Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 09:15:55 +1000
CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT
RETHINKING MARXISM 2006
(DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS EXTENDED TILL SEPTEMBER 1)
RETHINKING MARXISM: a journal of economics, culture & society is pleased
to
announce its 6th major international conference, to be held at the
University
of Massachusetts, Amherst on 26-28 October, 2006. The conference is
entitled
RETHINKING MARXISM 2006.
RETHINKING MARXISM’s 5 previous international conferences have each
attracted between 750 and 1200 participants, and they have included
keynote
addresses and plenary sessions, formal papers, workshops, art exhibitions,
video
presentations, activist sessions, and performances. Versions of all of
these events are planned for RETHINKING MARXISM 2006.
One exciting and prominent feature of Rethinking Marxism 2006 will be the
3 plenary sessions, which will highlight some of the most pressing issues
of our times. These plenary sessions will also have as keynote speakers
theorists and activists who are among the best-known and most insightful
contributors to Marxian and left thinking and practice on these topics.
Here is the lineup of the plenary sessions and the list of confirmed
speakers:
Imperialism and the Fantasies of Democracy : Ernesto LACLAU & Ella SHOHAT
& Antonio CALLARI
Rethinking Communism: Susan BUCK-MORSS & Kojin KARATANI & Stephen
CULLENBERG
The Power of the Left Media : Liza FEATHERSTONE & Sut JHALLY & Trebor
SCHOLZ
These plenary sessions will be supplemented by a “platform” of related
panels and papers. Each plenary topic will be investigated in full, not
only by the plenary speakers, but also by other paper givers, performers,
and activists who will be clustered in panels that will reflect upon and
elaborate in different directions the plenary themes (Please click on the
names of the plenary topics listed above for more details about each of
the plenary sessions).
CALL FOR PAPERS
In addition to three plenary sessions and performance art, there will be
concurrent panels and art/cultural events. We invite the submission of
individual papers and pre-organized sessions that follow traditional or
non-traditional formats (such as workshops, roundtables, and dialogue
among and between presenters and audience). Since contemporary Marxism
covers fields from literature to physics and forms of political practice
from environmental organizing to opposing global inequality, anyone
engaging with Marxism in any discipline or form of activism is encouraged
to submit paper and panel proposals. We encourage those working in areas
that intersect with Marxism, such as feminism, political economy, cultural
and literary studies, queer theory, working-class and labor studies,
postcolonial studies, geography and urban studies, psychoanalysis, social
and natural sciences, philosophy, and around issues of class, race,
ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexuality, and disability, to submit paper
and panel proposals. We welcome video, poetry, performance, and all other
modes of presentation and cultural expression. We encourage paper or panel
submissions from those working on any and all subjects that take an
interest in a world without exploitation and oppression.
Submission of Proposals
For guidelines regarding paper and panel submissions please follow this
link to the Proposal Submission page of the conference website.
Note that the deadline for submissions is extended till September 1.
Preregistration
You may preregister online (at a discounted rate) by visiting the
Registration
page or download a Preregistration Form. (Low-income rate available)
Logistics
RETHINKING MARXISM 2006 will be held on the campus of the University of
Massachusetts Amherst. Housing options for conference participants--some
at special rates for conference attendees--can be found by visiting the
Lodging page of the UMass website. Travel directions to Amherst can be
found at the
Directions page. Information on childcare is available at the Childcare
page of the conference website.
Publications
Selected papers, poems, art, and other forms of presentation from the
conference will be published in
Rethinking Marxism and/or in a separate edited volume of contributions.
Exhibitors and Advertisers
Literature tables and display areas are available to groups, vendors, and
publishers at reasonable rates. Ad space in the conference program is also
available at reasonable rates. All ads must be camera-ready. Please see
the Information on Exhibits and Program Ads page.
SPECIAL CONFERENCE RATE FOR RM SUBSCRIPTION
Registrants for RM06 can receive a special conference rate of $45 on
individual subscriptions to Rethinking Marxism. Please see our
Registration page (or alternatively use the mail-in form to preregister).
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