[Marxism] Historical Materialism – First North American Conference

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Historical Materialism – First North American Conference

April 24-26, 2008, York University, Toronto



Dear friends,



It is with great excitement that we announce plans for the first ever 
North American conference sponsored by Historical Materialism: A 
Journal of Critical Marxist Research. While HM’s annual conference in 
London has become a major rallying point for hundreds of people working 
within the traditions of historical materialism, thus far the journal 
has not had a comparable presence on this side of the Atlantic. That is 
about to change with this major conference at York University in 
Toronto, April 24-26, 2008, sponsored by the Department of Political 
Science and Founders College.



We are now busy organizing panels and themes and attending to all the 
logistical details  involved in hosting a large, dynamic conference of 
critical scholars and activists. Over the next few weeks, a conference 
website will be set up and announcements will go out concerning details 
with respect to agenda, accommodation and travel .



To give you a taste of what we have in store, here is a list of just 
some of the more than 100 people who have accepted our invitation to 
present papers at the conference:



Rosemary Hennessey, Bertell Ollman, Johanna Brenner, Aijaz Ahmad, Peter 
Linebaugh, Joel Kovel, Deborah Cook, Giovanni Arrighi, Leo Panitch, 
Crystal Bartolovich, Moishe Postone, Barbara Epstein, Ato Sekyi-Otu, 
Bryan Palmer, Anna Agathangelou, Henry Veltmeyer, Isabella Bakker, 
Peter McLaren, Nick Dyer-Witheford, Greg Albo, Patrick Murray, Nancy 
Holmstrom, Bill Carroll, Rick Wolff, Radhika Desai, Stephen Gill, 
Alfredo Saad-Filho, John Saul, Christopher Phelps . . .



For further information, feel free to email hmtoronto at yahoo.com. Or 
watch for HM mailings in the coming weeks. We hope to see you in 
Toronto in April.



Yours for the Conference Organizing Committee,



David McNally

Professor and Chair

Department of Political Science

York University