Seminars and events
Our regular interdisciplinary seminar series, teach-ins and conferences act as a focus for cooperative research for both staff and students and feature visiting and Glasgow-based speakers. The seminars and events are open to the public. Watch recordings of talks at the Centre here. A full archive of past seminars and events can be found here.
In 2020-21
The Black Lives Matter Movement and the Reshaping of Discussions of Race, Class and Gender: A Seminar with Peter Hudis (Friday 29 January 2021, 3-5pm)
The explosion of mass protests throughout the U.S. in 2020 in response to the police killings of George Floyd, Breoanna Taylor and many others has brought previously marginalized campaigns, such as demands for defunding police and prison abolition, to the forefront of public discussion and debate. This presentation will explore how these ongoing developments provide a critical vantage point for envisioning alternatives to racialized capitalism that go beyond the politics of recognition and proposals for economic redistribution.
Peter Hudis is a Professor of Humanities and Philosophy at Oakton Community College and author of Marx’s Concept of the Alternative to Capitalism and Frantz Fanon: Philosopher of the Barricades. He co-edited The Power of Negativity: Selected Writings on the Dialectic in Hegel and Marx, by Raya Dunayevskaya and The Rosa Luxemburg Reader, as well as The Letters of Rosa Luxemburg. He is General Editor of The Complete Works of Luxemburg and has edited Volume 1 and co-edited Volumes 2, 3, and 4 of the series.
A Seminar on the Economy and the Impending Financial Crisis, led by Hillel Ticktin and Christine Cooper (Tuesday 23 February 2021, 5-7pm)
Hillel Ticktin will speak on the political and economic stagnation of US globalism and Christine Cooper will concentrate on tax and crony capitalism.
Hillel Ticktin is Professor Emeritus of Marxist Studies at the University of Glasgow, and the founding editor of Critique.
Christine Cooper is Chair of Accounting and Director of Research at the University of Edinburgh.
Reactionary Democracy: Aurelien Mondon and Aaron Winter in Conversation with Satnam Virdee (Friday 16 April 2021, 2-4pm)
Aurelien Mondon and Aaron Winter will discuss their latest book Reactionary Democracy: How Racism and the Populist Far Right Became Mainstream (Verso 2020) with Satnam Virdee.
The Writings and Legacy of Robin Murray: Michael Rustin in Conversation with Simon Murray (date and full list of speakers TBC)
https://www.lwbooks.co.uk/book/robin-murray-selected-writings
23 October 2020 (2-4pm): ‘Insurgent Empire: A Discussion with Priyamvada Gopal’. (For the recording, please contact Vassiliki Kolocotroni)
20 November 2020 (2-4pm): ‘The Clamour of Nationalism: A Discussion with Sivamohan Valluvan’. Watch the recording of the session here
4 December 2020 (3-6pm): ‘Internationalism, Nationalism, Imperialism: A Symposium on Rosa Luxemburg’, co-organized by Henry R. Holland, a translator and editorial board member for The Complete Works of Rosa Luxemburg (Verso). Watch the recording of the session here
Speakers:
Brendan McGeever, ‘Race, Class and Revolution: Rosa Luxemburg's Confrontations With Antisemitism’ (Brendan McGeever is Lecturer in Sociology at Birkbeck, University of London. He is the author of Antisemitism and the Russian Revolution, published by Cambridge University Press (2019))
Rory Scothorne, ‘Devolution Betrayed?: Luxemburg, Gramsci and the Scottish Question’(Rory Scothorne is completing a PhD at the University of Edinburgh on the relationship between the radical left and Scottish nationalism. He has written about contemporary Scottish and British politics for the London Review of Books, The Guardian, the New Statesman and Tribune)
Rida Vaquas, ‘The National Question and the Working Class Party: Rosa Luxemburg’s Perspective’ (Rida Vaquas is a socialist activist and an MPhil student at the University of Cambridge. She mainly writes about the Second International and the histories of German socialism and communism. She is on the editorial board of Prometheus Journal and Luxemburg's Collected Works, and also contributes translations to Cosmonaut)
For more information on the series, contact
Vassiliki Kolocotroni and Dave Featherstone