Étienne Balibar

Étienne Balibar is Distinguished Professor of French, Italian and Comparative Literature at the University of California Irvine. His interest in ideology, conjuncture (referring to economic and political aspects of a situation causing friction), and Marxism as philosophy pairs with his commitment to examining as well as influencing the lived reality of politics, focusing on emancipation and what he terms equaliberty. The breadth of his thought can be gauged from his published works ranging from Lire le capital (Reading Capital) which he in 1965 co-authored with his mentor Louis Althusser, We, the People of Europe? Reflections on Transnational Citizenship (2003), and Equaliberty: Political Essays (2014).

Workshop with Professor Balibar

Prof. Dr. Etiènne Balibar
Prof. Dr. Thomas Claviez, University of Bern, Moderator

Registration is required for the Distinguished Lectures Series Workshop featuring the invited speaker (for contact details, please see below). After a short introduction round of the participants, the workshop is structured in three parts. Part 1 allows participants to ask questions related to the speaker’s lecture. Part 2 serves discussing a text by the invited speaker that participants receive as preparatory reading to the workshop. Part 3 offers the opportunity to bring up topics of discussion related to one’s own research or interest.

Date: March 24th, 2015
Time: 9:30 – 12:15
Place: University of Bern, UniS, Schanzeneckstrasse 1, Room A-119

Organization:

Prof. Dr. Thomas Claviez, thomas.claviez@ens.unibe.ch
For all organizational details, please contact dls@wbkolleg.unibe.ch

Registration Workshop:                       

dls@wbkolleg.unibe.ch