XCO EVENTS 090409+10/Negri+Balibar+Others/The Common & Forms of the Commune:Alternative Social Imaginaries

Event: Symposium | The Common & the Forms of the Commune
"Featuring Public Conversation w/ Etienne Balibar & Antonio Negri"
What: Lecture
Host: Franklin Humanities Institute
Start Time: Thursday, April 9 at 1:00pm
End Time: Friday, April 10 at 5:00pm
Where: Nasher Museum (Apr 9) & East Duke Parlor (Apr 10)


The Common & Forms of the Commune:
Alternative Social Imaginaries

Thursday April 9, 2009 - Nasher Museum Auitorium

1:00-3:00 PM
ON THE COMMON, UNIVERSALITY AND COMMUNISM
A conversation between Étienne Balibar and Antonio Negri

3:30-5:15 PM
THE COMMON AND ITS PRODUCTION
- The Common in Communism
Michael Hardt, Duke University
- The Institutions of the Common
Gigi Roggero, Universita Di Bologna
- Discussants: Pedro Lasch, Duke University & Aras Özgün, New School

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Friday April 10, 2009 - East Duke Parlor

10:30 AM - 12:15 PM
THE COMMON AND COMMODITY FETISHISM
- Socialism, Community, and Democracy
David Ruccio, Notre Dame and Antonio Callari, Franklin and Marshall College
- The Common without Copies
Debora Jenson, Duke University
- Discussant: Federico Luisetti, UNC-Chapel Hill

1:15 - 3:00 PM
“MODES” OF COMMUNITY
- Engendering Feudalism: Modes of Production Revisited
S. Charusheela, University of Nevada-LasVegas
- Producing Solidarity
Ken Surin, Duke University
- Discussant
Kathi Weeks, Duke University

3:15 - 5:00 PM
DIFFERENCE IN COMMON
- Translating Difference and the Common
Anna Curcio, Duke University
- Subjectivity and the Forms of the Commune
Ceren Özselçuk, Duke University and Yahya Madra, Gettysburg College
- Discussant: Alvaro Reyes, Duke University