Event Series Arrighi Center General Seminar

Arrighi Center General Seminar: Discussion of Giovanni Arrighi’s “The Long Twentieth Century”

526 Mergenthaler Hall (JHU Homewood Campus) @ Baltimore Baltimore, MD, United States

Our seminar on Friday, December 8th will be a discussion of Giovanni Arrighi's Long Twentieth Century: Money, Power and the Origins of our Times, 2nd edition, Verso, 2010. Several Arrighi Center seminar participants have agreed to make 5-10 opening comments in order to kick off the discussion, focusing on what in particular they have found […]

Arrighi Center General Seminar: Professor David Ownby–Reading the China Dream in the Xi Jinping Era

526 Mergenthaler Hall (JHU Homewood Campus) @ Baltimore Baltimore, MD, United States

Our first Arrighi Center seminar of the 2024 Spring semester will be on Friday, January 26 at 1:30 pm with Professor David Ownby on “Reading the China Dream in the Xi Jinping Era.” Based on ten years of reading, translating, and curating the works of contemporary Chinese intellectuals, Ownby explores how reform and opening changed […]

Arrighi Center Seminar: Fall 2024 Opening Session

526 Mergenthaler Hall (Homewood Campus)

The Fall 2024 Arrighi Center seminar will focus on the theme of "Race, Capitalism and Development" led by Professors Zophia Edwards and Inés Valdez. The seminar meets weekly on Fridays at 1:30 pm (Baltimore time) and is open to JHU students, faculty, visiting scholars, as well as friends in Baltimore and around the world. The […]

Arrighi Center Seminar: Discussion of Camilla Hawthorne’s book “Contesting Race and Citizenship”

526 Mergenthaler Hall (Homewood Campus)

The Fall 2024 Arrighi Center seminar will focus on the theme of "Race, Capitalism and Development" led by Professors Zophia Edwards and Inés Valdez. The seminar meets weekly on Fridays at 1:30 pm (Baltimore time) and is open to JHU students, faculty, visiting scholars, as well as friends in Baltimore and around the world. The […]

Discussion with Author Camila Hawthorne of “Contesting Race and Citizenship”

Johns Hopkins University, Homewood Campus, 526 Mergenthaler Hall 526 Mergenthaler Hall (Homewood Campus), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

At our September 13, 2024 seminar, we will host (via zoom) Professor Camilla Hawthorne (UCSC), for a discussion of her book, Contesting Race and Citizenship: Youth Politics in the Black Mediterranean. The Fall 2024 Arrighi Center seminar is focused on the theme of "Race, Capitalism and Development" and is led by Professors Zophia Edwards and […]

Arrighi Center Seminar: Discussion of Professor Peter Hudson’s “Bankers & Empire”

526 Mergenthaler Hall, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218 Mergenthaler Hall, Baltimore, Maryland

At the September 20, 2024 seminar we will discuss Peter Hudson's book, Bankers and Empire: How Wall Street Colonized the Caribbean (University of Chicago Press), in preparation for Professor Hudson's September 27 (in person) visit to the seminar. For those with access to the JHU library, you can find the ebook here: https://catalyst.library.jhu.edu/permalink/01JHU_INST/t3c16/alma991060473931407861 The Fall […]

Arrighi Center Seminar: Discussion with Author Peter Hudson of “Bankers and Empire”

526 Mergenthaler Hall, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218 Mergenthaler Hall, Baltimore, Maryland

At the September 27, 2024 seminar we will be hosting Professor Peter James Hudson, for a discussion of his book, Bankers and Empire: How Wall Street Colonized the Caribbean (University of Chicago Press). For those with access to the JHU library, you can find the ebook here: https://catalyst.library.jhu.edu/permalink/01JHU_INST/t3c16/alma991060473931407861 The Fall 2024 Arrighi Center seminar is […]

Arrighi Center Seminar: Zophia Edwards on “Fueling Development: Liberation Unionism…”

526 Mergenthaler Hall, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218 Mergenthaler Hall, Baltimore, Maryland

The October 4 seminar will feature a discussion with Zophia Edwards (JHU Sociology) on her forthcoming book, ˆFueling Development: Liberation Unionism, the State and the Transformation of Trinidad and Tobago (Duke University Press). The Fall 2024 Arrighi Center seminar is focused on the theme of "Race, Capitalism and Development" and is led by Professors Zophia […]

Arrighi Center Seminar: Discussion of Felipe Antunes de Oliveira, “Dependency Crisis…”

526 Mergenthaler Hall, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218 Mergenthaler Hall, Baltimore, Maryland

For our October 25, 2024 seminar we will discuss Felipe Antunes de Oliveira's book, Dependency Crisis in Brazil and Argentina. A Critique of Market and State Utopias (University of Pittsburgh Press), in preparation for his in-person visit to the seminar on November 1st. For those with Hopkins Library access, the ebook is available at: https://catalyst.library.jhu.edu/permalink/01JHU_INST/t3c16/alma991060761512607861 […]

Arrighi Center Seminar: Discussion with Author, Felipe Antunes de Oliveira, “Dependency Crisis…”

526 Mergenthaler Hall, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218 Mergenthaler Hall, Baltimore, Maryland

At our November 1st, 2024 seminar we will host Professor Felipe Antunes de Oliveira, for a discussion of his book, Dependency Crisis in Brazil and Argentina. A Critique of Market and State Utopias (University of Pittsburgh Press). For those with Hopkins Library access, the ebook is available at: https://catalyst.library.jhu.edu/permalink/01JHU_INST/t3c16/alma991060761512607861 The Fall 2024 Arrighi Center seminar […]

Arrighi Center Seminar: Discussion of Burden-Stelly’s “Black Scare, Red Scare”

526 Mergenthaler Hall, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218 Mergenthaler Hall, Baltimore, Maryland

At our November 8, 2024 seminar we will discuss Professor Charisse Burden-Stelly's book Black Scare/Red Scare (University of Chicago Press), in preparation for her in-person visit on November 15. For those with access to the Hopkins Library, the ebook is available at: https://catalyst.library.jhu.edu/permalink/01JHU_INST/t3c16/alma991060770632207861 The Fall 2024 Arrighi Center seminar is focused on the theme of […]

Arrighi Center Seminar: Discussion with Author Charisse Burden-Stelly, “Black Scare/Red Scare”

526 Mergenthaler Hall, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218 Mergenthaler Hall, Baltimore, Maryland

On November 15, 2024 we will host Professor Charisse Burden-Stelly for a discussion of her book Black Scare/Red Scare (University of Chicago Press). For those with access to the Hopkins Library, the ebook is available at: https://catalyst.library.jhu.edu/permalink/01JHU_INST/t3c16/alma991060770632207861 The Fall 2024 Arrighi Center seminar is focused on the theme of "Race, Capitalism and Development" and is […]