The V21 Collective & VCologies are pleased to convene an interdisciplinary summer reading group on the subject of “Radical Ecologies.” Focusing on critical theory in the Marxist tradition, we will be seeking to engage, historicize, and apprehend the place of Metabolic Rift analysis as developed in the venerable Monthly Review School and in relation to …read more
V21 is delighted to announce our fifth (!) annual Summer Reading Group series. This year’s topics are EQUALITY, THE STATE, and THE PLANET. We are excited this year to cosponsor THE PLANET with VCOLOGIES! As is traditional for our summer syllabi, each cluster mixes primary Victorian, secondary critical, and theoretical/philosophical texts. The Chicago area group …read more
V21 is delighted to announce our fourth (!) annual Summer Reading Group series. This year’s topics are Work, Blackness, and Sex. As is traditional for our summer syllabi, each cluster mixes primary Victorian, secondary critical, and theoretical/philosophical texts. The Chicago area group will meet June 21, July 20, and August 21, 3pm-5pm at the DePaul Library …read more
V21 is pleased to announce our third annual Summer Reading Group series. This year’s topics are The Political Conscious, Imperial Forms, and Utopia Now! Each cluster mixes primary, secondary, and theoretical/philosophical texts. The Chicago area group will meet June 21, July 21, and August 21, 2-4pm at the DePaul Library Rosati Room. Join us in person …read more
V21 is pleased to announce our second annual Summer Reading Group series. This year’s topics are Symptom, World, and Scale; readings include primary texts, philosophical texts, and literary criticism. The Chicago area group will meet for SCALE August 18 3-5pm, in the DePaul Library Rosati Room (2350 N Kenmore Ave). Specifics for groups in …read more