Tentative schedule - Marxist Literary Group - Institute on Culture and Society
University of Illinois at Chicago June 13-20, 2001

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13
Registration, 2 pm * Reception* Film, _Bread and Roses_

THURSDAY, JUNE 14
I. Marx Reading Group I, Preface to the _Critique of Political Economy_. (David Shumway)
II. Stewart Acuff on the right to organize under assault
III. Kevin Floyd and others on TA organization
IV. First screening, Third World Film Series

FRIDAY, JUNE 15
I.  Workplace open editorial meeting--all welcome
II. Helena Worthen and Joe Berry on learning pedagogies, teaching labor.
III. David Shumway on Adorno, Crystal Bartolovich on Benjamin
IV. Iris Marion Young on Marcuse
V. Second Screening

SATURDAY, JUNE 16
I. Joel Woller, Kevin Floyd, Tony Alessandrini, and Jean Gregorek on
Marxism and its theoretical others

II. Liza Featherstone and others on corporate universities and sweatshop
organizing
III. Rich Daniels, Marc Bousquet, and Ed Wiltse on the responsibility of
Marxist intellectuals in the academy today
IV. Michael Sprinker student paper award
V. Third Screening

SUNDAY, JUNE 17
I. Business Meeting
II. Doug Henwood, Jamie Daniel, and Maria Elisa Cevasco on the "new
economy"/globalization
III. Reading Group: Linebaugh and Rediker's _The Many Headed Hydra:
Sailors, Slaves, Commoners and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary
Atlantic_ (Fred Pfeil and Jerry Phillips)
IV. Marcus Rediker on _The Many Headed Hydra_
V. Fourth Screening

MONDAY, JUNE 18

I. Marx Reading Group II, General Introduction to and selections from
the _Grundrisse_ (Shumway)
II. Courtney Maloney and Bob Bruno on remembering labor struggle
III. Chicago Day Labor panel
IV. Matt Ruben and Elayne Tobin on images of leftism in film, Don Hedrick
on the political economy of the film trailer

TUESDAY, JUNE 19
I. Phil Goldstein on Marxism and Literary History, John Higgins on the
unsystematic Marx
II. Modhumita Roy, Jamie Daniel, Kanishka Chowdhury, and Nicholas Brown on
third-worldism in film
III. Laura Sullivan and Randy Martin on base and superstructure
IV.  Laura Sullivan on Beautopia

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20
I. Round Table: Feminism and Marxism. (Judy Gardiner, Modhumita Roy, Laura
Sullivan, and others)
II. Matt Ruben, Elayne Tobin and Jerry Phillips on Marxism and urban space,
Wednesday June 20, slot II.
III. TBA
IV. Party

The following are the options we have lined up for lodging while in Chicago,
with both convenience and economy as priorities; details such as contact
information are to be found in earlier messages.

1) The international hostel. Its location is truly fabulous, walking distance from everything and convenient to downtown and the lakefront. I haven't seen the rooms, but Jamie says they're much more pleasant than the dorms. It is also verycheap. If I were visiting Chicago by myself, this is where I would stay. The drawback of this arrangement is that it might be frustrating for
people who are uncomfortable sharing a room with people they may not knowor who want to be with their partners.

The address is 24 East Congress Parkway, almost in Grant Park. Beds are in 6-bed-to-a-room rooms, each room with its own bathroom and shower, they're segregated by sex (sorry--but I know you tenacious MLGers are geniuses at getting around such things!), LINEN IS PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE, and there are laundry facilities and lockers for everyone to use.  It's safe, secure, clean, friendly, etc.
 
Rooms are $24/night if you are an int'l hostel member, $27 if not.  You can take a tour of the place online at their website,
www.hichicago.org.
 
AS SOON AS YOU KNOW WHEN YOU WANT TO BE AT THE INSTITUTE, call THEM at 312-360-0300, or reserve your rooms online at the website address.  You can hold your space with a credit card no., and then pay when you arrive.

2) The dorms are still an option. Say you are attending "the institute on culture and society." Contactthe people at
                       Residence Life West
                       1933 W. Polk St.
                       Chicago, IL 60612
                       phone : 312/355-6300
                       fax: 312/355-6404
                       e-mail: angelau@uic.edu
                       Mailing address:
                            University of Illinois at Chicago
                            Residence Halls
                            700 S. Halsted St., M/C 117
                            Chicago, IL 60607

3) International House of the University of Chicago. By all accounts lovely, but a 30-minute ride by public transportation.

4) There are several hotels nearby. I have heard of people finding rooms at the Travelodge on Harrison street for as little as $89 a night.. I might also suggest checking www.travelocity.com for hotels in proximity to the zip code 60607 (the university) for other choices; anything near an El stop will be fairly convenient, since there is a blue line stop oncampus.

Chicago is a great place to be in the summer, and I look forward to seeing you all in June.

ONCE YOU HAVE DECIDED ON THE DATES YOU CAN COME, email Nicholas Brown (cola@uic.edu) so we know how much coffee, breakfast, room space to plan for.