Category Archives: People

Coriolan/us in Wales

Posted on June 7, 2012 by stuartelden

This looks interesting – a site-specific Coriolanus, after Shakespeare and Brecht, in a hangar at RAF St Athan, Wales in August. These are the same people who did  a version of Aeschylus, The Persians in the Brecon Beacons. Review here. Thanks to … Continue reading →

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Julius Caesar in jail and Africa

Posted on June 7, 2012 by stuartelden

Two recent reimaginings of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. One is set in an Italian jail and the other in modern Africa. The first is the film Cesare deve morire/Caesar Must Die: Review here. The second is a Royal Shakespeare Company version … Continue reading →

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BBC to air Shakespeare tetralogy

Posted on June 6, 2012 by stuartelden

The BBC will be showing new versions of Richard II, the two parts of Henry IV, and Henry V later this year. Some details including casts, directors, etc. here, here and here. Should be interesting: while Henry V has had … Continue reading →

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Erik Swyngedouw, Andy Merrifield, Neil Smith – Every Revolution has its Space

Posted on June 6, 2012 by stuartelden

“Every Revolution has its Space: from Occupying Squares to Transforming Cities?” Presentations by: Erik Swyngedouw, Andy Merrifield, Neil Smith. Audio here. Thanks to Colin McFarlane for the link.

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The Space of the World

Posted on June 5, 2012 by stuartelden

A la limite, le problème qui se pose c’est celui des rapports de la pensée à la culture : comment se fait-il que la pensée ait un lieu dans l’espace du monde, qu’elle y ait comme une origine, et qu’elle … Continue reading →

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Henri Lefebvre – Debates and Controversies

Posted on June 2, 2012 by stuartelden

Strong piece by Stefan Kipfer, Parastou Saberi and Thorben Wieditz in Progress in Human Geography surveying Lefebvre’s contributions and recent scholarship (requires subscription). The material on the state and social movements is particularly useful. Aided with French and German scholarship, this … Continue reading →

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Peter Hallward on the Quebec student protests

Posted on June 1, 2012 by stuartelden

In The Guardian. My colleagues at Society and Space are trying to get some pieces on this topic for the journal’s open site. I’ll link to them when there.

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Foucault archive as a ‘National Treasure’

Posted on June 1, 2012 by stuartelden

Clare O’Farrell’s Foucault News blog has been really helpful for updates on the archival status of Foucault’s papers – notes, lecture drafts, manuscripts, etc. Les aveux de la chair is in there. See these two recent pieces she has linked … Continue reading →

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More downloads

Posted on June 1, 2012 by stuartelden

It’s been a while since I put a few papers up online. Here are five more – Elden, S. Reassessing Kant’s Geography. Journal of Historical Geography. 2009;35:3-25. Elden, S. Taking the measure of the Beiträge: Heidegger, National Socialism and the … Continue reading →

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Kant’s Geography in Atlanta

Posted on June 1, 2012 by stuartelden

I’ll be speaking about Kant’s Geography in Atlanta in December at the American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division. It’s a session on the Reading Kant’s Geography book with Robert Bernasconi and Robert Louden also speaking. Eduardo Mendieta will also be there, … Continue reading →

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