Category Archives: Territory

Leaving Nijmegen

Posted on September 10, 2010 by stuartelden

I’ll be leaving Nijmegen early in the morning to head back to London. The Alexander von Humboldt lecture seemed to be well received. It didn’t go quite as smoothly as I wanted but it was well attended and there were … Continue reading →

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A few shorter pieces

Posted on September 7, 2010 by stuartelden

There will be a few shorter pieces coming out in the next several months. A piece on Lefebvre’s theory of moments, and his work on time more generally, for a book project entitled Learning from Vancouver. This seems an interesting … Continue reading →

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The Birth of Territory

Posted on September 1, 2010 by stuartelden

The title of most of the lectures I will be giving this autumn will be ‘The Birth of Territory’. It’s increasingly clear to me that this is also the title of the book I’ve been writing, with no complicating subtitle.

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Gratton on Elden on Territory

Posted on September 1, 2010 by stuartelden

Very nice comment from Peter Gratton here.  Two minor corrections. I said it was available online, not free online – but as ever I’m happy to share if anyone can’t get it and drops me an email. And second, my project … Continue reading →

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‘Juridicality and Territory’ – a brief historical response

Posted on August 31, 2010 by stuartelden

Over at Open Geography, Jeremy has a post about ‘Juridicality and Territory’, discussing the US and a potential assassination of an American citizen thought to reside in Yemen. In the context of the ‘war on terror’, the US has long … Continue reading →

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Land, Terrain, Territory dialogue

Posted on August 31, 2010 by stuartelden

My piece ‘Land, Terrain, Territory’, forthcoming in Progress in Human Geography in early 2011, but already available online, will be the focus of a discussion in the journal. Marco Antonsich has kindly written a response, to which I’ve written a … Continue reading →

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Nijmegen Alexander von Humboldt lecture series

Posted on August 29, 2010 by stuartelden
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Territory, Globalization and International Relations – new book

Posted on August 28, 2010 by stuartelden

A new, and very good book, due out in November – Territory, Globalization and International Relations: The Cartographic Reality of Space, by Jeppe Strandsbjerg of the Copenhagen Business School. I’ve just finished reading the manuscript to write a publicity blurb for the backcover.

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‘P. Baldus’ and the ‘Monastic Peace’

Posted on August 27, 2010 by stuartelden

If the title of this post makes no sense, that’s not by chance. I’ve been spending the day tracking down some of Leibniz’s works, finding as many references as I can, and making a list of things to check at … Continue reading →

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The Production of Jerusalem

Posted on August 24, 2010 by stuartelden

The Guardian has an interesting report about the new light railway being built in Jerusalem here. The last time I was there in 2009 there was a lot of work going on in Jaffa Street. The focus of the story is … Continue reading →

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