Category Archives: William Shakespeare

Books received – Sullivan, Rogers, Foucault companion, journals

Posted on November 16, 2016 by stuartelden

. A copy of Garrett Sullivan Jr’s classic The Drama of Landscape, kindly sent by Garrett. I use this extensively in my work on Shakespeare. Dallas Rogers also sent a copy of his new book The Geopolitics of Real Estate, … Continue reading →

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Foucault and Shakespeare: Ceremony, Theatre, Politics – audio recording of Cambridge talk

Posted on November 10, 2016 by stuartelden

On 7 November 2016 I gave a talk to the Political Thought and Intellectual History seminar, University of Cambridge, entitled “Foucault and Shakespeare: Ceremony, Theatre, Politics”. An audio recording is available here.

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The morning after the day before – contemporary politics and research directions

Posted on November 9, 2016 by stuartelden

There are many things on which to reflect from yesterday’s events in the USA. One side of my extended family is in Ohio, Michigan and Alabama, so this is personally as well as generally political. But I was supposed to … Continue reading →

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Surviving October

Posted on November 3, 2016 by stuartelden

Well, I survived October. It felt like the perfect storm after the calm of a year of research leave. I did what I thought I could to get in the best possible shape for it – a first draft of … Continue reading →

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Emma Rice and Shakespeare’s “Globe’s future artistic direction”

Posted on October 26, 2016 by stuartelden

Emma Rice became the artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe in April 2016. Just six months later the theatre has issued a statement on ‘the Globe’s future artistic direction‘. The summary is that Rice will leave the post after two years. … Continue reading →

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Complete audio recordings of the Early Modern Literary Geographies conference

Posted on October 26, 2016 by stuartelden

The complete audio recordings of the  Early Modern Literary Geographies conference are now  available on Soundcloud and iTunes. They include a better recording of my talk on ‘Denmark, Norway, Poland: Regional Geopolitics in Hamlet‘, and talks by Tiffany Stern, Andrew McRae, Julia Reinhard Lupton, Mary Floyd-Wilson and … Continue reading →

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Books received – Greenblatt, Soussloff, Howe, Graham

Posted on October 20, 2016 by stuartelden

Two second-hand copies of books by Stephen Greenblatt, the new collection Foucault on the Arts and Letters in recompense for review work (30% discount here), and two books sent by publishers – Nicolas Howe’s Landscapes of the Secular and Stephen … Continue reading →

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Early Modern Literary Geographies – call for book proposals for Oxford University Press series

Posted on October 20, 2016 by stuartelden

The conference I attended in California last weekend was linked to a book series with Oxford University Press. I’ve shared details of this before, but it was a while ago, and the first volume is now published, so here is … Continue reading →

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Early Modern Literary Geographies conference – audio recording of my Hamlet talk

Posted on October 17, 2016 by stuartelden

I’ve just got home from California after a couple of fascinating days at the Early Modern Literary Geographies conference. This was held in the Huntington Library in San Marino, a superb venue set in glorious grounds. The conference was very useful for … Continue reading →

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A new term at Warwick – teaching but also some research

Posted on October 7, 2016 by stuartelden

On Monday a new term at Warwick began. My teaching is blocked into term 1, and most of it is in the first few weeks, so this is a busy time. I’m also heading to California next week for the … Continue reading →

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