Category Archives: People

Korean translations of Understanding Henri Lefebvre and Foucault’s Last Decade forthcoming

Posted on February 18, 2016 by stuartelden

Translations of Understanding Henri Lefebvre and Foucault’s Last Decade are forthcoming in Korean with Kyungsung University Press and Nanjang Publishing House respectively. These might be the first of my authored books to appear in translation, since potential translations of The Birth of Territory into … Continue reading →

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Adam David Morton, For a Political Economy of Space and Place – Sydney, 4 August 2016

Posted on February 17, 2016 by stuartelden

Adam David Morton, ‘For a Political Economy of Space and Place‘ – Insights lecture, Sydney, 4 August 2016. Under capitalism, how does the state organise space in our everyday lives through the streets we walk, the monuments we visit, and … Continue reading →

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Manifesto of the Groupe d’information sur les prisons translation in Viewpoint

Posted on February 17, 2016 by stuartelden

The manifesto of the Groupe d’information sur les prisons, authored by Foucault, Pierre Vidal-Naquet and Jean-Marie Domenich, which I translated for this site a couple of years ago, has been reprinted in Viewpoint magazine. The prison group, along with Foucault’s … Continue reading →

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Derek Gregory’s Tanner lectures ‘Reach from the Sky’ – videos now online

Posted on February 13, 2016 by stuartelden

Derek Gregory’s two Tanner lectures, and the discussion with Grégoire Chamayou, Jochen von Bernstorff and Chris Woods are now online (via Derek’s Geographical Imaginations site). The first,‘Good bomb, bad bomb’ is here, and the second, ‘Killing Space’, is here, while the responses … Continue reading →

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The GIP, the 1972 Nancy prison revolt and the Gauche révolutionnaire – a request for help

Posted on February 11, 2016 by stuartelden

I wonder if anyone can help. I am looking for a brochure entitled ‘Révolte à la prison de Charles III de Nancy’, authored by the Groupe d’Information sur les prisons. It appeared as a supplement to Gauche révolutionnaire, no 9, … Continue reading →

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Books received – Shakespeare, Foucault, Jessop

Posted on February 9, 2016 by stuartelden

A pile of recently received books – mainly bought for the Shakespeare project, plus Foucault’s 1980 lectures About the Beginning of the Hermeneutic of the Subject and Bob Jessop’s The State: Past, Present, Future in recompense for review work. The text at the … Continue reading →

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Leading actors film new Shakespeare Solos series for the Guardian

Posted on February 8, 2016 by stuartelden

Leading actors film new Shakespeare Solos series for The Guardian. Adrian Lester as Hamlet, Roger Allum as King Lear, Eileen Atkins as Emilia, and more. The Guardian also has a useful round-up of productions for this 400th anniversary year.

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Allen Scott on Edward Soja in Critical Planning

Posted on February 8, 2016 by stuartelden

Allen Scott remembers his friend and colleague Edward Soja in the latest issue of Critical Planning (open access). Here’s the first paragraph: Ed Soja died in the evening of Sunday November 1st, 2015, after an extended illness. His departure represents a … Continue reading →

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Books received – Shakespeare and Heidegger

Posted on February 7, 2016 by stuartelden

Some recently acquired books – various Shakespeare plays, a second-hand copy of John Julius Norwich’s Shakespeare’s Kings, and Guillaume Payen’s new biography Martin Heidegger: Catholicisme, révolution, nazisme, which I picked up in Paris.

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Books interview: David Harvey in Times Higher Education

Posted on February 7, 2016 by stuartelden

Books interview: David Harvey in Times Higher Education – Eliot, Shakespeare, Dickens and, of course, Marx. Thanks to dmf for the link.

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