Category Archives: Conferences

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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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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