Type: Call for Papers

Fourth International Conference Strikes and Social Conflicts: crises of capitalism, new and old forms of protest *FFLCH, USP* *10-13 July, 2018*   The Fourth International Conference on Strikes and Social Conflicts will be held at the University of São Paulo in July 10-13, 2018. Its purpose is to discuss the proliferation of protests in contexts

International Rosa Luxemburg Conference Founded 1980 by Prof. Dr. Narihiko  I t o  (Tokyo)   Rosa Luxemburg and Her Ideas: Engaging the Left and Impacting the World 26 – 29 April, 2018 – Chicago (USA) Conference Language: English Rosa Luxemburg dedicated her life to the fight against war, poverty, exploitation and any kind of suppression. Yet

The Marxist Literary Group is pleased to circulate the Call for Proposals for its 2018 Institute for Culture and Society, to be be hosted on the University at Albany, SUNY campus, June 18-22 2018.  This Institute’s theme will be Marx and the Problem of Politics, though as always we welcome proposals on all aspects of Marxist thought.  We encourage all

6th International Conference on Degrowth for ecological sustainability and social equity Call for academic submissions Degrowth. Décroissance. Decrecimiento. Decrescita. Post wachstum. Nemnövekedés. Nerväxt. These words represent the ambition for a social and ecological transformation of societies beyond the unsustainable and unjust growth paradigm. 21-25 August 2018 , the 6th International Conference on Degrowth will take

Historical Materialism presents: The Great Transition – Setting the Stage for a Post-Capitalist Society 17-20th May 2018 at Université du Québec à Montréal, Québec, Canada Organized in collaboration with the Nouveaux cahiers du socialisme, Critical Social Theory at McGill and the Institut de recherche sur l’émancipation. Deadline: November 15, 2017 To submit a proposal: http://thegreattransition.net After years of

Conference in Berlin, 3-6 May 2018 Rosa Luxemburg Foundation http://marx200.org/en/blog/marx200-politics-theory-socialism For the simple thing that is so hard to achieve… To celebrate the 200th birthday of Karl Marx, the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung will be hosting a large conference. A short week will be filled with the theories, the politics and the arts that are connected

Call for Papers: Energy and the Left, 2018 Workshop at NYU   Event’s Date: 30 March 2018 Abstracts Due: 1 November 2017 Location: NYU, Washington Square campus Organisers: Zack Culyer (zdc204@nyu.edu) and Troy Vettese (tgv208@nyu.edu)   What is the relationship between the creation of new energy infrastructures and opportunities for leftist struggle? Recent events–such as

Historical Materialism presents The Great Transition: Setting the Stage for a Post-Capitalist Society 17-20th May 2018 at Université du Québec à Montréal, Québec, Canada   Organized in collaboration with the Nouveaux cahiers du socialisme, Critical Social Theory at McGill and the Institut de recherche sur l’émancipation. Deadline: November 15, 2017 To submit a proposal: TheGreatTransition.net After years of revolt and mobilization

The Return of Economic Planning Call for Papers The left think tank Economic and Social Research Aotearoa, with kind support from the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, invites contributions to a three day international conference on the question of economic planning, Auckland 21–23 February 2018. Confirmed speakers include: * Elham Bahmanteymouri, Lecturer in Architecture

Why is there as yet no reader or anthology of Arab leftist thought in English translation? This workshop will bring together an international group of scholars and translators from a wide range of disciplines to identify, discuss and translate a selection of documents that have played a pivotal role in the formation of socialist, anti-colonial

Learning from, in, and with independent community and activist archives: The past in our present and future  There is growing interest in the informal and non-formal learning and knowledge practices of community organising, popular struggles and social movements. Although often neglected by dominant strands of adult education scholarship, some scholars suggest that many of the

Alternate Routes, in collaboration with the Department of Sociology and Business Law at the University of Bologna, is pleased to announce our latestSpecial Issue and Conference Call for Papers, which will be held at the University of Bologna from June 11-13, 2018. This year’s theme is: Austerity Against Democracy: Work, Welfare and the Remaking of Global