Category Archives: People

Geographies of Rhythm

Posted on September 16, 2010 by stuartelden

I did some review work for Ashgate, and one of the books I ordered in recompense was Tim Edensor (ed.), Geographies of Rhythm: Nature, Place, Mobilities and Bodies. It’s a collection of essays in part inspired by Henri Lefebvre’s book … Continue reading →

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Publishing workshop

Posted on September 16, 2010 by stuartelden

Back in Durham for three days. Yesterday, Alec Murphy from the University of Oregon and I led a workshop on publishing for early-career researchers. The idea was that as editors of journals, Alec and I could offer some insight and … Continue reading →

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Hacking in Holland

Posted on September 14, 2010 by stuartelden

Ian Hacking is due to give the René Descartes lectures in Tilburg, 6-8 October 2010. Details here.

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Scu on Esposito; Harman on Meillassoux

Posted on September 13, 2010 by stuartelden

Scu at Critical Animal has a discussion of Roberto Esposito, Terza persona. Esposito’s book Bios was translated a few years ago, and his Communitas at the end of last year. Over at Object-Orientated Philosophy, Graham makes a few comments about … Continue reading →

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Foucault, The Courage of Truth

Posted on September 12, 2010 by stuartelden

Although I’d read the French lectures, and probably could have written the endorsement for the English translation anyway, I did ask for the ms. and have now finished reading it. It’s a very good translation – again by Graham Burchell. … Continue reading →

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Leaving Nijmegen

Posted on September 10, 2010 by stuartelden

I’ll be leaving Nijmegen early in the morning to head back to London. The Alexander von Humboldt lecture seemed to be well received. It didn’t go quite as smoothly as I wanted but it was well attended and there were … Continue reading →

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Political Life of Things workshop

Posted on September 9, 2010 by stuartelden

The Political Life of Things A One Day Workshop The Imperial War Museum, London, UK 3rd December 2010 Keynote 1: Jeremy Deller (Turner Prize Winner, 2004) Keynote 2: Jane Bennett (Johns Hopkins, author of Vibrant Matter)  The BISA Poststructural Politics … Continue reading →

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Book cover design

Posted on September 8, 2010 by stuartelden

Working with Eduardo and SUNY Press on the cover for the Reading Kant’s Geography book. Because the book is in the Contemporary Continental Philosophy series, we need to source some of Kant’s handwriting to provide the basis for the design. … Continue reading →

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Little-known Leibniz

Posted on September 7, 2010 by stuartelden

From Antognazza’s biography… His interest in mining went far beyond simply doing his job for the Duke of Hanover. He was given control of the mines in Harz and did a lot of work managing them and designing equipment. But … Continue reading →

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A few shorter pieces

Posted on September 7, 2010 by stuartelden

There will be a few shorter pieces coming out in the next several months. A piece on Lefebvre’s theory of moments, and his work on time more generally, for a book project entitled Learning from Vancouver. This seems an interesting … Continue reading →

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