Category Archives: Conferences

Bologna-Duke summer school on Global studies and Critical Theory

An interesting looking summer school in Bologna with some excellent lecturers – Carlo Galli, Sandro Mezzadra, Fredric Jameson, etc. Details here. Thanks to Adam Sitze for the link.

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London Critical Theory Summer School 2014

The fifth London Critical Theory Summer School will take place at Birkbeck, University of London from 7th July – 18th July. This unique opportunity is for graduate students and academics to follow a course of study with some of the … Continue reading

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25 research talks in 2013 – with links to audio versions

The talk in Halifax at ArcticNet was the 25th research talk in a really busy year. (Links in what follows are to audio recordings, where available). I gave talks on the Shakespearean territories project at the University of York, Aberystwyth University, Memorial University of Newfoundland … Continue reading

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CFP – Visual In-Sights: Theory, Method, Practice – 26-27 June 2014, Newcastle

Call for Papers/Proposals – Visual In-Sights: Theory, Method, Practice 26-27 June 2014, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK Deadline for Abstracts/Proposals: 31 January 2014 Keynote Speakers: Marcus Banks (Oxford University) David Campbell (www.david-campbell.org) Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen (Amber Collective) Organised by the Visualities Research Group … Continue reading

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Michael Byers on Stephen Harper and the North Pole

Good commentary piece from Michael Byers about Canada and the supposed claim on the North Pole. I link to some other pieces on this topic here, in a brief report on my comments to the ArcticNet conference.

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John Protevi’s Notes on conference and essay volume organizing

At New APPS, John Protevi has some interesting “Notes on conference and essay volume organising“. These are very good and while some points are specific to Philosophy much isn’t. Two things I would add though. First, is that it is … Continue reading

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Jeremy Crampton on my ‘the political is always technical’ comment

Jeremy Crampton has responded in a very interesting way to my comment that ‘the political is always technical’. I made that comment in my remarks to the ArcticNet conference last week – a summary and the audio recording are here. … Continue reading

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Territory, the continental shelf, and ice – my comments to the ArcticNet conference in Halifax

On Thursday I gave my last talk of 2013, a brief contribution to a plenary session at the ArcticNet conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It was a session on the law of the sea and the commission on the limits … Continue reading

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Chile & the Socialist Internet – talks in London and Manchester

Details of events in Manchester and London – as part of the Spring project. The Socialist President Salvadore Allende was elected to power in Chile in 1970, and embarked upon a series of radical reforms to Chilean society and the … Continue reading

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Warwick Graduate Conference in Political and Legal Theory

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