Capitalism Studies

03/09/2024

How do the workings of financial markets shape our social reality, and how can practices of speculation and distortion become tools of radical democratic imagination?

10/31/2023

Economics Department - Assistant Professor - Economic History Apply now Job no: 521118 Work type: Faculty Full Time Location: UMass Amherst Department: Economics Union: MSP Categories: Faculty, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences About University of Massachusetts Amherst UMass Amherst, the Com...

10/30/2023

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Welcome to The New School Careers Page Since our founding in 1919, The New School has redrawn and redefined the boundaries of intellectual and creative thought as a preeminent academic center. At our university, students have the academic freedom to shape their unique, individual paths for a complex...

10/29/2023

Join us this November 30 - December 2 for a three-day symposium examining the life, work, and impact of American icon and artist Romare Bearden.

Through plenary discussions, live performances, and a striking new exhibition, we will explore the intersections of art, culture, race, and economy.

Presented in partnership with Romare Bearden Foundation, Institute of Jazz Studies, and Vera List Center.

Learn more and register: https://bit.ly/3ShxGLh

09/05/2023

A new piece on neoliberalism by faculty affiliate Julia Ott in the latest issue of DISSENT

The neoliberal order has been exposed as fraudulent, inefficient, and inequitable. Yet it hardly lies in the dustbin of history.

08/05/2023

A great take by our own Clara Mattei:

An interview with Clara E. Mattei about how liberal economists help quash working class movements and her new book The Capital Order. 

07/23/2023

Check out the Apocalypse Chow! -- a new column in DISSENT featuring critically-informed musings on food and capitalism.

Introducing a new food column by Arun Gupta.

05/16/2023

Announcement regarding 2023 - 2024 Heilbroner Faculty and Graduate Fellowships:

The Heilbroner Center for Capitalism Studies is pausing its fellowship program for one year. There will be no student or faculty fellowships at the Center in the 2023-2024 academic year. The fellowships will resume in academic year 2024-2025. A call for applications will be issued in Spring 2024. Next year the Heilbroner Center will continue to host events and serve as the home for a number of research projects, including the project on "Economy and Democracy," supported by grants from the Open Society Foundations and the Hewlett Foundation.

05/12/2023

Don’t forget to join us tomorrow!

05/10/2023

THE FINAL HEILBRONER EVENTS OF THE SPRING SEMESTER | Don't miss them! https://mailchi.mp/7b8f3e1ca0ef/heilbroner-13644936

05/05/2023

Please join us MAY 12 for a ground-breaking symposium organized by Heilbroner Visiting Faculty Fellow Prof. Kris Manjapra (History) and our own Prof. Saudi Garcia (Anthropology)

Convened by Dr. Saudi Garcia (Anthropology, The New School) and Dr. Kris Manjapra (History, Tufts University, Heilbroner Center Fellow)Panelists: Distinguished Keynote Speaker Erna Brodber, Literary Laureate, Sociologist, and Community Organizer, Woodside, Jamaica; Veronica Agard, Ancestors in Train...

05/04/2023

Join us!

How Capitalists Think - - Thursday, May 11, 2023

05/04/2023

Heilbroner News | A talk on how capitalists think, a symposium on reparative Caribbean ecologies, a premiere screening + more! - https://mailchi.mp/f22448c8fcaf/heilbroner-13644876

04/17/2023

Heilbroner News | Events on race, class and W.E.B. Du Bois, Ukraine, capitalism, Caribbean ecologies + Earth Month, Janey Fellowships, news & more! - https://mailchi.mp/797cee9cc4cb/heilbroner-13643568

04/15/2023

THIS TUESDAY | Race, Class and Capitalism: The Changing Views of W.E.B. Du Bois with Michael Burawoy - https://mailchi.mp/7984ab3df155/heilbroner-13643492