Capital Re-translated & the Late Marx: A Symposium

THU-FRI, SEP 18-19
Max Kade Center for German-American Studies

This two-day, interdisciplinary event will consist of a presentation by Dr. Paul North—co-editor of the new English-language translation of Karl Marx’s Capital, Volume 1 (Princeton 2024)—on the “standpoint” of Capital; a conversation with Dr. North and Dr. Paul Reitter—translator and co-editor of Capital—on their translation and on the process of translation; and a final presentation by Dr. Kevin Anderson—author of The Late Marx’s Revolutionary Roads: Colonialism, Gender, and Indigenous Communism (Verso 2025)—on Marx’s late writings. All events are free and open to the public and will take place at the Max Kade Center for German-American Studies. See below for event details. 

Paul North, Yale University
THU, SEP 18, 5:00 - 6:30 PM
"The Standpoint of Marx's Capital"

Paul North and Paul Reitter, Yale University and Ohio State University
FRI, SEP 19, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
"A Conversation on the New Translation of Capital, Volume 1"
Discussant: David Smith, KU

Kevin Anderson, University of California, Santa Barbara
FRI, SEP 19, 3:00 - 4:30 PM
"Marx's Late Writings: The Theories of Revolutionary Change and of Alternatives to Capitalism"
Respondent: Akiko Takeyama, KU

Reception
FRI, SEP 19, 4:30 - 5:30 PM