Category Archives: Conferences

David Harvey at KCL video

Posted on May 9, 2010 by stuartelden

David Harvey gave a few talks in London recently on his latest book The Enigma of Capital. I went to the one at LSE and the next day he spoke at Kings. The video from the latter is available here.

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Durham conference

Posted on May 7, 2010 by stuartelden

The Durham conference was a success. Really good papers and some interesting topics being discussed. My talk seemed to go well – good questions again. It was the first time I’d used Prezi instead of Powerpoint – it will not be … Continue reading →

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Speaking as performance

Posted on May 6, 2010 by stuartelden

On the way to give another talk, I’m thinking about what it means to speak in public. There are so few really good academic speakers – strange given the element of performance that must be part of the motivation. Derek … Continue reading →

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Durham conference

Posted on May 5, 2010 by stuartelden

The next speaking engagement is on Thursday, at Durham. This is an interesting event, in that it is a meeting of the Aberystwyth-Lancaster Graduate Colloquium, but being held in Durham. The last one was held in Manchester, so it is … Continue reading →

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Some thoughts on Copenhagen workshop

Posted on May 4, 2010 by stuartelden

Now at the airport to fly back to London. The conference was very interesting and lots of good contacts made. The first morning was a public seminar with presentations by Friedrich Kratochwil and myself, which seemed to go down well. A good … Continue reading →

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Copenhagen and the history of territory

Posted on May 1, 2010 by stuartelden

Heading to Copenhagen early tomorrow to give a talk at a workshop on Sovereignty, Territory and Emerging Geopolitics. My talk is entitled ‘Towards a History of the State of Territory’. It begins with some general comments about the project behind a … Continue reading →

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University of Minnesota Press on/at the Association of American Geographers

Posted on May 1, 2010 by stuartelden

A report with some photos here

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Territory and Cartography

Posted on May 1, 2010 by stuartelden

The sessions Jeremy Crampton and I organised at the Association of American Geographers in Washington DC have a separate blog here – http://territoryandcartography.wordpress.com/ We plan to post up the powerpoint slides – with some terrific images – of most of … Continue reading →

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