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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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Some thoughts on Andrew Scott as Hamlet at the Almeida

Posted on February 25, 2017 by stuartelden

There were many things I liked about the new production of Hamlet, at the Almeida theatre, starring Andrew Scott. Unfortunately, Andrew Scott wasn’t one of them. I found his Hamlet just too shouty, and ultimately not very sympathetic. There were … Continue reading →

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Bibliothèque nationale – pictures of the renovated Richelieu building

Posted on February 22, 2017 by stuartelden

In my reports of my work on Foucault, I’ve often talked about the Richelieu building of the Bibliothèque nationale where I’ve been working on his archive. Initially this was in a temporary space, passing through portacabins and past a lot … Continue reading →

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Books received – Merleau-Ponty, Lecourt, Foucault, Canguilhem, Moore

Posted on February 22, 2017 by stuartelden

Some books picked up in Paris and London – mainly for the early Foucault work, but also Margaret Moore’s A Political Theory of Territory, just out from OUP.

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Review of Robert E. Lerner, Ernst Kantorowicz: A Life at Berfrois

Posted on February 21, 2017 by stuartelden

Update September 2025: the Berfrois site is now closed and the archive has been removed. My piece can now be found here. My review of Robert E. Lerner, Ernst Kantorowicz: A Life has just appeared at Berfrois. Beyond the ranks … Continue reading →

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