[CfP] Global Infrastructures: The Production of the Modern World

A collaborative workshop organized by: The Institute of Contemporary History at Nova University, Lisbon and the University of Bologna The concept of “infrastructure” has become so central to contemporary societies that it has become increasingly difficult to specify what the term refers to. Rosalind Williams has described infrastructure as a “highly promiscuous concept” that, since …

La Forma Stato. A Tribute to Toni Negri

Quello bolognese è il primo di una serie di seminari, che si terranno in diverse città europee e degli Stati Uniti, per festeggiare il compleanno di Toni Negri. È un compleanno “tondo”, importante, che segna il suo ingresso nella piena maturità. Intendiamo celebrare, con l’occasione, lo straordinario percorso di ricerca di Negri, cominciato alla fine …

Ecologies of Labour: Rethinking Capital Accumulation and Circulant Subjectivities in a Platform Society

The seminar will delve into the complex subjectivities that characterize global chains of production and circulation in the Anthropocene, opening up a conversation between traditional labour studies and new perspectives emerging from fields such as political ecology and environmental history. What ecological relationships are cultivated – with the self, with other humans, and with other …