The IGS will be a sponsoring a session at the Socialist Scholars Conference in New York, April 24-26, 1992. The IGS session, which will be chaired by Frank Rosengarten, is entitled "'Gramsci and Us' or Why Gramsci Now?" The following papers will be presented at the session: Paul A. Bové (Univ. of Pittsburgh), "Gramsci After the Party"; Kate Crehan (The New School), "Gramsci at the New School in 1992"; and Evan Watkins (Univ. of Washington), "Gramsci 'R Us." Joseph Buttigieg will give a brief response to the papers and there will be a general discussion. The principal idea for this topic is inspired by the excellent use which Stuart Hall (in his essay "Gramsci and Us") makes of Gramsci in his analysis of Thatcherism. The session is intended to explore those aspects of Gramscian thought which are relevant and useful to the analysis of the current socio-political, economic and cultural situation in the United States. For information about the Socialist Scholars Conference contact: Mr. R. L. Norman Jr., CUNY Democratic Socialists Club, Room 801, 33 West 42nd Street. New York, NY 10036.
A forthcoming international conference that should be of interest to IGS members is being organized by the editorial group of the journal Rethinking Marxism which has published, over the years, many important essays on various aspects of Gramsci's ideas and categories. The conference -- «Marxism in the New World Order: Crises and Possibilities» -- will be held on 12-14 November 1992 at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Massachusetts. The conference will explore how Marxist theories can meet the economic, cultural, theoretical, and political challenges of the new world order. The organizers regard the conference as an occasion to engage in a collective effort to meet the challenges of our time: to question critically in order to develop further Marxian theory; to reflect on 'really existing socialism'; to analyze the economic, military, political and cultural hegemony of capitalism in the new world order; and to celebrate, however critically, the ideals of socialism. The IGS is making arrangements with the organizers to sponsor one or two sessions at the conference. Members who are interested in participating [END PAGE 44] in these sessions are urged to propose topics for the sessions and/or for individual presentations -- submit all such proposals in writing to Joseph Buttigieg no later than 30 June 1992. For more information about this conference contact Antonio Callari, Dept. of Economics, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA 17604 (Tel.: (717) 291-3947; Fax.: (717) 399-4413.