Category Archives: Michel Foucault

Berkeley and Arizona lectures on territory

Posted on July 16, 2011 by stuartelden

The flight for my Berkeley and University of Arizona lectures in September is now booked. The lectures will be under the title ‘How should we do the history of territory?’ – which some may spot is a tribute to the piece Ian … Continue reading →

Posted in Boundaries, Conferences, Michel Foucault, The Birth of Territory, Travel | 2 Comments

Foucault, “Nietzsche, Genealogy, History”

Posted on July 5, 2011 by stuartelden

In working on my lecture on Foucault’s 1970-71 course I have been rereading some related texts, including the “Nietzsche, Genealogy, History” essay. I know this text well, as I’ve taught it and it was a fundamental text in my PhD … Continue reading →

Posted in Friedrich Nietzsche, Mapping the Present, Michel Foucault | 3 Comments

Foucault’s History of Sexuality

Posted on July 5, 2011 by stuartelden

I’ve been planning another book on Foucault for many years. The idea is to write a history of the ‘History of Sexuality’ – tracing the emergence of the project, the original plan, and the various revisions before it was left … Continue reading →

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Reading Foucault in Nigeria

Posted on June 29, 2011 by stuartelden

The key work I did in Nigeria, aside from editing Society and Space, was on Foucault. This is for two, interrelated, projects. The first is to to write a chapter for the book coming out of The Foucault Effect 1991-2011 … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Michel Foucault, Quentin Skinnner, Reinhart Koselleck, The Birth of Territory | 3 Comments

Foucault Effect first panel

Posted on June 20, 2011 by stuartelden

Thanks to Justin Choi for the picture – this is from the first panel (left to right: me, Colin Gordon, Daniel Defert, Peter Fitzpatrick, Maria Carolina Olerte).

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Roundup

Posted on June 13, 2011 by stuartelden

Very interesting interview with Jeffrey Jerome Cohen here. Beowulf and Grendel; why ‘speculative realism’ is more use for medieval studies than Agamben; race, gender, nationalism; and contemporary politics like the ‘war on terror’. Over at the Society and Space blog, Bradley … Continue reading →

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The Foucault Effect 1991-2011 audio

Posted on June 12, 2011 by stuartelden

The audio recordings of the 3-4 June 2011 event at Birkbeck are now available here. You can find my notes on the event here, and the written up text of my discussant comments here (the direct link to the audio … Continue reading →

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Summer work

Posted on June 11, 2011 by stuartelden

Lots to do this summer (though it doesn’t exactly feel like summer in York)… Finish ‘Society and Space’ volume introduction and draft introduction to ‘Foundations’ volume for the Sage Environment and Planning collection. Submit the paper on King Lear that … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Cricket, Cycling, Fossils, Michel Foucault, My Publications, Society and Space, teaching, The Birth of Territory, The Space of the World, Travel | 2 Comments

The Foucault Effect 1991-2011 – Discussant Comments

Posted on June 10, 2011 by stuartelden

Even though there was an audio recording, I decided to type up my handwritten comments from which I improvised my response to Daniel Defert; Colin Gordon; Peter Fitzpatrick and Maria Carolina Olarte. There is some material here that was cut due to the time – three long papers and already after 7pm when I spoke, so this is record of both what I said and would have said. This is very much a pièce d’occasion, rather than the basis for anything more, though some of the themes relate to previous concerns, or will become part of future work. Continue reading →

Posted in J.G.A. Pocock, Michel Foucault, Quentin Skinnner, Reinhart Koselleck, Stephen Greenblatt | 4 Comments

The Foucault Effect conference

Posted on June 5, 2011 by stuartelden

The Foucault Effect 1991-2011 conference held over the last couple of days was very good. The room was packed for the opening session on Friday evening, and then a good audience throughout Saturday. The first session included Daniel Defert on … Continue reading →

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