Marxism in Culture
@marxisminculture.bsky.social
The Marxism in Culture seminar series was conceived in 2002 to provide a forum for those committed to the continuing relevance of Marxism for cultural analysis. We meet 3-4 times a term on Fridays at 5.30pm at the Institute of Advanced Studies, UCL
Pinned
Radioactive Marxisms & Atomic Fairytales from the former East Germany
An Ultra-Violet Art History of Afterlives. Join this 'Marxism in Culture' seminar with Sara James (Manchester School of Art, MMU)
www.ucl.ac.uk
Our Next Seminar: 📢☢️
Radioactive Marxisms & Atomic Fairytales from the former East Germany, with Sarah James
Friday 28th November 2025, 5.30-7.30pm
@ucl-ias.bsky.social Common Ground G11, ground floor, South Wing, UCL Gower St, London WC1E 6BT
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Radioactive Marxisms & Atomic Fairytales from the former East Germany, with Sarah James
Friday 28th November 2025, 5.30-7.30pm
@ucl-ias.bsky.social Common Ground G11, ground floor, South Wing, UCL Gower St, London WC1E 6BT
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Mondrian’s Firebomb: Avant-Garde and Underdevelopment in Brazil, with Thomas Waller @thomaswaller.bsky.social
Friday 12th December, 2025
5.30-7.30pm
@ucl-ias.bsky.social Common Ground G11, ground floor, South Wing, UCL Gower St, London WC1E 6BT
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Friday 12th December, 2025
5.30-7.30pm
@ucl-ias.bsky.social Common Ground G11, ground floor, South Wing, UCL Gower St, London WC1E 6BT
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Mondrian’s Firebomb: Avant-Garde and Underdevelopment in Brazil
This seminar reinterprets the trajectory of the short-lived Brazilian art movement known as “Neo-Concretism” Join this 'Marxism in Culture' seminar with Thomas Waller.
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Mondrian’s Firebomb: Avant-Garde and Underdevelopment in Brazil, with Thomas Waller @thomaswaller.bsky.social
Friday 12th December, 2025
5.30-7.30pm
@ucl-ias.bsky.social Common Ground G11, ground floor, South Wing, UCL Gower St, London WC1E 6BT
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Friday 12th December, 2025
5.30-7.30pm
@ucl-ias.bsky.social Common Ground G11, ground floor, South Wing, UCL Gower St, London WC1E 6BT
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Theatre and Marxism(s), with Shane Boyle @shaneboyle.bsky.social
Friday 5th December 2025, 5.30-7.30pm
@ucl-ias.bsky.social
Common Ground G11, ground floor, South Wing, UCL Gower St, London WC1E 6BT
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Friday 5th December 2025, 5.30-7.30pm
@ucl-ias.bsky.social
Common Ground G11, ground floor, South Wing, UCL Gower St, London WC1E 6BT
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Theatre and Marxism(s)
This talk tells the history of Marxism through an unusual lens: the theatre. Join this 'Marxism in Culture' seminar with Shane Boyle (Queen Mary University of London)
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Theatre and Marxism(s), with Shane Boyle @shaneboyle.bsky.social
Friday 5th December 2025, 5.30-7.30pm
@ucl-ias.bsky.social
Common Ground G11, ground floor, South Wing, UCL Gower St, London WC1E 6BT
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Friday 5th December 2025, 5.30-7.30pm
@ucl-ias.bsky.social
Common Ground G11, ground floor, South Wing, UCL Gower St, London WC1E 6BT
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Our Next Seminar: 📢☢️
Radioactive Marxisms & Atomic Fairytales from the former East Germany, with Sarah James
Friday 28th November 2025, 5.30-7.30pm
@ucl-ias.bsky.social Common Ground G11, ground floor, South Wing, UCL Gower St, London WC1E 6BT
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Radioactive Marxisms & Atomic Fairytales from the former East Germany, with Sarah James
Friday 28th November 2025, 5.30-7.30pm
@ucl-ias.bsky.social Common Ground G11, ground floor, South Wing, UCL Gower St, London WC1E 6BT
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Radioactive Marxisms & Atomic Fairytales from the former East Germany
An Ultra-Violet Art History of Afterlives. Join this 'Marxism in Culture' seminar with Sara James (Manchester School of Art, MMU)
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Our Next Seminar: 📢☢️
Radioactive Marxisms & Atomic Fairytales from the former East Germany, with Sarah James
Friday 28th November 2025, 5.30-7.30pm
@ucl-ias.bsky.social Common Ground G11, ground floor, South Wing, UCL Gower St, London WC1E 6BT
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Radioactive Marxisms & Atomic Fairytales from the former East Germany, with Sarah James
Friday 28th November 2025, 5.30-7.30pm
@ucl-ias.bsky.social Common Ground G11, ground floor, South Wing, UCL Gower St, London WC1E 6BT
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Reposted by Marxism in Culture
Radioactive Marxisms & Atomic Fairytales from the former East Germany
28 November 2025, 5:30pm-7:30pm
An Ultra-Violet Art History of Afterlives. Join this @marxisminculture.bsky.social seminar with Sara James (Manchester School of Art, MMU)
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
28 November 2025, 5:30pm-7:30pm
An Ultra-Violet Art History of Afterlives. Join this @marxisminculture.bsky.social seminar with Sara James (Manchester School of Art, MMU)
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Radioactive Marxisms & Atomic Fairytales from the former East Germany
An Ultra-Violet Art History of Afterlives. Join this 'Marxism in Culture' seminar with Sara James (Manchester School of Art, MMU)
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Radioactive Marxisms & Atomic Fairytales from the former East Germany
28 November 2025, 5:30pm-7:30pm
An Ultra-Violet Art History of Afterlives. Join this @marxisminculture.bsky.social seminar with Sara James (Manchester School of Art, MMU)
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
28 November 2025, 5:30pm-7:30pm
An Ultra-Violet Art History of Afterlives. Join this @marxisminculture.bsky.social seminar with Sara James (Manchester School of Art, MMU)
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
⚡️First seminar of new academic year
Rethinking Revolutionary Memory: The Production and Afterlives of Yugoslav Socialist Monuments with Sanja Horvatinčić & Beti Žerovc
31st Oct 🎃, 5.30-7.30pm
@ucl-ias.bsky.social
IAS Common Ground
G11, South Wing, UCL,WC1E 6BT
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Rethinking Revolutionary Memory: The Production and Afterlives of Yugoslav Socialist Monuments with Sanja Horvatinčić & Beti Žerovc
31st Oct 🎃, 5.30-7.30pm
@ucl-ias.bsky.social
IAS Common Ground
G11, South Wing, UCL,WC1E 6BT
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Rethinking Revolutionary Memory: The Production and Afterlives of Yugoslav Socialist Monuments
Join this 'Marxism in Culture' seminar with Sanja Horvatinčić and Beti Žerovc.
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
⚡️First seminar of new academic year
Rethinking Revolutionary Memory: The Production and Afterlives of Yugoslav Socialist Monuments with Sanja Horvatinčić & Beti Žerovc
31st Oct 🎃, 5.30-7.30pm
@ucl-ias.bsky.social
IAS Common Ground
G11, South Wing, UCL,WC1E 6BT
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Rethinking Revolutionary Memory: The Production and Afterlives of Yugoslav Socialist Monuments with Sanja Horvatinčić & Beti Žerovc
31st Oct 🎃, 5.30-7.30pm
@ucl-ias.bsky.social
IAS Common Ground
G11, South Wing, UCL,WC1E 6BT
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Tomorrow! 👇
Join us for our final seminar of the academic year:
Dubravka Sekulić (@dubravka.bsky.social)
'On Yugoslav Construction Industry, Non-alignment, and Architecture'
Friday 20 June, 5:30–7:30 pm
@ucl-ias.bsky.social Common Ground, G11, South Wing, UCL, WC1E 6BT
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Dubravka Sekulić (@dubravka.bsky.social)
'On Yugoslav Construction Industry, Non-alignment, and Architecture'
Friday 20 June, 5:30–7:30 pm
@ucl-ias.bsky.social Common Ground, G11, South Wing, UCL, WC1E 6BT
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
On Yugoslav Construction Industry, Non-alignment, and Architecture
We welcome you to this Marxism in Culture seminar with Dubravka Sekulić, who will discuss the Non-aligned Movement in Belgrade, focussing on the Energoprojekt and the central role the architecture dep...
www.ucl.ac.uk
June 19, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Tomorrow! 👇
Join us for our final seminar of the academic year:
Dubravka Sekulić (@dubravka.bsky.social)
'On Yugoslav Construction Industry, Non-alignment, and Architecture'
Friday 20 June, 5:30–7:30 pm
@ucl-ias.bsky.social Common Ground, G11, South Wing, UCL, WC1E 6BT
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Dubravka Sekulić (@dubravka.bsky.social)
'On Yugoslav Construction Industry, Non-alignment, and Architecture'
Friday 20 June, 5:30–7:30 pm
@ucl-ias.bsky.social Common Ground, G11, South Wing, UCL, WC1E 6BT
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
On Yugoslav Construction Industry, Non-alignment, and Architecture
We welcome you to this Marxism in Culture seminar with Dubravka Sekulić, who will discuss the Non-aligned Movement in Belgrade, focussing on the Energoprojekt and the central role the architecture dep...
www.ucl.ac.uk
June 4, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Join us for our final seminar of the academic year:
Dubravka Sekulić (@dubravka.bsky.social)
'On Yugoslav Construction Industry, Non-alignment, and Architecture'
Friday 20 June, 5:30–7:30 pm
@ucl-ias.bsky.social Common Ground, G11, South Wing, UCL, WC1E 6BT
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Dubravka Sekulić (@dubravka.bsky.social)
'On Yugoslav Construction Industry, Non-alignment, and Architecture'
Friday 20 June, 5:30–7:30 pm
@ucl-ias.bsky.social Common Ground, G11, South Wing, UCL, WC1E 6BT
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Join us Tomorrow 👇👇
Join us for our first seminar of the Summer:
'Music and Revolution in the Age of Disco', with David Grundy
Friday 23 May, 2025, 5.30pm
@ucl-ias.bsky.social IAS Forum, G17, ground floor, South Wing, UCL, Gower St, London, WC1E 6BT
Free. All welcome. Details: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
'Music and Revolution in the Age of Disco', with David Grundy
Friday 23 May, 2025, 5.30pm
@ucl-ias.bsky.social IAS Forum, G17, ground floor, South Wing, UCL, Gower St, London, WC1E 6BT
Free. All welcome. Details: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Music and Revolution in the Age of Disco
We welcome you to this Marxism in Culture seminar with David Grundy, who will show how Amiri Baraka’s music and ideas might be useful for an idea of what popular music is, how it can be used, and how ...
www.ucl.ac.uk
May 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Join us Tomorrow 👇👇
Reposted by Marxism in Culture
This should be great. All welcome
Join us for our first seminar of the Summer:
'Music and Revolution in the Age of Disco', with David Grundy
Friday 23 May, 2025, 5.30pm
@ucl-ias.bsky.social IAS Forum, G17, ground floor, South Wing, UCL, Gower St, London, WC1E 6BT
Free. All welcome. Details: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
'Music and Revolution in the Age of Disco', with David Grundy
Friday 23 May, 2025, 5.30pm
@ucl-ias.bsky.social IAS Forum, G17, ground floor, South Wing, UCL, Gower St, London, WC1E 6BT
Free. All welcome. Details: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Music and Revolution in the Age of Disco
We welcome you to this Marxism in Culture seminar with David Grundy, who will show how Amiri Baraka’s music and ideas might be useful for an idea of what popular music is, how it can be used, and how ...
www.ucl.ac.uk
May 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This should be great. All welcome
Join us for our first seminar of the Summer:
'Music and Revolution in the Age of Disco', with David Grundy
Friday 23 May, 2025, 5.30pm
@ucl-ias.bsky.social IAS Forum, G17, ground floor, South Wing, UCL, Gower St, London, WC1E 6BT
Free. All welcome. Details: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
'Music and Revolution in the Age of Disco', with David Grundy
Friday 23 May, 2025, 5.30pm
@ucl-ias.bsky.social IAS Forum, G17, ground floor, South Wing, UCL, Gower St, London, WC1E 6BT
Free. All welcome. Details: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Music and Revolution in the Age of Disco
We welcome you to this Marxism in Culture seminar with David Grundy, who will show how Amiri Baraka’s music and ideas might be useful for an idea of what popular music is, how it can be used, and how ...
www.ucl.ac.uk
May 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Join us for our first seminar of the Summer:
'Music and Revolution in the Age of Disco', with David Grundy
Friday 23 May, 2025, 5.30pm
@ucl-ias.bsky.social IAS Forum, G17, ground floor, South Wing, UCL, Gower St, London, WC1E 6BT
Free. All welcome. Details: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
'Music and Revolution in the Age of Disco', with David Grundy
Friday 23 May, 2025, 5.30pm
@ucl-ias.bsky.social IAS Forum, G17, ground floor, South Wing, UCL, Gower St, London, WC1E 6BT
Free. All welcome. Details: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Reposted by Marxism in Culture
Artist, comrade, and long-time visual contributor to the Historical Materialism project, David Mabb, has produced another great conference poster.
April 4, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Artist, comrade, and long-time visual contributor to the Historical Materialism project, David Mabb, has produced another great conference poster.
👇👇This Friday
📢Our March Seminar:
'3 Model of Form: Samuel Delany as a Theorist of Racial Capitalism,
With Samuel Fisher.
Friday 28th March, 5.30-7.30pm, @UCL_IAS
IAS Common Ground, G11, ground floor, South Wing, UCL, Gower St, London WC1E 6BT.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
'3 Model of Form: Samuel Delany as a Theorist of Racial Capitalism,
With Samuel Fisher.
Friday 28th March, 5.30-7.30pm, @UCL_IAS
IAS Common Ground, G11, ground floor, South Wing, UCL, Gower St, London WC1E 6BT.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
3 Model of Form: Samuel Delany as a Theorist of Racial Capitalism
We welcome you to this Marxism in Culture seminar with Samuel Fisher, who will discuss the paraliterary writings of Samuel R. Delany as occasions to think about how the literary mediates social form.
www.ucl.ac.uk
March 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
👇👇This Friday
Tomorrow 👇
📢Our next Seminar:
'The Working Day in Contemporary Art',
Kirsten Lloyd.
Friday 28th February, 5.30-7.30pm, @UCL_IAS .
IAS Common Ground, G11, ground floor, South Wing, UCL, Gower St, London WC1E 6BT.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
'The Working Day in Contemporary Art',
Kirsten Lloyd.
Friday 28th February, 5.30-7.30pm, @UCL_IAS .
IAS Common Ground, G11, ground floor, South Wing, UCL, Gower St, London WC1E 6BT.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
February 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Tomorrow 👇
📢Our March Seminar:
'3 Model of Form: Samuel Delany as a Theorist of Racial Capitalism,
With Samuel Fisher.
Friday 28th March, 5.30-7.30pm, @UCL_IAS
IAS Common Ground, G11, ground floor, South Wing, UCL, Gower St, London WC1E 6BT.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
'3 Model of Form: Samuel Delany as a Theorist of Racial Capitalism,
With Samuel Fisher.
Friday 28th March, 5.30-7.30pm, @UCL_IAS
IAS Common Ground, G11, ground floor, South Wing, UCL, Gower St, London WC1E 6BT.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
3 Model of Form: Samuel Delany as a Theorist of Racial Capitalism
We welcome you to this Marxism in Culture seminar with Samuel Fisher, who will discuss the paraliterary writings of Samuel R. Delany as occasions to think about how the literary mediates social form.
www.ucl.ac.uk
February 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
📢Our March Seminar:
'3 Model of Form: Samuel Delany as a Theorist of Racial Capitalism,
With Samuel Fisher.
Friday 28th March, 5.30-7.30pm, @UCL_IAS
IAS Common Ground, G11, ground floor, South Wing, UCL, Gower St, London WC1E 6BT.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
'3 Model of Form: Samuel Delany as a Theorist of Racial Capitalism,
With Samuel Fisher.
Friday 28th March, 5.30-7.30pm, @UCL_IAS
IAS Common Ground, G11, ground floor, South Wing, UCL, Gower St, London WC1E 6BT.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
📢Our next Seminar:
'The Working Day in Contemporary Art',
Kirsten Lloyd.
Friday 28th February, 5.30-7.30pm, @UCL_IAS .
IAS Common Ground, G11, ground floor, South Wing, UCL, Gower St, London WC1E 6BT.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
'The Working Day in Contemporary Art',
Kirsten Lloyd.
Friday 28th February, 5.30-7.30pm, @UCL_IAS .
IAS Common Ground, G11, ground floor, South Wing, UCL, Gower St, London WC1E 6BT.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
February 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
📢Our next Seminar:
'The Working Day in Contemporary Art',
Kirsten Lloyd.
Friday 28th February, 5.30-7.30pm, @UCL_IAS .
IAS Common Ground, G11, ground floor, South Wing, UCL, Gower St, London WC1E 6BT.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
'The Working Day in Contemporary Art',
Kirsten Lloyd.
Friday 28th February, 5.30-7.30pm, @UCL_IAS .
IAS Common Ground, G11, ground floor, South Wing, UCL, Gower St, London WC1E 6BT.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
This Friday 👇👇
📣Our first seminar of 2025📣
🎙️Why Popular Music is Political🎛️
📢Toby Manning 📢
📅24 January, 5.30pm
🚩@UCL_IAS
IAS Common Ground, G11, ground floor, South Wing, UCL, Gower St, London WC1E 6BT
All welcome: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
🎙️Why Popular Music is Political🎛️
📢Toby Manning 📢
📅24 January, 5.30pm
🚩@UCL_IAS
IAS Common Ground, G11, ground floor, South Wing, UCL, Gower St, London WC1E 6BT
All welcome: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
January 22, 2025 at 9:50 AM
This Friday 👇👇
Reposted by Marxism in Culture
The first Marxism and Culture seminar of 2025 is coming up, Toby Manning on 'Why Popular Music is Political'. Follow the Marxism in Culture account below and join their mailing list for more about their coming programme.
📣Our first seminar of 2025📣
🎙️Why Popular Music is Political🎛️
📢Toby Manning 📢
📅24 January, 5.30pm
🚩@UCL_IAS
IAS Common Ground, G11, ground floor, South Wing, UCL, Gower St, London WC1E 6BT
All welcome: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
🎙️Why Popular Music is Political🎛️
📢Toby Manning 📢
📅24 January, 5.30pm
🚩@UCL_IAS
IAS Common Ground, G11, ground floor, South Wing, UCL, Gower St, London WC1E 6BT
All welcome: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
January 18, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The first Marxism and Culture seminar of 2025 is coming up, Toby Manning on 'Why Popular Music is Political'. Follow the Marxism in Culture account below and join their mailing list for more about their coming programme.
📣Our first seminar of 2025📣
🎙️Why Popular Music is Political🎛️
📢Toby Manning 📢
📅24 January, 5.30pm
🚩@UCL_IAS
IAS Common Ground, G11, ground floor, South Wing, UCL, Gower St, London WC1E 6BT
All welcome: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
🎙️Why Popular Music is Political🎛️
📢Toby Manning 📢
📅24 January, 5.30pm
🚩@UCL_IAS
IAS Common Ground, G11, ground floor, South Wing, UCL, Gower St, London WC1E 6BT
All welcome: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
January 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
📣Our first seminar of 2025📣
🎙️Why Popular Music is Political🎛️
📢Toby Manning 📢
📅24 January, 5.30pm
🚩@UCL_IAS
IAS Common Ground, G11, ground floor, South Wing, UCL, Gower St, London WC1E 6BT
All welcome: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
🎙️Why Popular Music is Political🎛️
📢Toby Manning 📢
📅24 January, 5.30pm
🚩@UCL_IAS
IAS Common Ground, G11, ground floor, South Wing, UCL, Gower St, London WC1E 6BT
All welcome: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...