The Department of International Politics at City, University of London, is inviting applications for a Professor in the field of International Political Economy. The Department is home to the City Political Economy Research Centre, which you can read about on the CITYPERC website. Professorship in International Political Economy. The deadline …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Systemic stablecoin and the brave new world of digital money. Jamie Morgan. Cambridge Journal of Economics, OnlineFirst (2023). New forms of money invite informed speculation regarding future possibilities. In this extended commentary, we explore five issue-areas that the growth of cryptocurrency and, more particularly, stablecoin have evoked. This new form …
Capital and Ressentiment: A Short Theory of the Present. Joseph Vogl, Polity 2022. The proliferation of social media has provided ideal conditions in which feelings of anger and frustration can be expressed and shared, forming a deep pool of ressentiment that is being drawn upon and exploited by populist and …
Critical finance studies conference 2023. Institute for Mediterranean Studies, Crete, 21-23 June. The deadline for this year’s Critical Finance Studies conference has been extended by two weeks. The new deadline for submissions is 15 February 2023. Confirmed keynote addresses: Teresa Heffernan on ‘AI as the New Oil’ Paul Langley on …
