Book launch: Finance aesthetics – A critical glossary. Goldsmiths University of London, 8 April 2025, 17.00–19.00 UK time. Goldsmiths Press is hosting a launch event for their new book, Finance Aesthetics: A Critical Glossary. Join us for the launch of Finance Aesthetics: A Critical Glossary, a new title from …
The Birth of the Financial Thriller: Making a Killing in the 1970s. Mikkel Krause Frantzen, Edinburgh University Press 2025. Discover the untold story of the financial thriller, a genre pioneered by Canadian banker-turned-author Paul Erdman from a Swiss prison cell. Starting with the publication of The Billion Dollar Sure Thing …
The editors of Finance and Society have announced an expanded editorial team: As the journal moves into its second decade, we are proud to announce that another five new editors are joining our team: Mareike Beck, Kristian Bondo Hansen, Juvaria Jafri, Jing Wang, and Philipp Golka. These scholars represent the …
Finance and society conference 2025. Copenhagen Business School, 11-12 September. We are delighted to confirm the keynote speakers for this year’s conference in Copenhagen. Beyond embeddedness: New directions for the sociology of finance Christian Borch, University of Copenhagen Paranoid finance, magic technology, fascist imagination Fabian Muniesa, Mines Paris – PSL …
Money talks: Futures for the economic humanities. University of Edinburgh, 28-29 May 2025. Paul Crosthwaite and Rachel Muers are organising a landmark conference for the economic and financial humanities in Edinburgh this summer. Over the past decade, growing numbers of researchers in the arts and humanities have turned their attention …
Financial nihilism today. Institute of Advanced Studies, London, 24 March 2025, 17.30–19.30. The UCL Centre for Capitalism Studies is hosting a talk on financial nihilism by Amin Samman (City) with commentary from William Davies (Goldsmiths). Nihilism has a long history in philosophy, literature, and politics. In his lecture, …
