Adam Kotsko

The Stanford University Press blog has published a conversation between me and fellow Stanford author Martijn Konings, about our respective books on neoliberalism: Part 1, Part 2.

I just learned that I have been awarded a summer research grant by North Central College, to allow me to visit Agamben in Italy and interview him about his work. This will be really important for an eventual book project — and a cool opportunity to meet someone whose work has been a big part of my life for a long time now.

In the next few weeks, I am giving talks in two cities — one far-flung, the other closer to home. I will be visiting Prague for my Spring Break, where I will be participating in a roundtable on The Use of Bodies with Colby Dickinson and other luminaries on Wednesday, March 20. An event on Neoliberalism’s Demons is also planned for Tuesday, March 19.

Just in time for me to get over my jetlag, I will be traveling to the University of Dubuque in Iowa, to give a talk on Neoliberalism’s Demons on Thursday, March 28, under the auspices of the UD Scholar-Leader Honors Program and Charles C. Myers Library.

Over the next couple weeks, the good people at the An und für sich blog are holding an event on Neoliberalism’s Demons, which you can follow at this link. Thanks to Sean Capener for organizing it and to all the great contributors for participating!

UPDATE: The event has now drawn to a close. You can find a convenient reference for all the posts here.

I was a guest on the Magnificast, a left-wing Christian podcast. Audio is available here.

Tucker Carlson’s recent anti-capitalist monologue provided the occasion for my latest article in Slate, which builds on some ideas from the later portions of Neoliberalism’s Demons.

This one comes from my conversation with Anna Kornbluh at the Seminary Co-op in Chicago.

I gave a presentation for the Open University of the Left in Chicago on Saturday, December 15. Video, including a lengthy Q&A session, is available here.

I’m a little late posting this, but a couple weeks ago I did an interview with the great Doug Henwood for Left Business Observer. You can find audio here; scroll to November 29.

I have a lot of events between now and the end of the year, in far-flung locations.

On Monday, November 26, I will be in conversation with Anna Kornbluh about Neoliberalism’s Demons at The Seminary Co-Op Bookstore in Chicago.

On Thursday, November 29, I will be speaking about my book, with a response from Erica Robles-Anderson, at The NYU Center for Religion and Media.

The following week, I will be at the University of Copenhagen, where I will be doing several events: an author meets critics discussion on Neoliberalism’s Demons, a graduate workshop on methods in the humanities, and a public lecture on Agamben.

On Saturday, December 8, I have been invited to an event called ThinkFest in Karachi, Pakistan, where I will be participating in a discussion about Neoliberalism’s Demons; details here.

And my year-end speaking engagements will come to an end on Saturday, December 15, when I will be talking about the book at the Open University of the Left in Chicago; details here.

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For those keeping score at home, this means that I will have lectured on neoliberalism and demonization on four different continents — North America, Europe, and Asia in the next few weeks, as well as Australia, where I gave a series of lectures that served as the basis for the book. Colleagues in South America, Africa, and Antarctica are invited to contact me.