Past Events
Fifty Years of Marxist Feminism: Reflection on the Work of Lise Vogel
Tuesday, December 2
Join us to celebrate The Contested Domain, a new collection of essays by Lise Vogel edited by Kirstin Munro. A trailblazer of feminist art criticism and social theory in the 1970s, Vogel’s unitary theory of exploitation and women’s oppression planted the seeds for contemporary Social Reproduction Theory by insisting that Marxist theory can accommodate not only class, but also race and gender.
Aaron Jaffee(Associate Professor of Philosophy and Liberal Art, Juilliard), Rachel Schreiber (University Professor, The New School), Robyn Marasco (Henry A and Louise Loeb Professor of Political and Social Science, The New School for Social Research), Alyssa Battistoni (Assistant Professor of Political Science, Barnard) and Kirstin Munro (Assistant Professor of Economics, The New School for Social Research) will discuss the significance of Vogel’s contributions and why her ideas remain vital for a new generation of thinkers and activists.
Economics Seminar: Technology, Democracy, and the Future of Capitalism: New books by Cédric Durand and Michael A. McCarthy
Tuesday, November 4, 2025
NSSR Economics and The Robert L. Heilbroner Center for Capitalism Studies jointly present a conversation about the future of Capitalism with Professors Cédric Durand and Michael A. McCarthy, two leading scholars of contemporary Capitalism, moderated by Julia Ott, Associate Professor of History and Director of Programs, Heilbroner Center.
Durand will present his book “How Silicon Valley Unleashed Techno-Feudalism: The Making of the Digital Economy”, an account of the forms of control and exploitation exerted by tech monopolies.
McCarthy will present his book “The Master’s Tools: How Finance Wrecked Democracy (and a Radical Plan to Rebuild It)”, showing the ways financial capitalism has deepened inequality and offering democratic alternatives for economic organization.
Arnhold Forum 2025 | “Hayek’s Bastards” with Quinn Slobodian
Friday, October 24, 2025
Neoliberals should have seen the end of the Cold War as a total victory—but they didn’t. Instead, they saw the chameleon of communism changing colors from red to green. The poison of civil rights, feminism, and environmentalism ran through the veins of the body politic and they needed an antidote. Following Hayek’s bastards from Murray Rothbard to Charles Murray to Javier Milei, we find that key strains of the Far Right emerged within the neoliberal intellectual movement not against it. Join us Friday, October 24, for a conversation with Quinn Slobodian, Professor of International History, for a talk on his new book: Hayek’s Bastards: The Neoliberal Roots of the Populist Right.
This event is a part of the Arnold Forum 2025 series. Check out other events here.
