Category Archives: Conferences

Urban History Group Conference at Warwick – Urban Poverty: Wealth, Inequality and Experience 1600-2014

The 2014 Urban History Group Conference programme is now available on the Urban History Group website. This year’s conference, to be held on 27-28 March 2014 at Warwick, promises much and contains keynotes by Professor Mike Savage from LSE and Dr … Continue reading

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Talks on Foucault’s La société punitive in Melbourne – 3 and 4 March 2014

In addition to the talks on The Birth of Territory (details here); I’ll be giving talks on Foucault’s La société punitive at Monash University on 3 March 2014, 11am (Clayfield Room A1. 34, Caufield Campus – map here); and at the University of Melbourne on … Continue reading

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Melbourne talks on The Birth of Territory – full details and flyers

26 February 2014, 12.30pm, “The Birth of Territory”, Monash University, Melbourne (Room N502, Menzies Building, Clayton Campus) – flyer, website 27 February 2014, 5pm, “The Birth of Territory”, RMIT University, Melbourne (Swanston Academic Building SAB, B80 L3 R15, City Campus) – flyer

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Tim Morton to give the Wellek lectures

He has the news here – these are significant lectures and a real honour. He is, as he notes, in some excellent past company. The good news – for those unable to attend – is that they are published in … Continue reading

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AAG program online – breakfast with The Birth of Territory

The Tampa 2014 Association of American Geographers conference program is now online. Someone has to have the 8am on Saturday slot, and this year it’s the author meets critics session for The Birth of Territory. I’m also in a panel discussing … Continue reading

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CFP: The Politics of Legality in a Neo-liberal Age – symposium in Sydney August 2014

Posted on behalf of Ben Golder (b.golder@unsw.edu.au): This symposium will examine the nexus between the political dominance of liberal legal ideas and the economic dominance of neo-liberal capitalism. According to classical liberal theory the state is legitimate to the extent … Continue reading

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Authority & Political Technologies 2014 conference at Warwick – announcement and call for papers

Authority & Political Technologies 2014                                                   Power in a World of Becoming, Entanglement & Attachment                           ‘In every era the attempt must be made anew to rescue tradition from a conformism … Continue reading

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CFP 12th Aberystwyth Lancaster Graduate Colloquium – Warwick, 4-6 June 2014

CALL FOR PAPERS 12th Aberystwyth Lancaster Graduate Colloquium CRITICAL APPROACHES TO INTERNATIONAL STUDIES 4-6 June 2014, University of Warwick Organised by Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick Social Sciences Doctoral Training Centre, University of Warwick — CONFIRMED … Continue reading

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CFP: Politics without Borders – Nottingham Postgraduate Conference

Politics without Borders A cross-disciplinary exploration of the challenges facing a globalised world Second annual Nottingham Postgraduate Conference 12 June 2014, Engineering and Sciences Learning Centre, University Park, University of Nottingham The School of Politics and International Relations is hosting … Continue reading

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In Melbourne, visiting Monash University

I’m spending the next several weeks in Melbourne, visiting Monash University as part of the Monash-Warwick alliance. As anyone following the tennis will know, it’s extremely hot here at the moment. But I’m finding libraries and offices to work in, … Continue reading

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