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The Marxism in Culture seminar series was conceived in 2002 to provide a forum for those committed to the continuing relevance of Marxism for cultural analysis. We meet 3-4 times a term on Fridays at 5.30pm at the Institute of Advanced Studies, UCL

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Marxism in Culture @marxisminculture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Autumn Seminars now confirmed. Now @ioe.bsky.social 16th October, Hannah Proctor 30th October, Alison Wright 20th November, Dave Beech, Esther Rose Leslie and Stevphen Shukaitis 4th December, Gregory Sholette All 5.30-7.30pm. Free. No booking required. www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...
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Marxism in Culture 2026-27
See the upcoming events in our Marxism in Culture Seminar Series.
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Marxism in Culture @marxisminculture.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
CANCELLED Please note this Friday's Seminar 'Old Materialism: making gold and performing money in pre-modern London and Venice' with Alison Wright (@uclhistoryofart.bsky.social ) at @ucl-ias.bsky.social is cancelled due to the extreme heat wave. See you in the Autumn🍂
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dominique routhier @routhier.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
This was fun! @marxisminculture.bsky.social is an extraordinary space to present work in progress. i haven't been asked that many (mostly excellent) questions like, ever, i think!
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Marxism in Culture @marxisminculture.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Today👇
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dominique routhier @routhier.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Giving a talk next week at the @marxisminculture.bsky.social seminar next week in London. Very excited to share some of the stuff i've been working on lately for my second book. London, April 24, 5.30. Tell a friend 💕 www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
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Diary of a Vandalized Car
Join this 'Marxism in Culture' seminar with Dominique Routhier (Roskilde University). His talk traces the “decline and fall” of American civilization through the decomposition of its most emblematic f...
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Marxism in Culture @marxisminculture.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
And we’re back. Join us for our first seminar of summer term: Diary of a Vandalized Car Dominique Routhier (@routhier.bsky.social) Friday 24 April, 5.30pm @ucl-ias.bsky.social Common Ground G11, South wing, UCL, Gower St, WC1E 6BT All welcome. No booking required. www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
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Diary of a Vandalized Car
Join this 'Marxism in Culture' seminar with Dominique Routhier (Roskilde University). His talk traces the “decline and fall” of American civilization through the decomposition of its most emblematic f...
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Marxism in Culture @marxisminculture.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
👇Today👇
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Marxism in Culture @marxisminculture.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
"Artistic Labour of the Body" Book presentation on Rose-Anne Gush’s monograph, with @rsenne.bsky.social Alexander Stoffel and Jenny Nachtigall. Fri 20 March 2026, 5:30–7:30pm @ucl-ias.bsky.social Common Ground, G11 Ground Floor, South Wing, UCL, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
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Book presentation on Rose-Anne Gush’s monograph "Artistic Labour of the Body"
Join this 'Marxism in Culture' seminar with Rose Anne-Gush, Alexander Stoffel, and Jenny Nachtigall. They will examine the use of the body and psyche as artistic material to explore Adorno’s concept o...
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rose-anne gush @rsenne.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
If anyone is in London next month, I'll be presenting my book Artistic Labour of the Body, at the Marxism in Culture seminar @marxisminculture.bsky.social, grateful to be joined by wonderful colleagues Jenny Nachtigall and Alex Stoffel @stoffelalex.bsky.social
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Book presentation on Rose-Anne Gush’s monograph "Artistic Labour of the Body"
Join this 'Marxism in Culture' seminar with Rose Anne-Gush, Alexander Stoffel, and Jenny Nachtigall. They will examine the use of the body and psyche as artistic material to explore Adorno’s concept o...
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Marxism in Culture @marxisminculture.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
'Amphibious Realities: The Documentary Poetics of Allan Sekula' (2025 @versobooks.bsky.social) Steve Edwards & Gail Day in discussion with Alex Fletcher & Stephanie Schwartz Fri 30 Jan 5.30-7.30pm @ucl-ias.bsky.social IAS Common Ground, G11, South Wing, UCL, WC1E 6BT www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
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Gail Day and Steve Edwards discuss their much-anticipated book on Allan Sekula
Join this 'Marxism in Culture' seminar with Gail Day, Steve Edwards, Alex Fletcher and Stephanie Schwartz.They will be discussing Allan Sekula (1951–2013), the award-winning, anti-capitalist artist, p...
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UCL Institute of Advanced Studies @ucl-ias.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Gail Day & Steve Edwards discuss their much-anticipated book on Allan Sekula, 'Amphibious Realities'. 30 Jan, 5:30–7:30 pm Join this @marxisminculture.bsky.social seminar on Allan Sekula, the award-winning, anti-capitalist artist, photographer, filmmaker and theorist. www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
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Gail Day and Steve Edwards discuss their much-anticipated book on Allan Sekula
Join this 'Marxism in Culture' seminar with Gail Day, Steve Edwards, Alex Fletcher and Stephanie Schwartz.They will be discussing Allan Sekula (1951–2013), the award-winning, anti-capitalist artist, p...
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Marxism in Culture @marxisminculture.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Mondrian’s Firebomb: Avant-Garde and Underdevelopment in Brazil, with Thomas Waller @thomaswaller.bsky.social Friday 12th December, 2025 5.30-7.30pm @ucl-ias.bsky.social Common Ground G11, ground floor, South Wing, UCL Gower St, London WC1E 6BT www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
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Mondrian’s Firebomb: Avant-Garde and Underdevelopment in Brazil
This seminar reinterprets the trajectory of the short-lived Brazilian art movement known as “Neo-Concretism” Join this 'Marxism in Culture' seminar with Thomas Waller.
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Marxism in Culture @marxisminculture.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Mondrian’s Firebomb: Avant-Garde and Underdevelopment in Brazil, with Thomas Waller @thomaswaller.bsky.social Friday 12th December, 2025 5.30-7.30pm @ucl-ias.bsky.social Common Ground G11, ground floor, South Wing, UCL Gower St, London WC1E 6BT www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
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Mondrian’s Firebomb: Avant-Garde and Underdevelopment in Brazil
This seminar reinterprets the trajectory of the short-lived Brazilian art movement known as “Neo-Concretism” Join this 'Marxism in Culture' seminar with Thomas Waller.
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Marxism in Culture @marxisminculture.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Theatre and Marxism(s), with Shane Boyle @shaneboyle.bsky.social Friday 5th December 2025, 5.30-7.30pm @ucl-ias.bsky.social Common Ground G11, ground floor, South Wing, UCL Gower St, London WC1E 6BT www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
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Theatre and Marxism(s)
This talk tells the history of Marxism through an unusual lens: the theatre. Join this 'Marxism in Culture' seminar with Shane Boyle (Queen Mary University of London)
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Marxism in Culture @marxisminculture.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Our Next Seminar: 📢☢️ Radioactive Marxisms & Atomic Fairytales from the former East Germany, with Sarah James Friday 28th November 2025, 5.30-7.30pm @ucl-ias.bsky.social Common Ground G11, ground floor, South Wing, UCL Gower St, London WC1E 6BT www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
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Radioactive Marxisms & Atomic Fairytales from the former East Germany
An Ultra-Violet Art History of Afterlives. Join this 'Marxism in Culture' seminar with Sara James (Manchester School of Art, MMU)
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UCL Institute of Advanced Studies @ucl-ias.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Radioactive Marxisms & Atomic Fairytales from the former East Germany 28 November 2025, 5:30pm-7:30pm An Ultra-Violet Art History of Afterlives. Join this @marxisminculture.bsky.social seminar with Sara James (Manchester School of Art, MMU) www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
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Radioactive Marxisms & Atomic Fairytales from the former East Germany
An Ultra-Violet Art History of Afterlives. Join this 'Marxism in Culture' seminar with Sara James (Manchester School of Art, MMU)
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Marxism in Culture @marxisminculture.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
⚡️First seminar of new academic year Rethinking Revolutionary Memory: The Production and Afterlives of Yugoslav Socialist Monuments with Sanja Horvatinčić & Beti Žerovc 31st Oct 🎃, 5.30-7.30pm @ucl-ias.bsky.social IAS Common Ground G11, South Wing, UCL,WC1E 6BT www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
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Rethinking Revolutionary Memory: The Production and Afterlives of Yugoslav Socialist Monuments
Join this 'Marxism in Culture' seminar with Sanja Horvatinčić and Beti Žerovc.
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Marxism in Culture @marxisminculture.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Tomorrow! 👇
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Marxism in Culture @marxisminculture.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Join us for our final seminar of the academic year: Dubravka Sekulić (‪@dubravka.bsky.social‬) 'On Yugoslav Construction Industry, Non-alignment, and Architecture' Friday 20 June, 5:30–7:30 pm ‪@ucl-ias.bsky.social‬ Common Ground, G11, South Wing, UCL, WC1E 6BT www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
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On Yugoslav Construction Industry, Non-alignment, and Architecture
We welcome you to this Marxism in Culture seminar with Dubravka Sekulić, who will discuss the Non-aligned Movement in Belgrade, focussing on the Energoprojekt and the central role the architecture dep...
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Marxism in Culture @marxisminculture.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Join us Tomorrow 👇👇
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Paul Rekret @paulrekret.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
This should be great. All welcome
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Marxism in Culture @marxisminculture.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Join us for our first seminar of the Summer: 'Music and Revolution in the Age of Disco', with David Grundy Friday 23 May, 2025, 5.30pm @ucl-ias.bsky.social‬ IAS Forum, G17, ground floor, South Wing, UCL, Gower St, London, WC1E 6BT Free. All welcome. Details: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
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Music and Revolution in the Age of Disco
We welcome you to this Marxism in Culture seminar with David Grundy, who will show how Amiri Baraka’s music and ideas might be useful for an idea of what popular music is, how it can be used, and how ...
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Historical Materialism Journal @histmat.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Artist, comrade, and long-time visual contributor to the Historical Materialism project, David Mabb, has produced another great conference poster.
Historical Materialism 2025 Annual Conference poster, designed by David Mabb.
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Marxism in Culture @marxisminculture.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
👇👇This Friday
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Marxism in Culture @marxisminculture.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Tomorrow 👇
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Marxism in Culture @marxisminculture.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
📢Our March Seminar: '3 Model of Form: Samuel Delany as a Theorist of Racial Capitalism, With Samuel Fisher. Friday 28th March, 5.30-7.30pm, @UCL_IAS IAS Common Ground, G11, ground floor, South Wing, UCL, Gower St, London WC1E 6BT. www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
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3 Model of Form: Samuel Delany as a Theorist of Racial Capitalism
We welcome you to this Marxism in Culture seminar with Samuel Fisher, who will discuss the paraliterary writings of Samuel R. Delany as occasions to think about how the literary mediates social form.
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Marxism in Culture @marxisminculture.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
📢Our next Seminar: 'The Working Day in Contemporary Art', Kirsten Lloyd. Friday 28th February, 5.30-7.30pm, @UCL_IAS . IAS Common Ground, G11, ground floor, South Wing, UCL, Gower St, London WC1E 6BT. www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Image credit: Eastern Surf, ilovemyjob! (2017) Image courtesy of the artists
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Marxism in Culture @marxisminculture.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
This Friday 👇👇
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Historical Materialism Journal @histmat.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
The first Marxism and Culture seminar of 2025 is coming up, Toby Manning on 'Why Popular Music is Political'. Follow the Marxism in Culture account below and join their mailing list for more about their coming programme.
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Marxism in Culture @marxisminculture.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
📣Our first seminar of 2025📣 🎙️Why Popular Music is Political🎛️ 📢Toby Manning 📢 📅24 January, 5.30pm 🚩@UCL_IAS IAS Common Ground, G11, ground floor, South Wing, UCL, Gower St, London WC1E 6BT All welcome: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
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