Category Archives: Conferences

2012 – talks on ‘Volume’

Posted on June 11, 2011 by stuartelden

Somewhat into the future, two dates for talks in 2012 are already in the diary… 30 March 2012 – “Secure the Volume”, Public Lecture on Security theme, Committee for Social Thought, University of Kentucky 3 May 2012 – “The Politics … Continue reading →

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Summer work

Posted on June 11, 2011 by stuartelden

Lots to do this summer (though it doesn’t exactly feel like summer in York)… Finish ‘Society and Space’ volume introduction and draft introduction to ‘Foundations’ volume for the Sage Environment and Planning collection. Submit the paper on King Lear that … Continue reading →

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Performing Geopolitics workshop

Posted on June 11, 2011 by stuartelden

The Performing Geopolitics workshop at Durham on 22-23 June has only a few places left. Programme here. (original call for papers here).

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The Foucault Effect conference

Posted on June 5, 2011 by stuartelden

The Foucault Effect 1991-2011 conference held over the last couple of days was very good. The room was packed for the opening session on Friday evening, and then a good audience throughout Saturday. The first session included Daniel Defert on … Continue reading →

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William Connolly workshop audio files

Posted on May 31, 2011 by stuartelden

The audio files of the conference on A World of Becoming held last week are now available here, including Connolly’s own closing lecture. My own talk is here, along with the powerpoint slides of the full quotes from Connolly’s book.

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Colin Gordon on Foucault’s 70-71 lectures

Posted on May 29, 2011 by stuartelden

Colin Gordon, editor of Foucault’s Power/Knowledge and one of the editors of The Foucault Effect sent me these comments for posting: Stuart, Thanks for mentioning the event and agreeing to take part, and I agree with your comments on the new … Continue reading →

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Foucault – Leçons sur la volonté de savoir

Posted on May 27, 2011 by stuartelden

As exciting as the English version of The Courage of Truth is, the real news in Foucault studies this year is surely the publication of Leçons sur la volonté de savoir. I gave this an initial, fairly fast, read on … Continue reading →

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Of: Becoming World – on William Connolly

Posted on May 20, 2011 by stuartelden

‘Of: Becoming World’ is the title of the talk I’ll be giving at the workshop on William E. Connolly’s A World of Becoming. I begin by showing how the title’s ambiguity hinges on the word ‘of’: there is so much … Continue reading →

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Fossils in Macau

Posted on May 12, 2011 by stuartelden

The ‘Fossils’ paper I gave here at the ANU gets its second outing next week in Macau. Here are the details: University of Macau Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities Seminar Fossils: Age, World, Relation By Prof. Stuart Elden Professor … Continue reading →

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Collaborative Art workshop

Posted on May 11, 2011 by stuartelden

Posted on behalf of Rory Rowan Collaborative Art: Practices, Spaces, Communities An Interdisciplinary Workshop 16th May 2011, 1pm – 5pm 11 Bedford Square, London, WC1E 6DP This workshop aims to interrogate and develop conceptual understandings of collaborative art practices by … Continue reading →

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