[Endorsed by Prof. Donald Swartz of the Socialist Project (Ottawa), co-author with Prof. Leo Panitch, "The Assault on Trade Union Freedoms"]
Hosted by the Institute of Political Economy
09.15 – 17.30 Friday 12th November
Senate Room, 6th Floor, Robertson Hall, Carleton University Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Opening Session 9.15-9.30
Session One Liberalism and markets in imperialism 09.30 -11.00
Dr. Sandra Halperin Centre for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA & Dept. of International Relations and Politics University of Sussex, Brighton ‘Domestic markets and trans-national circuits of capital : the history of nineteenth century European imperialism reconsidered.’
Prof. David Long Norman Paterson School of International Affairs Carleton University, Ottawa ‘Liberalism and the new ‘new imperialism’ : a long view.’
Break
Session Two Imperialism as law: exception and continuity 11.15-13.00
Prof. Siba Grovogui, Dept of Political Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore ‘Continuities in colonial and neo-colonial law.’
Prof. Trevor Purvis Dept. of Law Carleton University, Ottawa ‘Empire and the exceptionalism of imperialism.’
Lunch
Session Three Accumulation and war in imperialism 14.00-15.45 Prof. Jonathan Nitzan Dept of Political Science,York University, Toronto ‘Methodologists ! Get to work !’
Dr. Julian Saurin Dept. of International Relations and Politics University of Sussex, Brighton / Visiting Prof. Institute of Political Economy, Carleton University ‘Imperialism : the power that dare not speak its name.'
Break
Roundtable Imperialism ? Empire ? Or neither ? 16.15 – 17.30 Seminar Closes