Category Archives: Politics

A Conservative Guide to Rhetoric

Posted on October 16, 2013 by stuartelden

in The New York Times – thanks to John Agnew for the link.

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Michael Byers, International Law and the Arctic

Posted on October 15, 2013 by stuartelden

I’ve just been sent a copy of Michael Byers, International Law and the Arctic by the author. I’ll be on a panel with Michael and others at the ArcticNet conference in December, in Halifax, so this is essential background reading.

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CFP AAG 2014 – Borders Beyond Securitization: Rethinking the Lines that Bind Us

Posted on October 10, 2013 by stuartelden

I’m not going to post many calls for AAG sessions, but this also looks very relevant to this blog’s concerns. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Tampa, April 8-11, 2014 CFP: Borders Beyond Securitization: Rethinking the Lines that … Continue reading →

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Pedagogies of Disaster

Posted on October 9, 2013 by stuartelden

Newly published by Punctum books, Pedagogies of Disaster – authored by The Department of Eagles, edited by Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei, Adam Staley Groves, Nico Jenkins. We live in an era where the university system is undergoing great changes owing to developments … Continue reading →

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If you study or work in UK higher education you really should read this book

Posted on October 3, 2013 by stuartelden

I’ve mentioned it here before, but have now read The Great University Gamble. It makes a lot clear, but also unveils a lot of hidden complexity. I learned a great deal, and while I didn’t like what I found out, … Continue reading →

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Jeppe Strandsbjerg on Cartography and Territory in International Relations

Posted on October 2, 2013 by stuartelden

At the e-International Relations website.

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The adjunct crisis – an infographic

Posted on September 10, 2013 by stuartelden

Described as a ‘crisis’, but likely a deliberate structural adjustment in North American higher education. Source: Online-PhD-Programs.org

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Joshua Barkan, Corporate Sovereignty

Posted on September 9, 2013 by stuartelden

One of the advantages of most of my books still being in boxes is that I’m reading a lot of books as I get them, instead of putting them on the ‘to read’ shelf and turning to something more immediately … Continue reading →

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Syria: Mapping the conflict

Posted on September 6, 2013 by stuartelden

The BBC has a good, interactive image mapping the Syria conflict. It is “produced by the Syria Needs Analysis Project (SNAP), [and] is based on information from the US government compiled from media sources”.  

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Earth, Terricide, Geo-metrics

Posted on September 5, 2013 by stuartelden

I’ve now nearly finished writing my keynote lecture for the Regimes of Calculation and Global Governance workshop at the Balsillie School of International Affairs (September 19-20). The title is “Geo-metrics” (abstract here). This is the third in a sequence of … Continue reading →

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