Category Archives: Universities

The Pepper-Spray outcomes

Posted on September 28, 2012 by stuartelden

The New APPS blog has a useful post summarising and discussing the outcomes following the pepper-spraying of students at UC Davis last year. Here’s some of it, but the whole post is worth a read. The fallout from these events … Continue reading →

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AAG letter to Israeli Council of Higher Education

Posted on September 24, 2012 by stuartelden

I’m pleased to see that the AAG President, Eric Sheppard, has written on behalf of the association to the Israeli Council of Higher Education about the Ben Gurion University Department of Politics and Government. You can read the letter here. … Continue reading →

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More on the Ben Gurion University situation

Posted on September 19, 2012 by stuartelden

A new website has been set up – Israeli Academia Under Attack (and a Hebrew site). A letter people can use as the basis for their own letter is available below. I wrote mine before this was written, and it’s been … Continue reading →

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Letter from ‘friends of the Politics and Government Department, Ben-Gurion University’

Posted on September 18, 2012 by stuartelden

Oren Yiftachel has just sent me this letter to circulate: NATIONALIST ATTACK ON ACADEMIC FREDOM IN ISRAEL:  A THREAT TO CLOSE THE POLITICS DEPARTMENT, BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY Your assistance is needed! As some of you may have heard, the Israeli Council … Continue reading →

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Sean Sturm on writing and productivity

Posted on September 18, 2012 by stuartelden

Sean Sturm has posted a very good short article on writing, with lots of good references. You can access the full piece here, and do check out his blog Te Ipu Pakore.

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Interview with Alberto Toscano

Posted on September 1, 2012 by stuartelden

Interesting interview with Alberto Toscano, which discusses his forthcoming co-authored book Cartographies of the Absolute, his previous work, and the state of universities today.

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The State of the Field of Geography

Posted on September 1, 2012 by stuartelden

Panel discussion on ‘The State of the Field of Geography’ at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, including Hashim Sarkis and Neil Brenner.

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Simon Critchley interview

Posted on August 1, 2012 by stuartelden

At Figure/Ground (via Graham Harman). Some interesting discussion of universities, teaching, research, assessment as well as politics and his own writing.

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Writing grant and research proposals

Posted on July 25, 2012 by stuartelden

Just found this really useful resource when looking for something else on Michael Watts’s site. Suggestions, examples, resources for writing dissertation proposals, grant proposals etc. While designed for (post)graduates and early career scholars, I think there is bound to be something … Continue reading →

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Work for hire

Posted on June 15, 2012 by stuartelden

I’ve just turned down an invitation to write for another one of those massive, multi-volume encyclopedias – this time a multi-disciplinary one. I’ve done a few pieces for such things, and I don’t really regret having done so. But I’ve … Continue reading →

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