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Historical Materialism Journal

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

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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The Home Office has blocked Andreas Malm from entering the UK. Politicians, academics, writers and artists have condemned the decision. Full story here: tribunemag.co.uk/2026/10/and…
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Verso Books condemns the Labour government’s decision to ban one of our leading authors, Andreas Malm, from entering the United Kingdom. versobooks.com/blogs/news/a-…
A statement in response to Andreas Malm being denied entry into the Un

A statement in response to Andreas Malm being denied entry into the Un

Verso Books is shocked and disturbed by the Labour government’s decision to ban one of our leading authors, Andreas Malm, from entering the United Kingdom. Never in over 55 years of publishing has a...

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Toutes les informations concernant la conférence "Historical Materialism Paris - Conjurer la catastrophe" du 25 au 28 juin 2025 à Paris Dauphine.

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Historical Materialism Conference London 2026 Book Launch Voices against Putin’s war
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New online Sergio Zulian and Maurizion Atzeni: Between Class, Migration and Labour Politics: Organising Precarious Workers at ADL-Cobas Grassroots Union historicalmaterialism.org/ar…
Between Class, Migration and Labour Politics: Organising Precarious Workers at ADL-Cobas Grassroots...

Between Class, Migration and Labour Politics: Organising Precarious Workers at ADL-Cobas Grassroots...

Every day I learn from the bad and the good things … we have to be both a union and a social movement and, most importantly, perceive ourselves and our organisational form also as a limit.

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Reminder: time is running out (2 November) to register for the HM London Conference! historicalmaterialism.org/ev…
Twenty-third Annual Conference - Registration is open - Historical Materialism

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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Now Online: Video of book launch of Inverted World: Fetish and Mystification in Marx’s Critique of Political Economy with Clara Ramas San Miguel, Arash Abazari, Luciana Cadahia, and Rocío Zambrana youtube.com/watch?v=eyTlc8mw…
Inverted World (with Clara Ramas San Miguel, Arash Abazari, Luciana Cadahia, and Rocío Zambrana)

Inverted World (with Clara Ramas San Miguel, Arash Abazari, Luciana Cadahia, and Rocío Zambrana)

Why does capitalism appear as an opaque totality in which human bei...

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At Historical Materialism London: Sat 7 Nov, 11:30 – Pessimism Sun 8 Nov, 11:30 – A New Revolutionary Imagination Two connected roundtables moving from Benjamin’s organize pessimism to questions of art, revolution and the impossible escape. @histmat
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Historical Materialism Conference London 2026 Book Launch Georges Labica, Marxism and the Status of Philosophy
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Historical Materialism Conference London 2026 Book Launch Nicholas Helm-Grovas, Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen. Towards Counter-Cinema
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Historical Materialism Conference London 2026 Book Launch Rose-Anne Gush, Artistic Labour of the Body
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Historical Materialism Conference London 2026 Book Launch Panagiotis Sotiris, Hegemony, Strategy, Organisation. Reading Gramsci Today
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Historical Materialism Conference London 2026 Book Launch Cody R. Melcher, Olivier Maheo, and Esther Cyna (eds): Class, Race, and the US South. American Politics and Society through the Lens of Michael Goldfield's Work
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Historical Materialism Conference London 2026 Book Launch Elia Zaru, From the Factory to the World. The Global Marxism of Antonio Negri
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HM Book Series forthcoming title Rick Kuhn: Socialist Politics in and after Imperial Austria (1874–1921). Nationalism, Reform, Revolution and Class Struggle historicalmaterialism.org/bo…
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In honour of the recently deceased Chris Wickham, the following articles are freely available for a limited period of time: Productive Forces and the Economic Logic of the Feudal Mode of Production Author: Chris Wickham brill.com/view/journals/hima…
Productive Forces and the Economic Logic of the Feudal Mode of Production

Productive Forces and the Economic Logic of the Feudal Mode of Production

Abstract This article returns to the debate about the relative importance of the productive forces and the relations of production in the feudal mode of production. It argues, using western medieval...

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The Problems of Comparison Author: Chris Wickham brill.com/view/journals/hima…
The Problems of Comparison

The Problems of Comparison

Abstract This essay replies to the various criticisms made of Framing the Early Middle Ages (2005). It concedes a number of points relating to the importance of ideologies, the distinction between...

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Peasant-Based Societies in Chris Wickham’s Thought Author: Carlos Astarita brill.com/view/journals/hima…
Peasant-Based Societies in Chris Wickham’s Thought

Peasant-Based Societies in Chris Wickham’s Thought

Abstract This engagement with Chris Wickham’s Framing the Early Middle Ages argues that Germanic kings settled as political authorities in fiscal lands, and granted districts to some of the loyal...

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Land and Power from Roman Britain to Anglo-Saxon England? Author: John Moreland brill.com/view/journals/hima…
Land and Power from Roman Britain to Anglo-Saxon England?

Land and Power from Roman Britain to Anglo-Saxon England?

Abstract Archaeology, and in particular the study of ceramics, lies at the heart of the interpretive schemes that underpin Framing the Early Middle Ages. While this is to be welcomed, it is proposed...

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Agency and Ethics, Past and Present Author: Kelvin Knight brill.com/view/journals/hima…
Agency and Ethics, Past and Present

Agency and Ethics, Past and Present

Abstract Chris Wickham’s work appears to be motivated by an implicit ethic of ‘protagonism’ or praxis. This essay attempts to explicate that ethic. It argues that his work indicates why and how...

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