Category Archives: Medieval Studies

Medieval Geographies

Posted on July 10, 2010 by stuartelden

With Keith Lilley and Veronica della Dora I’m organising four sessions on Medieval Geographies at the annual conference of the Royal Geographical Society in London in early September. The sessions are currently scheduled for 1 Sept. The abstracts and other … Continue reading →

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Blogging and Medieval Studies

Posted on July 4, 2010 by stuartelden

There is an interesting post here about blogging and Medieval Studies. I don’t think I’ve been doing this blog for long enough to be able to comment about whether this is true in general terms (I suspect some of the … Continue reading →

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Wishful thinking…

Posted on June 16, 2010 by stuartelden

http://medievalnews.blogspot.com/2010/06/medieval-badge-with-three-lions.html

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Jane Bennett – Vibrant Matter reading group

Posted on May 27, 2010 by stuartelden

The blog reading group on Jane Bennett’s new book Vibrant Matter has begun. Links below The Overview. An Interview with Jane Bennett Preface. Chapter 1, Section I. Chapter 1, Sections II-V. Chapter 1, Section VI. Adrian Ivakhiv has added some thoughts here. I’ll … Continue reading →

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Jane Bennett – Vibrant Matter, a Medieval review

Posted on May 19, 2010 by stuartelden

Jane Bennett‘s new book Vibrant Matter has been receiving a lot of attention recently. There are plans afoot for a reading group run across a number of blogs. You can find details here; and a preparatory interview here. Here’s a review from Jeffery Jerome … Continue reading →

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Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Posted on May 5, 2010 by stuartelden

The Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Durham has been approved to become a research institute. This is very good news for its internal and external status. With the history of territory book I’ve been writing, I found myself … 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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