Category Archives: Cycling

Indo-European thought project update 6: beginning the Leverhulme fellowship, my self-imposed guidelines for writing and time-discipline, and some summer cycling and writing

Posted on October 7, 2022 by stuartelden

I’m in the incredibly privileged position of beginning a Leverhulme major research fellowship this week, to work on the Indo-European thought in Twentieth-Century France project. As a note to myself, I’m going to try to work with the guidelines I set myself seven years … Continue reading →

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The Archaeology of Foucault update 10: cycling in Wales, work on The Order of Things, Nietzsche and a short trip to Paris

Posted on October 1, 2021 by stuartelden

In the last part of the summer I was able to make some good progress on this manuscript. In late August and early September I had two-week writing and cycling break in Wales. The weather was good until the last … Continue reading →

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The Archaeology of Foucault update 3: Early versions of some texts, the Port-Royal Grammar, Foucault’s work on literature, Bataille and Nietzsche, and a writing break in Wales

Posted on October 5, 2020 by stuartelden

A lot of the time recently has been spent revising The Early Foucault, but that is now done, and in the run-up to term I spent a bit of time on this manuscript. Ordinarily I’d have had to spend this time preparing teaching, … Continue reading →

Posted in Cycling, Michel Foucault, teaching, The Archaeology of Foucault, The Early Foucault, Uncategorized | 3 Comments

The Early Foucault Update 27: Paris, Wales, Kant

Posted on September 30, 2019 by stuartelden

Thankfully, this book manuscript has been the main focus again of work over the past month. I’ve been continuing to work on Foucault’s relation to Dumézil, on Foucault’s time in Warsaw and Hamburg, and other things in the later 1950s. … Continue reading →

Posted in Cycling, Eduardo Mendieta, Georges Dumézil, Immanuel Kant, Michel Foucault, The Early Foucault, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Canguilhem, Shakespeare, Snowdonia, Klagenfurt

Posted on May 28, 2019 by stuartelden

Last week I was in Cambridge for a book launch for Canguilhem (Polity 2019). The event was introduced by Inanna Hamati-Ataya, and Simon Reid-Henry provided a generous and incisive reading of the book. There was a good discussion, and I’m grateful … Continue reading →

Posted in Canguilhem (book), Conferences, Cycling, Georges Canguilhem, Michel Foucault, Peter Gratton, Shakespearean Territories, Travel, Uncategorized, William Shakespeare | 3 Comments

The Early Foucault Update 19: A Writing and Cycling Retreat in the Peak District

Posted on August 27, 2018 by stuartelden

I’m just back from a couple of weeks in the Peak District, in the south near Bakewell and the north in Holmfirth. The idea was to have a consolidated period of work on this book. The internet connection was somewhere … Continue reading →

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Cycling across borders – Slovenia, Austria, Italy

Posted on July 30, 2018 by stuartelden

Just back from a week on holiday in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia. A little hiking but mainly cycling. Kranjska Gora is in the north-west of the country, close to the borders with Italy and Austria. I’ve crossed borders within the Schengen area … Continue reading →

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Future work and summer plans – Shakespeare, Canguilhem, Lefebvre and back to Foucault

Posted on June 22, 2018 by stuartelden

Although the Shakespeare Territories book is coming out in a few months, I’ve been back working on Shakespeare. Initially this was for a summary article of the book’s argument for a short article for Territory, Politics, Governance, which should be … Continue reading →

Posted in Canguilhem (book), Conferences, Cycling, Georges Canguilhem, Henri Lefebvre, Michel Foucault, Shakespearean Territories, The Early Foucault, Uncategorized, William Shakespeare | 4 Comments

Cycling Tenerife – a ride from Caletillas to the Mount Teide observatories at Izaña

Posted on January 1, 2018 by stuartelden

Over the Christmas and New Year period I was in Tenerife, for a holiday and some cycling. Unfortunately in the second half of the time there I was unwell, and had dizziness and balance problems, so did no further cycling. … Continue reading →

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A year in review – publications, writing, talks, etc.

Posted on December 20, 2017 by stuartelden

This is my last day of work in 2017. Tomorrow we head to Tenerife for ten days holiday, hoping for sunshine and lots of cycling. The last major work task I completed today was the copyediting queries for Shakespearean Territories. … Continue reading →

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