THE ESRC SWDTP STANDING SEMINAR IN CRITICAL THEORY

is thrilled to announce:

CRITICAL THEORY IN A CLOSING AND VIOLENT WORLD

Wednesday the 15th of May, 17:15-19:05
Room 5W 2.4, University of Bath, Claverton Down, BA2 7AY

SPEAKERS:

JOHN HOLLOWAY

WERNER BONEFELD

ANA C. DINERSTEIN

THEO PAPADOPOULOS

DIANA TEGGI

PROGRAMME

17:15 - Welcome: about the SSCT and the Speakers (Ana C. Dinerstein and Diana Teggi)

17:20 - PANEL DISCUSSION. Chair: Diana Teggi.

18:30 - Q&A and DEBATE. Chair: Diana Teggi.

19:00 - Closing.

19:15 - Drinks at The Lime Tree (on Campus)

ALL WELCOME!

Free - Register

For Further Enquiries Please Email: A.C.Dinerstein@bath.ac.uk

• Dr Theo Papadopoulos: Dr Papadopoulos is a comparative political sociologist based at the University of Bath’s Department of Social and Policy Sciences. His recent research includes publications on the neoliberal character of EU’s economic governance as well as the politics and socio-economic impact of austerity in Greece and other southern EU countries.

• Professor John Holloway: Prof. Holloway is a Professor of Sociology at the Benemérita Autonomous University of Puebla, Mexico. He is one of the founders of Capital & Class and a main contributor to Open Marxism. He is the author of many books, including Change the world without taking power (2002) and Crack Capitalism (2010). He is one of the editors and author of the forthcoming Open Marxism volume 4: Against a closing world, Pluto Press, 2019.

• Professor Werner Bonefeld: Prof. Bonefeld is a Professor of politics at the University of York (UK). He is founder and co-editor of Open Marxism (3 Volumes) (Pluto Press published in the 1990s). Recent publications include Critical Theory and the Critique of Political Economy and The Strong State and the Free Economy. With Beverly Best and Chris O’Kane, he is co-editor of the SAGE Handbook of Frankfurt School Critical Theory.

• Dr Ana Cecilia Dinerstein: Dr Dinerstein is a critical theorist. She teaches and does research on the global politics of hope at the University of Bath. She is the author of The Politics of Autonomy in Latin America: The Art of Organising Hope (2015) and editor of Social Sciences for An Other Politics: Women Theorising without Parachutes (2017). She is one of the editors and author of the forthcoming Open Marxism volume 4: Against a closing world, Pluto Press, 2019.

• Chair: Diana Teggi: Diana is an ESRC PhD Candidate in Social Policy at the University of Bath. Her doctorate investigates issues of marginalisation, institutionalisation and dignity in old age and the care of the dying. Diana’s research features in Social Science and Medicine.

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The Standing Seminar in Critical Theory is funded by the ESRC South West Doctoral Training Partnership (SWDTP)