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Marjo Koivisto and Simona Manea
Conference Organisers
Millennium: Journal of International Studies
Email: [log in to unmask]
www.e-millennium.ac


MILLENNIUM: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
ANNUAL CONFERENCE


"Between Fear and Wonder: International Politics, Representation and 'the
Sublime'"


29 - 30 October 2005
Clement House, LSE


*CONFERENCE REGISTRATION IS STILL OPEN, AND ONE-DAY REGISTRATION RATES ARE
AVAILABLE*.


Please see our website www.e-millennium.ac <http://www.e-millennium.ac> 
for further details and registration forms.  


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'TOWARDS A COSMOPOLITAN MARXISM'


Historical Materialism Annual Conference 2005, 4-6 November


University of London Union, Birkbeck College and School of Oriental and
African Studies, London, WC1


The Editorial Board of Historical Materialism: Research in Critical
Marxist
Theory, in collaboration with the Isaac and Tamara Deutscher Memorial
Prize
Committee, the Editorial Board of the Socialist Register and the
Department
of Development Studies at SOAS, is pleased to announce its annual
conference, 'Towards a Cosmopolitan Marxism', 4-6 November 2005. 


Since its inception, Historical Materialism has been firmly committed to
the
project of creating a space of dialogue and debate which extends across
disciplinary, linguistic and cultural borders, and promotes the
circulation,
cross-fertilisation and expansion of critical Marxist thought. For the
2005
conference we have invited a wide range of leading figures in European
Marxist thought to discuss the terrain of a future 'cosmopolitan
Marxism'.
This will be an exciting weekend of comradely exchange, which the
Editorial
Board of Historical Materialism hopes will grow into an important annual
international event. 


The conference will be organised with three plenary sessions (Deutscher
Memorial Prize Lecture, Socialist Register and Historical Materialism
plenary sessions) and workshops dedicated to specific themes. Workshop
themes include: the philosophy of Nietzsche, the critique of Liberalism,
Gramsci, Althusser, the young Marx, European integration, the break-up
of
Yugoslavia, the interpretation of Capital, Marxism and intellectuals,
Marxism and philosophy, 'mutations' in the mode of production, visions
of
socialism, Deleuze and Marx, imperialism, Venezuela, the
Historical-Critical
Dictionary of Marxism, thinking the political, and combined and uneven
development. 


The Deutscher Memorial Prize Lecture, 'The Politics of Assumption, the
Assumption of Politics', will be delivered by Michael Lebowitz on Friday
evening, 4 November. 


The Socialist Register Plenary Sessions, 'Telling the Truth about Class'
and
'The State of the Third Way', will be held on Saturday evening, 5
November. 


The Historical Materialism Plenary Session, 'War and Capitalism', will
conclude the conference on Sunday afternoon, 6 November. 


The language of the conference will be English with simultaneous
translation
provided for a limited number of sessions, where necessary. 




Attendance is free. However, the conference is entirely self-funding and
we
will depend on voluntary donations by attendants and participants to
support
the event. 


Please register in advance by email to help us to guarantee sufficient
seating: <[log in to unmask]>


You can also request the full conference programme from the email
address
above.




Alfredo Saad Filho
Senior Lecturer in Political Economy of Development
Department of Development Studies, SOAS
University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square
London WC1H 0XG
United Kingdom


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The Cornell Southeast Asia Program invites submissions for its 8th Annual Southeast Asian Studies Graduate Conference. This year this annual event will be held at the Kahin Center for Advanced Research on Southeast Asia at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York on April 21-23, 2006. We welcome submissions of well- developed work from graduate students engaged in original research related to Southeast Asia. Graduate students working in the following disciplines as well as other related fields that contribute to the understanding of Southeast Asia are encouraged to apply: history, literature, art history, sociology, musicology, religion, anthropology, archeology, architectural history, gender studies, political science, economics, linguistics and literature.
 
This year we are honored to announce that the keynote speech will be delivered by Professor Anthony Day, the author of Fluid Iron: State Formation in Southeast Asia (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2002) and the co-editor, with Keith Foulcher, of Clearing a Space: Postcolonial Readings of Modern Indonesian Literature (Leiden: KITLV Press, 2002). Papers related to Professor Day's interests are strongly encouraged.
 
We ask that prospective presenters submit a one-page abstract and curriculum vitae by January 15, 2006 to: [log in to unmask] Papers should be in English with a reading time of no more than 20 minutes (plus 10 minutes of discussion). Final papers will be due by March 15, 2006. Details on abstract format and submission can be found at http://www.einaudi.cornell.edu/SoutheastAsia/academics/student_symposium.asp  .
 
A limited number of modest travel grants are available. Please indicate in your email when you submit the abstract if you would like to apply for a travel grant.


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Please find below the announcement of two events 
sponsored by the Department of the Study of 
Religions, SOAS:




How to Become 'A Living Kami'- Practices of the Konkokyô Faith


Forum presentation by Shinji Yamada, Konkokyo International Center






Thursday, 27 October
5-6:30 pm
Room G3
SOAS




Film Showing:


Wednesday, 26 October
7-9.00 pm
Room B202
Admission: Free


Divine Favour Depends Upon Your Own Heart


This film is a biographical story about Konko Daijin, the founder of
Konkokyô.


(In Japanese with English subtitles)




For more information please contact Professor Brian Bocking
([log in to unmask]).


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