The Arrighi Center for Global Studies

Download a PDF of the weekly schedule. At our February 28 seminar we will discuss Rupert Russell’s book, Price Wars: How The Commodities Markets Made Our Chaotic World (Doubleday Books) 2022. The theme of the Spring 2025 Arrighi Center General Seminar is “Value, Price and Profit in The Contemporary World System” (aka "Are Profits Hurting Capitalism?)".  […]

At our March 7 seminar we will discuss Beverley Best's book, The Automatic Fetish, in preparation of Professor Best's in-person visit at our March 14 seminar session. The Arrighi Center seminar meets in person in 526 Mergenthaler Hall (JHU Homewood campus) with a zoom option. To be added to the Arrighi Center mailing list (or […]

At the March 14 seminar, we will welcome Beverley Best, Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Concordia University, for a discussion of her book, The Automatic Fetish: The Law of Value in Marx's Capital (Verso 2024). As background reading, an e-book of the Automatic Fetish can be bought and downloaded from the Verso website. Or […]

At our March 28 seminar, we will discuss Brett Christophers' book, The Price Is Wrong: Why Capitalism Won’t Save The Planet (Verso 2025). The seminar meets in person in 526 Mergenthaler (JHU Homewood Campus) from 1:30-3:30 pm Baltimore time with a zoom option. To be added to the Arrighi Center mailing list (or update your […]