Category Archives: William Shakespeare

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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Interview with Simon Critchley – ‘The Tragic and its Limits’

Posted on November 6, 2012 by stuartelden

Interesting interview with Simon Critchley at The White Review. There is a quite a bit of discussion of his forthcoming co-authored book The Hamlet Doctrine.

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New books received

Posted on October 15, 2012 by stuartelden

Some recently received books – mainly from University of Georgia Press in recompense for review work; an old and a new book bought from Verso; Kant’s Natural Science for review; and a copy of the Babel2  Diritto alla città collection … Continue reading →

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Shakespearean Territories at Warwick – audio available

Posted on October 8, 2012 by stuartelden

The lecture at Warwick on Wednesday last week was well attended – people sitting on the floor, even – and there were some interesting questions. Nice to see some old friends and colleagues, though this was largely a PhD student led event. I’ve … Continue reading →

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New books received

Posted on September 19, 2012 by stuartelden

A pile of new books received recently. Foucault’s Mal faire, dire vrai is probably the first I will tackle. The Polity ones here were in recompense for a review of a manuscript for them; Alex Jeffrey kindly sent me a copy … Continue reading →

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Reading Shakespeare in Nigeria

Posted on September 19, 2012 by stuartelden

I’ve was in Nigeria again the last ten days. It’s not exactly a place for a holiday so when Susan was working in the week I was working hard on the Shakespearean Territories project. I’ve been combining reading plays I … Continue reading →

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Poster and Website for Warwick ‘Shakespearean Territories’ lecture

Posted on September 14, 2012 by stuartelden

The abstract for my lecture at University of Warwick has been posted online. They’ve also produced this poster.  It will be ten years almost to the day that I left the department, though I’ve been back a few times to give talks or … Continue reading →

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Forthcoming talks

Posted on September 6, 2012 by stuartelden

Several talks for the 2012/13 academic year have been arranged. Two lectures have been in the diary for a while – the Critical International and Political Studies annual lecture at the University of Warwick in October (abstract here), and the George M. … Continue reading →

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‘Shakespearean Territories’ – abstract for Warwick

Posted on September 5, 2012 by stuartelden

This is my abstract for the Critical International and Political Studies annual lecture, University of Warwick, October 3rd 2012. This lecture shows how Shakespeare’s plays can help us to think about the multi-faceted nature of territory as word, concept and … Continue reading →

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