Category Archives: Travel

Yale conference and homeward bound

Posted on April 15, 2012 by stuartelden

The Yale conference was good, with a wide range of perspectives. Though there was a clear clash of perspectives between the historians and geographies on the one hand, and the political scientists on the other, this was not unpleasant. The … Continue reading →

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Yale borders conference

Posted on April 13, 2012 by stuartelden

Arrived in New Haven yesterday for the ‘Walls and Fences’ conference after several great days in and around the GSD. Neil was a great host, and some good conversations with him, his colleagues at the GSD and visitors. Got to … Continue reading →

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Rereading novels

Posted on April 9, 2012 by stuartelden

The Guardian has a couple of features on rereading novels – a piece discussing it here, and some contemporary authors’ favourite novels to re-read here. This isn’t something I do very often with novels. I did when younger but now I … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Henri Lefebvre, Mapping the Present, Martin Heidegger, Michel Foucault, Travel, Umberto Eco, William Shakespeare | 10 Comments

Kentucky Social Theory lecture

Posted on March 31, 2012 by stuartelden

The lecture was yesterday, and seemed to be well received. It was a busy day – an interview with the graduate student journal disClosure, a lunch with the faculty teaching the Social Theory seminar, the lecture itself, followed by questions, … Continue reading →

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Kentucky

Posted on March 28, 2012 by stuartelden

Now at the University of Kentucky for a few days. The talk is on Friday but lots of other things scheduled beforehand. Already met up with Sue Roberts, Michael Samers and Ted Schatzki. I’ve only ever been through Kentucky before … Continue reading →

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End of 2011, and a look to 2012

Posted on January 7, 2012 by stuartelden

I meant to post this before I went offline for a couple of weeks for Christmas and a holiday in the Gambia, but didn’t do so. Anyway, it is a brief review of my 2011 and a look to 2012… … Continue reading →

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Kentucky-Harvard-Yale

Posted on December 5, 2011 by stuartelden

This has been a bit of a logistical challenge. I’m speaking in Kentucky to the Committee on Social Theory on March 30th. They’ve just sent me this nice poster advertising the series. I was also asked to speak at Yale … Continue reading →

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To do list

Posted on December 2, 2011 by stuartelden

In the immortal words of Malcolm Tucker, “I’ve got a to-do list longer than a Leonard Cohen song”… One of the things that has suffered has been this blog. As the last, somewhat grumpy, post indicated, we are moving, and so that has … Continue reading →

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November is the cruelest month

Posted on December 2, 2011 by stuartelden

With all due respect to T.S. Eliot, I think November wins the prize. Setting the clocks back is brutal, the weather is tough, and the days continue to get shorter. Getting some disappointing news in the middle of the month … Continue reading →

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End of October

Posted on October 28, 2011 by stuartelden

October has been a slog. I’ve now done half of my teaching for this academic year. In one month. Okay, this means that the rest of the year is going to be relatively easy on that front, but naturally there … Continue reading →

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