Category Archives: Conferences

“Performing Geopolitics” workshop at Durham

Posted on March 12, 2011 by stuartelden

“Performing Geopolitics” 22-23 June 2011 Department of Geography, University of Durham A 2-day workshop organised by the Politics-State-Space and Lived and Material Cultures Research Clusters This workshop seeks to open up a conversation concerning the interplay between subjectivity, spatiality and … Continue reading →

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Iain Boal talk in London

Posted on March 5, 2011 by stuartelden

For those able to get to London (via Alberto Toscano) Iain BoalFrom renaissance globe to google earth: visualizing the planet Thursday 10 March, 5-7, Goldsmiths, University of London, Room NAB (New Academic Building) 3.26 All welcome.  Iain Boal is one … Continue reading →

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Why blog? (2)

Posted on March 4, 2011 by stuartelden

The discussion on crit-geog-forum continues, with a long list of blogs by geographers and others with geographical content or relevance. One reason I didn’t mention, since it doesn’t apply to me, but which has come up, is that a lot of … Continue reading →

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Quentin Skinner in Newcastle

Posted on March 2, 2011 by stuartelden

Medieval and Early Modern Studies Keynote Lecture Series  Quentin Skinner, ‘A Genealogy of Liberty’ University of Newcastle, UK, Tuesday 8th March, 5pm, Room G21/22 of the Devonshire Building Abstract: Among contemporary political theorists, the idea of individual liberty is generally defined … Continue reading →

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Fossils: Age, World, Relation

Posted on March 1, 2011 by stuartelden

This is the title of the talk I’ll be giving at ANU in four weeks time. The Humanities Research Centre theme for this year is ‘The World and World-Making in Humanities and the Arts’. The draft abstract follows:- What do fossils … Continue reading →

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ICA – Radical Publishing: What Are We Struggling For?

Posted on February 28, 2011 by stuartelden

In a related vein to the last post, Verso has the news of an event at the ICA in London on 19th March on protest and print.

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Sloterdijk in France

Posted on February 21, 2011 by stuartelden

Looks like an good conference on Sloterdijk to be held in Paris. Details here. Surprisingly, given that most of his major works are translated into French (the whole of Spheres, for instance), this claims to be the first conference devoted to him … Continue reading →

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Political Matter

Posted on February 21, 2011 by stuartelden

Interesting review of Bruce Braun and Sarah J. Whatmore (eds.) Political Matter: Technoscience, Democracy and Public Life, University of Minnesota Press, 2010 (via Pop Theory).

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Territory and Geopolitics discussion

Posted on February 18, 2011 by stuartelden

Interesting discussion session with Matt Sparke in Singapore yesterday. We discussed chapter 5 from Matt’s 2005 book In the Space of Theory, the intro to my Terror and Territory, and the ‘Land, Terrain, Territory’ piece. Henry Yeung was as ever a … Continue reading →

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Foucault 1970-71 course out

Posted on February 10, 2011 by stuartelden

Both Clare and Jeremy have the news that Foucault’s 1970-71 course, Leçons sur la volonté de savoir, is officially released. My copy is on its way, but I’ll be gone before it arrives. I said a little about this course here, … Continue reading →

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