Category Archives: Travel

Not going to the AAG

Posted on April 11, 2011 by stuartelden

As I’ve written in lots of personal emails recently, no, I’m not going to the AAG in Seattle. The main reason is that I wanted to make the most of Australia, which I am visiting for only the second time, rather than … Continue reading →

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Fossils – in Australia and Macau

Posted on March 30, 2011 by stuartelden

The talk on fossils seemed to go well yesterday. There were some good questions – on the issue of resemblance; whether Bergson’s notion of fossilisation could be related to this; on Leibniz’s notion of possible worlds; on Philip (father of Edmund) Gosse; … Continue reading →

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Weekend in Tasmania

Posted on March 20, 2011 by stuartelden

Great weekend in Tasmania with Jeff and Margaret Malpas. Saturday at the Bream Creek Show, and then dinner with friends. Sunday to the terrific new Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) and then up to Myrtle Forest for a short walk. … Continue reading →

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Tasmania and Territory

Posted on March 18, 2011 by stuartelden

Just about to leave to go to Tasmania. I am giving a talk on The Birth of Territory on Monday, but have the weekend there first. I spent three very happy months as a visiting scholar at the University of … Continue reading →

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Sydney talks

Posted on March 11, 2011 by stuartelden

The University of Western Sydney talk went well, eventually. Things started to go wrong at the airport, when the first plane I was on had a fuel leak and was cancelled. Then the second, rebooked, flight was delayed. Then the computer … Continue reading →

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Canberra – first impressions

Posted on February 21, 2011 by stuartelden

I arrived in Canberra, via Sydney, this morning. The last day in Singapore was spent down at Marina Bay, which has had a huge amount of development work since I was last there. The Marina Bay Sands hotel/casino complex is reminiscent of … Continue reading →

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Pulau Ubin

Posted on February 19, 2011 by stuartelden

One of my favourite places in Singapore is the little island in the Johor strait off the northeast coast – Pulau Ubin. It’s just south of the border with Malaysia. It’s not that easy to get to Changi village where … Continue reading →

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Territory and Geopolitics discussion

Posted on February 18, 2011 by stuartelden

Interesting discussion session with Matt Sparke in Singapore yesterday. We discussed chapter 5 from Matt’s 2005 book In the Space of Theory, the intro to my Terror and Territory, and the ‘Land, Terrain, Territory’ piece. Henry Yeung was as ever a … Continue reading →

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Ready to go

Posted on February 14, 2011 by stuartelden

Packed and ready to go. Singapore first for a few days, then Australia this time next week. I should be used to to putting my English life in storage, and packing only what I can carry, but it’s always a … Continue reading →

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End of the Leverhulme fellowship

Posted on January 31, 2011 by stuartelden

Today is the last day of my Leverhulme major research fellowship. As of tomorrow I am on research leave. The Leverhulme award was to work on the history of the concept of territory project. I’d already been working on that … Continue reading →

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