Category Archives: Conferences

Slavoj Žižek’s response to the campaign against Syriza

Posted on June 14, 2012 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Greek Left Review:
The campaign against SYRIZA in the days before elections is getting nastier and nastier – since our enemies control the big media, they can permit themselves direct lies, knowing that our answer cannot reach…

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Les fabriques des “géographies” – Making academic geographies in Europe

Posted on June 13, 2012 by stuartelden

Geographica Helvetica Symposium Les fabriques des “géographies” – Making academic geographies in Europe 19 October 2012 ; Fribourg, Switzerland The conference marks the re-launching of Geographica Helvetica (the Swiss Journal of Geography) Conference Organisers: Benedikt Korf (Zürich), Ola Söderström & Francisco … Continue reading →

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Bruno Latour to give the Gifford lectures in Edinburgh

Posted on June 11, 2012 by stuartelden

In February 2013 – some details here, but says more info to come in December. Thanks to Graham Harman for the link.

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Kant’s Geography in Atlanta

Posted on June 1, 2012 by stuartelden

I’ll be speaking about Kant’s Geography in Atlanta in December at the American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division. It’s a session on the Reading Kant’s Geography book with Robert Bernasconi and Robert Louden also speaking. Eduardo Mendieta will also be there, … Continue reading →

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Historical Materialism conference – call for papers

Posted on May 31, 2012 by stuartelden

‘Weighs Like a Nightmare’ – Ninth Annual Historical Materialism Conference Central London 8-11 November 2012. Call for papers – deadline 1 June 2012. I’ve been told they are particularly interested in papers from the ‘critical/radical/Marxist geography world’… Has Marx been … Continue reading →

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Designing Geopolitics conference

Posted on May 31, 2012 by stuartelden

In San Diego this weekend, but with live stream. D:GP is a think-tank focused on how planetary scale computation transforms political geography and models of sovereignty, as seen through the lens of speculative art and design. D:GP collaborates directly with … Continue reading →

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The University of Nottingham Centre for Critical Theory Annual Lecture

Posted on May 28, 2012 by stuartelden

Given by my friend and colleague Ben Anderson – live broadcast online for those who can’t get to Nottingham. The University of Nottingham Centre for Critical Theory Annual Lecture Ben Anderson: Atmospheres of Emergency 13 Jun 2012 7pm – 9pm. … Continue reading →

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Marking finished

Posted on May 27, 2012 by stuartelden

Finally finished marking. Over the past month or so it’s been a lot of essays; 10 dissertations on topics from Portuguese music to Terry Pratchett novels to the war on terror; and 180 exam papers. These have been interspersed with quite … Continue reading →

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London Conference in Critical Thought

Posted on May 27, 2012 by stuartelden

Birkbeck, 29-30 June 2012 -programme here; more details here. Papers on art, spaces, human rights, animals, bodies, Marx, Foucault, Deleuze, etc. etc.

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Call for Papers : Foucault and Mobilities Research

Posted on May 25, 2012 by stuartelden

A Two-Day Symposium, 6th and 7th of January 2013, Lucerne, Switzerland The publication in English and in German of Michel Foucault’s lectures at the Collège de France in the years 1970-1984 has been a key driver of the recent renaissance … Continue reading →

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