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I was fortunate enough to be part of a panel on “Geopolitics and Empire” as part of Virginia Tech’s one-day conference “GEOPOL 2010″ earlier today. Panelists had what we might call an “academic 10 minutes” (which comes in closer to 15 minutes) to make some remarks on the topic; here’s what I had to say, building on some of my stuff on the legitimation of US foreign policy through the strategic deployment of various commonplaces of “civilization”/”civilizations.”

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Here is the “late show” (1:15pm) version of the 2010 University College information presentation from AU’s 9 April Freshman Day. The two presentations have the same slides, basically the same information, but different audiences do make for different dynamics — and different performances. Watch them here, or download and play in iTunes or QuickTime player, as usual.

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Here is the “early show” (10:15am) version of the 2010 University College information presentation from AU’s 9 April Freshman Day. The two presentations have the same slides, basically the same information, but different audiences do make for different dynamics — and different performances. Watch them here, or download and play in iTunes or QuickTime player, as usual.

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