Other events of interest
Capitalism and Nature
Monday February 4th 2008
A one-day symposium at the University of Manchester organised by the Society and Environment Research Group (SERG), the Centre for the Study of Political Economy (CSPE), and the Red-Green Study Group.
10am to 5pm with a reception to follow, at the Manchester Business School, University of Manchester.
The symposium will present and discuss a series of papers published in the September and December 2007 issues of the international journal Capitalism, Nature, Socialism. Programme overview
The event is free and open to the public. To help us estimate numbers, please complete the online booking form here.
For more information, contact Gavin Bridge, convenor of the Society and Environment Research Group, University of Manchester.
Changing Cultures of Competitiveness: Conceptual and Policy Issues - ESRC Seminar Series 2008
Series Co-ordinator Dr Ngai-Ling Sum Department of Politics and International Relations, Lancaster University
Concern with 'competitiveness' varies significantly across disciplines and topics. It is the master narrative in economics and management studies (e.g., Porter 1986 and 1990) and is gaining greater attention among scholars working from socio-cultural perspectives (e.g., ESRC's Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change in Manchester University ). This ESRC seminar series concentrates on one specific aspect of change -- cultures of competitiveness - and will add value by adopting an inter-disciplinary perspective that draws on sociology, politics, cultural studies, geography, and linguistics.
November 14th 2007: Ted Benton seminar and workshop
10.00 - 13.00 organised by the Society Environment Research Group. Anyone interested in attending, please contact Gavin Bridge
Historical Materialism 2007 Conference at SOAS, 9-11 November
The fourth annual Historical Materialism Conference held in conjunction
with the Isaac and Tamara Deutscher Prize Committee and the Socialist
Register will take place between 9-11 November, 2007 at the School of
Oriental and African Studies, London.
Friday 26th October 2007 Centre for the Study of Political Economy
Graduate student symposium: From radical to critical political economy (and back again)
That most un-fashionable thinker, Louis Althusser, more than once said that it is essential to read and study Capital. However, 40 or so years later more people believe in the Loch Ness monster and alien abductions than the need to explore Marx’s magnum opus. To be sure, the hegemony of Marx and the Marxists has been and remains unravelling. Today political economy is both innovative and ecumenical; moreover, its variety and vibrancy is all to the good. What, then, is it all about? What is the meaning and value of ‘doing political economy’? Why political economy? Why now? With neoliberalism ‘out there’ and cultural studies ‘in here’, what’s going on in the field of political economy? Is it radical? Is it critical? The political economy of … what, exactly?
The CSPE will be staging a more or less informal graduate student symposium in the Arthur Lewis building (2nd floor boardroom) from 09:30 to 13:30 on Friday 26th October 2007. The idea is simple - postgraduates coming together to discuss what is being done in the interdisciplinary field of political economy. Turn up (it’s free!) and talk about recent field work, plans for the future, the state we’re in…whatever. Make connections, learn something new, get something off your chest…enjoy a free coffee.
There will be speakers on social provisioning, Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution, J.K. Galbraith, trade liberalisation, Marx’s Economic-Philosophical Manuscripts, and critique and critical theory.
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