Category Archives: Politics

Gastón Gordillo on The Insurgent Underground

Posted on August 9, 2015 by stuartelden

Very interesting piece by Gastón Gordillo on his Space and Politics blog – The Insurgent Underground.

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Nick Blomley, ‘The Territory of Property’ in Progress in Human Geography

Posted on August 8, 2015 by stuartelden

Nicholas Blomley, ‘The Territory of Property‘, Progress in Human Geography (requires subscription) – an important piece on this question. The pervasive and important territorial dimensions of property are understudied, given the tendency to view territory through the lens of the state. Viewing … Continue reading →

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Time Served: Discipline and Punish Forty Years On – The Galleries of Justice, Nottingham, 11-12 Sept 2015

Posted on August 7, 2015 by stuartelden

Further details and programme for this conference – I’ll be giving the opening plenary talk on the recently published Théories et institutions pénales course. Places are free but limited and registration is required. Time Served: Discipline and Punish Forty Years On Friday … Continue reading →

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Benjamin Tallis interviews Claudia Aradau on Critical Security Studies

Posted on July 24, 2015 by stuartelden

Benjamin Tallis interviews Claudia Aradau on Critical Security Studies – in three parts via CEE New Perspectives

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Margaret Moore, A Political Theory of Territory – recently out with OUP.

Posted on July 7, 2015 by stuartelden

Margaret Moore, A Political Theory of Territory – recently out with OUP. Our world is currently divided into territorial states that resist all attempts to change their borders. But what entitles a state, or the people it represents, to assume … Continue reading →

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Talks at three workshops – on Foucault and Artemidorus, Earth, and Foucault and Shakespeare – with links to some audio recordings

Posted on July 7, 2015 by stuartelden

I attended and spoke at three workshops last week. First, at the Monash University study centre in Prato, Italy, on modern reappropriations of Hellenistic Ethics. I ran a reading seminar on Foucault’s reading of Artemidorus. The other sessions were by … Continue reading →

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‘How 7/7 changed the way Britain mourns victims of terrorism’ – Charlotte Heath-Kelly in The Conversation

Posted on July 7, 2015 by stuartelden

My colleague Charlotte Heath-Kelly has a thoughtful piece entitled ‘How 7/7 changed the way Britain mourns victims of terrorism’ in The Conversation.

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“Let UK universities do what they do best – teaching and research” – Letter from 121 professors in The Guardian

Posted on July 7, 2015 by stuartelden

“Let UK universities do what they do best – teaching and research” – Letter from 121 professors in The Guardian. Here’s the first paragraph: The UK’s universities can justifiably claim an outstanding international reputation, generating multiple direct and indirect benefits for society, … Continue reading →

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Review of Virginia Comolli, Boko Haram: Nigeria’s Islamist Insurgency at African Arguments

Posted on June 27, 2015 by stuartelden

Virginia Comolli, Boko Haram: Nigeria’s Islamist Insurgency is reviewed at African Arguments. Along with Mike Smith’s Boko Haram: Inside Nigeria’s Unholy War, these look to be the key English books on the group. My bibliography of articles (last updated in 2014) can … Continue reading →

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Books received – Shakespeare, Mousnier, Lefebvre

Posted on June 23, 2015 by stuartelden

Two OUP editions of Shakespeare, Roland Mousnier’s Peasant Uprisings – used by Foucault in Théories et institutions pénales, and two first editions of Lefebvre’s books in Axelos’s Arguments series.

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