Category Archives: Society and Space

Society and Space – interviews

Posted on August 16, 2010 by stuartelden

Over the years the journal has run a number of interviews with prominent theorists and philosophers. Some of these include Anthony Giddens, Raymond Williams, Henri Lefebvre, Edward Said, Alain Badiou, Michael Goodchild (1999 and 2009), and John Urry. There have also … Continue reading →

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Society and Space – 28 volumes

Posted on August 16, 2010 by stuartelden

The journal I edit, Society and Space, is in its 28th volume. It’s published a very large number of papers in that time. I previously gave some figures about this. I’m now beginning to create a long list of papers … Continue reading →

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Society and Space – new issue out

Posted on August 2, 2010 by stuartelden

Vol 28 No 4 of Society and Space is now out. Among other things, it includes a piece authored by Valérie November, Eduardo Camacho-Hübner, and Bruno Latour.

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Society and Space – some figures

Posted on July 14, 2010 by stuartelden

I became editor of Environment and Planning D: Society and Space about four years ago, initially shadowing Gerry Pratt for a few months, then taking on new submissions, and formally taking over as editor at the beginning of 2007. In … Continue reading →

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REF delay to be announced

Posted on July 8, 2010 by stuartelden

The Times Higher Education Supplement has the news that the UK Research Exercise Framework (the Research Assessment Exercise replacement) will be delayed for a year. This means publications between 2008 and 2013 will now ‘count’. This has some strange distorting effects … Continue reading →

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Zizek, Derrida and other lecturers

Posted on July 4, 2010 by stuartelden

Graham Harman has a followup to my post on Zizek here. He draws an interesting comparison between Zizek and Derrida as speakers. I heard Derrida speak twice – once was a setpiece event in Oxford, which was called ‘A Short … Continue reading →

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Ladyman and Ross review

Posted on June 10, 2010 by stuartelden

Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews has a discussion of Ladyman and Ross, Every Thing Must Go here. The book was the topic of Graham Harman’s Dundee lecture, which as he notes here, is forthcoming in Society and Space.

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New issue of Society and Space

Posted on May 26, 2010 by stuartelden

A new issue of the journal Society and Space is now published – vol 28 no 3 It’s comprised of a diverse range of pieces, looking at the EU, contingency, Nazi architecture, virtual worlds, race, postcolonial territorialization, fair-trade education, rural gentrification, … Continue reading →

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South Atlantic claims

Posted on May 17, 2010 by stuartelden

My colleagues in the International Boundaries Research Unit at Durham have produced some remarkable maps showing the rival UK and Argentine claims in the South Atlantic, which include but exceed the Falklands/Malvinas… You can find a briefing and the maps here  There … Continue reading →

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Kostas Axelos

Posted on May 6, 2010 by stuartelden

The Greek-French thinker Kostas Axelos died earlier this year. He wasn’t very well known in the English speaking world, but in his adoptive home of France he was a major thinker and enabler of intellectual life. He was, for example, … Continue reading →

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