Category Archives: People

Faith, Citizenship and Globalisation conference in Durham

Posted on April 28, 2011 by stuartelden

“Faith, Citizenship and Globalisation: Religion and the Citizen as Categories in a World of Becoming” Durham University, 19-20 May 2011 This one-day conference will explore the relationship between religion and citizenship within our contemporary “world of becoming”, as our guest … Continue reading →

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Towards the arche-fossil

Posted on April 27, 2011 by stuartelden

Alongside the stuff on fossils I’ve been reading, I’ve also been accumulating a few notes and references to things that seem closer to what Meillassoux means by an arche-fossil. The work of Lord Kelvin on the cooling of the earth, … Continue reading →

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Paolo Virno English bibliography

Posted on April 26, 2011 by stuartelden

Another useful resource from Sean Sturm here.

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Momentarily: Learning from Mega-Events

Posted on April 25, 2011 by stuartelden

Free e-book – Momentarily: Learning From Mega Events, available here. Strategic, simplified, spotless, homogenizing representations require a pluralistic response which engages the visual tactically. Unlike the image of Vancouver, the project’s category-defying qualities are not clear-cut nor easily pinned down. … Continue reading →

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Radical Foucault – final CFP

Posted on April 20, 2011 by stuartelden

Radical Foucault: An International  Conference September 8th – 9th, University of East London (Docklands Campus) Centre for Cultural Studies Research, University of East London http://culturalstudiesresearch.org/?p=591 Following the  superb international response to our initial call for papers, we have decided to … Continue reading →

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Foucault Studies 11

Posted on April 20, 2011 by stuartelden

New issue of Foucault Studies out – largely a theme issue on Foucault and Pragmatism, including papers by Paul Rabinow and Todd May.

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Balibar, Brassier, Singularum

Posted on April 20, 2011 by stuartelden

Etienne Balibar’s recent talk ‘Eleven Theses on Marx and Marxism’ at CRMEP is available here.  (via Infinite Thought) Interview with Ray Brassier here (via Speculative Heresy) And a new journal Singularum has been founded. It looks nice and the site is worth … Continue reading →

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The Foucault Effect 1991-2011

Posted on April 13, 2011 by stuartelden

Over at Foucault News, Clare has the details of a very interesting conference coming up in London. THE FOUCAULT EFFECT 1991-2011 A Conference at Birkbeck, University of London: Date: Friday 3 – Saturday 4 June 2011 Venue: Clore Lecture Theatre, … Continue reading →

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Sloterdijk Now revisions submitted

Posted on April 12, 2011 by stuartelden

The revisions to the manuscript of Sloterdijk Now, following comments from two referees and the series editor, have now been made. The book is back to the press. This has been a pretty quick turnaround – it was only submitted … Continue reading →

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Miéville and Bryant

Posted on April 11, 2011 by stuartelden

Interesting review of China Miéville’s The City and the City in The Boston Review (via Crooked Timber). Levi Bryant discusses his next book project The Domestication of Humans: A Prolegomena to Posthumanist Sociology, here. The link? Both touch on themes I … Continue reading →

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