Category Archives: People

Critchley on Hamlet in London

Posted on November 6, 2011 by stuartelden

Thanks to Rory Rowan for letting me know that Simon Critchley will be speaking about Hamlet in London on 29th November. Details here. (there is a video of his talk on this play – not sure if it is same … Continue reading →

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Shapiro on Shakespeare’s vocabulary

Posted on November 6, 2011 by stuartelden

I only finished the Greenblatt book this morning, but went straight onto another Shakespeare study. Here’s an interesting passage (the book it refers to by Crystal is Think on My Words: Exploring Shakespeare’s Language): No less groundless is the argument … Continue reading →

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Greenblatt on Shakespeare’s London

Posted on November 6, 2011 by stuartelden

With its crush of small factories, dockyards, and warehouses; its huge food markets, breweries, print shops, hospitals, orphanages, law schools, and guildhalls; its cloth makers, glassmakers, basket makers, brick makers, shipwrights, carpenters, tinsmiths, armorers, haberdashers, furriers, dyers, goldsmiths, fishmongers, booksellers, … Continue reading →

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Doreen Massey at Occupy London

Posted on November 5, 2011 by stuartelden

A report on her speech here.

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David Macey obituary

Posted on November 3, 2011 by stuartelden

I mentioned his sad death a few weeks back. There is now an obituary in The Guardian.

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Zizek interview and speech

Posted on November 3, 2011 by stuartelden

  Slavoj Žižek interviewed by Al Jazeera. And a speech at at St. Mark’s bookshop. This is transcribed here. Both links via the Verso blog.

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Shock and Awe conference

Posted on November 1, 2011 by stuartelden

To be held in London in just over a week – details here. Derek Gregory is the closing speaker and you can find a shorter version of some of his arguments on this topic at Open Democracy.

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Collapse II – Speculative Realism free download

Posted on November 1, 2011 by stuartelden

Collapse II – the Speculative Realism issue with papers by Meillassoux, Harman, Negarestani, Brassier, etc. is available to download free here.

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Three good days in London

Posted on November 1, 2011 by stuartelden

Three good days in London. Susan and I had a nice walk through Holland Park (easily my favourite park in London); visited the St. Paul’s occupation; had a great evening at our friends’ birthday party; saw ‘The Ides of March’ … Continue reading →

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Slavoj Žižek interview

Posted on October 29, 2011 by stuartelden

Video of an interview with Charlie Rose here.

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