Belligerent Accumulation.

Natural Right, Valorization, and Aesthetics in Colonial Modernity. Histories – Transformations – Resistances.

International Conference
European University Viadrina

Speakers:
Robert Bernasconi (Pennsylvania State University)
Ashley Bohrer (University of Notre-Dame)
Kandice Chuh (CUNY Graduate Center, New York)
Sean Colonna (Bard College, New York)
Jamila Mascat (Universiteit Utrecht)
Mark Neocleous (Brunel University, London)
Mary Nyquist (University of Toronto)
Maïa Pal (Oxford Brooks University)
Matthieu Renault (Université Toulouse-Jean Jaurès)
Monique Roelofs (Universiteit van Amsterdam)

Schedule
Abstracts and Bio Notes

Venue:
European University Viadrina
Logensaal, Logenstr. 11
Frankfurt Oder
Germany

Perception, Jurisdiction, and Valorization in Colonial Modernity – On the Nexus of Accumulation, Race, and Aesthetics

Belligerent Accumulation
23–25 May 2024
International Conference

Logensaal, Logenstr. 1 l
European University Viadrina
Frankfurt (Oder)

Schedule
Speakers

Schedule Belligerent Accumulation
Conference

Thursday

12:30
Registration and welcome

12:45 – 13:00
Introduction to the first panel

13:00 – 15:00
Ashley Bohrer
Rethinking Enclosure from the South: Primitive Accumulation and the Settler Commons in the History of Global (Racial) Capitalism

15:00 – 15:15
Break

15:15 – 17:15
Maïa Pal
The Theoretical Lacunae of Histories of International Law and How They Have (Mis)Shaped the History of International Relations: The Case of the Salamanca School and the Spanish Empire

17:15 – 17:30
Break

17:30 – 19:30
Mark Neocleous
The Social Wars of Belligerent Accumulation

Friday

09:30 – 09:45
Introduction to the second panel

09:45 – 11:45
Robert Bernasconi
Luis de Molina’s Moralizing in the Face of an Increasingly Autonomous Colonial System

11:45 – 12:00
Break

12:00– 14:00
Mary Nyquist
Pre-Civility, Indigeneity, and War: Hobbes and Euro-Colonialism

14:00 – 15:15
Lunch break

15:15 – 17:15
Matthieu Renault
John Locke: A (Geo)Philosophy of Slavery

17:15 – 17:30
Break

17:30 – 19:30
Jamila Mascat
Marx, Slavery and Colonialism: A Case for So-Called Permanent Accumulation

Saturday

09:45 – 10:00
Introduction to the third panel

10:00 – 12:00
Monique Roelofs
Reimagining Aesthetic Freedom

12:00 – 12:15
Break

12:15 – 14:15
Kandice Chuh
Out of (Common) Time

14:15 – 15:15
Lunch break

15:15 – 17:15
Sean Colonna