I’m pleased to announce the schedule for the Department of Political Economy’s semester two 2017 seminar series at the University of Sydney, listed here with other special events presented by the Department.
All are welcome to attend. Please distribute widely. Also note the changing days, times and venues. Contact me at gareth.bryant@sydney.edu.au for more information.
Abstracts will be progressively posted at https://sydney.edu.au/arts/political_economy/about/seminars/seminar_series.shtml.
Thursday 10 August 2017, 4:00 -5:30pm
Presenter: Jane Andrew
Affiliation: Discipline of Accounting, Business School, University of Sydney
Title: “Getting a good score”: The case management work of private prison officers
Venue: Merewether Seminar Room 398
Wednesday 16 August, 2:00pm-4:00pm (seminar co-presented with Department of Sociology, Macquarie University)
Presenter: Karl Widerquist
Affiliation: Political philosophy, SFS-Qatar, Georgetown University
Title: Prehistoric Myths in Modern Political Philosophy
Venue: Darlington Centre Boardroom
Wednesday 16 August, 6:00pm-7.30pm (public lecture co-presented with Department of Sociology, Macquarie University)
Presenter: Karl Widerquist
Affiliation: Political philosophy, SFS-Qatar, Georgetown University
Title: Why we need a universal basic income
Venue: Charles Perkins Centre Auditorium
More details: https://ppesydney.net/need-universal-basic-income-karl-widerquist-sydney-lecture/
Thursday 24 August 2017, 4:00 -5:30pm
Presenter: Rod O’Donnell
Affiliation: Economics, University of Technology Sydney
Title: Keynes and Marx: Towards constructive Dialogue
Venue: Merewether Seminar Room 398
Wednesday 30 August, 12:00-2:00pm
Presenters: Martin Thomas in conversation with Dick Bryan
Title: Crisis and sequels: capitalism and the new economic turmoil since 2007
Venue: Abercrombie Business School room 2130
Thursday 7 September 2017, 4:00 -5:30pm
Presenter: Toby Rogers
Affiliation: Department of Political Economy, University of Sydney
Title: The Political Economy of Autism
Venue: Merewether Seminar Room 498
Thursday 21 September 2017, 4:00 -5:30pm
Presenter: Sophie Webber
Affiliation: Human Geography, School of Geosciences, University of Sydney
Title: The new “gold standard”: Experimentalism, behaviouralism and marketisation for development
Venue: Merewether Seminar Room 398
Thursday 12 October 2017, 3:00-5:00pm (joint seminar with Department of Anthropology)
Presenter: Chris Gregory
Affiliation: Adjunct Fellow in Anthropology, Australian National University
Title: What is patrimonial capitalism? Some lessons from central India
Venue: RC Mills Seminar Room 148
Thursday 26 October 26, 5.15-7.30pm (Ted Wheelwright Lecture)
Presenter: Katherine Gibson
Affiliation: Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
Title: Manufacturing the Future: Cultures of Production for the Anthropocene
Venue: Eastern Avenue Auditorium, The University of Sydney
More details: https://ppesydney.net/2017-wheelwright-lecture-katherine-gibson-manufacturing-future-cultures-production-anthropocene/
Thursday 2 November 2017, 4:00 -5:30pm
Presenters: Mike Beggs and Luke Deer
Affiliation: Department of Political Economy, University of Sydney
Title: Shadow banking and the transformation of monetary policy in China
Venue: Merewether Seminar Room 398
Thursday 16 November 2017, 4:00-5:30pm
Presenter: Lynne Chester
Affiliation: Department of Political Economy, University of Sydney
Title: Australia’s energy crisis: For whom and of whose making?
Venue: Merewether Seminar Room 398
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