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The Slow Professor movement: reclaiming the intellectual life of the university

Posted on February 27, 2017 by stuartelden

The Slow Professor movement: reclaiming the intellectual life of the university – radio interview with Maggie Berg and Barbara K. Seeber on The Sunday Edition. More on the book here. //www.cbc.ca/i/caffeine/syndicate/?mediaId=879028291614 Some related links – How many hours a week should academics … Continue reading →

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Cite Specific: Analyzing Endnotes to Teach Historical Methods

Posted on February 27, 2017 by stuartelden

Cite Specific: Analyzing Endnotes to Teach Historical Methods – an interesting exercise by Roxanne Panchasi. It all started with a desire to have a different kind of conversation with my students about citation, one that wouldn’t be consumed by the details of … Continue reading →

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A ‘geographically accurate tube and rail map’ of London

Posted on February 27, 2017 by stuartelden

While the standard TFL map is a model of a functional map – all straight-lines and angles – it can sometimes mean that people take journeys that would actually be faster above ground. So, someone asked TFL for a ‘geographically … Continue reading →

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The Challenges of Research Assessment – report on the REF 2014

Posted on February 27, 2017 by stuartelden

‘The Challenges of Research Assessment‘ – report on the REF 2014. News report in the THE here.  

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Livestreaming on boundary2.org: Neoliberalism, Its Ontology and Genealogy: The Work and Context of Philip Mirowski

Posted on February 26, 2017 by stuartelden

boundary 2 will livestream its spring conference, Neoliberalism, Its Ontology and Genealogy: The Work and Context of Philip Mirowski on March 17 and March 18, 2017. The livestream will appear here, where you can also find the conference schedule.

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Tragedy and Philosophy – Dennis Schmidt interviewed by Richard Marshall

Posted on February 26, 2017 by stuartelden

Tragedy and Philosophy – Dennis Schmidt interviewed by Richard Marshall at 3am Magazine

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‘This video ultimately explains why all world maps are wrong’

Posted on February 26, 2017 by stuartelden

Projecting a round surface of the Earth on a flat surface is not an easy task. Scientists are trying to find an optimal way to do it for centuries. In fact the most common map projection that we use almost … Continue reading →

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Architecture’s Environmental Complex: A Review of Felicity Scott’s Outlaw Territories

Posted on February 26, 2017 by stuartelden

Originally posted on machines of urbanization:
Pre-Publication draft; forthcoming in The Journal of Architecture, Vol 22, No. 2 (March 2017) Felicity Scott, Outlaw Territories: Environments of Insecurity/Architectures of Counterinsurgency, 560 pages, 104 illustrations, Zone Books, 2016, New York City, ISBN: 1935408739, $39.95 (hardcover).…

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Professor of Political Theory post at University of Warwick

Posted on February 25, 2017 by stuartelden

Professor of Political Theory post at University of Warwick – details here.

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Some thoughts on Andrew Scott as Hamlet at the Almeida

Posted on February 25, 2017 by stuartelden

There were many things I liked about the new production of Hamlet, at the Almeida theatre, starring Andrew Scott. Unfortunately, Andrew Scott wasn’t one of them. I found his Hamlet just too shouty, and ultimately not very sympathetic. There were … Continue reading →

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