Category Archives: Politics

David Harvey in conversation with Tariq Ali

Posted on September 5, 2014 by stuartelden

David Harvey in conversation with Tariq Ali – video here

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Links on the Islamic State – from Burke to Esposito, Rogers to Zizek

Posted on September 4, 2014 by stuartelden

Back in June I posted a number of links – Explaining ISIS/ISIL – a roundup of things to read. Here are some more on the recent events. I’ve not generally linked to major news sources other than the Jason Burke piece and the … Continue reading →

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David Stubbs, Future Days: Krautrock and the Building of Modern Germany

Posted on September 4, 2014 by stuartelden

This looks very interesting – David Stubbs, Future Days: Krautrock and the Building of Modern Germany. West Germany after the Second World War was a country in shock: estranged from its recent history, and adrift from the rest of Europe. But … Continue reading →

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Heidegger Black Notebooks conference – New York, Sept 11-12 2014

Posted on September 3, 2014 by stuartelden

Peter Trawny, Richard Wolin, Thomas Sheehan, Emmanuel Faye, Karsten Harries and others – conference at CUNY, 11-12 September 2012. Thanks to Philippe Theophanidis for the link. Details of another conference on this theme in Atlanta the week before are here.  

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Basel ‘New Developments in Theory’ lecture and ‘Space, Territory, Literature’ seminar

Posted on September 2, 2014 by stuartelden

Ridvan Askin has sent me the flyers for the ‘New Developments in Theory’ lecture and the ‘Space, Territory, Literature’ seminar at the University of Basel in November. Looking forward to these days in Basel – a city I have only ever … Continue reading →

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Warwick Graduate Conference in Political Geography – call for papers

Posted on September 1, 2014 by stuartelden

Please consider submitting a paper for the next Warwick Graduate Conference in Political Geography, held at the University of Warwick on 27-28 November, 2014. Full details here – keynote from Alex Jeffrey (University of Cambridge) Three travel grants of up to £250 … Continue reading →

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Foucault’s Collaborative Projects – a bibliography with notes

Posted on August 28, 2014 by stuartelden

Some of Foucault’s collaborative projects are well-known – the I, Pierre Rivière collection; the Herculine Barbin memoir; Le désordre des familles with Arlette Farge; and the posthumous Technologies of the Self volume from the seminar at the University of Vermont. … Continue reading →

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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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Ben Anderson, Encountering Affect now published

Posted on August 4, 2014 by stuartelden

Ben Anderson’s Encountering Affect: Capacities, Apparatuses, Conditions has now been published. Unfortunately it’s an expensive hardback only, but Chapter One is available open access. Since the mid-1990s, affect has become central to the social sciences and humanities. Debates abound over how … Continue reading →

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Assessing the Damage and Destruction in Gaza – NYT map

Posted on August 4, 2014 by stuartelden

Click on the map to go to the New York Times interactive maps.

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