Category Archives: Politics

Rumours of the cuts to come

Posted on October 15, 2010 by stuartelden

Rumours of the cuts to come to British Higher Education here and here. As I said in my immediate thoughts on the Browne report a few days ago (here), the the unsaid part of the report was the massive cuts coming in the comprehensive … Continue reading →

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‘The True Size of Africa’

Posted on October 15, 2010 by stuartelden

This image has been fairly widely circulated. David Campbell asks a good question here: “in comparing a continent with countries, doesn’t it run the risk of perpetuating the homogenization of Africa’s 61 political territories into one entity?” One way this is … Continue reading →

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The Browne Report

Posted on October 12, 2010 by stuartelden

The Browne report ‘Securing a Sustainable Future for Higher Education’ is here. The headlines loans for living costs; grants for families with below £60,000 income no upfront fees for tuition, these too funded by loans repayment of loans to start at … Continue reading →

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Bush-Obama

Posted on October 6, 2010 by stuartelden

Tariq Ali has written a short piece on the continuities between Bush and Obama’s foreign policies for The Age. (Via the Verso blog.) It’s to plug his new book The Obama Syndrome: Surrender at Home, War Abroad – details here. … Continue reading →

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AAG session on Territoriality and Political Violence

Posted on September 22, 2010 by stuartelden

(I have no involvement in this session, but it may be of interest to some readers -via PGSG) Territoriality, political violence, and armed conflict Call for Papers Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting Seattle, WA, April 12-16, 2011 Last Day … Continue reading →

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Geographies of Intelligence

Posted on September 17, 2010 by stuartelden

This looks really interesting… Call for Papers, Association of American Geographers 2011, Seattle, USA April 12-16, 2011 Organisers: Jeremy Crampton (Georgia State University) and Trevor Barnes (University of British Columbia).  Session jointly sponsored by the Political Geography Specialty Group and … Continue reading →

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Scranton on Iraq

Posted on September 12, 2010 by stuartelden

Scranton on Iraq parts IV and V.

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Roundup – Iraq, Protevi, Unsolicited Boxes

Posted on September 11, 2010 by stuartelden

Now I’m back, a few links… Roy Scranton on Iraq and becoming a soldier, parts II and III John Protevi will be giving one of the Yi-Fu Tuan lectures at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Details here. You can read the … Continue reading →

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Roundup – Iraq, Ihde, Meillassoux

Posted on September 4, 2010 by stuartelden

Roy Scranton on Iraq – part one of five – here. Scranton is an ex-soldier who served in Iraq, who wrote a very interesting article for City journal a few years ago – “Walls and Shadows: The Occupation of Baghdad”. … Continue reading →

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The State of Critical Geopolitics

Posted on September 2, 2010 by stuartelden

Papers from a conference at Durham on the current state of Critical Geopolitics are published in a theme section of the journal Political Geography. Papers by Derek Gregory, Katharyne Mitchell, Gearóid Ó Tuathail, Simon Dalby and Jennifer Hyndman, introduced by … Continue reading →

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