Category Archives: Territory

New books received

Posted on October 15, 2012 by stuartelden

Some recently received books – mainly from University of Georgia Press in recompense for review work; an old and a new book bought from Verso; Kant’s Natural Science for review; and a copy of the Babel2  Diritto alla città collection … Continue reading →

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Thinking Urban Worlds – workshop at Durham University

Posted on October 5, 2012 by stuartelden

Room W007, Durham University, December 5th 1-4.30pm With the majority of humans on the planet now residing in towns and cities, it is de rigueur for commentators to describe the world as ‘urban’; to herald an ‘urban revolution’ and proclaim … Continue reading →

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IAS director and new term

Posted on October 1, 2012 by stuartelden

Today I officially take over as Director (Social Science) of the Institute of Advanced Study.  This term’s fellows arrive today, and it should be really interesting – this year’s theme is Time. Teaching starts next week, but several meetings this … Continue reading →

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Richard Seymour – The territorial logic of the capitalist state

Posted on September 25, 2012 by stuartelden

Interesting post at Lenin’s Tomb on contemporary politics, states and spaces. Some discussion of Lefebvre, Gregory, Arrighi, and Harvey.

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Teo Ballvé – ‘Territories of Life and Death on a Colombian Frontier’

Posted on September 14, 2012 by stuartelden

Congratulations to Teo Ballvé for the award of the Antipode Graduate Student Scholarship for his work on ‘Territories of Life and Death on a Colombian Frontier’. Teo is behind the excellent Territorial Masquerades blog and is doing really interesting work. I … Continue reading →

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Derek Gregory on Robert Kaplan, The Revenge of Geography

Posted on September 10, 2012 by stuartelden

Both Jeremy Crampton and I have mentioned Robert Kaplan’s The Revenge of Geography, to be published this week. Drawing on Kaplan’s previous work, and providing some useful links to other discussions, Derek Gregory discusses it here.

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Forthcoming talks

Posted on September 6, 2012 by stuartelden

Several talks for the 2012/13 academic year have been arranged. Two lectures have been in the diary for a while – the Critical International and Political Studies annual lecture at the University of Warwick in October (abstract here), and the George M. … Continue reading →

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Kaplan – The Revenge of Geography

Posted on September 6, 2012 by stuartelden

Robert D. Kaplan’s book The Revenge of Geography: What the Map tells us about Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate is out on September 11th. Jeremy Crampton has news of its launch here. This builds on an earlier piece … Continue reading →

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‘Shakespearean Territories’ – abstract for Warwick

Posted on September 5, 2012 by stuartelden

This is my abstract for the Critical International and Political Studies annual lecture, University of Warwick, October 3rd 2012. This lecture shows how Shakespeare’s plays can help us to think about the multi-faceted nature of territory as word, concept and … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare and War

Posted on August 30, 2012 by stuartelden

Derek Gregory has followed up his post on Theatre of/and War with one on Shakespeare and War. Lots of good reading suggestions in both. I’d also suggest Simon Barker, War and Nation in the Theatre of Shakespeare and his Contemporaries. Derek kindly … Continue reading →

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