Category Archives: Politics

Singapore and Academic Freedom

Posted on April 1, 2012 by stuartelden

Interesting piece by Kris Olds here about academic freedom and Singapore, sparked by the NUS-Yale project.

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Secure the Volume: Vertical Geopolitics and the Depth of Power

Posted on March 24, 2012 by stuartelden

For the past several days I’ve been writing – and almost as importantly, working with the images for – my lecture for Kentucky. At the moment it looks like it will cover… Area, Volume, Territory, Boundedness, the Volumetric, Political Technology, … Continue reading →

Posted in Boundaries, Conferences, Derek Gregory, Michel Foucault, Paul Virilio, Politics, Territory, Terror and Territory, The Space of the World | 5 Comments

When Greenblatt met Clinton

Posted on March 20, 2012 by stuartelden

Good story in Stephen Greenblatt, Shakespeare’s Freedom (pp. 74-75). Greenblatt says how he was invited to the the White House for a poetry evening, and President Clinton gave a speech which mentioned Macbeth. This was, he remarked wryly, not the most … Continue reading →

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Alex Loftus – Everyday Environmentalism

Posted on March 18, 2012 by stuartelden

Interesting new book out by Alex Loftus – Everyday Environmentalism: Creating an Urban Political Ecology with University of Minnesota Press. UMP kindly sent me a publicity copy, and the timing was good – I read it immediately after Matthew Gandy’s … Continue reading →

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Tory 50% tax cut

Posted on March 16, 2012 by stuartelden

If the rumours are true, George Osbourne is going to abolish the top 50% rate of tax – you need to be earning £150,000 a year for this rate, so it’s not exactly a concern for most people, though you wouldn’t … Continue reading →

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Frank Furedi on the National Student Survey

Posted on March 15, 2012 by stuartelden

In the Times Higher Education. Thanks to Ben R for the link.

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Territory and Geopolitics

Posted on March 14, 2012 by stuartelden

Yesterday was the last lecture of new material on my level 3 module Territory and Geopolitics (handbook/reading list here). There is a revision lecture after the Easter break. Obviously it’s for those who took the class to say how it … Continue reading →

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How (not) to write about Africa

Posted on March 14, 2012 by stuartelden

In Granta by Binyavanga Wainaina – thanks to Maoquai for the link.

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Review of Jenny Edkins, Missing: Persons and Politics

Posted on March 13, 2012 by stuartelden

Over at the Society and Space open site you can find my review of Jenny Edkins’s new book from Cornell University Press, Missing: Persons and Politics.

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Libyan take on the email scam

Posted on March 13, 2012 by stuartelden

I’ve said before someone should write a piece on the geographies, or perhaps better the geopolitics, of scam emails. This is the first one I’ve had that takes the Libyan conflict as its backdrop. From none other than ‘Mrs Gadaffi’. Greetings, … Continue reading →

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