Finance Capital and the University: Introduction

Event Date: 

Sunday, January 10, 2016 - 12:00pm to 1:15pm

Event Location: 

  • Lone Star C
  • JW Marriott
  • Austin
  • Texas
  • Talk

Conference Title: 2016 MLA Annual Convention: Literature and Its Publics: Past, Present, and Future.

Session Title: Finance Capital and the University

Program arranged by the forum TC Marxism, Literature, and Society

Presiding: Christopher John Newfield, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara

1. "Securitization and University of Finance," Amanda Armstrong, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor

2. "Financialization and 'The Wisconsin Idea' in the Twenty-First Century," Richard A. Grusin, Univ. of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

3. "Tech Transfer and Finance after Academic Capitalism," Lenora Hanson, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison

4. "The Force of Diversity: Risk, Privatization, and the Salaita Affair," Nick Mitchell, Univ. of California, Riverside

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