicki Squire V.J.Squire@warwick.ac.uk and/or Juanita Sundberg juanita.sundberg@ubc.ca by May 20, 2013. This panel aims to animate the spatial dimensions of geopolitics by focusing on the materiality of diverse bordering practices. The theme of animating geopolitics reflects recent … Continue reading →

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BIMKOM – Planners for Planning Rights new website

A new website by a really important NGO in Israel who have done a lot of work for Palestinian and Bedouin groups. BIMKOM – Planners for Planning Rights is an Israeli non-profit organization formed in 1999 by a group of … Continue reading →

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International Political Sociology virtual theme issue on Territorialities, Spaces, Geographies

International Political Sociology has just put together an open access virtual theme issue on Territorialities, Spaces, Geographies – including papers by Nisha Shah, John Agnew, Neil Brenner and me, and Nick Vaughan-Williams: This special issue presents a selection of work at … Continue reading →

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A Latin Empire versus German Hegemony? Agamben on contemporary Europe

A provocative piece by Giorgio Agamben, drawing on a 1945 essay by Alexandre Kojève. Thanks to Elliott Jarbe and Sebastian Budgen for the link.

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US drone war in Pakistan infographic

At his ever interesting Informed Comment, Juan Cole discusses the new project Out of Sight, Out of Mind. The project, Out of Sight, Out of Mind, aims to capture the scale and human cost of the drone war in Pakistan … Continue reading →

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Two PhD studentships on ‘Political Spaces’ at Warwick

As part of my move to Warwick, two PhD studentships are available to work with me and colleagues in the broad area of Political Spaces. Closing date is end of May 2013. Full details here, but below are the headlines … Continue reading →

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