Online Lecture Series with Prof. Steven Colatrella

Dal 17.04.2020 al 15.05.2020

Online Lecture Series with Prof. Steven Colatrella
The Future of Capitalism in the United States and Europe

April 17, 2020
MEETING ZOOM ID: 356-906-408

Morning Session: 10:00 - 13:00
What Is, and Isn’t, Capitalism?

Afternoon Session: 14:00 - 17:00
The Real Differences Between Capitalism in the US and in Europe (and why they are not what you think)


April 24, 2020
MEETING ZOOM ID: 356-906-408

Morning Session: 10:00 - 13:00
Why Is There No Socialism in Europe: The Four Sisters Part 1 - the Rise of a First Among Equals: Why the EU Used to Work Better and Now Has a Structural Flaw

Afternoon Session: 14:00 - 17:00
War and Peace in Europe: The Four Sisters Part 2 - What Has Really Kept the Peace Among Major Powers in Europe since 1945?


May 8, 2020
MEETING ZOOM ID: 356-906-408

Morning Session: 10.00 - 13.00
The Green New Deal, Class Composition and a Different Kind of Revolution

Afternoon Session: 14:00 - 17:00
The Working Class, The Professional-Managerial Class, Neoliberal Globalization and the Corporation - Is Civilization Stuck?


May 15, 2020
MEETING ZOOM ID: 356-906-408

Morning Session: 10:00 - 13:00
Taking James Madison Seriously, and The Eighteenth Brumaire of Just About Everybody: How to Reverse and Prevent the Rise of Authoritarian Governments Around the World Today

Afternoon Session: 14:00 - 17:00
Why Global Governance is Failing: Meditations on Inequality, Hegemony, the rise of China and the Historical Tendency of Capital Accumulation in Volumes 1 and 3 of Marx’s Capital

 

Steven Colatrella teaches International Politics as an adjunct professor for the University of Padua, and also teaches courses on Government and on Organizations for the University of Maryland Global Campus and for Boston College in Parma.  He is the author of several articles on capitalism, global governance, and politics in Europe and the United States.