Category Archives: Conferences

Summer School in PostInternational Politics

GREGYNOG IDEAS LAB Summer School in PostInternational Politics Gregynog, 9-14 July 2012 The inaugural Gregynog Ideas Lab, a Summer School in PostInternational Politics, will take place 9-14 July, 2012. The Summer School will provide a unique opportunity for graduate students … Continue reading

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Shock and Awe conference

To be held in London in just over a week – details here. Derek Gregory is the closing speaker and you can find a shorter version of some of his arguments on this topic at Open Democracy.

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Political Geography lecture at RGS 2012

I’ve been invited to give the Political Geography journal lecture at the 2012 Royal Geographical Society conference, which will be held in Edinburgh. The theme of the conference is ‘Security of geography/geography of security’, and so I’ve provisionally agreed that … Continue reading

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6th Summer Institute in Economic Geography

The 6th Summer Institute in Economic Geography will take place in Zurich, July 1-7, 2012.  Further details can be found at http://www.econgeog.net/zurich2012/index.html The Summer Institute is open to early-career researchers in economic geography, broadly defined (doctoral students at or beyond the fieldwork … Continue reading

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Universities under Attack

Conference in London: Saturday 26 November at 10 a.m. Venue: Edmond J Safra Lecture Theatre, King’s College London The Research Assessment Exercise, corporate sponsorship, ‘impact’, the Browne Report, a 200 per cent increase in tuition fees, the introduction of private … Continue reading

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Kentucky Committee on Social Theory lectures

The three other lectures in the University of Kentucky’s Committee on Social Theory spring 2012 series will be given by Michael Hardt, Russ Castronovo and Jane Guyer. Details here. Those are terrific names, and the shame of it – for … Continue reading

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Critchley on Shakespeare

Simon Critchley is leading a summer school on Shakespeare and Philosophy in Tilburg next year. It’s for graduate students and you can find details here (via Continental Philosophy bulletin board). Critchley’s own lectures will focus on Hamlet – but discussions look … Continue reading

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Topology at the Tate Modern

A series of talks from 5 November 2011 to 12 May 2012: Giorgio Agamben, Etienne Balibar, Rosi Braidotti, Drucilla Cornell, Olafur Eliasson, David Harvey, Bruno Latour, Achille Mbembe, Ernesto Neto, Boaventura de Sousa Santos and Peter Weibel are among the … Continue reading

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Speculative Realism – Patricia Clough, Jane Bennett, Levi Bryant, Graham Harman

Patricia Clough, Jane Bennett, Levi Bryant, Graham Harman Speculative Realism – Part One from The Center for the Humanities on Vimeo. Speculative Realism – Part Two from The Center for the Humanities on Vimeo. (via Larval Subjects)

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Jamie Peck on Neoliberalism in London

via Jane Wills on Crit-Geog-Forum The School of Geography at Queen Mary University of London invites you to, The EIGHTH DAVID M SMITH LECTURE to be held on 24 November 2011, 6:00 – 7:00pm at Drapers’ Lecture Theatre, Geography Building. … Continue reading

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