The Future of Capitalism: Neo-Feudalism?

The Future of Capitalism: Neo-Feudalism?

May 2, 2024

Location: University of Chicago, Classics Building, Room 110

Website: https://neofeudalismconference.wordpress.com/

Contact: [email protected]

Registration (virtual/Zoom possible): https://forms.gle/DGoMKANd2uYqD4ct8 

Conference Schedule:

 Welcome and Coffee (8:30-9:00 AM)

Introduction (9:00-9:20 AM)

 1. Environment, Governance, Temporality (9:20-10:50 AM)

• Ashima Mittal (UC): “Atmospheric Imperialism and the Reification of Nature”

• Paul Forrester (Yale): “ESG and Asset Manager Capitalism” 

• Hannah Gadbois (UIC): “Going Nowhere at Top Speed: Feudal and Capitalist Temporalities”

 2. Land, Rent, Financialization (11:00-12:30 PM)

• Jack Votava (Northwestern), “In Praise of Debt? Expectational Power and the Causes of Financial Crisis in Argentina”

• James Tierney (Kent): “Financialized Farmland”

• Adrián de León Arias (Guadalajara): “Tracking some Features of Neo-feudalism in Thorstein Veblen’s Analytical Contributions”

 12:30-1:30PM: Lunch break

 3. Humanities Panel (1:30-3:20 PM)

• Adam Rensch (BGSU): “Monopoly University: On the Present and Future of Higher Education”

• Filippo Petricca (Indiana): “The Old Story of Neo-Feudalism: A Perspective from Literary Studies”

• Catherine Liu (UCI): “Diversity and Decadence in the Court of Finance Capital”

 4. Political Economy Panel (3:30-4:50 PM)

• Radhika Desai (Manitoba): “What’s in a Name? The Misuses of ‘Feudalism’ and ‘Capitalism”

• Michael Hudson (UMKC): “Is the West Regressing into Neofeudalism?”

 5. Keynote (5:00-7:00 PM)

• Brett Christophers (Uppsala): “Rentier Capitalism and Neoliberalism in the Age of Climate Change”