Category Archives: William Shakespeare

Shakespearean Colonial Territories – audio and maps

Posted on January 17, 2013 by stuartelden

The audio recording of my talk to the Sociology Department at the University of York is available here. In the talk I discuss two maps – one from Ortelius’s Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (1570) of the Roman Empire: And this example … Continue reading →

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Sociology at York – Sociology and Space seminar series

Posted on January 15, 2013 by stuartelden

On Wednesday I’m going down to York to speak to the Sociology department – their blog has details of the whole term’s seminar programme, all on the theme of ‘Sociology and Space’. It’s a really interesting programme, with people from Geography, … Continue reading →

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Politicised Literary Geographies audio recordings

Posted on January 7, 2013 by stuartelden

The audio recordings of the talks at the Durham workshop on Politicised Literary Geographies are available here. Following a brief introduction, there are talks by James Kneale, Carolyn Pedwell, Angharad Closs Stephens and me. my talk is on the Shakespearean … Continue reading →

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Books received

Posted on December 14, 2012 by stuartelden

The two Minnesota ones – Brown, The Primitive, the Aesthetic and the Savage: An Enlightenment Problematic and Schwenger, At the Borders of Sleep: On Liminal Literature – were pre-ordered when I did a review for them, as was Parvini, Shakespeare and Contemporary … Continue reading →

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Routledge books received

Posted on December 5, 2012 by stuartelden

I did some review work for Routledge a while back. These are the books I received in recompense – mainly some Judith Butler books I’d read but didn’t own; some for the Shakespeare project; and David Delaney’s The Spatial, the … Continue reading →

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Books I’ve read and plan to read

Posted on December 2, 2012 by stuartelden

A book meme I took from Rob Kitchin’s The View from the Blue House and first answered a year ago. As before I’ve largely answered in relation to non-academic reading… The book I’m currently reading? Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles … Continue reading →

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Shakespearean Territories in Oxford – audio available

Posted on November 24, 2012 by stuartelden

I’ve posted the audio recording of my talk to the 1887 Society, Mansfield College, University of Oxford from earlier this week. The first 18 minutes discuss my work on territory and the Shakespeare project in more general terms; the example in the … Continue reading →

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Coriolan/us

Posted on November 23, 2012 by stuartelden

The National Theatre of Wales’s production of Coriolan/us is the subject of a symposium at the University of Aberystwyth. Wish I could be there, given how much I like the play and how important it is for my current work. … Continue reading →

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Shakespearean Territories – Durham and Oxford

Posted on November 21, 2012 by stuartelden

Last week I talked about the Shakespearean Territories project at the Politicised Literary Geographies workshop in Durham. Angharad Closs Stephens, Carolyn Pedwell and James Kneale were the other speakers. The whole event was recorded and we hope to make that … Continue reading →

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Shakespearean Territories – Durham, Oxford, York

Posted on November 7, 2012 by stuartelden

I’m giving various talks on my Shakespearean Territories project over the next few months. In November, I’ll be speaking in my own department at a workshop on Politicised Literary Geographies, and then to the 1887 Society at Mansfield College, University … Continue reading →

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