Category Archives: People

Shakespeare’s Roman Tragedies by Toneelgroep Amsterdam at the Barbican

Posted on March 20, 2017 by stuartelden

Yesterday I attended one of the best theatrical experiences of my life – Shakespeare’s Roman Tragedies at the Barbican by Toneelgroep Amsterdam, directed by Ivo van Hove. In the last couple of weeks I’d already seen the first two instalments of … Continue reading →

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Colin Koopman, Why Foucault’s work on power is more important than ever – Aeon Essays

Posted on March 16, 2017 by stuartelden

Colin Koopman, ‘Why Foucault’s work on power is more important than ever‘ – Aeon Essays

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Foucault: The Birth of Power now available worldwide

Posted on March 15, 2017 by stuartelden

Foucault: The Birth of Power is now available worldwide. The book is published by Polity, and the design fits with Foucault’s Last Decade which came out in 2016. There is a lot about Foucault’s political activism in this second book, … Continue reading →

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La Revue Recherches – all but one now available online (at a price)

Posted on March 15, 2017 by stuartelden

I’ve mentioned the Recherches review more than a few times, because it was set up by Félix Guattari, and Foucault was involved in some discussions published in the journal. These conversations led to some collaborative work (a full bibliography here), some … Continue reading →

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‘Measuring Territories: The Techniques of Rule’ – talk to Kingston Shakespeare seminar, Rose Theatre, 16 March 2017

Posted on March 13, 2017 by stuartelden

On Thursday I’ll be giving a talk at the Rose Theatre to the Kingston Shakespeare seminar, entitled ‘Measuring Territories: The Techniques of Rule’. It’s a version of Chapter 7 of my Shakespearean Territories manuscript. Speaking about Shakespeare in a theatre … Continue reading →

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Territory in Indeterminate and Changing Environments workshop – Amsterdam, 12 May 2017

Posted on March 8, 2017 by stuartelden

As part of my visit to Amsterdam between April and June I’m organising the first of the two Territory sub-theme workshops of the ICE-LAW Project. It will be on 12 May 2017. This workshop critically examines the extent to which … Continue reading →

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Interview with Philippe Bonditti on Foucault and the Modern International

Posted on March 7, 2017 by stuartelden

Interview with Philippe Bonditti, one of the co-editors of the new book Foucault and the Modern International. Silences and Legacies for the Study of World Politics published in the CERI Sciences Po Series on International Relations and Political Economy, Palgrave MacMillan, 2017. … Continue reading →

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Goldsmiths talk on early Foucault postponed

Posted on March 6, 2017 by stuartelden

In my updates on my work on the early Foucault, I’ve mentioned that I was going to be speaking on 10 March at Goldsmiths. This talk is now going to be rescheduled for later in the year.

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Back from Oslo and the ‘Technologies of Space: Verticality, Volume, Infrastructure’ symposium

Posted on March 6, 2017 by stuartelden

I’m now back after a good trip to Oslo for the Technologies of Space: Verticality, Volume, Infrastructure symposium I spoke on the topic of “Terrain’s Volume”, which was a version of a talk I’ve now given in Gießen, Durham, and London. It’s nearing a … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Felix Guattari, Gilles Deleuze, Henri Lefebvre, Michel Foucault, terrain, Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Books received – Canguilhem, Foucault and the Modern International, Kantorowicz

Posted on March 1, 2017 by stuartelden

A contributor copy of Foucault and the Modern International, the two published volumes of Canguilhem’s Oeuvres and his work on the reflex, and a copy of Ernst Kantorowicz’s biography of Friedrich II – the second volume is the later supplementary … Continue reading →

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