Seminars in Historical and Cultural Geography
University of Cambridge UK
October-November 2005
5 October. Duncan Bell, Centre of International Studies, Cambridge, ‘The
idea of America in Victorian Imperial Thought’ Duncan’s research focuses
currently on two main areas. Firstly, he is interested in eighteenth and
nineteenth century British intellectual history, especially ideologies of
empire and imperialism, and theoretical visions of international politics
in general. His work in this area is part of a long-term project to explore
the multiple ways in which thinkers of past generations have reflected on
the convoluted processes of ‘globalisation.’ Secondly, he works on various
issues in contemporary international political theory, including questions
relating to realism, globalisation theory, memory and identity, and popular
culture and political thought. [log in to unmask]
19 October. Nasser Hussain, Department of Law, Jurisprudence and Social
Thought, Amherst MA, ‘Palimpsest: Guantanamo’ Assistant Professor of Law,
Jurisprudence and Social Thought and History. Nasser has a B.A. from Yale
University and both an M.S. and a Ph.D. from the University of California
at Berkeley. He teaches courses on Law and Historical Trauma, Legal
Categories and Cultural Forms, and the Luce Seminar on Law, God and
Modernity. Has published The Jurisprudence of Emergency – which explores
the intricate and delicate relationship between the concepts of a rule of
law and emergency. [log in to unmask]
2 November. Jon Binnie, Institute for Culture, Gender and the City,
Manchester Metropolitan University, ‘Rethinking queer globalization:
interdisciplinary agendas’ Jon’s academic interests are: Sexuality and
space; Sexual citizenship; Globalization of sexuality; Geographies of
cosmopolitanism; Citizenship Geographies. Has recently published The
globalisation of sexuality. [log in to unmask]
16 November. Stuart Basten, CAMPOP, Cambridge, ‘Smallpox inoculation
strategies in late-Georgian Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Foucauldian or Unitarian?’
A PhD student working on the demography of infancy in late-Georgian
northern England. While the primary goal of his work is to compute robust
estimates of infant and early childhood mortality in urban and rural areas,
he has found that these figures need to be set in a context of the ‘infant
and maternal experience’ of the time. As such, he is concentrating on the
‘administration of the demographic experience’ and aspects of paediatric
and obstetric care. He is particularly interested in discovering the extent
to which religious and secular concerns provided a motivation to
individuals and institutions to develop various strategies of both
administration and medical care. [log in to unmask]
All are welcome. Seminars are held at 4.15 in Room 101 of the Hardy
Building, Downing Site. Details for finding this place are at
http://www.geog.cam.ac.uk/contacts/directions/.
Gerry Kearns, July 2005. [log in to unmask]
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