tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44668189897137764162011-04-21T13:45:59.696-07:00Great Lakes Political Economy Conference 2008http://www.blogger.com/profile/09658177673794784349noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466818989713776416.post-49743729823957662702008-03-11T13:56:00.000-07:002008-04-17T19:26:58.473-07:00<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >Wednesday, April 23</span><br /><br />9AM-10AM: Meet and Greet Coffee Hour in Vari Hall 1018<br /><br />****10AM-12PM (2 sessions)****<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">SESSION 1: “The Culture(s) of Neoliberalism”<br /><br /></span>LOCATION: Vari Hall 1018<br /><br />CHAIR: *Simon Black Department of Political Science, York University<br /><br />*Julian Ammirante Department of Political Science, York University<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Sport and the Political Economy of Culture in the era of Neo-liberal Globalization</span><br /><br />*Tanner Mirrlees Communication and Culture, York/ Ryerson Universities<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Post-Fordism, Neoliberalism, and Reality-TV</span><br /><br />*Julian Holland Department of English &amp; Cultural Studies, McMaster University<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Aestheticological Settlement: Modeling Neoliberal Ideological Forms</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">SESSION 2: “Neoliberalism in Canada”</span><br /><br />LOCATION: Vari Hall 1020<br /><br />FACULTY CHAIR: *Gregory Albo, Department of Political Science, York University<br /><br />*Jordan Brennan Department of Political Science, York University<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Neoliberalism in Canada after 25: Capitalist Power and Income Inequality</span><br /><br />*Benjamin Christensen Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Carleton University<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Building a Culture of Innovation: How the Canadian Council of Chief Executives Creates Consent</span><br /><br />*Isabel Sousa Department of Sociology, York University<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Virtual Vulnerabilities: Locating Teletriage and Health Informatics in a Changing Geography of Work and Care</span><br /><br />*David Cavett- Goodwin Institute of Political Economy, Carleton University<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Hollowing-Out of the Canadian Economy: Quantitative vs. Qualitative Analysis</span><br /><br /><br />****12PM-1PM, Lunch****<br /><br /><br />****1:15PM-3PM (2 sessions)****<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">SESSION 1: “Class, Capital and State: Comparative Neoliberalism”</span><br /><br />LOCATION: Vari Hall 1018<br /><br />CHAIR: *Tim Clark, Department of Political Science, York University<br /><br />*Ray Silvius and Neil Burron Department of Political Science, Carleton Univesity<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Transnational Neoliberalism and its Relation to Low-Intensity Democracy: The Case of Haiti</span><br /><br />*Cemil Boyraz Department of Political Science, Instanbul Bilgi University<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Privatization, Contradictions in the Capital Accumulation Process, and the Labour Movement: The Turkish Case</span><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /><br />*Tom Marois Department of Political Science, York University<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Comparative Neoliberalism, Banking, and Finance-led Accumulation in Mexico and Turkey</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">SESSION 2: “Capitalism’s Prehistory? Primitive Accumulation and Violence”</span><br /><br />LOCATION: Vari Hall 1020<br /><br />CHAIR: TBA<br /><br />*Bikrum Gill Department of Political Science, York University<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Agrarian Crisis in India: Processes of Accumulation by Dispossession</span><br /><br />*Maita Abola Sayo Department of Political Science, York University<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Accumulation and the Problem of Violence</span><br /><br />*Chris Hurl Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Carleton University<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Mode of Production as Event: The Legacy of the British Marxist Historians</span><br /><br /><br /><br />****3:15PM-5PM (2 sessions)****<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />SESSION 1: “Empire and the New Imperialism”</span><br /><br />LOCATION: Vari Hall 1018<br /><br />FACULTY CHAIR: *Leo Panitch, Department of Political Science, York University<br /><br />*Andrew Lee Department of Sociology, University of California- Santa Barbara<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Querying the Conditions for Warfare: The Political Economy of U.S. Military Spending in the 21st Century</span><br /><br />*Michael Skinner Department of Political Science, York University<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Afghanistan and the Militarist “Humanitarian” Empire: The Latest Stage of Capitalism.</span><br /><br />*Can Cemgil Department of Political Science, Instanbul Bilgi University<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Dialectic of New Imperialism: A Historical-Structural Account of Capitalist Imperialism</span><br /><br />*Sean Starrs Department of Political Science, York University<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">American Aggression Against Asian Aspiration? Ten Years After the East Asian Crisis in South Korea</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">SESSION 2: “Disaster, Conflict and Accumulation”</span><br /><br />LOCATION: Vari Hall 1020<br /><br />CHAIR: TBA<br /><br />*Orsan Senalp Transnational Institute, Amsterdam<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Disciplinary Neoliberalism, Transnationalization through Governance Mechanisms and Dispossession through Disaster &amp; Loot<br /><br /></span><span>*Irina Ceric Osgoode Hall Law School, York University</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span>Rule of Law Imperialism and the Political Economy of Post-Socialist Transition<br /></span><br />*Andrew Dawe Department of Geography, Carleton University<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Producing Vulnerability and Accumulating Exposure under Empire: The Political Economy of Disaster Vulnerability in Guatemala</span><br /><br />*Sahar T. Rad Department of Economics, SOAS, University of London<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Aid in Conflict or Conflict in Aid?</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">****7PM: PLENARY SESSION****</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">"The Past, Present, and Future(s) of Radical Political Economy"</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">*Alfredo Saad-Filho School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London<br /><br />*Genevieve LeBaron Department of Political Science, York University<br /><br />*Alan Sears Department of Sociology, Ryerson University<br /></span><br />LOCATION: Vari Hall Lecture Hall A<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">****Social to follow in the Grad Lounge****<br /></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >Thursday, April 24</span><br /><br />****10AM-11:45AM (2 sessions)****<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">SESSION 1: “Theorizing Capitalism: Marx, Weber, Veblen ”</span><br /><br />LOCATION: Vari Hall 1018<br /><br />CHAIR: *Aidan Conway Department of Political Science, York University<br /><br />*Eric Newstadt Department of Political Science, York University<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Work, Measurement, and the Neo-liberal University: The On-going Relevance of the Labour Theory of Value</span><br /><br />*Daniel Moure Department of Political Science, York University<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Marx Versus Weber and the Limits to Their Explanatory Potential</span><br /><br />*Troy Cochrane Social and Political Thought, York University<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">What We Talk About When We Talk About Capital</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">SESSION 2: “Neoliberalism: Theory and Practice”<br /><br /></span>LOCATION: Vari Hall 1020<br /><br />CHAIR: TBA<br /><br />*David Calnitsky and *Asher Dupuy-Spencer Department of Economics, New School<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Economic Consequences of Homo Economicus: Neoclassical Economic Theory and the Fallacy of Market Optimality</span><br /><br />*Jordan Brennan Department of Political Science, York University<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Errors of Neoliberalism: Hayek, Spontaneous Order and the Emergence of Capitalism</span><br /><br />*Xavier Lafrance Department of Political Science, York University<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> Beyond Fascism? The “Tyranny of the Market” as an Answer to the Workers’</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> Challenge to Capital’s Control</span><br /><br /><br />****12PM-1:30PM (2 sessions)****<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">SESSION 1: “Enclosure and the Commons”</span><br /><br />LOCATION: Vari Hall 1018<br /><br />CHAIR: TBA<br /><br />*Shiri Pasternak Planning, University of Toronto<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Empty Lands and Raw Seeds: From the Doctrines of Discovery to Patents on Life</span><br /><br />*Wilhelm Peckhaus Information and Media Studies, University of Western Ontario<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Primitive Accumulation and the Commons: Applying the Theory to the Study of Biotechnology in Canada</span><br /><br />*Kevin Sutton Department of Political Science, York University<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Enclosing the Ancient Commons: The Role of the Pharmaceutical Sector in Defining the Boundaries of Ownership and Accumulation</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">SESSION 2: “The Nation State in the 21st Century”<br /><br /></span>LOCATION: Vari Hall 1020<br /><br />FACULTY CHAIR: *Hannes Lacher Department of Political Science, York University<br /><br />*Carlo Fanelli Department of Sociology, York University<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">‘Roll with It or Get Rolled Over’: The Relevance of the Nation-State in the 21st Century and American Military Supremacy</span><br /><br />*Brad Bauerly Department of Political Science, York University<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Nation-State, Identity and Capitalism: Late Development, Organic Crisis and Imperialism</span><br /><br />*Yavuz Tuyloglu Department of International Relations, Istanbul Bilgi University<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Rhythms of (Inter)Nationalism and Imperialism: Explaining the Role of Nation-States</span><br /><br /><br />****1:30PM-2:30PM, LUNCH****<br /><br /><br />****2:45PM-4:30PM (1 session)****<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">“Another Politics? Left Possibilities and Political Strategies Today”<br /><br /></span>Location: Vari Hall 1018 OR Vari Lecture Hall A<br /><br />Chair: *Irina Ceric, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University<br /><br />*Chris Dixon History of Consciousness, University of California- Santa Cruz<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"Another Politics" Rising: Anti-Authoritarian Currents in Contemporary Movements in the US and Canada<br /><br /></span><span>*</span><span>Gabrielle Gérin Department of Political Science, York University</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;">From Quebec Solidaire to the Quebec Social Forum: Towards a ‘Party of the<br />Streets’?</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><br />*Ingar Solty Department of Political Science, York University<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">From Right-Wing Populist to Socialist Articulations of the Contradictions of Neoliberalism: The Relevance of the German Case in the Wider European Context</span><br /><br />*Greg Sharzer Department of Political Science, York University<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Limits of Localism: Why We Need Political Economy to Resist Neoliberalism<br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:180%;">5 PM: Opening Plenary</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;"> - </span></span><span style="font-size:180%;">Historical Materialism</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span><span><span style="font-size:180%;">2008</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span></span><span class="Header"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"> Imperialism Today: Changing Configurations of Empire</span></span> <p class="announce"><span style="font-size:130%;">Giovanni Arrighi, Nahla Abdo and Aijaz Ahmad<br /><br /> Founders Assembly Hall<br /> Founders College, York University</span></p> <!-- InstanceEndEditable --><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4466818989713776416-4974372982395766270?l=greatlakes2008schedule.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Great Lakes Political Economy Conference 2008http://www.blogger.com/profile/09658177673794784349noreply@blogger.com0