Historical Materialism Sydney—LESS THAN 3 WEEKS TO GO

From HM Australasia: Dear HM supporter I am writing to remind you that this year’s Historical Materialism Sydney conference, at the University of Sydney’s New Law Building, is less than three weeks away — on Thursday 7th and Friday 8th December, 2017. N.B. This year’s conference will be held on a Thursday and Friday, not a Friday and Saturday

Picturehouse Strike Speaker Tour – Birmingham, 23 November

Capital and Class/CSE Midlands is hosting the following event:   Picturehouse Strike Speaker Tour Thursday 23 November, 6-7.30pm University of Birmingham, Arts Lecture Room 3 The ongoing Picturehouse dispute has seen over 300 cinema workers take strike action for over 12 months. In an event hosted by Capital and Class/CSE Midlands, Kelly Rogers, one of

“Hegel and Spinoza” symposium, Nov 24 – Goldsmiths University, London

Hegel and Spinoza: A Symposium   24 November 2017 4-7pm PSH 314   Spinoza’s philosophy, especially in its contemporary readings inspired by Deleuze and Althusser, is a radical choice for being without gaps or imperfections, for a substance that has no use for negativity, for a production of differences which are not simple logical contradictions.

STAMP Workshop at UEL on Ordoliberalism/Neo-Liberalism – 12 December 2017.

STAMP (Centre for the Study of States, Markets & People) School of Business & Law, University of East London Annual Research Colloquium on “Neoliberalism and Ordoliberalism: One or Two Critiques?” Tuesday 12 December 2017, 14.30pm – 19.30pm. Venue: USS G.19/20, University of East London, 1 Salway Road, London E15 1NF (five min walk from Stratford tube

Trumping the American Empire? – London, 8 November

London Seminar in Contemporary Marxist Theory Professor Leo Panitch (York University) Trumping the American Empire? 8 November 2017 18:00-19:30 King’s College London  Strand, Room S-3.20 London  WC2R 2LS Contact: Matt Vidal (matt.vidal@kcl.ac.uk) The London Seminar in Contemporary Marxist Theory is a speaker series organized by scholars at King’s College London, Queen Mary University of London, and

REGISTER NOW! Historical Materialism Sydney 2017 conference, 7-8 December

You are invited to attend this year’s Historical Materialism Sydney conference, which will be held at the University of Sydney’s New Law Building on Thursday 7th and Friday 8th December, 2017. N.B. This year’s conference will be held on a Thursday and Friday, not a Friday and Saturday as in previous years. CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS: We have received a record number of submissions

REGISTER NOW! Historical Materialism Sydney 2017 conference, 7-8 December

You are invited to attend this year’s Historical Materialism Sydney conference, which will be held at the University of Sydney’s New Law Building on Thursday 7th and Friday 8th December, 2017. N.B. This year’s conference will be held on a Thursday and Friday, not a Friday and Saturday as in previous years. CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS: We have received a record number of submissions

Alternatives to Capitalism: Internationalism, Theory and Revolution – 8 November, London

Alternatives to Capitalism: Internationalism, Theory and Revolution Sponsored by the International Marxist-Humanist Organization 8 November, 7.30 pm, The Artists Room, Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL (5 mins from Russell Square tube)   Speakers: :: Kevin B Anderson, author, Marx at the Margins (as chairperson and commentator) :: Jonas Grahn — Engels and

Bourgeois Revolutions: from the reformation to decolonisation, Oxford, 8 November

The Trajectory of the Bourgeois Revolutions: From the Reformation to Decolonisation   Neil Davidson Room 2.09, Ruskin College, Dunstan Road, Old Headington, Oxford 0X3 9BZ Wednesday November 8, 5pm   Capitalism came to dominate the world through an era of revolutionary upheavals which utterly transformed society, the state, and international relations.  Neil Davidson’s classic “How

IIPPE Training Workshop, SOAS London, 8 November 2017

IIPPE Training Workshop The International Initiative for Promoting Political Economy (IIPPE) announces its next Training Workshop at SOAS (Brunei Gallery, Room B102), London on 8 November 2017 (registration from 9.30am). The focus of the Workshop will be on Anglo-Saxon capitalism since the financial crisis. In the morning session, (10am to 1pm), Trevor Evans will survey economic

‘1917 – The Russian Revolution, Reactions and Impact’, London, 21 October

Public meeting and book launch ‘1917 – The Russian Revolution, Reactions and Impact’ The Socialist History Society will be holding a seminar to mark the launch of its Occasional Publication no. 41 On Saturday 21St October Venue: Marx Memorial Library, Clerkenwell Green, London EC1R, Start time 2.00pm. Free to attend, all welcome. Speakers will include

Claude Serfati on the French Military – 18 Oct, London – Seminar in Marxist theory

London Seminar in Contemporary Marxist Theory Professor Claude Serfati (Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin) Le militaire: une histoire française (book launch) Discussants: Prof. Alex Callinicos (King’s College London) and Dr. Eva Nanopoulos (Queen Mary) 18 October 2017 16:00-18:00 King’s College London  Strand, Room S -3.18 London  WC2R 2LS This book traces the consolidation of the role of the armies in France from