Anarchism Research Group
About the ARG
The ARG is based in the Department of Politics, History and International Relations at Loughborough University. Its aims are:
- to facilitate the study of anarchism across scholarly disciplines in the University;
- to help raise the profile of anarchist studies in the wider academic community;
- to promote international collaborative work on anarchism;
- to provide a centre for postgraduate researchers working on aspects of anarchist history and politics;
- to encourage the exploration and analysis of anarchist ideas and practices in the local community.
Co-ordinators
Dave Berry (D.G.Berry@lboro.ac.uk)
Ruth Kinna (R.E.Kinna@lboro.ac.uk)
Alexandre Christoyannopoulos (A.Christoyannopoulos@lboro.ac.uk)
Members
Cristos Iliopoulos
Saku Pinta
Sureyyya Turkeli
Matt Wilson
Gwendolyn Windpassinger
Associates
Dr Alex Prichard Research Assistant (ESRC Post-Doctoral Fellow), Department of Politics, University of Bristol
Dr Maurizio Atzeni Lecturer in Labour and Industrial Relations, Business School, Loughborough University
Dr John Cromby Senior Lecturer, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Science, Loughborough University
Dr Jennifer Cooke Lecturer in English, Department of English and Drama, Loughborough University
Dr Simon Downs Lecturer in Graphic Design and Visual Communication, Scool of Art and Design, Loughborough University
Gillian Whiteley Politicized Practice Research Group in the School of the Arts, Loughborough University
If you are interested in attending or receiving more information about our local seminars, please contact one of the co-ordinators and see information below. If you are interested in similar research areas and wish to associate yourself with researchers working on anarchism, please consider joining the Anarchist Studies Network.
Speakers for 2011-12:
| Name | Affiliation | Title | Date | Room |
| Georgios Sagriotis | Panteion and Patras | Benjamin and Anarchism
Paper available here (PDF) |
Wed 2 Nov, 5pm | A204 |
| Anthony Fiscella | Lund University, Center for Theology and Religious Studies | From Anarcho-Fascism to Libertarian Spirituality: What Does it Men to be Free? | Tue 29 Nov, 6pm | U013 |
| Christos Memos | University of York | Anarchism and Marxism: In Search of Lost Revolutionary Time | Wed 18 Jan, 5pm | A204 |
| Judy Greenway | East London | ‘Not the Church and not the State, women must decide our fate’: anarchist feminists and the politics of reproduction. | Wed 8 Feb, 5pm | A204 |
| Diane Morgan | Leeds | Seriality and Everyone's Place Under the Sun: Proudhon with Kant Paper available here (PDF) |
Wed 7 Mar, 4pm | A204 |
| Andrew Cornell | Université Stendhal - Grenoble 3 | The Evolution U.S. Anarchism in the Mid-20th Century: From Mother Earth to the Fifth Estate Audio of seminar (MP3) |
Wed 25 Apr, 5pm | A204 |
| Richard Morgan | UCL | Hygiene is the best of medicines': Petr Kropotkin and Criminological Science. | Wed 16 May, 5pm | A204 |
Previous ARG Seminars
| 06/12/10 | P/IR PGR Seminar: 'The anarchist aspects of Nietzsche's philosophy' . Cris Iliopoulos Cris' paper can be found here. |
| 26/01/11 | "Worker Occupations in Argentina" Maurizio Atzeni (Loughborough) Maurizio’s presentation slides are available here, and his paper can be found here. |
| 09/03/11 | "Tolstoyism: An international movement in the late 19th / early 20th centuries" Charlotte Alston (Northumbria) Loughborough University, Schofield Building , A204, 5.00pm (Map Central Park Grid G3 - No. Ref 59 Bld Ref. A) |
| 04/05/11 | “Women, Love and Anarchism: Anarcho-Sexism and The Rise of British Second Wave Feminism” Emma Dixon (Bangor) Loughborough University, Schofield Building. Emma's paper can be found in PDF format here. |
| 05/05/11 | “Gustav Landauer, Erich Mühsam, and Anarchism in Germany” Gabriel Kuhn Loughborough University, Schofield Building , A2M02, 5:00pm (Map Central Park Grid G3 - No. Ref 59 Bld Ref. A) |
| 15/06/11 | ** Sorry this seminar was cancelled **
"Not the Church and not the State, women must decide our fate’: anarchist feminists and the politics of reproduction" Judy Greenway (University of East London) |
| 10/12/08 | Dr Saul Newman, ‘Postanarchism and contemporary politics’ |
| 26/01/09 | Dr Paul McLaughlin, ‘Bakunin and Marx: An Unbridgeable Chasm?’ |
| 13/05/09 | Dr Ben Franks, ‘Anarchism and the Problem of Political Philosophy’ |
| 10/03/10 | Paul Blackledge, ‘Between science and morality: Victor Serge and Simon Critchley on Marxism, anarchism and the ethics of anti‐capitalism’ |
For an audio MP3 download of this seminar click here
Read his article: ‘Marxism and Anarchism’ in International Socialism no.125 (January 2010).
Links
Anarchist Studies A biannual, refereed, multidisciplinary journal Anarchist
Studies Network A Specialist Group within the Political Studies Association
Anarchist Studies Initiative The ARG is associated with the Anarchist Studies Initiative at SUNY, Cortland