Category Archives: Writing

Indo-European thought project update 6: beginning the Leverhulme fellowship, my self-imposed guidelines for writing and time-discipline, and some summer cycling and writing

Posted on October 7, 2022 by stuartelden

I’m in the incredibly privileged position of beginning a Leverhulme major research fellowship this week, to work on the Indo-European thought in Twentieth-Century France project. As a note to myself, I’m going to try to work with the guidelines I set myself seven years … Continue reading →

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Journal peer review is increasingly challenged – there are no easy solutions, but here’s a few thoughts

Posted on October 18, 2021 by stuartelden

Journal editors struggle to find reviewers; authors face unreasonable delays with their papers being reviewed. Reviewers receive a lot of requests. Peer review is particularly challenged in the present moment. But it has been creaking for a long time. Without … Continue reading →

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Dave Beer, ‘Editing Bits’ – reflections on writing and editing

Posted on August 27, 2021 by stuartelden

Dave Beer, ‘Editing Bits‘ – some very interesting reflections on writing and especially about stages of editing a manuscript. There are lots most things about Writing and Publishing – posts from me and links on this site.

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The Archaeology of Foucault update 8: a nearly complete draft of the chapter on art, and progress with literature and linguistics

Posted on July 30, 2021 by stuartelden

One excellent piece of advice I picked up sometime in June [here] was that while it might make sense to think of the autumn term as the beginning of the academic year, for research it makes sense to think of … Continue reading →

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Minor revisions – new podcast from editors of Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space

Posted on January 21, 2021 by stuartelden

Minor revisions – new podcast from editors of Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space introduction from Eugene McCann here; Episode 1: Luiza Bialasiewicz & Sabrina Stallone, ‘Focalizing new-Fascism’ here Minor Revisions is a podcast that demystifies the process of writing for … Continue reading →

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Dave Beer, The writing moment: Three difficulties with writing in this time of upheaval

Posted on May 5, 2020 by stuartelden

Dave Beer, The writing moment: Three difficulties with writing in this time of upheaval Waiting on… The lockdown seems to have brought a weird mixture of lethargy and restlessness. I’m very fortunate to be busy with my university work, but … Continue reading →

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How We Read: Tales, Fury, Nothing, Sound, edited by Suzanne Conklin Akbari and Kaitlin Heller- Punctum, summer 2019

Posted on May 15, 2019 by stuartelden

How We Read: Tales, Fury, Nothing, Sound, edited by Suzanne Conklin Akbari and Kaitlin Heller- Punctum, summer 2019 – the follow-up to How We Write: Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blank Page What do we do when we read? Reading … Continue reading →

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Jo van Every – About the Short Guides Series on writing and publishing

Posted on January 2, 2019 by stuartelden

Jo van Every, About the Short Guides Series – an introduction to her series of books about academic writing and publishing. The third volume is due out soon. As I was finalising the third volume in this series of books, my … Continue reading →

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Cuadernos de Teoría Social open access special issue on ‘Teoría social en el archivo’, edited by Rodrigo Cordero and Francisco Salinas

Posted on September 3, 2018 by stuartelden

Cuadernos de Teoría Social has a special issue on ‘Teoría social en el archivo’, edited by Rodrigo Cordero and Francisco Salinas. As well as an introduction by the editors, it includes pieces by Edith Hanke, me, Oriana Bernasconi and Maxigas. There … Continue reading →

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Things to do and check when putting together a book or thesis manuscript

Posted on May 11, 2018 by stuartelden

This is my list of things I do when pulling together a long manuscript like a book, often from separate files. I tend to delay pulling the separate chapters into a single file or two until quite late, as editing … Continue reading →

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