New Left 95 conference on 22 August
Everyone who is in Vilnius that day should take a look. All but one presentations will be in Lithuanian, but I will be in charge of simultaneous translation in case anyone wants to hear them in English.
Location: Vilnius,
Artis conference hall, Liejyklos str. 7
10.00-10.30 Daiva Repečkaitė „'Build civil society, infantiles!' Or the patronising discourse and politics of the [LT] government“
10.30- 11.00 Linas Eriksonas & Algis Davidavičius „Capitalism of knowledge in Lithuania: theory and practice of the World Bank“
11.00 – 11.30 Andrius Bielskis „The concept of class struggle in the times of declining class identity: ethics vs. politics?"
11.30 –
12.00 Nida Vasiliauskaitė „The visual ideology of Lithuania's first-mentioning anniversary".
12.00- 13.00 Lunch break
13.00- 13.30 Aušra Pažėraitė „The sense and senselessness of the fight for human rights“
13.30 – 14.00 J.D. Mininger „Lessons from Radical Politics in Italy: On Maltitude"
14.00 – 14.30 Domininkas Burba “On politicians' efforts to control historiography and historical consciousness”
14.30 – 15.00 Ervinas Koršunovas „Church's flirtation with free market ideology“
15.30-16.00 Audronė Žukauskaitė „Deleuze and cinema: Minor politics, poverty and pop-culture“
Situationism: ideas in conflict
June 2009 European elections: everyone to the left!
Barroso is his own enemy
Financial crisis, lesson one: be Gordon Brown
1968: a tour of Europe's revolts
Picturing faith in Vilnius