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17/06/2022 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm	The Barry Amiel & Norman Melburn Trust Annual Lecture 2022 JODI DEAN ‘BECOMING NEOFEUDAL: THE INNER LOGIC OF COMMUNICATIVE CAPITALISM’ – AMIEL & MELBURN TRUST ANNUAL LECTURE When: 17 June 2022, 18:00 — 21:00 Venue: Birkbeck Main Building, Malet Street Book your place The end of the twentieth century heralded a new information age of networked participatory democracy. A quarter century later, we complain about being addicted or tethered to our phones, dependent on “big tech” overlords who extract from us our information, money, and time. What happened? This lecture answers the question by setting out the neofeudalizing tendencies of communicative capitalism. Jodi Dean is a Visiting Fellow at the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities. She is a Professor of Political Science at Hobart and William Smith Colleges and has held the position of Erasmus Chair of the Humanities at Erasmus University in Rotterdam. She is the author of nine books, including ‘Democracy and Other Neoliberal Fantasies’ (2009), ‘Blog Theory’ (2010), and ‘Comrade’ (2019). The event is a lecture followed by a free wine reception. Doors open: 5.30 pm Talk starts: 6.00 pm The annual lecture is organised by the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities and supported by Barry Amiel and Norman Melburn Trust. This event is free and open to all but registration is required. Please click on the ‘book your place’ link at the top of the page to secure your place. Due to popular non-London-based demand, the lecture will also be livestreamed. You can attend and participate virtually by clicking on this link tomorrow, at 6pm.
30/04/2018 6:45 pm - 9:30 pm	All That Is Solid Melts Into Air - The politics of hope in a time of fragility Right wing populism stalks Europe and has a representative in the White House. Our politics are destabilised by uncertainty while our economies are undermined by uncertainty. But, argues Gary Younge, the right is not ideologically in the ascendant and there are opportunities in this chaos for progressives. The 2018 Barry Amiel and Norman Melburn Trust Annual Lecture was organized in collaboration with the Birkbeck Institute for Humanities. Listen to a podcast of Gary Younge’s lecture.
29/04/2017 10:00 am - 2:00 pm	The life and legacy of Antonio Gramsci Grassmarket Centre, Edinburgh Edinburgh people’s festival presents, on the 80th anniversary of his death… The life and legacy of Antonio Gramsci with Gianluigi Deiana and Gabriella Cuccu Gramsci Museum, Sardinia Tickets: edinburghpeoplesfestival.org Sponsored by the city’s trade union movement and The Barry Amiel and Norman Melburn Trust
05/06/2014 All Day	2014 Trust Lecture: Nancy Fraser – The Limits of Commodification How is capitalism best conceptualized? As an economic system, a form of ethical life, or an institutionalised social order?
10/01/2013 All Day	2013 Trust Lecture: Paul Mason – Why It’s Still Kicking Off Everywhere Eighteen months after the Arab Spring Paul Mason explores the roots of the great dissatisfaction among the young and looks at the changing dynamic of the economic crisis that underpins the social unrest.
01/06/2008 All Day	2008 Trust Lecture: Terry Eagleton – Socialism and Culture Annual lecture.
01/06/2006 All Day	2006 Trust Lecture: Moshe Machover – Israelis and Palestinians: Conflict and Resolution Annual lecture.
01/06/2004 All Day	2004 Trust Lecture: Robin Blackburn – A Rescue Plan for Pensions Annual lecture.
01/05/2000 All Day	2000 Trust Lecture: Tom Nairn – Farewell Britannia Annual lecture.
01/05/1998 All Day	1998 Trust Lecture: Noam Chomsky – Power in The Global Arena Annual lecture.