Waterloo Centre for German Studies | Grimm Lecture 2018

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Grimm Lecture 2018

The Waterloo Centre for German Studies is happy to help the Faculty of Arts kick off the new academic year with a special event on Karl Marx. 2018 is the bicentennial of Marx’s birth, so we’ve invited noted Marx biographer Gareth Stedman Jones, FBA, to give the Centre’s annual Grimm Lecture.

In his groundbreaking 2016 biography Karl Marx: Greatness and Illusion, Stedman Jones (Cambridge University and Queen Mary University of London) separates Marx from Marxism in order to better understand Marx’s original ideas. His lecture, entitled “When Would Capitalism End,” will investigate whether or not Marx believed what would become a central tenet of 20th-century Marxism, namely that capitalism would eventually collapse.

The 2018 Grimm Lecture, “When Would Capitalism End?,” is being held at the CIGI Auditorium (67 Erb Street W., Waterloo) on Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 7pm, followed by a Q&A moderated by Dean of Arts Doug Peers and a reception open to all. More information, resources on Marx, and a link to register can be found at wcgs.ca<http://www.wcgs.ca/>. Please encourage friends, colleagues, and especially students to attend this free event.

The annual Grimm Lecture aims to bring members of the university and wider communities together to learn about a topic of general interest in German studies. Previous speakers have included Timothy Snyder, Alice Kuzniar, and Eric Rentschler. This year’s lecture is co-sponsored by the Balsillie School of International Affairs, the Dean of Arts, and the departments and programs of English Language and Literature, Global Engagement, History, Philosophy, and Sociology and Legal Studies.

We hope you’ll be able to join us!

James Skidmore, Director
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