Category Archives: People

Bingo – Shakespeare

Posted on February 18, 2012 by stuartelden

Went to see Edward Bond’s play Bingo: Scenes of Money and Death last night at the Young Vic. Very good, and especially interesting for the playing out of the tensions with the Enclosures Act – perhaps even more so than … Continue reading →

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New APPS interview with Eduardo Mendieta

Posted on February 15, 2012 by stuartelden

Find it here. A fascinating story of his background and the huge range of things he works on.

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At the Bottom of Shakespeare’s Ocean

Posted on February 14, 2012 by stuartelden

Having done some review work for Continuum, one of the books I asked for was Steve Mentz, At the Bottom of Shakespeare’s Ocean. The book had been sitting on my desk for a few days before I took it with … Continue reading →

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Derek Gregory – British Academy lecture

Posted on February 14, 2012 by stuartelden

Deadly Embrace: War, Distance and Intimacy Professor Derek Gregory FBA Wednesday 14 March, 2012, 6.00-7.15pm The British Academy, 10-11 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH It has become commonplace to claim that contemporary wars are fought from a distance: the … Continue reading →

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Security and Geopolitical Space – readings

Posted on February 14, 2012 by stuartelden

My visit to the University of Kentucky for the Committee on Social Theory is part of a class on ‘Security’. The idea is that the four visiting speakers give public lectures and then have a discussion session with the students taking … Continue reading →

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Foucault on Truth, Knowledge and Publishing

Posted on February 13, 2012 by stuartelden

This will to truth, like other systems of exclusion, relies on institutional support: it is both reinforced and accompanied by whole strata of practices such as pedagogy, of course, such as the book-system, publishing, libraries, such as the learned societies … Continue reading →

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Stuart Hall interview

Posted on February 13, 2012 by stuartelden

In The Guardian: The examples of this are everywhere, but take as the most pressing the case of the NHS. “How can millions of people have benefited from the NHS and not be on the streets to defend it? Come … Continue reading →

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Rawls and the history of ideas

Posted on February 13, 2012 by stuartelden

One of the things I find frustrating about the territory and justice work is its frequent avoidance of any kind of discussion of territory itself, instead taking territory as largely unproblematic and then going into more and more detail about … Continue reading →

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Patrick Stewart as Shakespeare

Posted on February 11, 2012 by stuartelden

I’m going to see Bingo: Scenes of Money or Death next week – looks good. Interview with Patrick Stewart here.

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Discussion with Adam Ramadan, Cambridge, 16 February 2012

Posted on February 10, 2012 by stuartelden

The talk for the 16 February 2012, 7pm, at the Cambridge University Geographical Society will be in the form of a discussion with Adam Ramadan. We will be talking about my political work on territory in Terror and Territory; the more recent historical … Continue reading →

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