Category Archives: William Shakespeare

Upcoming talks – Harvard, Groningen, Basel

Posted on August 22, 2014 by stuartelden

I have three visiting lectures coming up over the next couple of months. In mid-September, I’ll be speaking at a conference on ‘Identity, Sovereignty, and Global Politics in the Building of Baghdad: From Revolution through the Gulf War and Beyond‘ at … Continue reading →

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Folgerpedia – a new resource for Shakespeare studies

Posted on August 4, 2014 by stuartelden

A resource from the Folger Shakespeare Library – Folgerpedia. Thanks to Ron Sexton for the link.

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Completing other tasks – returning to the Foucault’s Last Decade project

Posted on July 4, 2014 by stuartelden

Over the past few months I’ve taken a break from the Foucault work, due to other commitments. Some of these were related to The Birth of Territory. One was an author response to ‘critics’ from the session on the book at the Association of American … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Foucault's Last Decade, Kostas Axelos, Michel Foucault, My Publications, Politics, Publishing, Shakespearean Territories, Territory, The Birth of Territory, Travel, William Shakespeare, Writing | 2 Comments

Shakespeare on the road – project update

Posted on July 4, 2014 by stuartelden

Paul Edmondson has an update on the Shakespeare on the Road project. I spoke at the workshop concerning this project last year. Here’s a brief description of the project: Fasten your seatbelts and join us as we celebrate William Shakespeare’s 450th … Continue reading →

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“the frustrations and the pleasures of editing”

Posted on June 29, 2014 by stuartelden

David Scott Kastan on “the frustrations and the pleasures of editing” – for him a play, but much of this works more generally: We too often think of editing as an activity that is mechanical and objective; it is neither. Even … Continue reading →

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A Conversation between Stuart Elden and Babette Babich – Fordham University video

Posted on June 26, 2014 by stuartelden

A Conversation between Stuart Elden and Babette Babich A long discussion at the Fordham University television studios – ranges across my work and lots of topics, including territory today and historically, Lefebvre, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Foucault, Shakespeare… Many thanks to Babette … Continue reading →

Posted in Babette Babich, Boundaries, Foucault's Last Decade, Henri Lefebvre, Mapping the Present, Martin Heidegger, Michel Foucault, My Publications, Politics, Publishing, Shakespearean Territories, Speaking Against Number, Territory, Terror and Territory, The Birth of Territory, Theory, Understanding Henri Lefebvre, William Shakespeare | 2 Comments

Interview with Simon Critchley and excerpt from The Hamlet Doctrine in Berfrois

Posted on June 24, 2014 by stuartelden

Interview with Simon Critchley at Berfrois, plus an excerpt from his co-authored book The Hamlet Doctrine – via the Verso blog.

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Archipelago/Funambulist Conversation between Léopold Lambert and Stuart Elden on Territory and Volume

Posted on June 9, 2014 by stuartelden

I’ve linked to content on Archipelago – the podcast companion site to Léopold Lambert’s The Funambulist – before. This time it’s a discussion with me, conducted at the CUSP offices in New York, and mainly discussing my 2013 article “Secure the … Continue reading →

Posted in Boundaries, Eyal Weizman, Foucault's Last Decade, Jeremy Crampton, Michel Foucault, My Publications, Paul Virilio, Peter Sloterdijk, Politics, Shakespearean Territories, Travel, urban/urbanisation, William Shakespeare | 1 Comment

Steve Mentz on Kenneth Branagh’s Macbeth

Posted on June 7, 2014 by stuartelden

Steve Mentz has a good piece about Kenneth Branagh’s Macbeth at his blog. You can read my take here.

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Shakespeare in New York: Kenneth Branagh as Macbeth – a short review

Posted on June 1, 2014 by stuartelden

Warning: if you are planning on seeing this production of Macbeth, I’d suggest not reading further. There are spoilers about the production I would not have wanted to know beforehand.     The staging of Macbeth at the Park Avenue … Continue reading →

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