New article, long in the making. On Alexander von Humboldt’s critique of natural-historical concepts of race and his diagnosis of a politics of racialised difference leveraged in the colonies. I try to say: there are good reasons to look beyond Kant! doi.org/10.1177/0191...

Our first plenary, 'Marxism, Literature, and Political Commitment' with Terry Eagleton, Angela Dimitrakaki and Lea Ypi, chaired by Esther Leslie is currently being live-streamed. Join!

Back on my bs (hanging out at the Warburg Institute).

The Marxism and Culture stream is the biggest it has ever been, and the biggest stream throughout the conference. Excellent papers and panels – on Jameson, Müntzer, the avant-garde, etc. etc. – programme should be available shortly.

see also onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Are you dying to know if Hegel hated ersatz coffee? Then boy do I have the piece for you. Very happy to be part of the JHI blog forum on political economy in intellectual history!

Now published: issue 33.1 of the Historical Materialism journal. Featuring articles on Black radicalism in Detroit, Marx as a dialectical writer, translations of Julius Dickmann and Fabiola Escárzaga, the question of 'alien powers', Marxist epistemology, Safdie Brothers’ Heaven Knows What, ...

For anyone interested in the critical revival of Rose's work, I am co-convening 'Gillian Rose: History, Marxism, and the Turn to Law' at the University of Warwick this coming December. Registration and further details here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/law/.... Abstracts and paper titles in due course.

video of the discussion from May with Alex Demirović about the politics of critical theory in the post-war Frankfurt School is now online www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDfe...

Comrades, registration for the twenty-second annual Historical Materialism Conference in London is now open. The plenaries and programme will be released soon. Join us this year (and every year) in November!

@magnusz.bsky.social informs me that the name of the cultural minister in the period was in fact Eichhörn!

Note the squirrel in the upper-left.

Coming soon in paperback! The Poetry of Class: Romantic Anti-Capitalism and the Invention of the Proletariat by Patrick Eiden-Offe www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2803-t...

There is still time to sign up for what I am sure will be a fantastic event!

Babe, wake up…

Forthcoming in the Historical Materialism book series: *Artistic Labour of the Body* by Rose-Anne Gush (@rsenne.bsky.social).

"Against vexingly persistent elitist and transhistorical conceptions of art as existing outside the material conditions of its production, Routhier offers a 'categorical' critique of art." - I have a new essay out, read it here: www.e-flux.com/journal/155/...

'Discussions about wealth and expropriation quickly become about everything else. How to discuss class warfare in a way that doesn’t become the fodder for some neoliberal or parochial moral?' Eunsong Kim (@aestheticspolitics.bsky.social) in the latest e-flux.

CfP: Internationale Tagung zu Günther Anders (19.-20.2.26), organisiert von @buber-rosenzweig.bsky.social, @ifsfrankfurt.bsky.social, der IGAG und der Günther-Anders-Forschungsstelle. Beiträge können bis zum 20.7.26 eingereicht werden. Infos: www.guenther-anders-gesellschaft.org/s/Anders2026...

⏰ Call for Papers zur Tagung »Kritische Theorie der Endzeit. Günther Anders als Denker der Gegenwart« am Institut für Sozialforschung (19./20.02.2026). Wir freuen uns auf Einsendungen bis zum 20.07.! Eine Langfassung des Calls gibt es hier👇 www.ifs.uni-frankfurt.de/newsleser/cf....

All gathered neatly. audio.maydayrooms.org/dissonant-wa...

If you stop thinking that Germany's response to anything Israel is about Holocaust guilt and instead about rewriting German history, you'd understand German politics better. 🧵

Meme aesthetics tomorrow at UvA with Damon Young. IMHO we’re more fun IRL but you also can join the chat via zoom: uva-live.zoom.us/j/87520033673 Thanks to @rosaefluxemburg.bsky.social for organizing ♥️

For anyone still interested, we have now extended the deadline until Tuesday 10 June. If you have questions or thoughts, drop me a line and I would be happy to discuss.

my meme aesthetics pals are at it again

Because we all need a second second chance, we have decided to extend the deadline to apply to this year's Historical Materialism London conference to 30 May. No excuses this time! After this, there will be *no* more extensions!

Submit your abstracts! If you have any questions, feel free to message me :)

We have managed to secure 14 scholarships covering 50% of fees for home students embarking on a masters programme, full or part time. Other scholarships are also available for international students. Please disseminate to those who might benefit from this www.e-flux.com/announcement...

Finally, Günther Anders magnum opus is appearing in English, December this year www.upress.umn.edu/978151791265...

New Selva is out! Consistently one of the most interesting publications on critical art history and historiography.

Art history and literature friends, I am co-convening next year's IAWIS triannual conference on 'Word, Image and Social Dynamics' and would be happy to receive abstracts from a critical theoretical/Marxist perspective.

Reminder: The deadline for the Historical Materialism annual conference, 'Resurgent Reaction: Marxist Strategies at the End of the Liberal Order', is fast approaching. You can find the general conference CfP plus all of the stream CfPs from the link below.

Call for Papers: Eastern Marxisms. We are planning a special issue of Historical Materialism on Eastern Marxisms, the distinctive tradition of post-war critical and radical thought in East and Central Europe. Please take a look at the extended call, share with your networks and consider applying.

In 1925, Berta Lask wrote a play to mark the 400th anniversary of the German Peasants’ War. In it, she imagines Thomas Müntzer waking up every hundred years to address the contemporary political situation. Sam Dolbear has translated it - happy May Day 🌈🌈🌈 www.rabrab.net/titles/muntzer

RP2.18: New issue out now! Sita Balani on culture wars Verónica Gago on the 'fascistisation of social reproduction' Sophie Lewis on 'fag hags' Bill Cashmore on the closure of CRMEP Dossier on the life and work of Marina Vishmidt radicalphilosophy.com

RIP comrade 🔥

The Politics of Critical Theory: A Conversation with Alex Demirović Wednesday, May 14, 19:00 CEST, Webinar/Zoom Register now! criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/the-po...

Critical researchers, Marxists, and historians of all kinds, please consider submitting your work to this conference on the concepts of history and time and their political implications, to take place in beautiful Bologna October 27th-29th:

Johannes Agnoli on preferring to publish shorter interventions and essays: 'reading takes time, time during which Habermas writes'.

Excited to host this tomorrow in Graz

Just some random (Marxist (Obviously)) thoughts about the whole tariffs thing: A lot of people seem to be approaching this as if capitalism is generally a harmonious happy system in which (pace Ricardo) if trade is just left alone then everyone benefits because the ‘economic’ logic bears out.

Now announced... CfP: Twenty-Second Annual Historical Materialism London Conference, 'Resurgent Reaction: Marxist Strategies at the End of the Liberal Order'. This year taking place 6-9 November 2025 at SOAS University, London

Guess this means I need to finish it: www.bloomsbury.com/us/critical-...

‘Computer, enhance.’

Last year the sessions were packed!🥵 And even though it was lovely sitting very close to great comrades🥰 we've made sure to book more space this year. So if you want to present your paper in these rooms which are hopefully going to be filled with 💕marxists💕 pls submit your abstract before May 1st!

hope to see you here ✨ german.princeton.edu/whats-on/eve...

This was truly a rare moment of relative sanity and fun