Institute for the Humanities, Lower Level Stevenson Hall,
701 South Morgan, University of Illinois at Chicago
Increased mobility of capital, increased mobility of labor, increased economic inequality
-- these are several of the most visible phenomena of neoliberalism. This conference will
be about the ways in which these and related developments are either understood
or misunderstood, criticized or enabled by current modes of cultural and political analysis.
FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 2010
Coffee 3 pm
PANEL: 4 - 6 pm
“Neoliberalism and the Power Elite”
Winfried Fluck, Kennedy Institute, Berlin
“From Bigger to Barksdale: Neoliberalism and The Wire”
Kenneth Warren, University of Chicago
RECEPTION TO FOLLOW
SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 2010
Coffee 8:30 am
PANEL: 9:30 - 11.00 am
“Ethno-Racial ‘Community’ Talk: Uses and Misuses in History and in Contemporary Research”
Merlin Chowkwanyun, University of Pennsylvania
“Neoliberalism and Asian American Racialization”
Helen Jun,University of Illinois at Chicago
PANEL 11:15 am – 12:45 pm
“The Jurisprudence of Doubt: Left Legalism, Abject Subjects, and the Depoliticization of Asylum in Ireland”
Anwen Tormey, University of Chicago
“Arendt, the Common World, and Political Economy”
Stephen Englemann, University of Illinois at Chicago
LUNCH BREAK 12:45 – 2 pm
PANEL DISCUSSION 2:00 – 3:30 pm
Sunil Agnani, University of Illinois at Chicago
Madhu Dubey, University of Illinois at Chicago
Walter Benn Michaels, University of Illinois at Chicago
Adolph Reed, University of Pennsylvania
The conference is free and open to the public. Preregistration is highly recommended. For additional information, contact Linda Vavra at 312-996-6354 or LVavra@uic.edu
