Alexander Loftus on Gramsci as a historical geographical materialist, 9 May – London

Dr Alexander Loftus (King’s College London) Gramsci as a historical geographical materialist 9 May 2018 18:00-19:30 King’s College London King’s Building, K2.31 Nash Lecture Theatre   Strand Campus London WC2R 2LS Exposed to the vicissitudes of uneven geographical development from an early age, Antonio Gramsci was deeply sensitive to the profoundly unequal spatialities of capitalist processes,

International Conference on Marx in Italy

23-26 May, 2018 (Padua and Rome) “Subjectivity and Transformation. Marxian Perspectives” International Conference on the Bicentenary of Marx’s Birth co-sponsored by Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, University of Milan-Bicocca, University of Padua, Sapienza University of Rome. The aim of the conference is to reconsider the main aspects of the Marxian thought, both from a theoretical

The Life and Works of Karl Marx – SOAS, 8 May

The Life and Works of Karl Marx Tuesday 8 May, 7pm, KLT Sven-Eric Liedman will be discussing his new biography—the first to give equal weight to both the work and life of Karl Marx—just published in English for the bicentenary of Marx’s birth.  Building on the work of previous biographers, Liedman employs a commanding knowledge

Stuart Elden,’Foucault’s Confessions of the Flesh’- London, 9 May

The Centre for Philosophy and Critical Thought at Goldsmiths invites you to:   Foucault’s Confessions of the Flesh A talk by Stuart Elden   May 9, 3-5pm Richard Hoggart Building room 137 Goldsmiths, University of London New Cross SE14 6NW   In February 2018 the fourth volume of Michel Foucault’s History of Sexuality was finally published. Les Aveux de la

Centre for Palestine Studies Annual Lecture- SOAS, 2 May

Centre for Palestine Studies Annual Lecture The Nakba in the Present Elias Khoury   6.30pm, Wednesday 2 May 2018 Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre, SOAS University of London Russell Square WC1H 0XG Admission Free – All Welcome   In this year 2018 marked by two competing 70th anniversaries – that of the creation of the state

Being, Nothing, Becoming – London, 26 April

Being, Nothing, Becoming:  The Opening Dialectic of Hegel’s Science of Logic Workshop Seminar 26 April 2018 11:00am-6:00pm Penrhyn Road Campus, Kingston University London JG 2011 Focusing exclusively on the opening of Hegel’s Science of Logic, this one-day workshop will be devoted to the dialectic of Being-Nothing-Becoming. We will begin with Hegel’s prefaces and introductions and follow the

SocietyMarx and Philosophy Society: Annual Conference

Marx and Philosophy Society: Annual Conference Capital and Capitalism Saturday 9th June 2018, 9.30-5.45 Room 828, Institute of Education, University College London, 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL Main speakers: Patrick Murray (Creighton University): ‘Marx’s Concept of Capital and the Illusion of the Economic’ Elena Louisa Lange (University of Zurich): ‘Whose Labour Theory of Value

The Bandung of the North – Paris, 4-7 May

The Bandung of the North Organized by the DIN (Decolonial International Network) : http://bandungdunord.webflow.io/   The aim is to launch the basis of an International Decolonial. You’ll find all the informations concerning the program, the participants in the web site with a presentation of all the participants including :  Angela Davis, Elie Domota, Fred Hampton

Intellectuals, Anti-Fascism, Critique: Revisiting the Writers Mandate – London, 25 May

Intellectuals, Anti-Fascism, Critique: Revisiting the Writers Mandate Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities 25 May To mark the publication of Franco Fortini’s essay collection A Test of Powers, edited and translated by Alberto Toscano, we present a short symposium on intellectuals and anti-fascism. Fortini’s work and particularly the essay ‘The Writers’ Mandate and the End of Anti-Fascism’,

IIPPE Training Workshop: Political Economy and Africa, 26 March -SOAS

IIPPE Training Workshop: Political Economy and Africa Join International Initiative for Promoting Political Economy (IIPPE) for our next Training Workshop  Date: 26 March 2018 Place: Room B202, in the Brunei Gallery, SOAS, University of London    Programme:  9.30am: Registration    10am to 1pm: Trajectories of neoliberalism in Sub-Saharan Africa   Ewa Karwowski: Financialisation and neoliberalism in post-apartheid

Unproductive accumulation in the USA, 21 March – London

Dr Tomas Rotta (University of Greenwich) Unproductive accumulation in the USA: Knowledge, exploitation and income inequality 21 March 2018, 18:00-19:30 King’s College London, Strand Building, S-3.20 (basement) Strand Campus, London WC2R 2LS   In this paper I offer an innovative analysis of unproductive accumulation in the US economy from 1947 to 2011. I develop a new theoretical and empirical