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Stuart Elden and Todd Reisz opening lectures to ‘Identity, Sovereignty, and Global Politics in the Building of Baghdad’ conference

This is the video of the opening keynote session of the ‘Identity, Sovereignty, and Global Politics in the Building of Baghdad’ conference, which includes my lecture ‘Crises of Territorial Integrity: Iraq and Nigeria’. My talk is from 11.50-38 minutes – … Continue reading →

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Giving a Philosophy Talk

Originally posted on Daily Nous – old:
Ole Koksvik (Bergen), along with the help of friends, has put together a very useful set of tips for giving a philosophy talk.  I appreciated the “rationale” section, in which he notes, among other…

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Aiken reviews Koelsch’s Geography and the Classical World

A new review at the Society and Space open site.

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AAG Call for Papers: Territory beyond Terra

Together with Kimberley Peters and Elaine Stratford, I’m organising a session at next year’s Association of American Geographers meeting on ‘Territory beyond Terra’. For more information, see the Call-for-Papers.

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2015 Symposium CFP Announcement: “Inhabiting Containment”

Originally posted on Society for Radical Geography, Spatial Theory, and Everyday Life:
We are pleased to announce the theme of our 2015 symposium, “Inhabiting Containment,” which will be held at Georgia State University in Atlanta, GA on Friday, February 27,…

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Globalization: the career of a concept – special issue of Globalizations

In the new special issue of Globalizations, guest editors Paul James & Manfred B. Steger track the careers of major scholars in relation to the career of the concept of ‘Globalization’, including interviews with notable researchers in the field. Read interviews with twelve … Continue reading →

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September issue of Antipode out now

Originally posted on AntipodeFoundation.org:
Here it is, Antipode 46(4), and it’s a good ‘un… The first six papers form a superb symposium; organised by Durham University’s Gordon MacLeod and Colin McFarlane, ‘Grammars of Urban Injustice‘ includes: Does the Punitive…

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Peck, Massey, Gibson & Lawson on The Kilburn Manifesto in Environment and Planning A (open access)

New issue of Environment and Planning A out – including open access discussion of The Kilburn Manifesto.

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Top posts on Progressive Geographies this week

International Conference on Critical Geography 2015, Ramallah, Palestine US geography dissertations since 1888 – analysis of title words Geopolitical Economy: States, Economies and the Capitalist World Order – call for papers Lefebvre’s beach: Gordillo on Toward an Architecture of Enjoyment … Continue reading →

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Peter Gordon on Heidegger’s Black Notebooks in the New York Review of Books

Peter Gordon on Heidegger’s ‘Black Notebooks’ in The New York Review of Books (requires subscription).

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