Sujatha Fernandes (University of Sydney), ‘Curated stories: How storytelling is hindering social change’, followed by welcome reception This is the sixth instalment of the semester two seminar series organised by the Department of Political Economy at the University of Sydney. We are pleased to be co-hosting this seminar with the Department of Anthropology. The seminar will…
Continue readingJaivir Singh (Jawaharlal Nehru University), ‘Law, Skills and the Creation of Jobs as “Contract” Work in India’ This is the fifth instalment of the semester two seminar series organised by the Department of Political Economy at the University of Sydney. Date and Location Thursday 6 October 2016, Darlington Centre Boardroom, 4.00pm-5.30pm Contact Gareth Bryant, gareth.bryant@sydney.edu.au Abstract…
Continue readingAndrew Hindmoor (University of Sheffield and University of Queensland), ‘Through the looking glass: Austerity and the left in Britain’ This is the fourth instalment of the semester two seminar series organised by the Department of Political Economy at the University of Sydney. We are pleased to be jointly hosting this seminar with the Department of Government…
Continue reading[jumbotron heading=”Joseph Collins (Department of Political Economy, University of Sydney) – ‘Possession vis-à-vis power: Toward a socially significant theory of mineral-rent in Australia’”] The mining tax in Australia was a short-lived and impotent affair. Its second coming portends a contentious fate for the elections in Western Australia scheduled for March 2017. Brendon Grylls’ proposal to…
Continue reading[jumbotron heading=”Ariel Salleh (University of Sydney), ‘Climate, Water, and the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Can a Post-Development Political Ecology do Better?’”] This is the second seminar in the Semester 2 series of 2016 organised by the Department of Political Economy at the University of Sydney. Date and Location: Thursday 18 August 2016, Darlington Centre Boardroom, 4:00pm –…
Continue reading[jumbotron heading=”Jacqui True (Monash University), ‘The Political Economy of Women’s Participation in Peace and Security’”] This is the first seminar in the Semester 2 series of 2016 organised by the Department of Political Economy at the University of Sydney. Date and Location: Thursday 4 August 2016, Darlington Centre Boardroom, 4:00pm – 5.30pm More information: gareth.bryant@sydney.edu.au All welcome!…
Continue reading[jumbotron heading=”Simon Springer (University of Victoria, Canada), ‘Neoliberalism and Discourse: Politics between Poststructuralism and Political Economy’”] This is the eighth seminar in the Semester 1 series of 2016 organised by the Department of Political Economy at the University of Sydney. Date and Location: 14 July 2016, Darlington Centre Boardroom, 4:00pm – 5.30pm All welcome! [/jumbotron]
Continue reading[jumbotron heading=”Phil Toner and Mike Rafferty (University of Sydney), ‘Financialisation of the Australian Construction Industry’”] This is the seventh seminar in the Semester 1 series of 2016 organised by the Department of Political Economy at the University of Sydney. Date and Location: 2 June 2016, Darlington Centre Boardroom, 4:00pm – 5.30pm All welcome! [/jumbotron]
Continue reading[jumbotron heading=”2016 9th Annual Wheelwright Lecture in Political Economy” tagline=”David Ruccio (Professor of Economics, University of Notre Dame)”] Eastern Avenue Auditorium, University of Sydney 18 October, 2016 – 6:00pm (drinks and bookstall in the Foyer beforehand from 5:15). “Utopia and the Critique of Political Economy” 2016 marks the 500th anniversary of Thomas More’s Utopia. We know…
Continue readingFrom Economic Rationalism to Global Neoliberalism? A Workshop for Early-Career and Postgraduate Researchers RMIT, Melbourne, Fri 2nd December, 2016 Hosted by The Australian Sociological Association’s (TASA) Sociology of Economic Life thematic group and Centre for Applied Social Research, RMIT CALL FOR PAPERS This year marks the 25th anniversary of Michael Pusey’s seminal text of economic…
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