Conference 2007
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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.
As has become a hall-mark of this event, the conference will be interdisciplinary in nature. Within this context several specific strands are highlighted this year. These include Gramsci’s contribution to Marxism, the significance of Marx’s Grundrisse, the Russian and Spanish revolutions, contemporary debates on labour, current issues in political economy with cross country/regional analysis, and critical film studies.
Confirmed speakers include:
Gilbert Achcar, Edward Acton, Chris Arthur, Asef Bayet, Jacques Bidet, Robin Blackburn, Atilio Boron, Robert Brenner, Alex Callinicos, Paul Cammack, Simon Clarke, Gail Day, Steve Edwards, Gregory Elliott, Ben Fine, Donald Filtzer, Roberto Fineschi, Heide Gerstenberger, Andrew Glyn, Peter Gowan, Chris Harman, Michael Heinrich, Richard Hyman, Makoto Itoh, John Kelly, Sharon Kivland, Michael Kraetke, Ching Kwan Lee, Esther Leslie, Domenico Losurdo, Giacomo Marramao, David McNally, Kim Moody, Fred Moseley, Rastco Motnik, Kevin Murphy, Michael Neocosmos, Bryan Palmer, Ilan Pappe, Moishe Postone, Helena Sheehan, Tony Smith, Gaspar Tamas, Max Tomba, Goran Therborn, Mike Wayne, Paul Willis, Tony Wood and Slavoj Zizek. The Conference Paper Abstracts are now available here.
One of the principle objectives of the conference has been to build bridges among the various Marxist communities, including the breaking down some of the linguistic and intellectual barriers which continue to hamper the circulation and expansion of critical Marxist thought. The fourth annual Historical Materialism Conference promises to continue and take forward this objective.
The conference has become an important event on the Left, providing an annual forum to discuss recent developments on the agenda of historical materialist research and has had a cumulatively high attendance over the past three years. While there is no call for papers, the Editorial Board of Historical Materialism welcomes attendance and active engagement in discussion with panellists from new as well as prior participants with an interest in critical Marxist thought.
More details of this year’s event will be posted shortly.
You may wish to note that the Historical Materialism Conference 2008 will be held 7th-9th November 2008.
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