Category Archives: People

Writing tasks

Posted on December 24, 2012 by stuartelden

When term finished last Friday, I was at last able to get to some writing tasks that I hadn’t been able to clear the time to complete before. First up was a short reply to two responses to my ‘Secure the … Continue reading →

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Cohen against $100 books

Posted on December 21, 2012 by stuartelden

Jeffrey Cohen rails against $100 books at In the Middle. I’ve noticed this price hike going on too, for print on demand books that have sold out in their first pressing.

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AAG Honors

Posted on December 19, 2012 by stuartelden

The Association of American Geographers has announced its honors – to be presented in Los Angeles in April. Edward Soja and Sallie Marston received lifetime acheivement awards; and distinguished scholarship honors to Judith Carney and John O’Loughlin. Full details and … Continue reading →

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Posted on December 18, 2012 by stuartelden

Kathryn Yusoff on Elizabeth Grosz – a new addition to the Society and Space open site Books of the Decade forum 

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London Critical Theory Summer School – Birkbeck, 1-12 July 2013

Posted on December 17, 2012 by stuartelden

The 2013 London Critical Theory Summer School will take place at Birkbeck from 1st July – 12th July 2013. This unique opportunity is for graduate students and academics to follow a course of study and to foster exchange and debate. … Continue reading →

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Catherine Malabou – ‘Biopolitics as a Form of Sovereignty’ video

Posted on December 17, 2012 by stuartelden

via Foucault News – and see an earlier Foucault News post on another of her lectures on Foucault.

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Keywords project website

Posted on December 17, 2012 by stuartelden

A website dedicated to the Keywords project – developing ideas from Raymond Williams. There are various videos, including one of a discussion between Williams and Jacques Derrida.

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Judith Butler, Parting Ways reviewed at NDPR

Posted on December 14, 2012 by stuartelden

Judith Butler’s new book Parting Ways: Jewishness and the Critique of Zionism is reviewed at NDPR.

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Books received

Posted on December 14, 2012 by stuartelden

The two Minnesota ones – Brown, The Primitive, the Aesthetic and the Savage: An Enlightenment Problematic and Schwenger, At the Borders of Sleep: On Liminal Literature – were pre-ordered when I did a review for them, as was Parvini, Shakespeare and Contemporary … Continue reading →

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Jeremy Bentham – Auto-Icon

Posted on December 13, 2012 by stuartelden

Jeremy Bentham’s preserved body sits in a glass case at UCL. A virtual version is now available online (via Tim Morton at Ecology without Nature).

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