Fall 2013 & Spring 2014 Visiting Scholars

For more information about past events, click on the link below. Digital recordings have been included when available.

Mark Braverman, Author

The Path to Peace in Israel and Palestine May 5, 2014
Thomas Ferguson, Political Science, University of Massachusetts, Boston; Senior Fellow, Roosevelt Institute

Money in American Politics: Theory, History, and Evidence April 22-24, 2014
Elizabeth Anderson, Philosophy and Women’s Studies, University of Michigan

The Struggle for Free Labor April 15-17, 2014
Wolfgang Streeck, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies

The Crises of Democratic Capitalism April 9-12, 2014
Jacques Bidet Professor Emeritus, University of Paris-Nanterrre

Foucault, Marx and the Project of Human Emancipation April 8, 2014
Chris Crass, Author

Towards Collective Liberation: Anti-racist Organizing, Feminist Praxis and Movement Building Strategy March 27, 2014
Eleni Varikas, Université Paris 8/Saint-Denis

“‘An Endless Series of Catastrophes’ Hannah Arendt, Rosa Luxemburg & the Question of Plurality” March 26, 2014
George Lakoff, Linguistics, University of California-Berkeley

“Neural Politics: Cognitive and Material Power” March 24, 2014
Rev. William Barber II, President, North Carolina NAACP

On the People’s Moral Agenda: Anti-Racism, Anti-Poverty, and Pro-Labor March 13, 2014
Cristina Beltrán, Department of Social and Cultural Analysis, New York University

Latino Conservatives: Thoughts on Race, Democracy, and the Right March 11-13, 2014
John Barry, School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy, Queens University Belfast

The Politics and Political Economy of a Post-growth Economy February 4-6, 2014
Yves Cabannes, Bartlett Development Planning Unit, University College of London

“Another city is possible!” Alternatives to the City as a Commodity December 3-5, 2013
Ian Haney López, School of Law, University of California, Berkeley

Dog Whistle Politics: How Coded Racial Appeals Have Reinvented Racism and Wrecked the Middle Class November 19-21, 2013
Robert Wade, Department of International Development, London School of Economics

Who Counts? Inclusion in Global (Economic) Politics, Exclusion in National Politics November 12-14, 2013
James Scott, Political Science, Yale University

Hilldale Lecture Series October 24-25, 2013
Roderick Watts, Psychology, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, Silberman School of Social Work, Hunter College

Liberation Studies North: Getting U.S. Up to Speed October 15-17, 2013
Pedro Cayuqueo, Mapuche (Chile), Journalist

40 Years After the Chilean Coup October 3, 2013
Kent Wong, Center for Labor Research and Education, University of California, Los Angeles

The Fight For Immigrant Rights And The U.S. Labor Movement September 24-26, 2013