Seminar Series 2013/14: Neoliberalism

Organised by the Centre for Applied Philosophy, Politics & Ethics, University of Brighton, this fortnightly seminar series aims to explore what it means to live in a neoliberal world. There is no need to register; entry will be permitted on a “first come first served” basis. The series begins on 15 October and takes place, for the most part, every other Tuesday, at 6.30pm. All sessions will be held in The Old Courtroom, Brighton, which holds up to 165 people.

Sessions are scheduled to last for 90 minutes (45 min. presentation, 45 min. discussion). Please find below a provisional schedule. Individual sessions will be announced a week before they are presented. 

15 October 2013
Jo Littler (City University London)
Meritocracy as Plutocracy: The Marketising of ‘Equality’ under Neoliberalism

29 October 2013
Doreen Massey (Open University)
Neoliberalism, Hegemony, and the Current Political Moment

12 November 2013
Madsen Pirie (President, Adam Smith Foundation)
Living in a Neoliberal World

26 November 2013
Rosalind Gill (City University London)
Academic Labouring in the Neoliberal University

Tuesday 14 January 2014
Emma Dowling (Middlesex University) and David Harvie (University of Leicester)
‘This little piggy went to market and this little piggy had none…’: Neoliberalism, Crisis and the Financialisation of Social Reproduction

21 January 2014
John Holmwood (The University of Nottingham)
Neo-Liberalism and the Public University

4 February 2014
Selina Todd (The University of Oxford)
The People: The Working Class in 20th and Early 21st Century Britain

18 February 2014

Stephen Davies (Institute of Economic Affairs)

The End of Social Democracy

4 March 2014
Dieter Plehwe (Senior Fellow, Project Group “Modes of Economic Governance”)
The Road from Mont Pèlerin: Origins and Evolution of Neoliberalism

18 March 2014
Mark Fisher (Goldsmiths, University of London / University of East London)
Libidinal Parasites: Neoliberalism and the Capture of Desire

1 April 2014
Ian Parker (Discourse Unit / University of Manchester)
The Function and Field of Speech and Language in Neoliberal Education