The Future of Capitalism: Neo-Feudalism?
Classics Building Rm. 110
1010 E 59th St
Chicago 60637
United States
This event is available both online and in-person
Sponsor(s):
- Department of Sociology
- Department of History
- Department of Germanic Studies
- Franke Institute for the Humanities
- 3CT
- The Program in Law, Letters, and Society
- The Parrhesia Program for Public Discourse
- The University of Chicago Practical Philosophy Workshop
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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)
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Ashima Mittal (UC): “Atmospheric Imperialism and the Reification of Nature”
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Paul Forrester (Yale): “ESG and Asset Manager Capitalism”
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Hannah Gadbois (UIC): “Going Nowhere at Top Speed: Feudal and Capitalist Temporalities”
2. Land, Rent, Financialization (11:00-12:30 PM)
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Jack Votava (Northwestern), “In Praise of Debt? Expectational Power and the Causes of Financial Crisis in Argentina”
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James Tierney (Kent): “Financialized Farmland”
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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)
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Adam Rensch (BGSU): “Monopoly University: On the Present and Future of Higher Education”
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Filippo Petricca (Indiana): “The Old Story of Neo-Feudalism: A Perspective from Literary Studies”
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Catherine Liu (UCI): “Diversity and Decadence in the Court of Finance Capital”
4. Political Economy Panel (3:30-4:50 PM)
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Radhika Desai (Manitoba): “What’s in a Name? The Misuses of ‘Feudalism’ and ‘Capitalism”
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Michael Hudson (UMKC): “Is the West Regressing into Neofeudalism?”
5. Keynote (5:00-7:00 PM)
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Brett Christophers (Uppsala): “Rentier Capitalism and Neoliberalism in the Age of Climate Change”
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