Category Archives: Territory

Exterritory project event on Extraterritoriality

Interesting and intriguing invitation to speak at an event on extraterritoriality by the Exterritory Project. The project is run by two Israeli artists – Ruti Sela and Maayan Amir. They’ve done things like project art works onto the sails of … Continue reading

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Lectures on Foucault

I give two different lectures on Foucault this month. One is at the Radical Foucault conference in London (8th-9th Sept), and then the second is given at both UC Berkeley and University of Arizona the following week. The paper for … Continue reading

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‘Territory without Borders’ in the Harvard International Review

My piece ‘Territory without Borders’ has now been published in the Harvard International Review. It’s on their website here. Update: couple of nice reactions here and here.

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Territory, Communication, Speed

In his 1982 interview ‘Space, Knowledge and Power’, Foucault and Paul Rabinow discuss architecture in some detail. It was originally published in the journal Skyline, so this is not surprising. There are some interesting passages, which I’m going over for … Continue reading

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Writing rhythm and summer reading

I have been getting into a good writing rhythm since I got back from Amsterdam, with a dedicated two hour slot each day when I write with no distractions, followed by the rest of the day on editorial work, other … Continue reading

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“Sovereignty, Territory and the Imperium” – review essay by Karena Shaw

An interesting review essay of John Agnew’s Globalization and Sovereignty; my Terror and Territory, and Ronnie D. Lipschutz’s The Constitution of Imperium has just appeared in Geopolitics (subscription required). Written by Karena Shaw of the School of Environmental Studies at the … Continue reading

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Global Politics – 2nd edition

I’ve just completed revising my chapter “Why is the world divided territorially?” for the second edition of Jenny Edkins and Maja Zehfuss (eds.) Global Politics: A New Introduction. The book has an interesting approach – rather than teach international or … Continue reading

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theory@buffalo theme issue on Territory and reviews of Terror and Territory

The journal theory@buffalo has a new issue on ‘Territories of Thought’. Interesting mix of papers on the theme, including papers on Heidegger, Plato and the animal. It includes a very careful and generous review essay of my Terror and Territory by Guy Witzel. The … Continue reading

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2012 Telos Conference – Space: Virtuality, Territoriality, and Relationality

This conference looks really interesting – but not sure I can cope with three transatlantic flights in early 2012. CALL FOR PAPERS: The 2012 Telos Conference: Space: Virtuality, Territoriality, and Relationality January 14-15, 2012 New York City Every day we … Continue reading

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Territory without borders

That’s the title of a piece I have forthcoming in the Harvard International Review. Some of the argument is rehearsed in other places, and I gave a keynote to the Global Studies Association in 2009 with this title. It’s an attempt to discuss … Continue reading

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