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Dear colleagues, Space is still available for the forthcoming event - Politicised Literary Geographies - on 16 Nov at Durham (details below). If you intend to come, please let me know ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) no later than 14 Nov. Best wishes, Andrew Baldwin Politicised Literary Geographies Department of Geography workshop, Durham University 16th November 2012, W007 - sponsored by Politics-State-Space research cluster The aim of this workshop is to engage with the recent resurgence of interest in literary geographies, and to think about how this works in a political register. While there have been many debates about the texts of theory in geography, here the emphasis is on literary texts-plays, poems, and novels. The aim is to examine how literary texts shed light on the complex interrelations between politics and space in ways other sources may not allow. Papers will look at how texts raise questions about the war on terror and responses to it; responses to trauma through testimony; postcoloniality and affect; territory and other political spaces. 1.00-2.00pm Introduction James Kneale (University College London) and Sheila Hones (University of Tokyo, 'Literary geographies: in the space between' (presented by James Kneale) 2-3.30pm Angharad Closs Stephens, 'Politics, Aesthetics, Affect' Carolyn Pedwell (University of Newcastle), 'Affective Translation: Empathy and The Memory of Love' Cheryl McEwan, 'Violence, Gender Justice and the Politics of Representation' 3.30pm coffee 4-5.30pm Stuart Elden, 'Shakespearean Territories' Paul Harrison, 'Without Redemption: Shattered Figures' General discussion Background Reading on Literary Geographies A selection of papers on this topic from Society and Space have recently been made available as a 'virtual theme issue' - http://societyandspace.com/2012/09/26/literary-geographie/ And a comprehensive website with multiple bibliographies has recently been launched at http://literarygeographies.wordpress.com/ Andrew Baldwin Lecturer in Human Geography Department of Geography Durham University Sciences Site South Road Durham DH1 3LE United Kingdom Tel.: +44(0)191 334 1985 Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Personal webpage<http://www.dur.ac.uk/geography/staff/geogstaffhidden/?id=7618> COST Action IS1101 Climate change and Migration<http://www.geography.dur.ac.uk/Projects/Default.aspx?alias=www.geography.dur.ac.uk/projects/ccmcostaction> Climate change and Migration on Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/ClimateChangeAndMigration> and on Twitter<https://twitter.com/climchgmigrant>