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13th Annual Conference
University of Tennessee-Knoxville, May 2014


MOISHE POSTONE (University of Chicago):
"The Task of Critical Theory Today:
Rethinking the Critique of Capitalism and its Futures"

(Keynote given by Skype)


13th Annual Conference
University of Tennessee-Knoxville, May 2014


COURTNEY JUNG (University of Toronto):
"Critical Theory and Practice: Bridging the Global and the Personal"
(click on image for paper based on the keynote, published in
Current Perspectives in Social Theory, 2015)
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15th Annual Conference
Iowa University, Ames, June 2016


DAVID NORMAN SMITH (University of Kansas):
"Working-Class Ambivalence:  From Frankfurt to Athens"
(Keynote recorded by Co-Organizer Daniel Krier, who makes a brief appearance at beginning and end;
​click anywhere on image)

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David N. Smith, International Social Theory Consortium 2016

  15th Annual Conference
Iowa University, Ames, June 2016


TONY SMITH (Iowa State University):
"Global Capitalism Today:  'WTF?'"
(Keynote recorded by Co-Organizer Daniel Krier, who makes a brief appearance at beginning and end;
​click anywhere on image)

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Tony Smith, International Social Theory Consortium 2016

17th Annual Conference
Loyola University, Chicago, May 2018


PLENARY SESSION:
THE FUTURE OF FUTURE(S)

Speakers:
JAMES BLOCK
ADNAN SELIMOVIC
MICHAEL THOMPSON

(recorded by Stephen Tuttle, conference assistant and PhD student, Department of Sociology, Loyola University)

17th Annual Conference
Loyola University, Chicago, May 2018


MEMORIAL SESSION:

HISTORICAL SPECIFICITY, THE DISPLACEMENT OF LABOR
AND THE PERSISTENCE OF SOCIAL DOMINATION:
A RECONSIDERATION OF MOISHE POSTONE'S CRITICAL THEORY

Speakers:
JOHN ABROMEIT (organizer)
MARK LOEFFLER
CHRIS O’KANE
WILLIAM SEWELL

(recorded by Stephen Tuttle, conference assistant and PhD student, Department of Sociology, Loyola University)

17th Annual Conference
Loyola University, Chicago, May 2018

NANCY HANRAHAN
(GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY)
"RELEARNING LIBERATION: CRITICAL THEORY IN OUR TIME AND PLACE"
(click on image for paper the keynote was based upon, published in
Berllin Journal of Critical Theory | Vol. 2, No. 4 October, 2018)

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17th Annual Conference
Loyola University, Chicago, May 2018


STEPHEN TURNER (UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA)
"THOUGHT IN A TIME OF ACADEMIC CHOLERA"
(recorded by Stephen Tuttle, conference assistant and PhD student, Department of Sociology, Loyola University)

17th Annual Conference
Loyola University, Chicago, May 2018


PLENARY SESSION:
AFTER CAPITALISM
DAVID SCHWEIKART
A Viable Alternative to an Insane Society: What’s Standing in the Way?
DAN SWINNEY
Inclusion & Industry 4.0: Rising from the Ashes
(recorded by Stephen Tuttle, conference assistant and PhD student, Department of Sociology, Loyola University)

17th Annual Conference
Loyola University, Chicago, May 2018


SOCIAL THEORY IN THE AGE OF TRUMP
PETER KIVISTO
What Does Nationalism Mean for Trump Supporters?
DANIEL KRIER
Capital Irrepressible: On the Political Economy and Political Psychology of Trumpism

(recorded by Stephen Tuttle, conference assistant and PhD student, Department of Sociology, Loyola University)

18th Annual Conference
Inter-University Center Dubrovnik, June 2019


STEPHEN TURNER (UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA)
"LIBERALISM AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE STATE"

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University of Tennessee - Knoxville