Category Archives: Medieval Studies

Call for Papers: The Royal Body

Posted on May 7, 2011 by stuartelden

Call for Papers Centre for the Study of Bodies and Material Culture, Royal Holloway, University of London 2-5 April 2012 ‘For the King has in him two bodies . a Body natural and a Body politic.’ The idea of the … Continue reading →

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Gough map

Posted on April 7, 2011 by stuartelden

In a comment to an earlier post, Keith Lilley mentions the Gough Map. Definitely worth a look at the website of the project Keith has been leading on this map, usually thought to be from the 14th century. Lots of … Continue reading →

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Punctum books launches

Posted on April 1, 2011 by stuartelden

I’ve mentioned this book publishing project as in process before, but Punctum books now has a press release launching the series and announcing forthcoming books here (or as a pdf here). One to watch. Ben Woodard’s book on geophilosophy looks especially … Continue reading →

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Postmedieval Animals

Posted on March 25, 2011 by stuartelden

Issue 2.1 of the interesting new journal Postmedieval, devoted to the question of animals, is available free-access until the end of March. Find it here. Thanks to ‘In the Middle’ for the link.

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Roundup

Posted on March 22, 2011 by stuartelden

Back in Canberra after a great few days in Tasmania. Will it be five years before I’m there again? Anyway, a post with a bunch of links… More stuff on blogs, here, here and here. More on the ‘Animal, Vegetable, … Continue reading →

Posted in Jane Bennett, Medieval Studies, Michel Foucault, William E Connolly | 1 Comment

Tasmania and Territory

Posted on March 18, 2011 by stuartelden

Just about to leave to go to Tasmania. I am giving a talk on The Birth of Territory on Monday, but have the weekend there first. I spent three very happy months as a visiting scholar at the University of … Continue reading →

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Animal, Vegetable, Mineral

Posted on March 17, 2011 by stuartelden

Over at In the Middle, a couple of interesting reports on the Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: Ethics and Objects in the Medieval and Early Modern Periods conference. Eileen Joy on Jane Bennett’s keynote here – The audio of the lecture “Powers of the … Continue reading →

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History of Philosophy, History of Ideas, History of Geography

Posted on March 15, 2011 by stuartelden

Brian Leiter links to an interesting open letter on why graduate students should seriously consider studying the history of philosophy. The Leiter page also has some interesting discussion. The discussion appears, largely, to be framed within a more ‘analytic’ discourse, … Continue reading →

Posted in David N. Livingstone, J.G.A. Pocock, Medieval Studies, Quentin Skinnner, Reinhart Koselleck | 12 Comments

New journal; new book series

Posted on February 27, 2011 by stuartelden

Contributions to the History of Concepts – details here. The journal serves as a platform for theoretical and methodological articles as well as empirical studies on the history of concepts and their social, political, and cultural contexts. It aims to … Continue reading →

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Of fellowships and stone

Posted on February 26, 2011 by stuartelden

Jeffrey Jerome Cohen reports here on his good news of an ALCS fellowship, and the project that he will be working on. A few things I found interesting in his post, which I am relating to my own experience of … Continue reading →

Posted in Fossils, Jane Bennett, Jeffrey Jerome Cohen, Medieval Studies, Publishing, Timothy Morton, Universities | 1 Comment