Category Archives: Territory

The Birth of Territory – University of Chicago Press page and preorder

The University of Chicago Press page for my book The Birth of Territory is now up with the description, an endorsement from John Agnew, and the table of contents. It will be available in cloth and paperback simultaneously. The paperback is $30, which … Continue reading

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Two PhD studentships on ‘Political Spaces’ at Warwick

As part of my move to Warwick, two PhD studentships are available to work with me and colleagues in the broad area of Political Spaces. Closing date is end of May 2013. Full details here, but below are the headlines … Continue reading

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Territory, Politics, Governance – Issue 1 now available

Various papers from issue 1 had been available before, but the whole inaugural issue of Territory, Politics, Governance, a Regional Studies Association journal, is now available. My paper is open access, the rest require subscription.All the papers are now available … Continue reading

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The London International Boundary Conference 2013

King’s College London, Volterra Fietta and UK Hydrographic Office have organised The London International Boundary Conference 2013, a two day event 18-19 March 2013 with a pre-conference technical workshop. It’s expensive, but has a heavily discounted rate for students. The Conference … Continue reading

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Lectures in Newfoundland

I’m giving a few lectures at Memorial University of Newfoundland next week. The main reason I am going is to give the George M. Storey lecture in the Humanities, but a few other events have been arranged including a visit to … Continue reading

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Bridge and Adey responses to ‘Secure the Volume’

The responses to my “Secure the Volume: Vertical Geopolitics and the Depth of Power” paper are now available. Gavin Bridge – Territory, now in 3D! Peter Adey – Securing the volume/volumen Along with my reply – Bodies, books, beneath.

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New Geographies 5 – The Mediterranean

New Geographies, Vol 5, is out shortly. There is a launch event at the Graduate School of Design later this month. Most literature on the Mediterranean regarding architecture and urbanism has focused on the idea of the Mediterranean city and … Continue reading

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Territory, Politics, Governance – new articles

My essay ‘How should we do the history of territory?‘, forthcoming in the first issue of the journal Territory, Politics, Governance has been downloaded 1,267 times. Being open access certainly helps. There are two more papers available at present, and the … Continue reading

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The Birth of Territory proofs

I’ve recently received the proofs for The Birth of Territory, due out later this year. It looks good and I’ve not spotted anything serious as yet. It’s a strange experience to be reading this in very-near-final form, looking like a … Continue reading

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Race, affect and alterity: rethinking climate change and migration – Workshop at Durham

Call for Papers/Announcement Race, alterity and affect: rethinking climate change-induced migration and displacement 18-19 June 2013, Durham University Organisers – Andrew Baldwin (Durham University W.A.Baldwin@durham.ac.uk) and Katherine E. Russo  (Università degli Studi di Napoli L’Orientale) As policy and scholarly debates … Continue reading

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