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This symposium at University of York may interest list members. Best wishes Gareth "*Marxism with Soul":* *Marxist Humanism after Marshall Berman* Friday May 2nd University of York Hosted by Department of Sociology and Centre for Urban Research (CURB) This one-day symposium seeks to recognise the contributions made by Marshall Berman (1940-2013) to studies of Marx, modernism, cities and authenticity and also to consider Berman's legacy in terms of thinking through Marxist humanism's continued potential to inspire interventions within the social sciences, arts and humanities and the realms of everyday life and political opposition. The following speakers are confirmed: Andy Merrifield (Cambridge) Todd Gitlin (Columbia) Göran Therborn (Cambridge) Esther Leslie (Birkbeck, London) Kirsteen Paton (Leeds) Owen Hatherley David Madden (London School of Economics) is discussant. *REGISTRATION IS £5.00* *PLEASE USE THE FOLLOWING LINK TO BOOK YOUR PLACE :* *http://www.york.ac.uk/sociology/research/groups/curb/events/ <http://www.york.ac.uk/sociology/research/groups/curb/events/>* *Enquiries to: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>* -- Dr Gareth Millington Lecturer in Sociology Admissions Tutor Department of Sociology University of York Heslington York YO10 5DD 01904 323058 Author of: 'Race', Culture and the Right to the City: centres, peripheries, margins http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=287621 Web page: http://www.york.ac.uk/sociology/our-staff/academic/gareth-millington/ _______________________________________________________ [log in to unmask] An urban geography discussion and announcement forum List Archives: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/URB-GEOG-FORUM Maintained by: RGS-IBG Urban Geography Research Group UGRG Home Page: http://www.urban-geography.org.uk