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Leading journal of critical Marxist theory and research. Based at University of London, published by Brill, appearing quarterly.

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Historical Materialism Twenty-Third Annual Conference Registration historicalmaterialism.org/ev…

Twenty-third Annual Conference - Registration is open - Historical Materialism

Planetary Warscapes Ablaze: Imperial Mutations in Infernal Times 5-8 November 2026, SOAS, Russell Square, Central London

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HM Broadcast next week "Inverted World" with Clara Ramas San Miguel, Arash Abazari, Luciana Cadahia and Rocío Zambrana eventbrite.co.uk/e/inverted-…

"Inverted World" with Clara Ramas San Miguel

Join us for a discussion of "Inverted World" with Clara Ramas San Miguel, Arash Abazari, Luciana Cadahia, and Rocío Zambrana.

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Reminder: you have until midnight GMT to register for the HM 2026 London Conference! historicalmaterialism.org/ev…

Twenty-third Annual Conference - Registration is open - Historical Materialism

Planetary Warscapes Ablaze: Imperial Mutations in Infernal Times 5-8 November 2026, SOAS, Russell Square, Central London

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Max Tomba: Peter Thomas Was a Marxist Intellectual With a Mission jacobin.com/2026/10/peter-th…

Peter Thomas Was a Marxist Intellectual With a Mission

Peter Thomas, the Marxist theorist best known for his work on Antonio Gramsci, has died. He restored the political edge to Gramsci’s theory of hegemony and saw his own scholarship as part of the...

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Dear friends, thanks so much for all the support and kind words. Peter's funeral will take place on Tuesday the 27th October at 10:15 am at Islington Crematorium. You can find all the details on Peter's tribute page: peter-david-thomas.muchloved…

Tribute to Peter Thomas, 1973 - 2026

Dedicated to the memory of Peter Thomas

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Please RSVP through this link: docs.google.com/forms/d/1QRq… Thank you

RSVP for Peter D Thomas' funeral cerimony

Peter's funeral will take place on Tuesday the 27th October at 10:15 am at Islington Crematorium. You can find all the details on Peter's tribute page: https://peter-david-thomas.muchloved.com

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Historical Materialism East & Southeast Asia 2027 CfP histomatesea.org/

Historical Materialism 2027 — Call for Papers

Imperial Interregnum in East and Southeast Asian Conjunctures. 28–30 June 2027, Sogang University, Seoul. Proposals due 25 January 2027.

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Historical Materialism Conference London 2026 Sunday Plenary Contesting Imperialism: Politics and Praxis of Anti-Imperialism Today Charmaine Chua, Adam Hanieh, Ashok Kumar, Costas Lapavitsas, Shahrzad Mojab 8 November, 5-7 PM Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre, SOAS
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New online Fred Moseley, Martha Campbell, Chris Arthur, Riccardo Bellofiore, Patrick Murray and Tony Smith: On the Anniversary of Geert Reuten’s Death, Some Reflections historicalmaterialism.org/ar…

On the Anniversary of Geert Reuten’s Death, Some Reflections - Historical Materialism

Fred Moseley, Martha Campbell, Riccardo Bellofiore, Chris Arthur, Patrick Murrary and Tony Smith reflect on the intellectual legacy of Geert Reuten

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HM Book Series forthcoming paperback John Dewey Holmes: Without a Trace… Pogrom, Sweatshop, Gulag: The Jewish Radical Odyssey of Noah and Miril London historicalmaterialism.org/bo…
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HM Book Series forthcoming title Emile Tuma: Islam, Marxism, and Social Change. Emile Tuma’s Social Movements in Islam historicalmaterialism.org/bo…
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HM Book Series forthcoming title Fiona Allen, Simon Constantine, and Luisa Lorenza Corna (eds): After Critical Realism historicalmaterialism.org/bo…
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New online Jairus Banaji: Capitalism, Peasants, Family Farms: A Bibliographical Essay historicalmaterialism.org/99…

Capitalism, Peasants, Family Farms: A Bibliographical Essay - Historical Materialism

By the end of 2015 some forty percent or more of China’s rural workforce was thought to consist of roughly 250 million peasant migrants known as mingong, a cross between nongmin (peasant) and gongren...

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New online Malek Khouri: Spectacles of Trauma: Hegemonic Humanism and the Reconfiguration of Anti-War Consciousness in Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ historicalmaterialism.org/ar…

Spectacles of Trauma: Hegemonic Humanism and the Reconfiguration of Anti-War Consciousness in...

Nolan’s most recent films emerge within a historical conjuncture in which the world itself is undergoing profound changes. Escalating wars, intensifying nuclear anxieties, increasingly aggressive...

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Historical Materialism Conference London 2026 Thursday Plenary Revolutionary Feminisms: Histories, Contradictions, Horizons Chaired by Alex Stoffel Layal Ftouni, Emma Heaney, Ankica Čakardić, Sophie Lewis 5 November, 7-9 PM Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre, SOAS
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As a small way of honouring Peter D. Thomas and his contribution to our journal, his article 'The Plural Temporalities of Hegemony' is free to read until the end of the year. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

The Plural Temporalities of Hegemony

Louis Althusser’s critique of Gramsci’s “absolute historicism” involved the elaboration of a distinctive notion of plural historical temporalities or times. This argues, first, that Althusser’s the...

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Historical Materialism Conference London 2026 Historical Materialism Saturday Night Party! Saturday, 7 November Pelican House From 8 PM* The saturday plenary ends at 9 PM
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Collective Fund for Peter Thomas' family goodhub.com/go/collectivefun…
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Beyond that, we will use the money to establish a prize in Peter's name to be awarded at next year’s Historical Materialism London conference, in recognition of his legacy and contribution to the scholarly community (details will be shared in due course).
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We extend our gratitude if you are in a position to donate. We will soon share further details on how we intend to honour Peter’s memory and his work. With gratitude, Historical Materialism Brunel UCU Goldsmiths UCU
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