9AM-10AM: Meet and Greet Coffee Hour in Vari Hall 1018
****10AM-12PM (2 sessions)****
SESSION 1: “The Culture(s) of Neoliberalism”
LOCATION: Vari Hall 1018
CHAIR: *Simon Black Department of Political Science, York University
*Julian Ammirante Department of Political Science, York University
Sport and the Political Economy of Culture in the era of Neo-liberal Globalization
*Tanner Mirrlees Communication and Culture, York/ Ryerson Universities
Post-Fordism, Neoliberalism, and Reality-TV
*Julian Holland Department of English & Cultural Studies, McMaster University
The Aestheticological Settlement: Modeling Neoliberal Ideological Forms
SESSION 2: “Neoliberalism in Canada”
LOCATION: Vari Hall 1020
FACULTY CHAIR: *Gregory Albo, Department of Political Science, York University
*Jordan Brennan Department of Political Science, York University
Neoliberalism in Canada after 25: Capitalist Power and Income Inequality
*Benjamin Christensen Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Carleton University
Building a Culture of Innovation: How the Canadian Council of Chief Executives Creates Consent
*Isabel Sousa Department of Sociology, York University
Virtual Vulnerabilities: Locating Teletriage and Health Informatics in a Changing Geography of Work and Care
*David Cavett- Goodwin Institute of Political Economy, Carleton University
The Hollowing-Out of the Canadian Economy: Quantitative vs. Qualitative Analysis
****12PM-1PM, Lunch****
****1:15PM-3PM (2 sessions)****
SESSION 1: “Class, Capital and State: Comparative Neoliberalism”
LOCATION: Vari Hall 1018
CHAIR: *Tim Clark, Department of Political Science, York University
*Ray Silvius and Neil Burron Department of Political Science, Carleton Univesity
Transnational Neoliberalism and its Relation to Low-Intensity Democracy: The Case of Haiti
*Cemil Boyraz Department of Political Science, Instanbul Bilgi University
Privatization, Contradictions in the Capital Accumulation Process, and the Labour Movement: The Turkish Case
*Tom Marois Department of Political Science, York University
Comparative Neoliberalism, Banking, and Finance-led Accumulation in Mexico and Turkey
SESSION 2: “Capitalism’s Prehistory? Primitive Accumulation and Violence”
LOCATION: Vari Hall 1020
CHAIR: TBA
*Bikrum Gill Department of Political Science, York University
Agrarian Crisis in India: Processes of Accumulation by Dispossession
*Maita Abola Sayo Department of Political Science, York University
Accumulation and the Problem of Violence
*Chris Hurl Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Carleton University
The Mode of Production as Event: The Legacy of the British Marxist Historians
****3:15PM-5PM (2 sessions)****
SESSION 1: “Empire and the New Imperialism”
LOCATION: Vari Hall 1018
FACULTY CHAIR: *Leo Panitch, Department of Political Science, York University
*Andrew Lee Department of Sociology, University of California- Santa Barbara
Querying the Conditions for Warfare: The Political Economy of U.S. Military Spending in the 21st Century
*Michael Skinner Department of Political Science, York University
Afghanistan and the Militarist “Humanitarian” Empire: The Latest Stage of Capitalism.
*Can Cemgil Department of Political Science, Instanbul Bilgi University
Dialectic of New Imperialism: A Historical-Structural Account of Capitalist Imperialism
*Sean Starrs Department of Political Science, York University
American Aggression Against Asian Aspiration? Ten Years After the East Asian Crisis in South Korea
SESSION 2: “Disaster, Conflict and Accumulation”
LOCATION: Vari Hall 1020
CHAIR: TBA
*Orsan Senalp Transnational Institute, Amsterdam
Disciplinary Neoliberalism, Transnationalization through Governance Mechanisms and Dispossession through Disaster & Loot
*Irina Ceric Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
Rule of Law Imperialism and the Political Economy of Post-Socialist Transition
*Andrew Dawe Department of Geography, Carleton University
Producing Vulnerability and Accumulating Exposure under Empire: The Political Economy of Disaster Vulnerability in Guatemala
*Sahar T. Rad Department of Economics, SOAS, University of London
Aid in Conflict or Conflict in Aid?
****7PM: PLENARY SESSION****
"The Past, Present, and Future(s) of Radical Political Economy"
*Alfredo Saad-Filho School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
*Genevieve LeBaron Department of Political Science, York University
*Alan Sears Department of Sociology, Ryerson University
LOCATION: Vari Hall Lecture Hall A
****Social to follow in the Grad Lounge****
Thursday, April 24
****10AM-11:45AM (2 sessions)****
SESSION 1: “Theorizing Capitalism: Marx, Weber, Veblen ”
LOCATION: Vari Hall 1018
CHAIR: *Aidan Conway Department of Political Science, York University
*Eric Newstadt Department of Political Science, York University
Work, Measurement, and the Neo-liberal University: The On-going Relevance of the Labour Theory of Value
*Daniel Moure Department of Political Science, York University
Marx Versus Weber and the Limits to Their Explanatory Potential
*Troy Cochrane Social and Political Thought, York University
What We Talk About When We Talk About Capital
SESSION 2: “Neoliberalism: Theory and Practice”
LOCATION: Vari Hall 1020
CHAIR: TBA
*David Calnitsky and *Asher Dupuy-Spencer Department of Economics, New School
The Economic Consequences of Homo Economicus: Neoclassical Economic Theory and the Fallacy of Market Optimality
*Jordan Brennan Department of Political Science, York University
The Errors of Neoliberalism: Hayek, Spontaneous Order and the Emergence of Capitalism
*Xavier Lafrance Department of Political Science, York University
Beyond Fascism? The “Tyranny of the Market” as an Answer to the Workers’
Challenge to Capital’s Control
****12PM-1:30PM (2 sessions)****
SESSION 1: “Enclosure and the Commons”
LOCATION: Vari Hall 1018
CHAIR: TBA
*Shiri Pasternak Planning, University of Toronto
Empty Lands and Raw Seeds: From the Doctrines of Discovery to Patents on Life
*Wilhelm Peckhaus Information and Media Studies, University of Western Ontario
Primitive Accumulation and the Commons: Applying the Theory to the Study of Biotechnology in Canada
*Kevin Sutton Department of Political Science, York University
Enclosing the Ancient Commons: The Role of the Pharmaceutical Sector in Defining the Boundaries of Ownership and Accumulation
SESSION 2: “The Nation State in the 21st Century”
LOCATION: Vari Hall 1020
FACULTY CHAIR: *Hannes Lacher Department of Political Science, York University
*Carlo Fanelli Department of Sociology, York University
‘Roll with It or Get Rolled Over’: The Relevance of the Nation-State in the 21st Century and American Military Supremacy
*Brad Bauerly Department of Political Science, York University
The Nation-State, Identity and Capitalism: Late Development, Organic Crisis and Imperialism
*Yavuz Tuyloglu Department of International Relations, Istanbul Bilgi University
Rhythms of (Inter)Nationalism and Imperialism: Explaining the Role of Nation-States
****1:30PM-2:30PM, LUNCH****
****2:45PM-4:30PM (1 session)****
“Another Politics? Left Possibilities and Political Strategies Today”
Location: Vari Hall 1018 OR Vari Lecture Hall A
Chair: *Irina Ceric, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
*Chris Dixon History of Consciousness, University of California- Santa Cruz
"Another Politics" Rising: Anti-Authoritarian Currents in Contemporary Movements in the US and Canada
*Gabrielle Gérin Department of Political Science, York University
From Quebec Solidaire to the Quebec Social Forum: Towards a ‘Party of the
Streets’?
*Ingar Solty Department of Political Science, York University
From Right-Wing Populist to Socialist Articulations of the Contradictions of Neoliberalism: The Relevance of the German Case in the Wider European Context
*Greg Sharzer Department of Political Science, York University
The Limits of Localism: Why We Need Political Economy to Resist Neoliberalism
5 PM: Opening Plenary - Historical Materialism 2008
Imperialism Today: Changing Configurations of Empire
Giovanni Arrighi, Nahla Abdo and Aijaz Ahmad
Founders Assembly Hall
Founders College, York University
