Category Archives: People

Engin Isin workshop

Posted on July 9, 2011 by stuartelden

Yesterday was spent in London at a small, closed workshop on Engin Isin‘s forthcoming book Citizens without Frontiers. Really terrific, inspirational discussions.

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Society and Space issue 4 out

Posted on July 9, 2011 by stuartelden

This year’s issue 4 is now out. It contains papers on topics such as Lefebvre, border crossings, the world cup, bees, the city as assemblage and planning in East Jerusalem; along with an interview with Sandro Mezzandra, and four linked commentaries … Continue reading →

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Foucault, “Nietzsche, Genealogy, History”

Posted on July 5, 2011 by stuartelden

In working on my lecture on Foucault’s 1970-71 course I have been rereading some related texts, including the “Nietzsche, Genealogy, History” essay. I know this text well, as I’ve taught it and it was a fundamental text in my PhD … Continue reading →

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Foucault’s History of Sexuality

Posted on July 5, 2011 by stuartelden

I’ve been planning another book on Foucault for many years. The idea is to write a history of the ‘History of Sexuality’ – tracing the emergence of the project, the original plan, and the various revisions before it was left … Continue reading →

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Reading Kant’s Geography

Posted on June 30, 2011 by stuartelden

The editor copies have arrived. Been receiving some nice messages from contributors as their own copies make it across the world… Publisher site here – one for libraries in the first instance.

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Reading Foucault in Nigeria

Posted on June 29, 2011 by stuartelden

The key work I did in Nigeria, aside from editing Society and Space, was on Foucault. This is for two, interrelated, projects. The first is to to write a chapter for the book coming out of The Foucault Effect 1991-2011 … Continue reading →

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Sloterdijk Now copyediting done

Posted on June 29, 2011 by stuartelden

That was easy – refreshing to have a copyeditor who doesn’t take it upon themselves to rewrite the book. I’ve said it before, but Polity have been excellent to work with. Still on progress for a late 2011 publication, though … Continue reading →

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Carl Schmitt workshop audio files

Posted on June 21, 2011 by stuartelden

Audio files for a conference on Carl Schmitt recently held in London are now available, here.

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Foucault Effect first panel

Posted on June 20, 2011 by stuartelden

Thanks to Justin Choi for the picture – this is from the first panel (left to right: me, Colin Gordon, Daniel Defert, Peter Fitzpatrick, Maria Carolina Olerte).

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Oecumene Symposium: Citizenship after Orientalism

Posted on June 20, 2011 by stuartelden

Engin Isin’s fascinating Oecumene project has details of their first symposium, on the theme of ‘Citizenship after Orientalism’ here. The events run from Feb 6-11, and keynote speakers are a stellar lineup of Judith Butler, Paul Gilroy, Bryan Turner and Engin … Continue reading →

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