Category Archives: Politics

Eyal Weizman video interview on ‘Forensic Architecture – Investigating the Blueprint of War Crimes’ on Russia Today

Posted on January 27, 2017 by stuartelden

Eyal Weizman video interview on ‘Forensic Architecture – Investigating the Blueprint of War Crimes’ on Russia Today. A fascinating discussion of what his Goldsmiths research agency Forensic Architecture does, and a robust response to hostile questioning. Eyal writes: A few … Continue reading →

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Environment and Planning C relaunched as ‘Politics and Space’ – new manifesto

Posted on January 27, 2017 by stuartelden

Society and Space is part of the Environment and Planning family of journals, now published by Sage. Environment and Planning C – formerly ‘Government and Policy’ is being relaunched as ‘Politics and Space’. New editors Patrica Daley, Eugene McCann, Alison Mountz and Joe Painter have … Continue reading →

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Books received – Canguilhem, Lefebvre, Farge and Foucault, Nail, Weber, Repo, Pasnau

Posted on January 26, 2017 by stuartelden

Four books from OUP in recompense for review work (Thomas Nail, Theory of the Border; Cynthia Weber, Queer International Relations; Jemina Repo, The Biopolitics of Gender and Robert Pasnau, Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671), the long-awaited English translation of Arlette Farge and Michel … Continue reading →

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William E Connolly on Trump, Putin and the Big Lie Scenario

Posted on January 20, 2017 by stuartelden

I don’t imagine I will share many links about Trump, but here’s one that’s worth reading – William E Connolly on ‘Trump, Putin and the Big Lie Scenario‘.  

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‘European Union and Disunion – videos from the British Academy seminar

Posted on November 9, 2016 by stuartelden

Leading academics came together at the Academy on 4 November for a one day seminar examining some of the most crucial questions facing the UK in the wake of the EU referendum. ‘European Union and Disunion: What Has Held Europeans … Continue reading →

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Network of Concerned Geographers – petition about US geography and the military

Posted on October 24, 2016 by stuartelden

Network of Concerned Geographers – I’ve just signed this letter and hope others do too. We, the undersigned, the Network of Concerned Geographers (NCG), are concerned about the growing involvement of the US military in the discipline of geography. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized, Universities | 4 Comments

Stern review of Research Excellence Framework

Posted on July 29, 2016 by stuartelden

Lord Nicholas Stern’s review of the Research Excellence Framework is now available here. For those outside UK higher education, the REF is the means by which academic research is evaluated for league tables and funding. This independent review makes recommendations … Continue reading →

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The Brexit Crisis: A Verso Report – free ebook

Posted on July 13, 2016 by stuartelden

The Brexit Crisis: A Verso Report – free ebook ‘Let’s Take Back Control’ was the slogan that won the UK’s EU Referendum. But what did those words mean to campaigners and voters? Control of what was being wrested from whom … Continue reading →

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Michael Gove, foreign policy and the Henry Jackson society

Posted on July 4, 2016 by stuartelden

In 2008, Klaus Dodds and I published an article entitled ‘Thinking Ahead: David Cameron, the Henry Jackson Society and British Neo-conservatism‘ in the British Journal of Politics and International Relations (requires subscription, or available here). We wrote the piece in 2007, … Continue reading →

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Article in India Today on ‘The legacies of the Leave EU vote’

Posted on July 1, 2016 by stuartelden

I have a short piece in the new issue of India Today on ‘The legacies of the Leave EU vote’. The piece is available open access. I was asked to write about this for an international audience, so for UK … Continue reading →

Posted in Boundaries, Politics, Territory, Uncategorized | 3 Comments