New debates in the sociology and political economy of finance. LPE at Harvard Law School, 12 June 2023, 12.00–15.00 ET. The Law and Political Economy Programme at Harvard Law School is hosting an online book salon on new debates in the sociology and political economy of finance: Financial sociologists contribute …
Clickbait capitalism: Economies of desire in the twenty-first century. Amin Samman and Earl Gammon (eds), Manchester University Press 2023. The notion of ‘clickbait’ speaks to the intersection of money, technology, and desire, suggesting a cunning ruse to profit from unsavoury inclinations of one kind or another. Clickbait capitalism pursues the …
When transactions turn awry: Infrastructural ambivalence in financial security. Andreas Langenohl. Finance and Society, EarlyView (2023). This article conceptualizes financial transactions as parts of financial infrastructures. Not only do transactions perform services for the economy, mainly in the area of calculation and pricing, but there is also merit in a conceptually …
Beyond paradigms: Timothy J. Sinclair’s social foundations of global finance. University of Warwick, 27 June. Colleagues at the University of Warwick are holding an event commemorating the life and scholarship of Timothy J. Sinclair. The event is free to attend and everyone is welcome to join. For logistical purposes, the …
The Department of International Politics at City, University of London, is inviting applications for a Fixed Term Lectureship in the field of International Politics or International Political Economy. The Department is home to the City Political Economy Research Centre, which you can read about on the CITYPERC website. Fixed Term …
Finance and Society, vol. 9 no. 2 (2023). The editors of Finance and Society are pleased to announce the publication of volume 9, number 2. The issue features a keynote article by Samuel Chambers on the theory and history of money. Research articles address the sociology of middle-class debt in Chile …
Entangled legacies of empire: Race, finance, and inequality. Online book launch, 20 June 2023, 17.00–19.00 GMT.
Financing climate futures: Six positions on climate finance. CITYPERC seminar, 25 May 2023, 17.00–18.30 GMT. The City Political Economy Research Centre (CITYPERC) is hosting a seminar on politics of climate finance. Presenter: Gareth Bryant (University of Sydney) Discussant: Robert Kirsch (Arizona State University) International climate politics is dominated by ‘gap …
Intersections finance and society, 2023. Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 14-15 September. The call for papers for this year’s FSN conference will close at the end of the month. Keynote addresses will be delivered by Daniela Gabor (UWE Bristol), Karen Lai (Durham University), and Quinn Slobodian (Wellesley College). There will also …
Sociological perspectives on the bank failures of 2023. Warren Center online event, 19 April 2023, 11.00–12.00 ET. The Charles Warren Center at Harvard and Just Money are hosting an online panel on the bank failures of 2023 from a sociological perspective: Following the failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature …
