Category Archives: Politics

Freedom and the Construction of Europe

Posted on March 27, 2013 by stuartelden

Two volume collection of essays, Freedom and the Construction of Europe , edited by Quentin Skinner and Martin van Gelderen. Freedom, today perceived simply as a human right, was a continually contested idea in the early modern period. In Freedom and the … Continue reading →

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Foucault lecture at Memorial University Newfoundland – audio recording

Posted on March 26, 2013 by stuartelden

The audio recording of the George Story Lecture in Humanities I gave at Memorial University of Newfoundland, entitled “Knowledge, Truth, Power: The Politics of Foucault’s Leçons sur la volonté de savoir”, is now available here. There is a gap in the recording about … Continue reading →

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US drone war in Pakistan infographic

Posted on March 26, 2013 by stuartelden

At his ever interesting Informed Comment, Juan Cole discusses the new project Out of Sight, Out of Mind. The project, Out of Sight, Out of Mind, aims to capture the scale and human cost of the drone war in Pakistan … Continue reading →

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The Birth of Territory – University of Chicago Press page and preorder

Posted on March 25, 2013 by stuartelden

The University of Chicago Press page for my book The Birth of Territory is now up with the description, an endorsement from John Agnew, and the table of contents. It will be available in cloth and paperback simultaneously. The paperback is $30, which … Continue reading →

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Two PhD studentships on ‘Political Spaces’ at Warwick

Posted on March 25, 2013 by stuartelden

As part of my move to Warwick, two PhD studentships are available to work with me and colleagues in the broad area of Political Spaces. Closing date is end of May 2013. Full details here, but below are the headlines … Continue reading →

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Angharad Closs Stephens – The Persistance of Nationalism

Posted on March 25, 2013 by stuartelden

My colleague Angharad Closs Stephens’s book The Persistence of Nationalism: From Imagined Communities to Urban Encounters has just been published by the Routledge Interventions series. From the back cover: This is a book about the difficulties of thinking and acting … Continue reading →

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Territory, Politics, Governance – Issue 1 now available

Posted on March 22, 2013 by stuartelden

Various papers from issue 1 had been available before, but the whole inaugural issue of Territory, Politics, Governance, a Regional Studies Association journal, is now available. My paper is open access, the rest require subscription.All the papers are now available … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers Rethinking Governance in a World of Complexity

Posted on March 17, 2013 by stuartelden

Call for Papers Rethinking Governance in a World of Complexity Two-day Workshop on June 27th-28th, 2013, in Duisburg, Germany The Käte Hamburger Kolleg / Centre for Global Cooperation Research is a new and independent research institution of the University of … Continue reading →

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The London International Boundary Conference 2013

Posted on March 14, 2013 by stuartelden

King’s College London, Volterra Fietta and UK Hydrographic Office have organised The London International Boundary Conference 2013, a two day event 18-19 March 2013 with a pre-conference technical workshop. It’s expensive, but has a heavily discounted rate for students. The Conference … Continue reading →

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Interview with Cynthia Enloe

Posted on March 14, 2013 by stuartelden

IR theorist Cynthia Enloe is interviewed at E-IR. One brief answer from a very interesting interview. e-IR: What is the most important advice you could give to young scholars of IR? Read widely. Read fiction, read anthropology, read history. Make … Continue reading →

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