Category Archives: People

The Hollow Crown – Richard II

Posted on July 1, 2012 by stuartelden

The first of four new BBC Shakespeare films, Richard II, was shown last night – both parts of Henry IV and Henry V to follow. You can find them at BBC iPlayer. There is a short clip here.

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Steve Mentz on a one-man Chinese King Lear

Posted on June 30, 2012 by stuartelden

Review here.

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Self-publishing articles

Posted on June 28, 2012 by stuartelden

Graham Harman has an interesting series of posts on self-publishing articles (or open-access publishing). Initial thoughts here; a second-thought here; and a response and his thoughts on that. Part of this is, as he acknowledges, the security that being a … Continue reading →

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The Funambulist on Foucault

Posted on June 28, 2012 by stuartelden

The Funambulist blog has been running a sequence of posts on Foucault around the body, architecture, cartography and power. Episode 1: Michel Foucault’s Architectural Underestimation Episode 2: Do not Become Enamored of Power Episode 3: “Mon Corps, Topie Impitoyable” Episode 4: The cartography of power … Continue reading →

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“24hr Žižek” event

Posted on June 28, 2012 by stuartelden

The Verso blog has a report on the “24hr Žižek event. The audio is available here – mercifully not the whole event!

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David Harvey in Athens

Posted on June 28, 2012 by stuartelden

via the Reading Marx’s Capital blog, which also links to photos and audio.

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Hemming on Heidegger and Marx

Posted on June 26, 2012 by stuartelden

Laurence Paul Hemming, Heidegger and Marx: A Productive Dialogue over the Language of Humanism, forthcoming with Northwestern University Press in early 2013. I was one of the readers of the ms. and it’s a terrific study. Here’s the blurb – the … Continue reading →

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Next things to do

Posted on June 26, 2012 by stuartelden

The manuscript for The Birth of Territory, the image files and all the permissions paperwork went to University of Chicago Press yesterday. Of course, there are still copy-editing queries, proofs, index, cover discussions, marketing questionnaires and so on to come, but … Continue reading →

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Two Society and Space pieces on Sloterdijk

Posted on June 26, 2012 by stuartelden

Over at the Society and Space open site, you can read Nigel Thrift’s (non-delivered) introduction to a recent lecture by Peter Sloterdijk at the Tate Modern. Peter Adey, Harriet Hawkins and Craig Martin then discuss the lecture itself.

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Mayhew on Historical Geography and Intellectual History

Posted on June 25, 2012 by stuartelden

Robert Mayhew’s review essay of some books on these topics has just appeared in Journal of Historical Geography (requires subscription). Among the books discussed is Reading Kant’s Geography. Here are a couple of excerpts discussing that book: For the present reviewer, per … Continue reading →

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