Category Archives: William Shakespeare

‘The Territories and Majesty of King John’ – talk to University of Warwick’s ‘Sidelights on Shakespeare’ seminar series, 3 November 2015

Posted on September 21, 2015 by stuartelden

I’ll be giving a talk to University of Warwick’s ‘Sidelights on Shakespeare‘ seminar series, 3 November 2015, 4pm [Update: and also at UCL on 23 November 2015, 6pm, Common Ground (room in South Wing of Wilkins building), Institute of Advanced Study, University College … Continue reading →

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RSC new season announced – Hamlet, Cymbeline, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Dr Faustus, The Alchemist, Don Quixote – but no King Lear

Posted on September 8, 2015 by stuartelden

The RSC’s new season for summer 2016 has been announced – Hamlet, Cymbeline, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Dr Faustus, The Alchemist and Don Quixote…  The first three are in the main theatre; the non-Shakespeare plays in the Swan. I hope to get to all … Continue reading →

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The Barbican’s production of Hamlet, with Benedict Cumberbatch

Posted on September 7, 2015 by stuartelden

Last Friday I went to see the Barbican’s production of Hamlet, directed by Lyndsey Turner, and starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Ciarán Hinds, Anastasia Hille, and Siân Brooke. Tickets sold out very quickly, but occasionally returns become available and a bit of … Continue reading →

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Books received – Tawney, The ‘Katrina Effect’, La politique de l’espace parisien, Shakespeare

Posted on September 7, 2015 by stuartelden

A couple of recent Penguin Shakespeare plays, the reissue of Tawney, Religion and the Rise of Capitalism (in recompense for review work), The ‘Katrina Effect’ (from the publisher), a couple of journal issues, and a copy of La politique de l’espace parisien. The … Continue reading →

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My sabbatical rules for writing

Posted on September 1, 2015 by stuartelden

I’m hoping to complete the manuscript for Foucault: The Birth of Power over the next 12 months – a sabbatical year and summer. I’ll be based in London most of the time. I’m also hoping to make considerable progress on the … Continue reading →

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Audio recording of talk on terrain and territory from AAG 2015

Posted on August 15, 2015 by stuartelden

The audio recording of my 22 April 2015 AAG talk on ‘The Geophysics of Territory’ is available here (18 minutes). This was in sessions co-organised with Gastón Gordillo; Derek Gregory and Setha Low acted as discussants. The talk ranges across quite … Continue reading →

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Craig Dionne, Posthuman Lear: Reading Shakespeare in the Anthropocene – forthcoming from Punctum

Posted on August 14, 2015 by stuartelden

Craig Dionne, Posthuman Lear: Reading Shakespeare in the Anthropocene – forthcoming from Punctum later this year. Part scholarship, part journalism, part ecological screed, this book may read like a mashup of critical perspectives. Like other current investigations into the ecological … Continue reading →

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Books received – Shakespeare’s history plays, ‘Shakespeare’? and Yacobi

Posted on August 4, 2015 by stuartelden

Some books for the Shakespeare project, including the disputed Edward III, and Haim Yacobi’s new book, Israel and Africa: A Genealogy of Moral Geography, sent by the publisher on Haim’s request. I began reading Haim’s book as soon as it arrived – … Continue reading →

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The week after completing a book – initial new work on Shakespeare and Foucault

Posted on July 17, 2015 by stuartelden

When I finished my first book, Mapping the Present, I remember asking a much more senior academic friend ‘what do I do now?’ His response was clear: ‘Write another one!’ This came back to me this week as I’ve been … Continue reading →

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Books received – Shakespeare, Shakespeare… and one by Foucault

Posted on July 10, 2015 by stuartelden

Books received – Shakespeare, Shakespeare… and one by Foucault. The Foucault is the ninth edition, but I don’t think is any different from the second – which he produced in 1972, though that has major changes from the 1963 version. With … Continue reading →

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