Interview with Alain Badiou in Berfrois

Posted on March 6, 2012 by stuartelden

The Crisis of Negation

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Commentary on Nigeria

Posted on March 6, 2012 by stuartelden

I remain unimpressed by most Western coverage of Nigeria. This ‘Comment is Free’ piece by Remi Adekoya in The Guardian is, however, worth a look.

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Library.nu shutdown

Posted on March 6, 2012 by stuartelden

Al-Jazeera has an interesting piece on the library.nu shutdown (few days late noticing this one).

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China Miéville on contemporary London full version

Posted on March 6, 2012 by stuartelden

I mentioned this piece in The New York Times a few days back. A fuller, illustrated version is here.

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South Asian Governmentalities Workshop

Posted on March 6, 2012 by stuartelden

30th March, British Academy,  London. Organised by Stephen Legg, and featuring papers by Colin Gordon and others. Full details here.

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Another Leibniz – audio and slides

Posted on March 4, 2012 by stuartelden

I’ve put the audio recording of my AAG talk on Leibniz together with the powerpoint slides, and uploaded it to youtube. I had to re-record the first minute as the recording of that was incomplete, so apologies for the transition there. Hope it is of interest to some.

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More Coriolanus reviews

Posted on March 3, 2012 by stuartelden

Joe Glenton in Counterfire

Monika Bartyzel in The Atlantic

Dana Stevens in Slate

Richard Corliss in Time

Stephen Greenblatt in New York Review of Books (requires subscription)

and mine in Berfrois

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The George Story Lecture in Humanities

Posted on March 3, 2012 by stuartelden

I’ve been invited to give the George M. Story Lecture in Humanities at Memorial University, Newfoundland in Winter 2013. The lecture series is named after George Morley Story, and though I can’t find a list of previous lecturers, I do know Martha Nussbaum gave the first of these (story here). Many thanks for the committe for selecting me, and Peter Gratton for the nomination. Not sure of the date or topic as yet…

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Lefebvre and Democracy

Posted on March 3, 2012 by stuartelden

Mark Purcell has posted his AAG talk on Lefebvre and Democracy, here (via Clive Barnett, who offers a brief critique).

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Draft translation from Agamben’s Opus Dei: An Archeology of Office

Posted on March 3, 2012 by stuartelden

Adam Kotsko has made available the preface, here. This book, and Highest Poverty, are being translated for Stanford UP. More here.

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