Professor Stuart Elden (left) with Michael Palin
Durham University academic honoured by Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) A Durham University academic has won a prestigious internationally recognised award. Celebrated traveller and President of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Michael Palin presented Professor Stuart Elden, Durham University, with the prestigious Murchison Award for publications. Professor Elden, 39, was presented with the award at a ceremony at the Society's headquarters in Kensington Gore, London and was given the honour of responding on behalf of all the other award winners in recognition of the seniority of his accolade. Michael Palin said: "Stuart is one of the world leading scholars working at the intersection of political theory and political geography. "His 2009 book 'Terror and territory: the spatial extent of sovereignty', for which he is recognised here contests the idea that in the era of globalisation, territory no longer matters. "Terror and territory takes political geography in directions the field has rarely gone before. It is of tremendous intellectual significance, highly deserving of recognition by the Murchison Award." Professor Elden, a lecturer in the Department of Geography, Durham University, said: "I was initially trained in history, politics and political theory, and one of the things I love most about geography is that a geographical angle can be brought to bear on almost everything.
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