Fall 2017 & Spring 2018 Visiting Scholars

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

Nancy Folbre, Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

The Rise & Decline of Patriarchal Systems February 16, 2018
Silvia Federici, Hofstra University

Capital Accumulation, Reproduction and the Reconstruction of the Commons February 20-22, 2018
Isabelle Ferreras, Sociology, Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium)

The Urgency of Making Workers Citizens March 6-8, 2018
Martha Gonzalez, Chicana/o Latina/o Studies, Scripps College

Chicana Artivistas: East LA Trenches, Transborder Tactics March 13-15, 2018
Tariq Ali, Writer, Journalist, Filmmaker

Street Fighting Year: The Importance of 1968, Fifty Years On April 2, 2018
Jeffery Webber, School of Politics and International Relations, Queen Mary University of London

The Political Economy of Liberation Struggles April 3-5, 2018
Beautiful Solutions, Rachel Plattus & Elandria Williams

Beautiful Solutions: Toolbox for Liberation April 23-26, 2018
David Bacon, Author, Photographer

The Right to Stay Home: Justice for Migrant Workers and Sending Communities October 31- November 2, 2017
Alexander Anievas, Political Science, University of Connecticut

Legacies of Fascism: Race and the Far-Right in the Making of the Cold War October 10-12, 2017
Nancy MacLean, History, Duke University

Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America October 5, 2017
Michael McCarthy, Social and Cultural Studies, Marquette University

Dismantling Solidarity: Capitalist Politics and Retirement Income since the New Deal October 2, 2017
David Schweickart, Philosophy, Loyola University

After Capitalism? September 26-28, 2017