For a Political Economy of Space and Place

Under capitalism, how does the state organise space in our everyday lives through the streets we walk, the monuments we visit, and the places where we meet?

This lecture will address such issues as part of the Insights 2016: Lecture Series, organised by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and Sydney Ideas at the University of Sydney.

The Insights Series is the University of Sydney’s approach to highlighting the work of newly-promoted or appointed Professors. Often simply called an “Inaugural Lecture”, it is an opportunity to inform colleagues in the University and the general public about one’s research career so far and update colleagues on current and future research directions.

The details for my inaugural lecture, or Insights Lecture, are listed below.

For further information please contact – Kate Macfarlane: kate.macfarlane@sydney.edu.au

Online bookings can also be made HERE

Author: Adam David Morton

Adam David Morton is Professor of Political Economy in the Department of Political Economy at the University of Sydney. He is author of Unravelling Gramsci: Hegemony and Passive Revolution in the Global Political Economy (2007); Revolution and State in Modern Mexico: The Political Economy of Uneven Development (2011), recipient of the 2012 Book Prize of the British International Studies Association (BISA) International Political Economy Group (IPEG); and co-author of Global Capitalism, Global War, Global Crisis (2018) with Andreas Bieler. He co-edits Progress in Political Economy (PPE) with Gareth Bryant that was the recipient of the 2017 International Studies Association (ISA) Online Media Caucus Award for the Best Blog (Group) and the 2018 International Studies Association (ISA) Online Media Caucus Award for Special Achievement in International Studies Online Media.

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