Category Archives: Universities

Speaking styles and speaking spaces

Posted on March 7, 2014 by stuartelden

Having given four talks over the past two weeks – two on The Birth of Territory and two on the Foucault’s Last Decade project – I thought I’d write a little about the different spaces I spoke in, and how these change … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Conferences, Foucault's Last Decade, Michel Foucault, Territory, The Birth of Territory, Universities | 1 Comment

Mental health issues in academia – a challenging piece in The Guardian

Posted on March 7, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
There is a challenging piece in The Guardian about the culture of acceptance around mental health issues in academia, especially around the expectations of PhD students. Important and worth reading and discussing. For once –…

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Why do faculty work so hard? – Inside Higher Ed essay

Posted on March 5, 2014 by stuartelden

As I am writing this article, I should be writing something else: an email to an editor, an email to an author, a letter of recommendation, notes for tomorrow’s classes, comments on students’ papers, comments on manuscripts, an abstract for … Continue reading →

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Joining the Advisory Council of Durham’s Institute of Advanced Study

Posted on March 4, 2014 by stuartelden

The last major role I had at Durham University was as the social science director of the Institute of Advanced Study. I was very sorry to have to give this up when I moved to the University of Warwick. I’m … Continue reading →

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Mental health issues in academia – a challenging piece in The Guardian

Posted on March 3, 2014 by stuartelden

There is a challenging piece in The Guardian about the culture of acceptance around mental health issues in academia, especially around the expectations of PhD students. Important and worth reading and discussing. For once – and this really is a … Continue reading →

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Eileen Joy interview with The Funambulist – publishing, medieval studies, and much more

Posted on February 22, 2014 by stuartelden

This interview was conducted by Léopold Lambert in September 2013, and made available on Archipelago: The Podcast Platform of The Funambulist in January. I’ve just made time to listen. Very interesting insights on publishing, medieval studies and much more. Every publishing house … Continue reading →

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Giroux, Neoliberalism’s War on Higher Education

Posted on February 14, 2014 by stuartelden

This looks like a thoroughly depressing must-read: Henry Giroux’s Neoliberalism’s War on Higher Education Neoliberalism’s War on Higher Education reveals how neoliberal policies, practices, and modes of material and symbolic violence have radically reshaped the mission and practice of higher … Continue reading →

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“Interview with Stuart Elden” at Groundwork

Posted on January 29, 2014 by stuartelden

Another interview with me, conducted by Jordan Skinner, has been published at the Groundwork site – a blog run by past and present students of the Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy at Kingston University. It ranges widely across … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Boundaries, Fossils, Foucault's Last Decade, Graham Harman, Martin Heidegger, Medieval Studies, Michel Foucault, My Publications, Peter Sloterdijk, Publishing, Quentin Meillassoux, Shakespearean Territories, Society and Space, Territory, The Birth of Territory, The Space of the World, Universities, William Shakespeare, Writing | 1 Comment

‘Territory and Transgression: A Conversation with Stuart Elden’ @thepolisblog

Posted on January 27, 2014 by stuartelden

A long interview with me, conducted by Peter Sigrist, has just been published at Polis. It covers most of my current and past interests, including territory, Lefebvre, Foucault, Sloterdijk, Heidegger, politics,  my time in Israel/Palestine, publishing, literature and film… Many … Continue reading →

Posted in Bruno Latour, Foucault's Last Decade, Mapping the Present, Michel Foucault, My Publications, Peter Sloterdijk, Politics, Publishing, Ray Brassier, Society and Space, Speaking Against Number, Territory, Terror and Territory, The Birth of Territory, Travel, Universities, urban/urbanisation, Writing | 1 Comment

The twenty-five most important academic books to me from 2013

Posted on December 31, 2013 by stuartelden

Not ordered, not comprehensive, and I’m sure I’ve forgotten some – and of course there are those I’ve not yet read or am unaware of… These are all academic books published in 2013, not drawn from all the books I … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, David Farrell Krell, David Harvey, Grégoire Chamayou, Immanuel Kant, Jacques Derrida, John Protevi, Karl Marx, Louise Amoore, Michael Dillon, Michel Foucault, Peter Sloterdijk, Politics, Publishing, Universities, urban/urbanisation | 24 Comments