[Xmca-l] Historical Materialism Conference Ankara - Call for Papers

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Dear All,

We are exited to share our CfP with you. I hope you will find time to
contribute.

Here is the call:

Historical Materialism Ankara
The Rise of New Authoritarianisms and the
Agenda for Resistance
April 10th – 12th 2020
Middle East Technical University (METU) Faculty of Economics and
Administrative
Sciences
PANEL/PAPER ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: FRIDAY 31TH
JANUARY
A Historical Materialism: Research in Critical Marxist Theory Conference
In Association with
Praksis Journal
Turkish Social Sciences Association
Sosyal Araştırmalar Vakfı (Social Research Foundation), SAV
Mülkiyeliler Birliği
and Political Science and Public Administration Department at METU
Conference Fee*:
Global North Global South
Full Time
Academics 70$ 50$
Low-waged 25$ 20$
Unwaged 10$ 5$*Payment Method and accomodation suggestions will be
announced in coming dates.
The rise of far right authoritarian regimes, nationalist and populist
political parties and
movements, and neo-conservative ideologies and politics across the globe,
present a new
challenge to states and to the global order. For those on the left and the
center-right embracing
neo-liberalism, the new challenges of autocratic leaders and fundamentalist
radicalisms require
analyses and responses. The popularity of those right movements, and their
political success in
both democratic politics and their political success in securing power
within democratic politics
has jeopardized the main tenets of liberal democracy. Increasingly,
authoritarian and populist
political strategies have frustrated democratic opposition movements and
challenged political
resistance. The left needs to understand the rise of the far right parties,
examining their
social/class basis as well as their historical and geographical context.
Equally, the left needs to
examine the effectiveness of its resistance and responses to the outrage of
the right.
The rise of authoritarianisms has had severe implications at the local as
well as global levels,
including diplomatic tensions, wars, refugee crises, ecological crises,
urban crises, casual
cultural and purposeful misogyny and racism.
Historical Materialism Ankara invites contributions that enrich radical
critical understandings
of the present conjunctures. Papers that analysing the problems and
developing coherent and
effective responses are also welcome. Papers are especially encouraged on
the following
themes:
• Authoritarianisms old and new, and the lessons from history
• Changing conceptions of national security and democratic openness
• Recent/Ongoing changes in the state and global legal/political
apparatuses and state-class
relations
• Land politics and new authoritarianisms
• The political economy of new authoritarianism
• Marxist political theory and the genealogy of authoritarianism
• New fascisms: ideology, politics and impact
• Populism, theirs and ours?
• Trump and the state of American Imperialism
• The legacy of the states of emergency/exception: from France to Hong Kong
In addition to these themes, HM Ankara also welcomes panel and paper
proposals that advance
Marxist and left radical thought and politics. This includes:
• Political economy, value theory and Capital
• Feminist, social reproduction, queer, crip and racial critiques
• The analysis of states: histories, ideologies and politics
• Culture, literature and the arts
The conference will also include the following streams (see the links for
full details):
• Sexuality and Political Economy Stream – Authoritarianism, the Right and
Contemporary Queer Politics
• Marxism and Islam Stream – Marxism and the Political Economy of Islam
• Latin America Stream – Comparing Authoritarianisms: Latin America and
elsewhere
• Global Eastern Europe Stream – Authoritarianism and Anti-Fascist
Strategies, Past and
Present
• Marxism and Ecology Stream – Dimensions of the Ecological Crisis and
Resistance
Strategies
• Marxist Politics and Strategy Stream – Looking for a New Strategy in
Weary Times
This conference is organised under the aegis of Historical Materialism:
Research in
Critical Marxist Theory (http://www.historicalmaterialism.org/), which
supports a journal
(http://www.historicalmaterialism.org/journal) a book series
(https://brill.com/view/serial/HM) and Marxist conferences across the globe.
PANEL/PAPER ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: FRIDAY 31TH JANUARY

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