The journal Rethinking MARXISM presents
A Five College Spring Conference at UMass-Amherst
April 3-4, 1998
The (RE)TURNS of MARXISM
This conference will highlight innovative directions in economic and social
analysis and philosophy. A major event will be the conference plenary
session, Friday, April 3rd, 7 - 9 PM: "The (Re)Turns of Marxism," in
Herter Hall, Room 227.
The plenary will be chaired by Stephen Cullenberg, Department of Economics,
University of California, Riverside. Antonio Callari, Department of
Economics, Franklin and Marshall College and Anwar Shaikh, Department of
Economics, New School for Social Research will give the plenary
presentations.
Conference sessions run from Friday, 1 PM through Saturday 5:45 PM. A
celebration will follow Saturday evening in the Campus Center, 10th floor.
All conference sessions are free and open to the public.
The conference is sponsored by:
Association for Economic and Social Analysis / Communications Department,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst / Economics Department, Mt. Holyoke
College / Economics Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst /
Economics Graduate Student Organisation, University of Massachusetts,
Amherst/ English Department, Amherst College / Graduate Student Senate,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
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Schedule of Events
The journal Rethinking MARXISM presents
A Five College Spring Conference at UMass-Amherst
April 3-4, 1998
The
(RE)TURNS of MARXISM
Friday 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
1-A
Do Structures March in the Streets?
Campus Center, 165-169
Chair: Patrick Mensah, Department of French and Italian Studies, University
of Massachusetts
Discussant: M. Scott Solomon, Department of Political Science, Maxwell
School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University
Philip Kozel, Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts: "An
Essay on Structuralism(s) and Louis Althusser"
Yahya Madra, Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts:
"Structures, Suture and Value in Discourses on Markets"
1-B
The Politics of Consumption
Campus Center, 917
Sut Jhally, Department of Communication, University of Massachusetts:
"Learning from Advertising: Fun, Fantasy and the Socialist Imagination"
Allan MacNeill, Department of History, Politics and Law, Webster
University: "Shopping for Signs of Class (and finding some)"
Matthew Soar, Department of Communication, University of Massachusetts:
"The Worth of Art Directors and The Best of Bees: Advertising Professionals
and the Politics of Creativity"
Friday 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
2-A
Subject(s) of/in History
Campus Center, 165-169
Discussant: Andrew Parker, Department of English and Department of Women's
and Gender Studies, Amherst College
Eric Glynn, Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts: "Class
Knowledge as 'Strategic Invention'"
David McInerney, Research School of Social Sciences, The Australian
National University: "The Poverty of Theory? Althusser and the Unfinished
History of Marxist Historiography"
2-B
Value in the Household
Campus Center, 917
Chair: Julie Graham, Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts
Thomas Masterson, Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts:
"Household Labour: The Value of Labour Power and Capitalism"
Engelbert Stockhammer, Department of Economics, University of
Massachusetts: "Exploitation in a Dual Economy"
Friday 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Plenary
The (Re)Turns of Marxism
Herter Hall, 227
Chair: Stephen Cullenberg, Department of Economics, University of
California, Riverside
Antonio Callari, Department of Economics, Franklin and Marshall College
Anwar Shaikh, Department of Economics, New School for Social Research
Saturday 10:00 AM - 12:30
3-A
(Re)Marx on Value
Campus Center, 904-908
Chair: Erik Olsen, Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts
Robert Burns, Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts: TBA
Stephen Cullenberg, Department of Economics, University of California at
Riverside and Robert Garnett, Department of Economics, Texas Christian
University: "Marx's Detour: Uncovering Samuel Bailey's Postmodern Value
Theory"
Dave Kristjanson, Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts:
"Marxian Price Dynamics: A Short-Run Approach"
Bruce Roberts, Department of Economics, University of Southern Maine:
"Value, Abstract Labor and Exchange Equivalence"
3-B
Class Analytics Confronts "US Capitalism"
Campus Center, 804-808
Chair: Stephen Resnick, Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts
Mary Engelmeyer, Department of Economics, University of Notre Dame: "Class
Analysis Refracts Farm Family Household Data Into a Rainbow of Difference"
James Henninger-Voss, Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts
and Rider University: "Class Struggle Within Organizations: Budgets as a
Technology of Exploitation"
Kenny Levin, Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts:
"Communal Production in High-Tech' Firms: A Theory of Hybrid Class
Structures"
Vin Lyon-Callo, Department of Anthropology, University of Massachusetts:
"Re-Reading the Causes of Homelessness: A Class Analysis of Recent Research"
Ross Weiner, Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts: "The
Name of the Game is Slavery: An Argument for the Existence of Slavery in
Organized Baseball"
Saturday 2:00 PM - 3:45 PM
4-A
Class Positions/Class Identities
Campus Center, 904-908
Chair: S. Charusheela, Department of Economics, Franklin and Marshall College
Enid Arvidson, School of Urban and Public Affairs, University of Texas,
Arlington: "Remapping Los Angeles or, Taking the Risk of Class in
Postmodern Urban Theory"
Karen Graubart, Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts:
"Indecent Living: Indigenous Women and the Elisions of Class in Early
Colonial Peru"
Merrilee Mardon, Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts:
"German Social Democracy and the Politics of Class"
4-B
Politicizing Practice: Understanding Contemporary US Labor Movements
Campus Center, 804-808
Discussant: Carole Biewener, Department of Economics, Simmons College
Michael Hillard, Department of Economics, University of Southern Maine:
"The Politics of High Performance Work Organization (HPWO) in Maine: A
Non-essentialist Analysis"
Dan Johnston, Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts:
"Keeping a Clear Head: Class and Organizing in the University of California
System"
Saturday 4:00 PM - 5:45 PM
5-A
Diverse Economies: Imagining and Enacting Noncapitalist Futures
Campus Center, 904-908
Ken Byrne, Department of Education, University of Massachusetts
Rebecca Forest, Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts
Julie Graham, Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts
Stephen Healy, Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts
Greg Horvath, Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts
5-B
What's Wrong with Postmodern Marxism (?): Rethinking MARXISM Ten Years On
A Roundtable Discussion
Campus Center, 804-808
Jack Amariglio, Department of Economics, Merrimack College
Stephen Cullenberg, Department of Economics, University of California,
Riverside
Susan Jahoda, Department of Art, University of Massachusetts
David Ruccio, Department of Economics, University of Notre Dame
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Stephen Cullenberg
Chair, Department of Economics office: (909) 787-5037, ext. 1573
University of California fax: (909) 787-5685
Riverside, CA 92521 http://www.ucr.edu/CHSS/depts/econ/sc.htm
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Stephen Cullenberg
Chair, Department of Economics office: (909) 787-5037, ext. 1573
University of California fax: (909) 787-5685
Riverside, CA 92521 http://www.ucr.edu/CHSS/depts/econ/sc.htm