Category Archives: Politics

The Imperial University: Academic Repression and Scholarly Dissent

Posted on May 22, 2014 by stuartelden

The Imperial University: Academic Repression and Scholarly Dissent – edited by Piya Chatterjee and Sunaina Maira and published by University of Minnesota Press. From the front lines of the war on academic freedom, linking the policing of knowledge to the relationship … Continue reading →

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Tom Scott, The City-State in Europe, 1000-1600 – now in paperback

Posted on May 21, 2014 by stuartelden

Tom Scott, The City-State in Europe, 1000-1600: Hinterland, Territory, Region is now available in paperback. No detailed comparison of the city-state in medieval Europe has been undertaken over the last century. Research has concentrated on the role of city-states and … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Boundaries, Politics, Territory, urban/urbanisation | 2 Comments

One year teaching fellow post in IPE at Warwick

Posted on May 20, 2014 by stuartelden

One year teaching fellow post in IPE at Warwick – details here.

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The ruins of Cuba’s Panopticon – some photos

Posted on May 20, 2014 by stuartelden

Thanks to David Murakami Wood for the link to this photo-essay on the ruined Panopticon in Cuba.

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‘Books constitute capital’

Posted on May 18, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on geographical imaginations:
Introducing his interview with David Harvey at the Chronicle of Higher Education earlier this week, Scott Carlson notes that ‘The American stage has recently been set for questioning capitalism, with the U.S. tour of academe’s…

Posted in David Harvey, Derek Gregory, Peter Sloterdijk, Politics | 1 Comment

David Harvey – Afterthoughts on Piketty’s Capital

Posted on May 17, 2014 by stuartelden

David Harvey, ‘Afterthoughts on Piketty’s Capital‘ – at his blog.

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Talking about Publishing, Urban Territory, and lots else

Posted on May 16, 2014 by stuartelden

I was involved in three events this week. The first was the most wide-ranging – a filmed conversation with Babette Babich at Fordham University, that ranged from contemporary territorial issues to Kant, Leibniz, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Foucault and Lefebvre; Greek geography to … Continue reading →

Posted in Babette Babich, Boundaries, Conferences, Don Mitchell, Eduardo Mendieta, Foucault's Last Decade, Friedrich Nietzsche, Henri Lefebvre, Immanuel Kant, Mapping the Present, Martin Heidegger, Michel Foucault, My Publications, Peter Sloterdijk, Politics, Publishing, Shakespearean Territories, Society and Space, Speaking Against Number, Territory, Terror and Territory, The Birth of Territory, Theory, Understanding Henri Lefebvre, urban/urbanisation, William Shakespeare, Writing | 3 Comments

Michael Watts on Boko Haram in the Huffington Post

Posted on May 16, 2014 by stuartelden

Michael Watts in interviewed about Boko Haram in the Huffington Post. Thanks to Teo Ballvé for the link. As a reminder, my annotated bibliography on Boko Haram – which includes pieces by Michael – is available here.

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Workshop: Governing through ‘Post-​’: Post-​Disaster, Post-​Conflict, Post-​Crisis? – Warwick, 18th June 2014

Posted on May 16, 2014 by stuartelden

Full details here What is the sig­ni­fic­ance of ‘post’ in post-​disaster, post-​conflict and post-​crisis, and how might we ana­lyze the sim­il­ar­ities in the gov­ern­mental re­sponses to eco­nomic, in­fra­struc­tural and so­ci­etal dis­rup­tion? We con­tend that, des­pite dis­cip­linary bound­aries which sep­arate the … Continue reading →

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The Israeli ID-System and Palestinian Segregation – a powerful visualisation

Posted on May 15, 2014 by stuartelden

Visualising Palestine have done it again – a really powerful representation of the Israeli ID-System and Palestinian Segregation. Thanks to Léopold Lambert for the link.

Posted in Boundaries, Politics, Territory | 2 Comments