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Marxism in Reverse – Film Screening

You are invited to COMMA’s final meeting of the quarter! Film screening:_Rachida_, (Yamina Bachir-Chouikh dir., Algeria, 2002)Friday December 8th, 12:30 South Hall 2635 (please note the new time and place of our meeting) The film will be introduced by Professor Bernadette Andrea, English Department. Bachir-Chouikh’s work will take the discussion of gendered nationalism, which we […]

Marxism in Reverse – First Talk

Marxism in Reverse   COMMA invites you to a talk by Professor Ben Olguin, Robert and Liisa Erickson Presidential Chair in Latinx Literary and Cultural Studies, English Department, UCSB.   “The (Trans)National Question: Regionalism, Nationalism, and Internationalism in Pan-Latina/o War Testimonios”   Friday, November 17, 3:00pm in The Sankey Room, South Halll, 2nd Floor   […]

Marxism in Reverse – Third Reading Group

Marxism in Reverse   Welcome to the COMMA 2017-2018 Reading Group and Lecture Series MARXISM IN REVERSE. Through the year we will read the work of major Marxist critics “in reverse”, starting from the contemporaries and working our way back to Marx. Our third meeting will be Friday November 10th, at 3:00pm in the Sankey Room, South […]

Marxism in Reverse – Second Reading Group

Marxism in Reverse   Now announcing the second meeting of the COMMA 2017-2018 Reading Group and Lecture Series MARXISM IN REVERSE. Through the year we will read the work of major Marxist critics “in reverse”, starting from the contemporaries and working our way back to Marx.    Our second meeting will be on Friday October […]

Marxism in Reverse – First Reading Group

MARXISM IN REVERSE    Now announcing the first meeting of COMMA 2017-2018 Reading Group and Lecture Series, MARXISM IN REVERSE. Through the year we will read the work of major Marxist critics “in reverse”, starting with the contemporaries and working our way back to Marx. We will read Silvia Federici, Selma James. Louis Althusser, Angela […]