"Marxism and Contemporary Political Economy," Institute on Culture and Society, Marxist Literary Group, Portland State University, June 16-20, 2009.

The five-day Institute will feature an intensive workshop on the current economic crisis featuring Martin Hart-Landsberg (Monthly Review/Lewis & Clark College), Robin Hahnel (American University/Portland State), and Doug Henwood (Left Business Observer). Reading groups will be held on the French Regulation School led by Mathias Nilges; on Marx, fictional capital and the Wertkritik School led by Neil Larsen; and on Participatory Economics by Robin Hahnel. As always, intensive reading groups on selections from Marx's Capital are planned (volunteers are invited). The institute features consecutive (as opposed to simultaneous) panels. The organizing committee is now accepting submissions for panel and paper proposals. As always, any work that engages seriously with the Marxist tradition will be considered. The special topic of this year's ICS is"Marxism and Contemporary Political Economy." Papers that deal with this topic are especially welcome, though not required. Selected papers will be published in the online journal mediations. Paper abstracts should be less than 250 words. Panel proposals should include the name and contact information of the panel organizer, a rationale for the panel, presenters' names, affiliations, paper titles, and abstracts of no more than 250 words. Please send submissions (preferably as MS Word or standard e-mail text files) with a cover email including presenter or panel organizer contactinformation to medovoi@pdx.edu by March 15 2009. Housing options will include both local hotels (approximately $89 a room for up to two) and a dormitory option (approximately $40 a room for up to two). Please indicate a housing preference if you expect to need one, so we can estimate our needs.