Category Archives: Conferences

The Birth of Territory book launch – today

Later today I’ll be giving a brief talk about my book The Birth of Territory as part of a book launch in the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick.

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

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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Call for Papers AAG 2014 – (Re)imagining Territory as Political Ecological Process

Re-posted from crit-geog-forum. Call for Papers AAG 2014: (Re)imagining Territory as Political Ecological Process Territory is the basis for the political-juridical organization of the international state system.  It is one of the fundamental concepts upon which state sovereignty operates and … Continue reading

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Geo-metrics – audio recording of lecture at Balsillie School

In late September I gave the keynote address to the workshop Regimes of Calculation and Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs in Waterloo, Ontario. The title of the talk was ‘Geo-metrics’ and you can listen to the audio … Continue reading

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A Feeling for Things: A Conversation around the work of Jane Bennett – audio recordings

Backdoor Broadcasting Company have made available the audio recordings from the Jane Bennett workshop on 5th October. Contributions from Jane Bennett, Lisa Baraitser, Michael O’Rourke, Joao Florencio, Eileen Joy, Nigel Clark, and Eszter Timár.

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Two days in Zurich

Just back from two very nice days in Zurich. Yesterday I gave a lecture entitled ‘Earth: Re-grounding Geopolitics’, and today there was a seminar on my work – particularly ‘Land, Terrain, Territory’ and ‘How should we do the history of … Continue reading

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From Geo-metrics to Geo-politics – Waterloo to Zurich

I’ll be giving a version of the talk I recently gave at the Balsillie School of International Affairs at the University of Zurich tomorrow. (I note that William Walters, who I met for the first time at the Balsillie School, … Continue reading

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

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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Jane Bennett lecture and workshop

Heading down to London later today, and then again Saturday, for the Jane Bennett lecture and workshop. The work of Jane Bennett, the political theorist over the last decade has consistently drawn attention to and had a feeling for things, … Continue reading

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Speaking about Shakespeare in Stratford-upon-Avon

I’ll be briefly talking about the Shakespearean territories project at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in Stratford-upon-Avon on 11 October. Coals to Newcastle…

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