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Slavery, Emancipation and the New Left: The Work of Robin Blackburn
| Location: | New York, United States |
| Conference Date: | 2011-04-01 (Archive) |
| Date Submitted: |
2011-03-16 |
| Announcement ID: |
183921 |
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The History Department of Lang College and the New School for Social Research is sponsoring a day long conference devoted to exploring the work of Robin Blackburn: April 1, 9-6, Room 529, 80 Fifth Avenue. Topics include the place that slavery occupied in the rise of the West, the vision of the plantation as a pioneering “modern” enterprise, Haiti, emancipation and the history of human rights, and the trajectory of a New Left intellectual, centering on the question what is the meaning and what are the prospects for a left today? Speakers include Stanley Engerman, Orlando Patterson, James Oakes, Ada Ferrer, Sybille M. Fischer, Samuel Moyn, Nancy Fraser, Goran Therborn, and Van Gosse. All are invited.
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Department of History
New School for Social Research
Eugene Lang College
80 Fifth Ave, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10011
212-229-5376 x4927
history@newschool.edu
Email: history@newschool.edu
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