MARXISM 2000 -- the 4th International Gala Conference hosted by Rethinking
Marxism -- is finally here. Next week, 21-24 September, over 1,000 people
will gather at UMass-Amherst from all continents (except Antarctica) to
celebrate the richness of contemporary Marxism in all its varieties.
As you can see from the partial list of participants, the Conference
promises to be lively and fun. On behalf of Rethinking Marxism, and the
conference organizing committee, I truly hope you can attend.
Please circulate this announcement to all other interested colleagues and
listservs. Thanks!
Enid Arvidson
RETHINKING MARXISM announces its fourth
International Gala Conference
MARXISM 2000
21-24 September (Thursday-Sunday) 2000
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
http://www.nd.edu/~remarx/Marxism2000/
JOIN WITH Robert Albritton, Jack Amariglio, Giovanni Arrighi, Enid
Arvidson, Margot Backus, Drucilla Barker, Ursula Biemann, Carole Biewener,
Shannon Bell, John Beverley, Roy Bhaskar, Jacques Bidet, Roland Boer, Derek
Boothman, Paul Burkett, Joseph Buttigieg, Antonio Callari, John Cammett, S.
Charusheela, Stephen Cullenberg, Jamie Owen Daniel, Angela Davis, Mike
Davis, Michael Denning, Gerard Dumenil, Gregory Elliot, Daniel Faber, Susan
Feiner, Barbara Foley, Benedetto Fontana, John Foster, Harriet Fraad, Carl
Freedman, Norman Geras, Katherine Gibson, Martha Gimenez, Jill Godmilow,
Julie Graham, Michael Hardt, Barbara Harlow, David Harvey, Inez Hedges,
Rosemary Hennessy, Peter Hitchcock, Noel Ignatiev, Susan Jahoda, Miranda
Joseph, Arjo Klamer, Joel Kovel, Amitava Kumar, Lauren Langman, Neil
Larsen, Paul LeBlanc, Richard Levins, Dominique Levy, Richard Lichtman,
David Lloyd, Fred Lonidier, Domenico Losurdo, Lisa Lowe, Julian Markels,
Randy Martin, David McNally, William Milberg, Warren Montag, Kenneth
Mostern, Meera Nanda, Richard Ohmann, Bertell Ollman, Andrew Parker, Cindy
Patton, Robert Pollin, Vijay Prashad, Walid Raad, Paula Rabinowitz, R.
Radkrishnana, Stephen Resnick, John Roche, Frank Rosengarten, David Ruccio,
Hasana Sharp, David Shumway, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Kenneth Surin,
Darko Suvin, Victor Wallis, Evan Watkins, John Weeks, Richard Wolff, and
many others in celebrating the richness of contemporary Marxism and other
liberation communities.
Plenary sessions include:
(Re)Claiming Utopia with Norman Geras, JK Gibson-Graham, and Lisa Lowe;
Global (Dis)Orders with David Harvey, David Ruccio, and Gayatri Spivak;
(Re)Turns to Class with Angela Davis and Mike Davis.
Film and Video sessions with showings and discussions with film makers,
including: Ursula Biemann, Barton Byg, Jill Godmilow, Tami Gold, Nina
Huntemann, Sut Jhally, Amitava Kumar, Walid Raad, and Matt Soar.
Performance Art by Susan Kleckner and Kate Wilson.
There will also be a performance of Howard Zinn's nationally acclaimed
play, Marx in Soho, with Brian Jones.
PURPOSE: The editors of RETHINKING MARXISM intend "Marxism 2000" to explore
and engender fresh insights and hopes, struggles and pleasures, and to
(re)claim utopian visions for just and humane global alternatives. As a new
millennium dawns, familiar specters have dematerialized and capital is
becoming increasingly global. New visions and analyses beg for
articulation. It is time to take stock and move Marxism's future forward.
The prior three conferences, each attended by over one thousand persons
from across the globe, brought together a variety of Marxian and other
liberation communities to discuss, debate, and strategize about diverse
theoretical and political concerns (for details, see
http://www.nd.edu/~remarx/conferences/main.html ):
*In 1989, "Marxism Now: Traditions and Difference" created a forum where
new, heterogeneous directions in Marxism and the Left could be debated
after the breakup of orthodoxy.
*In 1992, "Marxism in the New World Order: Crises and Possibilities"
confronted directly the challenges -- theoretical, organizational, and
spiritual -- which faced the Left and Marxism as the new millennium neared.
*In 1996, "Politics and Languages of Contemporary Marxism" continued the
dialogue to open creative new spaces for political, cultural and scholarly
interventions in the face of global restructuring of social relations.
SCHEDULE: Please visit our website for the full, detailed schedule of film
and video panels, art and performance panels, plenary sessions, concurrent
sessions, live theater and music.
http://www.nd.edu/~remarx/Marxism2000/schedule.html.
Thursday, September 21
10:00 am-5:00 pm: Vendor Displays
11:00 am: Registration Desk Opens
1:00 pm-3:00 pm: Concurrent Sessions A
3:30 pm-5:00 pm: Concurrent Sessions B
5:00 pm: Dinner (in local restaurants)
7:30 pm: Plenary Session -- (Re)Claiming Utopia
9:30 pm: Cash Bar and Music
Friday, September 22
9:00 am-5:00 pm: Vendor Displays
9:30 am-11:30 am: Concurrent Sessions C
11:30 am: Lunch (in local restaurants)
1:00 pm-3:00 pm: Concurrent Sessions D
3:30 pm: Plenary Session -- Global (Dis)Orders
5:30 pm: Dinner (in local restaurants)
8:00 pm: Theatrical Performance of Howard Zinn's "Marx in Soho"
10:00 pm: Cash Bar and Jazz/Folk Music
Saturday, September 23
9:00 am-5:00 pm: Vendor Displays
9:30 am-11:30 am: Concurrent Sessions E
11:30 am: Lunch (in local restaurants)
1:00 pm-3:00 pm: Concurrent Sessions F
3:30 pm-5:00 pm: Concurrent Sessions G
5 pm: Dinner (in local restaurants)
7:30 pm: Plenary Session -- (Re)Turns to Class
9:30 pm: Cash Bar and African Soukous Music
Sunday, September 24
9:00 am-1:00 pm: Vendor Displays
9:30 am-11:00 am: Concurrent Sessions H
11:30 am-1:00 pm: Concurrent Sessions I
1:00 pm: Conference Ends
LOGISTICS: The Conference is being held on the campus of the University of
Massachusetts at Amherst. Detailed information on lodging, restaurants,
travel directions, and childcare is being provided to all conference
registrants and can also be found on our web site,
http://www.nd.edu/~remarx/Marxism2000/logistics.html. For additional
information on childcare, please contact Cecilia Rio at
mailto:[log in to unmask]
PUBLICATIONS: Selected papers, poems, and other forms of presentation from
the conference will be published in RETHINKING MARXISM and/or in a separate
edited volume of contributions.
SUBSCRIPTIONS: A special introductory subscription rate to RETHINKING
MARXISM is available to conference participants @ $30 for four
issues--nearly 15% off the regular rate. This special introductory rate is
available to conference participants who are new subscribers only. Find out
more about subscribing to RM at
http://www.nd.edu/~remarx/rm/subscribe.html. Or, subscribe online at
https://www.endpointsecure.com/guilford/frameorderper.html.
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