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British Library – Maps and the 20th Century: Drawing the Line

Last night I attended the opening of the British Library exhibition ‘Maps and the 20th Century: Drawing the Line‘. The lead curator is Tom Harper, but as he insisted, this was a collaborative project, and there were external experts used such … Continue reading

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Literary Geographies of Political Economy – new section of the Progress in Political Economy blog

Literary Geographies of Political Economy – new section of the Progress in Political Economy blog This section of the PPE blog is dedicated to Literary Geographies of Political Economy bringing together the emergence of work by Adam David Morton in this area as well as … Continue reading

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Surviving October

Well, I survived October. It felt like the perfect storm after the calm of a year of research leave. I did what I thought I could to get in the best possible shape for it – a first draft of … Continue reading

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New Society and Space site!!

Link to the new Society and Space open site – http://www.societyandspace.org

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Books received – Foucault, Hollis, Rudwick, Maier

Charles Maier’s Once Within Borders: Territories of Power, Wealth, and Belonging since 1500,  Martin Rudwick’s Earth’s Deep History, Gavin Hollis, The Absence of America: The London Stage 1576-1642 and two by Foucault – the recent reedition of his essay Sept propos … Continue reading

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Interview with Sylvère Lotringer in Purple Magazine

Interview with Sylvère Lotringer about Semiotext(e), his quite amazing networks, and his background in Purple Magazine.

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Urban Environments Research Network website now live

The Urban Environments Research Network website is now live: Cities are made from stone and glass, concrete and brick. City streets present a succession of shapes, signs and populations. As an assemblage, the city’s built qualities are the most readily … Continue reading

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The Arts of Spinoza + Pacific Spinoza, Auckland, 26-28 May 2017

The Arts of Spinoza + Pacific Spinoza Interstices Under Construction symposium, 26-28 May 2017 Auckland University of Technology and University of Auckland, New Zealand Plenaries / keynotes include: Moira Gatens, Challis Professor of Philosophy, University of Sydney Michael LeBuffe, Baier Chair, Early Modern … Continue reading

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Emma Rice and Shakespeare’s “Globe’s future artistic direction”

Emma Rice became the artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe in April 2016. Just six months later the theatre has issued a statement on ‘the Globe’s future artistic direction‘. The summary is that Rice will leave the post after two years. … Continue reading

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Complete audio recordings of the Early Modern Literary Geographies conference

The complete audio recordings of the  Early Modern Literary Geographies conference are now  available on Soundcloud and iTunes. They include a better recording of my talk on ‘Denmark, Norway, Poland: Regional Geopolitics in Hamlet‘, and talks by Tiffany Stern, Andrew McRae, Julia Reinhard Lupton, Mary Floyd-Wilson and … Continue reading

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