Category Archives: Territory

Podcast of Open University talk

You can find the audio recording of my talk yesterday at the Open University here. It was entitled ‘From Territorium to Territory’. The opening seven minutes or so are an overview of the project on territory as a whole; it … Continue reading

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Alexander von Humboldt lecture

I’ve been asked to give one of the Alexander von Humboldt lectures at the Radboud University of Nijmegen in September 2010. I’m really pleased to accept this. The theme is on Making European Space(s). They’ve had some really interesting people … Continue reading

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Territory wordles

I think these are quite interesting to see. You can use the Wordle website to analyse a chunk of text for word frequencies. This first one is the text of Terror and Territory… This one is of ‘Land, Terrain, Territory’, a … Continue reading

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China-India Border Dispute conference

Held at the University of Westminster on 2-3 June 2010. Details here – summary below A Conference on ‘REVISITING THE CHINA-INDIA BORDER DISPUTE’ 2-3 June 2010, University of Westminster, London.  http://chinaindiaborderdispute.wordpress.com and http://www.westminster.ac.uk/schools/humanities/politics-and-international-relations   Organiser: Dr Dibyesh Anand (www.dibyesh.com), Reader (Associate Professor), … Continue reading

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Tordesillas, Territory, Topology

A few days ago I wrote about the struggles I was having with chapter eight of my ‘history of territory’ book. I have sections on ‘The Politics of the Reformation’ and on the New World which need further work before being … Continue reading

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South Atlantic claims

My colleagues in the International Boundaries Research Unit at Durham have produced some remarkable maps showing the rival UK and Argentine claims in the South Atlantic, which include but exceed the Falklands/Malvinas… You can find a briefing and the maps here  There … Continue reading

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Don’t judge a book by its covers…

I am not sure what is going on here. I’ve just found – on Amazon – both these images. The one on the left is the actual book cover; the one on the right I’ve never seen before. Leaving aside … Continue reading

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History and Philosophy

I’d not intended this blog to be quite so contemporary and political, but the British election and the Middlesex situation have dominated the posting so far. These events and the conferences and workshops I’ve attended over the past couple of … Continue reading

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Territory and Justice conference

Territory and Justice Conference – Dublin 12-13 July 2010 http://eis.bris.ac.uk/~plcdib/territory.html There has been a real interest in the relation between political theory and territory recently, although what it tends to do is take territory as a relatively straight-forward notion, and … Continue reading

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Durham conference

The Durham conference was a success. Really good papers and some interesting topics being discussed. My talk seemed to go well – good questions again. It was the first time I’d used Prezi instead of Powerpoint – it will not be … Continue reading

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