Category Archives: Territory

Books received

Rosi Bradotti, The Posthuman; Mark Purcell, The Down-Deep Delight of Democracy (to review); Laurence Hemming’s Heidegger and Marx (which I endorsed); Neve Gordon’s Israel’s Occupation; the launch issue of Territory, Politics, Governance (which has an essay from me in it); … Continue reading

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The AAG meeting

I’ve spent the last week in Los Angeles for the Association of American Geographers annual meeting. It was mainly in the Westin Bonaventure hotel – made famous in the 1980s by the readings of Fredric Jameson and Edward Soja. I … Continue reading

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BIMKOM – Planners for Planning Rights new website

A new website by a really important NGO in Israel who have done a lot of work for Palestinian and Bedouin groups. BIMKOM – Planners for Planning Rights is an Israeli non-profit organization formed in 1999 by a group of … Continue reading

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International Political Sociology virtual theme issue on Territorialities, Spaces, Geographies

International Political Sociology has just put together an open access virtual theme issue on Territorialities, Spaces, Geographies – including papers by Nisha Shah, John Agnew, Neil Brenner and me, and Nick Vaughan-Williams: This special issue presents a selection of work at … Continue reading

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US drone war in Pakistan infographic

At his ever interesting Informed Comment, Juan Cole discusses the new project Out of Sight, Out of Mind. The project, Out of Sight, Out of Mind, aims to capture the scale and human cost of the drone war in Pakistan … Continue reading

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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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