The Third World Cultural Forum, together with its Second Sub-Forum on Chinese Culture, was held in Weihai on May 29–30, 2021, co-sponsored by the Division of Marxism of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), the Office of Theoretical Research and Construction Project for Marxism (CASS), the Center for Economic and Social Development (CASS), the …
This is a conference organized by the Karl Polanyi Center, supported by the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, and co-sponsored by the Geopolitical Economy Research Group and many other organizations. The conference will take place over Zoom from June 23-26, 2021. The conference is free of charge, but requires registration. Click here to register to attend this …
In the 20th Century, Guatemala has been defined by a series of military dictatorships punctuated by attempts at social, agrarian and political reform. 2020 Brown Bag Lecture Series The Guatemala Studio: Truth and Reconciliation After “La Violencia” with Ralph Stern Friday, February 14, 2020 (12 to 12:55 pm) Mauro Institute, Room 252, St. Paul’s College
Since October 2006, the Brown Bag is a luncheon seminar series held on designated Fridays during the regular sessions from 12:00 pm – 12:55 pm in the Mauro Institute Boardroom, 252 St. Paul’s College. The lectures are approximately 35 minutes in length, followed by a discussion period. The lectures are free to attend and open …
Download PDF of Newsletter Thanks to all who helped circulate our updated Call for Papers including the new deadline for abstract submissions of 15 March 2017. We have confirmed four superb keynote speakers: Julia Buxton of the Central European University; Ruslan Dzarasov of the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Domenico Losurdo of the Università degli …
This position paper from GERG research director Alan Freeman shows that certain deep, new ideas have profoundly affected economic growth and contributed to great social transformations, outlines a method to measure their impact, and suggests that the next such ‘paradigmatic idea’ could be closer than we think it is.
This year, the Society for Socialist Studies turns fifty, and we look forward to welcoming a record number of colleagues to our annual conference at Congress 2017, hosted by Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario from May 30 – June 2 2017. The theme of the Conference is ‘Liberation Here and Now: Continuity and Change in Socialist …
Written by Radhika Desai Originally printed in the Winnipeg Free Press, June 30, 2016 The Brexit vote was a momentous political earthquake and the seismic shifts that caused it have been long in the making. It has ruptured so many political structures — decades and even centuries old, national and international — so deeply it …
The Geopolitical Economy Research Group (GERG) and Manchester University Press announce a new book series. It aims, inter alia, to promote ‘fresh inter- and multi-disciplinary perspectives on the most pressing new realities of the 21st century: the multipolar world and the renewed economic centrality of states in it. While multipolarity is beginning to be recognized …
Boris Kagarlitksy PhD is a Marxist and sociologist who lives and works in Moscow. He is the director of the Institute of Globalization and Social Movements and is the author of many books on the world system of globalized capitalism and the history and contemporary politics of Russia and the Soviet Union. Dr. Kagarlitsky will …