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Rethinking Marxism Presents Its Third International Gala Conference:
"POLITICS AND LANGUAGES OF CONTEMPORARY MARXISM"
December 5-8, 1996
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Full logistical information and preliminary schedule can be found at our
web site: http://www.nd.edu/~plofmarx
For further information:
email: plofmarx@econs.umass.edu
tel: 413-545-6361
"Politics and Languages of Contemporary Marxism," the third in Rethinking
Marxism's series of international conferences, will continue its commitment
to present a working forum open to all traditions within Marxism and the
left. The conference will include more than 180 panel discussions, workshops,
films, videos, and other forms of artistic presentation.
PLENARY SESSIONS AND SPEAKERS
I. Thursday, December 5, 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.
Opening Plenary: "Knowledge, Science, Marxism"
Chair: Richard Wolff, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Presenters:
Jack Amariglio, Merrimack College
Sandra Harding, University of California, Los Angeles
Vandana Shiva, Research Foundation for Science, Technology and
Natural Resources, Delhi, India
II. Friday, December 6, 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.
"Class and Race: A Dialogue"
Chair: Antonio Callari, Franklin and Marshall College
Presenters:
Etienne Balibar, University of Paris, X
Cornel West, Harvard University
III. Saturday, December 7, 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.
"Locations of Power"
Chair: Andrew Parker, Amherst College
Presenters:
Wendy Brown, University of California, Santa Cruz
Judith Butler, University of California, Berkeley
Wahneema Lubiano, Duke University
IV. Sunday, 12:00 noon - 2:00 p.m.
Closing Plenary: "Postmodern Socialism(s) and the Zapatista Struggle"
Chair: Carmen Diana Deere, University of Massachusetts, Amherst,
Presenters:
Roger Burbach, Center for the Study of the Americas (CENSA)
Arturo Escobar, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Fernanda Navarro, University of Michoacan, Mexico
THE 180 PANEL TOPICS INCLUDE OVER 500 PEOPLE PRESENTING WORK ON THE
FOLLOWING PARTIAL LIST OF TOPICS . . .
C.L.R. James Class and Mental Health
Hegemony Today Performative Activism
New Development Paradigms Postmodernism
Derrida on Marx Communism
Utopian Marxism Green Visions
Globalization Black Marxism
Postcolonial Theory Failure of Praxis
The Labor Movement Television, News and Ideology
Althusser after Althusser Multiculturalism and the University
Marxism and Pedagogy Theoretical Concepts of Marxism
Value Theory Green Visions of Radical Community
Identity Politics Feminist Work in Global Politics
Queer Theory Organizing for African American Equality
Identity Politics and Political Subjects
PERFORMANCE/FILM/VIDEOS
Performance by Robbie McCauley, Friday, December 6, 3:30 - 5:30 p.m.
"Struggles in Steel: A Story of African American Steelworkers", a showing
and discussion led by producers Tony Buba and Ray Henderson, Friday,
December 6, 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
"Television Economies:" films and videos curated by Walid Ra'ad, shown
throughout conference.
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