Category Archives: Territory

The Intervention in Mali

France’s intervention in Mali over the last few days hasn’t received that much notice in the Anglophone press. It has now been joined by Britain, providing logistical support and supplies, which may change that. The Observer has the story here, and there is a … Continue reading

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Israel’s border fences

The West Bank wall/fence/barrier gets most of the attention. The containment of Gaza continues on all sides – its land borders with Israel; south to Egypt; most of its territorial sea occupied and certainly its airspace, while the subsoil is a … Continue reading

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Politicised Literary Geographies audio recordings

The audio recordings of the talks at the Durham workshop on Politicised Literary Geographies are available here. Following a brief introduction, there are talks by James Kneale, Carolyn Pedwell, Angharad Closs Stephens and me. my talk is on the Shakespearean … Continue reading

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Klaus Dodds on the Argentine letter

At the Royal Holloway Geopolitics and Security blog, there are links to two pieces by Klaus Dodds on Argentina’s letter on the Falklands/Las Malvinas.

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Sovereignty, Territorial Integrity and the Falklands/Las Malvinas

Today’s Argentine letter on the Falkland/Las Malvinas islands makes for interesting reading. Buenos Aires, January 3rd, 2013 Mr Prime Minister David Cameron, One hundred and eighty years ago on the same date, January 3rd, in a blatant exercise of 19th-century … Continue reading

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Writing tasks

When term finished last Friday, I was at last able to get to some writing tasks that I hadn’t been able to clear the time to complete before. First up was a short reply to two responses to my ‘Secure the … Continue reading

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Joshua J. Kurz discusses my 2009 book Terror and Territory at his blog Being-in-Exodus.

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A Marxist Map of History

Roland Boer has discovered a map of European (mainly German) history between 1476 and 1648 – from the perspective of class struggle. You can also download them – Version 1 and Version 2 (thanks to Christina Petterson via Stalin’s Moustache).

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BLDGBLOG recommends books of 2012

As a balance to Crooked Timber’s fiction suggestions reblogged yesterday, BLDGBLOG has a number of suggestions for good books to read on mapping, architecture, landscape, urban planning and the like.

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Emotional Geographies of Occupied Territories and Emergency Zones – cfp

A call for papers – please contact arielhan@yahoo.com with any queries. Fourth International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Emotional Geographies, 1-3 July 2013 at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands Session title: Emotional Geographies of Occupied Territories and Emergency Zones Organizer: Dr. … Continue reading

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