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Our Political Economy and Theirs

Elliot Dolan-Evans | September 30, 2026

What is the structured totality of global capitalism shaping public health - especially HIV - during war in Ukraine today and how can a political economy of health advance understandings of conflict, violence and displacement?

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Next Past & Present Reading Group Text

Adam David Morton | September 25, 2026

This is to announce that the Past & Present Reading Group will be meeting to discuss, on a weekly basis and starting in October 2026, our next text which is: Susan Buck-Morss, Hegel, Haiti and Universal History (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2009).

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From Locality to Totality

Chris Hesketh | Adam David Morton | September 21, 2026

On the tension between locality and totality that we see configuring the contours of significant debate today across economic geography in postcolonial, poststructural, decolonial, and constructivist approaches and why a Marxist notion of open concrete totality should not be marginalised.

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Longlist for the 2026 Australian International Political Economy Network (AIPEN) Journal Article Prize

Wenting He | September 16, 2026

The selection committee for the Australian International Political Economy Network (AIPEN) Richard Higgott Journal Article Prize is pleased to announce the articles nominated by AIPEN members for the longlist for the 2026 prize, now in its 12th year.

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Historical Materialism | Sydney | Call for Papers

Riki Scanlan | September 3, 2026

Historical Materialism | Sydney | Liberation, Now: The Death of Liberal Order and the Fight for Another World | 11-12 February 2027 | Call for Papers

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Call for Papers: The 17th AIPEN Workshop

Tom Chodor | August 21, 2026

If we truly are in a world of transitions, what are we transitioning to, and what are the pathways and practices, actors and forces that might take us there? The 17th AIPEN Workshop in Melbourne provides an opportunity for further discussion.

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Call For Nominations For The 2026 Australian International Political Economy Network (AIPEN) Journal Article Prize

Wenting He | August 6, 2026

Nominations are now open for the 2026 Australian International Political Economy Network (AIPEN) Richard Higgott Journal Article Prize.

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Divisions in the Core of Global Capitalism? Italian Labour and ‘Free Trade’

Andreas Bieler | August 4, 2026

A focus on the mobilisation against the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations between the EU and Mercosur and its implications for trade unions and other members of the labour movement broadly defined such as social movements and environmental groups.

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