Reconsidering Historical Materialism
A series of visits to Yale by leading social and political theorists, in collaboration with the Whitney Humanities Center’s Working Group on Marxism and Cultural Theory.
2007-2008: Vijay Prashad
Vijay Prashad, the author of many books in ethnic and postcolonial studies, and professor of International Studies and Kellner Chair of South Asian History at Trinity College, spoke on his latest book The Darker Nations: A People’s History of the Third World in October 2007.
Reconsidering Historical Materialism:
A Conversation with Vijay Prashad, the author of many books in ethnic and postcolonial studies, and professor of International Studies and Kellner Chair of South Asian History at Trinity College, about his latest book The Darker Nations: A People’s History of the Third World.
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Whitney Humanities Center
2006-2007: Achille Mbembe
Achille Mbembe, the author of On the Postcolony and Research Professor of History and Politics at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, spoke on “The Political Life of Sovereignty” in April 2007.
Reconsidering Historical Materialism:
A Conversation with Achille Mbembe, the author of On the Postcolony and Research Professor of History and Politics at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, on “The Political Life of Sovereignty.”
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Whitney Humanities Center
2005-2006: Michael Hardt
Michael Hardt, the co-author, with Antonio Negri, of the widely-acclaimed works of political theory, Empire and Multitude, and professor of literature at Duke University, spoke on the trajectory “From Empire to Multitude” in October 2005.
Reconsidering Historical Materialism:
A Conversation with Michael Hardt, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies at Duke University. He is the author of Gilles Deleuze: An Apprenticeship in Philosophy (1993), and with Antonio Negri, of Multitude: War and Democracy in the Age of Empire (2004), Empire (2000), and Labor of Dionysus: A Critique of the State-Form (1994). He has also edited with Kathi Weeks, The Jameson Reader (2000), and with Paolo Virno, Radical Thought in Italy (1996). (Click here for video of Michael Hardt discussing his life, collaborations with Antonio Negri, Empire, and radical politics.)
Tuesday, October 25, 7pm
Whitney Humanities Center, room 116
Co-sponsored with the Working Group on Marxism and Cultural Theory
2004-5: Perry Anderson
Perry Anderson, the author of many works of history and social theory including The Origins of Postmodernity, as well as a long-time editor of New Left Review and professor of history at the University of California, Los Angeles, spoke on “After Hegemony?” in April 2005.
Reconsidering Historical Materialism:
A Conversation with Perry Anderson, Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles, editor of New Left Review, and author of Passages From Antiquity to Feudalism (1974), Lineages of the Absolutist State (1974), In the Tracks of Historical Materialism (1985), English Questions (1992), A Zone of Engagement (1992), The Origins of Postmodernity (1998), Extra-Time: World Politics Since 1989 (2004), and Figures in The Forest (2005). (Watch Perry Anderson in conversation with Harry Kreisler here.)
Wednesday, April 20, 10:30 am
First & Summerfield United Methodist Church
Co-sponsored with the Marxism and Cultural Theory Working Group