Category Archives: Politics

Israel’s border fences

Posted on January 9, 2013 by stuartelden

The West Bank wall/fence/barrier gets most of the attention. The containment of Gaza continues on all sides – its land borders with Israel; south to Egypt; most of its territorial sea occupied and certainly its airspace, while the subsoil is a … Continue reading →

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Politicised Literary Geographies audio recordings

Posted on January 7, 2013 by stuartelden

The audio recordings of the talks at the Durham workshop on Politicised Literary Geographies are available here. Following a brief introduction, there are talks by James Kneale, Carolyn Pedwell, Angharad Closs Stephens and me. my talk is on the Shakespearean … Continue reading →

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Klaus Dodds on the Argentine letter

Posted on January 7, 2013 by stuartelden

At the Royal Holloway Geopolitics and Security blog, there are links to two pieces by Klaus Dodds on Argentina’s letter on the Falklands/Las Malvinas.

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Sovereignty, Territorial Integrity and the Falklands/Las Malvinas

Posted on January 3, 2013 by stuartelden

Today’s Argentine letter on the Falkland/Las Malvinas islands makes for interesting reading. Buenos Aires, January 3rd, 2013 Mr Prime Minister David Cameron, One hundred and eighty years ago on the same date, January 3rd, in a blatant exercise of 19th-century … Continue reading →

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Writing tasks

Posted on December 24, 2012 by stuartelden

When term finished last Friday, I was at last able to get to some writing tasks that I hadn’t been able to clear the time to complete before. First up was a short reply to two responses to my ‘Secure the … Continue reading →

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Posted on December 23, 2012 by stuartelden

Joshua J. Kurz discusses my 2009 book Terror and Territory at his blog Being-in-Exodus.

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A Marxist Map of History

Posted on December 22, 2012 by stuartelden

Roland Boer has discovered a map of European (mainly German) history between 1476 and 1648 – from the perspective of class struggle. You can also download them – Version 1 and Version 2 (thanks to Christina Petterson via Stalin’s Moustache).

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Is this what Democracy Looks Like?

Posted on December 21, 2012 by stuartelden

A dossier of essays on the theme of ‘Is this what Democracy Looks Like?’ that relate to Occupy Wall Street. The essays are open access but linked to Social Text. An interesting experiment in publishing alongside some very good content. Thanks to … Continue reading →

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Emotional Geographies of Occupied Territories and Emergency Zones – cfp

Posted on December 18, 2012 by stuartelden

A call for papers – please contact arielhan@yahoo.com with any queries. Fourth International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Emotional Geographies, 1-3 July 2013 at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands Session title: Emotional Geographies of Occupied Territories and Emergency Zones Organizer: Dr. … Continue reading →

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Martin Coward on Open Access issues

Posted on December 17, 2012 by stuartelden

Martin Coward reflects on some of the issues around Open Access – lots of useful links in there, and some interesting discussion in the comments. Here’s the first paragraph: There has been a recent flurry of activity around Open Access … Continue reading →

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