Category Archives: Conferences

Noel Castree on the Anthropocene – Jon Murdoch memorial lecture

Jon Murdoch Memorial Lecture October 16th, 2013 5:30 p.m. drinks for 6 p.m. Lecture in Glamorgan Building, King Edward VII avenue, CF10 3WA, Cardiff Prof. Noel Castree, University of Manchester ‘Representing the Anthropocene: who will get to speak for everything, … Continue reading

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Derek Gregory – The Natures of War

Derek Gregory to give the inaugural Neil Smith lecture at St Andrews on 14 November 2013.

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Earth, Terricide, Geo-metrics

I’ve now nearly finished writing my keynote lecture for the Regimes of Calculation and Global Governance workshop at the Balsillie School of International Affairs (September 19-20). The title is “Geo-metrics” (abstract here). This is the third in a sequence of … Continue reading

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Terricide – RGS-IBG audio available

My talk at the recent RGS-IBG conference is available here. This was part of a session on Geo-social formations: Capitalism and the Earth (details here and here), organised by Arun Saldanha, Kathryn Yusoff and Nigel Clark. Terricide – Lefebvre, Geopolitics and the Killing … Continue reading

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

I’ve mentioned the lecture (4th October) and workshop (5th October) A Feeling for Things: A Conversation around the work of Jane Bennett before, but further details are now available. Places are going fast and booking is required. (Lots of good … Continue reading

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Terricide and Geo-metrics

I’ve had to put the Foucault work to one side – first because of moving, with the Foucault books somewhere in the piles of book-boxes, and now because I have a couple of upcoming talks. The first is at the … Continue reading

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Security and the Everyday – call for papers deadline extended

‘Security and the Everyday’ 31 October – 1 November 2013, University of Warwick (via PAIS news) Keynote: Professor Jutta Weldes (University of Bristol); Professor François Debrix (Virginia Tech) More and more research in critical security studies pays attention to the … Continue reading

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The Groningen Lecture on Modes of Reasoning 2014

I’ve recently accepted an invitation to give the second Groningen Lecture on Modes of Reasoning. This is a series organised by Luis Lobo-Guerro as part of the History and Theory of International Relations chair group. Mick Dillon is giving the first of … Continue reading

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Conference: Borders and Boundaries in an Age of Global Urbanization

Originally posted on UTS Urban Forum:
Please have a look at the Annual Meeting of the Urban Affairs Association, San Antonio, TX, USA, March 19-22, 2014. Urban areas have grown at an unprecedented rate in the last decade. More of the…

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A Feeling for Things – Jane Bennett, 4-5 October, London

From Bodies in Movement Birkbeck (University of London) offers another fantastic two-day event in early October, “A Feeling for Things: A Conversation around the work of Jane Bennett”. The evening of 4 October will feature a public lecture by Jane Bennett, some of whose work we … Continue reading

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