Marxist Historiography: Alive, Dead, or Moribund?
Saturday, November 13th 2004, 9.15am – 7.00pm
British Academy, 10 Carton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AH
A conference jointly sponsored by the British Academy and Past & Present
FULLY BOOKED
PROGRAMME
Morning
9.15 |
Registration and coffee |
9.45 |
Introduction by Lord Runciman, President of the British Academy |
10.00 |
Property and Progress: Where Adam Smith Went Wrong
Professor Robert Brenner, Director of the Centre for Social Theory and Comparative History, University of California (Los Angeles) |
10.45 |
Coffee |
11.15 |
Discussion |
11.45 |
Marxism and its 'Others'
Professor Catherine Hall, Department of History, University College London |
12.30 |
Discussion |
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Afternoon
12.45 |
Lunch |
2.00 |
Marxism and Ancient History from 1968 to the Present
Professor Andrea Giardina, University of Rome
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2.45 |
Discussion |
3.00 |
What has Marxism Done for Medieval History, and What Can it Still Do?
Professor Chris Wickham, Professor of Early Medieval History, University of Birmingham |
| 3.45 |
Discussion |
4.00 |
Tea |
4.30 |
Marxist History or Communist History? The Purpose of Marx's Concept of History
Professor Gareth Stedman Jones, Director of the Centre for History and Economics, King's College, University of Cambridge |
5.15 |
Discussion |
5.30 |
Afterword
Professor Eric Hobsbawm, Professor Emeritus of Economic and Social History, Birkbeck, University of London |
6.00-7.00 |
Drinks reception |
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