Category Archives: Conferences

David Harvey and Andy Merrifield, London, 3 April 2014 – sold out

“Contradictions of capitalism and the new urban question” – David Harvey and Andy Merrifield in conversation, Birkbeck, London, 3 April 2014. More details here. Unfortunately the website now says that there are no tickets available.

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The Birth of Territory – audio recording of lecture at RMIT

The audio recording of my lecture on The Birth of Territory in February at RMIT is available here. I gave a version of the same talk at Monash University the day before but didn’t manage to record it. I say … Continue reading

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Transnational Affects conference at Queen Mary, May 2014

Transnational Affects – Queen Mary, University of London, Wednesday 21st May 2014, 9:30-18:00 Mile End campus, Arts One building, Arts Lecture Theatre An AHRC International Symposium co-hosted by the Centre for the History of Emotions, Queen Mary, University of London and the Gender … Continue reading

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Speaking styles and speaking spaces

Having given four talks over the past two weeks – two on The Birth of Territory and two on the Foucault’s Last Decade project – I thought I’d write a little about the different spaces I spoke in, and how these change … Continue reading

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Monash seminar on the City 2014

Announcing an exciting new series of seminars and discussions designed to share, stretch and challenge our thinking about cities and urbanisation!  It is the result of a genuine cross-Faculty initiative to stimulate discussion of all things urban.  The seminar takes … Continue reading

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George Marcus lecture in Melbourne, 21 March 2014

Public lecture – “The Relevance of Ethnographic Inquiry Today: Is It Still Small?, Beautiful?, Critical?, Possible?” by Professor George Marcus, University of California, Irvine – Friday, March 21, 2014 – 16:00–18:00, State Library of Victoria Full details here.

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Foucault talks next week in Melbourne – and thanks for this week

Many thanks to everyone who came to the two talks this week on The Birth of Territory at Monash and RMIT. There were good audiences for both and some interesting questions. I recorded the RMIT talk and will try to upload … Continue reading

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CFP: EASA conference – Encountering Australia: Transcultural Conversations, Prato, 24-26 September 2014

Call for papers for the European Association for Studies on Australia conference to be held at Monash University’s Prato Centre in Italy, 24-26 September 2014. The conference is on the theme of ‘Encountering Australia: Transcultural Conversations’. Through a vibrant, intellectually … Continue reading

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The Power of the Monstrous – seminars and conference in London

Queen Mary have a series of seminars (February-June), and Brunel has a conference (26-27 June) on the theme of The Power of the Monstrous. Full details here.

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Trevor Barnes: ‘Karl and Albrecht Haushofer and the Spaces of Nazi Geopolitics’ – lecture at Queen Mary

Queen Mary School of Geography is pleased to invite you to a lecture by Professor Trevor Barnes from the University of British Columbia – Distinguished School Visitor for 2014. ‘Karl and Albrecht Haushofer and the Spaces of Nazi Geopolitics’ Tuesday … Continue reading

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