Category Archives: Territory

Basel ‘New Developments in Theory’ lecture and ‘Space, Territory, Literature’ seminar

Posted on September 2, 2014 by stuartelden

Ridvan Askin has sent me the flyers for the ‘New Developments in Theory’ lecture and the ‘Space, Territory, Literature’ seminar at the University of Basel in November. Looking forward to these days in Basel – a city I have only ever … Continue reading →

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Warwick Graduate Conference in Political Geography – call for papers

Posted on September 1, 2014 by stuartelden

Please consider submitting a paper for the next Warwick Graduate Conference in Political Geography, held at the University of Warwick on 27-28 November, 2014. Full details here – keynote from Alex Jeffrey (University of Cambridge) Three travel grants of up to £250 … Continue reading →

Posted in Boundaries, Conferences, Politics, Territory, urban/urbanisation | 3 Comments

Upcoming talks – Harvard, Groningen, Basel

Posted on August 22, 2014 by stuartelden

I have three visiting lectures coming up over the next couple of months. In mid-September, I’ll be speaking at a conference on ‘Identity, Sovereignty, and Global Politics in the Building of Baghdad: From Revolution through the Gulf War and Beyond‘ at … Continue reading →

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Assessing the Damage and Destruction in Gaza – NYT map

Posted on August 4, 2014 by stuartelden

Click on the map to go to the New York Times interactive maps.

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The Birth of Territory reviewed in Croatian International Relations Review

Posted on August 1, 2014 by stuartelden

The Birth of Territory has been reviewed in Croatian International Relations Review by Daniel Šaric (open access). Here’s the first paragraph: Stuart Elden’s new book The Birth of Territory is a magisterial and in parts almost encyclopedic work. The book covers … Continue reading →

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Joshua Hagen reviews The Birth of Territory in Geographical Review

Posted on July 29, 2014 by stuartelden

A nice review of The Birth of Territory in Geographical Review, by Joshua Hagen (requires subscription). Here’s the concluding paragraph: Elden is to be commended for his keen analysis that tackles rather complex issues of meaning and translation while remaining eminently readable. … Continue reading →

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Some links on the situation in Gaza – and Verso’s The Case for Sanctions Against Israel free to download

Posted on July 28, 2014 by stuartelden

The desperate situation on Gaza continues… some things worth reading, as something of a balance to the mainstream media The Funambulist has had some excellent analysis, in word and image by Léopold Lambert  – clicking the map below takes to … Continue reading →

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Top ten posts on Progressive Geographies this week

Posted on July 27, 2014 by stuartelden

Special Issue on Ranciere What is neoliberalism? Foucault’s Last Decade – Update 12 Bruno Latour – Some advantages of the notion of “Critical Zone” for Geopolitics Guattari, Felix 2012 Schizoanalytic Cartographies, reviewed by Thomas Jellis Foucault’s Last Decade Peter Sloterdijk, … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Bruno Latour, Eduardo Mendieta, Felix Guattari, Foucault's Last Decade, Michel Foucault, Peter Sloterdijk, Politics, Territory | 2 Comments

Bruno Latour – Some advantages of the notion of “Critical Zone” for Geopolitics

Posted on July 26, 2014 by stuartelden

An intriguing short piece by Bruno Latour – ‘Some advantages of the notion of “Critical Zone” for Geopolitics’ – available to download from his website. Abstract: The relatively new concept of “critical zones”, much like that of the “Anthropocene”, signals … Continue reading →

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Review essay on Terror and Territory (in Portuguese)

Posted on July 9, 2014 by stuartelden

Thanks to Paulo Jorge Vieira for alerting me to this new review essay of my 2009 book Terror and Territory in the Brazilian journal Geografares by Márcio José Mendonça.

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