Category Archives: Territory

Rousseau – Property, Land, Territory

Posted on November 6, 2013 by stuartelden

Mark Purcell points to Rousseau’s ‘denunciation of property’ in the second discourse: The first person who, having enclosed a plot of land, took it into his head to say this is mine and found people simple enough to believe him, … Continue reading →

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Derek Gregory, Juan Cole and China Miéville on Israel/Palestine

Posted on November 4, 2013 by stuartelden

In Feedly this morning, a powerful juxtaposition – Derek Gregory on the West Bank wall, and Juan Cole on Israel’s new settlements in the West Bank. Derek links to a new photo essay by China Miéville presented at the Palestinian Literary … Continue reading →

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If all the ice melted – the world’s coastlines

Posted on November 4, 2013 by stuartelden

Powerful images from National Geographic.

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Shakespeare, Politics, Territory – a talk for prospective Warwick students

Posted on October 23, 2013 by stuartelden

On 21st October I gave a short talk to prospective students at the University of Warwick. These were students between the ages of 15 and 18. The topic, which was suggested for me, was ‘Shakespeare, Politics, Territory’. It’s pitched at … Continue reading →

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Performing sovereignty and territory – the trial of the ‘King of New Germany’

Posted on October 18, 2013 by stuartelden

Thanks to Ben Rosamond for sending me this story of the self-proclaimed king, Peter Fitzek, “who claims to have a established his own kingdom outside Wittenberg in the state of Saxony-Anhalt”, who was arrested for a driving offence. He produced “a … Continue reading →

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The Birth of Territory in 34 minutes

Posted on October 17, 2013 by stuartelden

At the book launch for The Birth of Territory yesterday I introduced the book in just over thirty minutes. The audio recording is available here.

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The Birth of Territory book launch – today

Posted on October 16, 2013 by stuartelden

Later today I’ll be giving a brief talk about my book The Birth of Territory as part of a book launch in the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick.

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Michael Byers, International Law and the Arctic

Posted on October 15, 2013 by stuartelden

I’ve just been sent a copy of Michael Byers, International Law and the Arctic by the author. I’ll be on a panel with Michael and others at the ArcticNet conference in December, in Halifax, so this is essential background reading.

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CFP AAG 2014 – Borders Beyond Securitization: Rethinking the Lines that Bind Us

Posted on October 10, 2013 by stuartelden

I’m not going to post many calls for AAG sessions, but this also looks very relevant to this blog’s concerns. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Tampa, April 8-11, 2014 CFP: Borders Beyond Securitization: Rethinking the Lines that … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers AAG 2014 – (Re)imagining Territory as Political Ecological Process

Posted on October 10, 2013 by stuartelden

Re-posted from crit-geog-forum. Call for Papers AAG 2014: (Re)imagining Territory as Political Ecological Process Territory is the basis for the political-juridical organization of the international state system.  It is one of the fundamental concepts upon which state sovereignty operates and … Continue reading →

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