The fourth annual Historical Materialism Conference held in conjunction with the Isaac and Tamara Deutscher Prize Committee and the Socialist Register will take place between 9 – 11 November, 2007 at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London.

As has become a hall-mark of this event, the conference will be interdisciplinary in nature. Within this context several specific strands are highlighted this year. These include Gramsci’s contribution to Marxism, the significance of Marx’s Grundrisse, the Russian and Spanish revolutions, contemporary debates on labour, current issues in political economy with cross country/regional analysis, and critical film studies.

Confirmed speakers include:

Gilbert Achcar, Edward Acton, Chris Arthur, Asef Bayet, Jacques Bidet, Robin Blackburn, Atilio Boron, Robert Brenner, Alex Callinicos, Paul Cammack, Simon Clarke, Gail Day, Steve Edwards, Gregory Elliott, Ben Fine, Donald Filtzer, Roberto Fineschi, Heide Gerstenberger, Andrew Glyn, Peter Gowan, Chris Harman, Michael Heinrich, Richard Hyman, Makoto Itoh, John Kelly, Sharon Kivland, Michael Kraetke, Ching Kwan Lee, Esther Leslie, Domenico Losurdo, Giacomo Marramao, David McNally, Kim Moody, Fred Moseley, Rastco Motnik, Kevin Murphy, Michael Neocosmos, Bryan Palmer, Ilan Pappe, Moishe Postone, Helena Sheehan, Tony Smith, Gaspar Tamas, Max Tomba, Goran Therborn, Mike Wayne, Paul Willis, Tony Wood and Slavoj Zizek.

Find out more at: http://mercury.soas.ac.uk/hm/conference2007.htm