BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 14.4//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Central Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Central Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Central Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:As debt has moved from the margins of capitalism to its center\ , scholars across a range of disciplines have turned to the idea of a gene ralized debt economy and the figure of the indebted person\n to grapple with new forms of exploitation and subjectification within neoliberalism. Pointing to the growing ubiquity of indebtedness across social categories \, across state boundaries\, and across scales\, theorists have sought to understand the mechanisms\n of control exercised through debt and its p ower to generate and multiply inequalities. At the macro-level\, the subor dination of states to global financial markets has privileged the claims o f creditors over citizens. Etienne Balibar characterizes this shift as “th e privatization of profits and the socialization of losses.” Critics\n have also turned their attention to the production of new subjectivities i n a debt economy. Arguing that “debt represents an economic relationship i nseparable from the production of the debtor subject and his ‘morality\,’” Maurizio\n Lazzarato and others have looked at how moral attributions of accountability\, responsibility\, and blame justify inequality and exac t debt repayment from individuals and populations.The difficulty of organi zing around debt has challenged theorists of the debt economy. In response \, calls for the cancellation of “odious debts” and for debt refusal have emerged from the World Social Forum and from Occupy Wall Street campaigns. Equally powerful have been calls for political and legislative struggles to regulate financial speculation and a recommitment to a political vision centered on public goods and the principle of the commons.This symposium brings together legal scholars\, historians\, anthropologists\, literary s cholars\, and education theorists to explore the politics of debt and debt resistance.Co-Sponsored by the Dept. of History\, Dept. of Sociology\, an d the Graduate CollegeSCHEDULE:9:00-9:20 am: \;Coffee and pastries9:20 am: Opening remarks\, Susan Koshy (Director\, Unit for Criticism)9:30—11: 00 am: The Historiography of DebtLouis Hyman \;(Labor and Industrial R elations\, \;Cornell U)\, \;“From Personal Credit to Market Debt: How Loans Became Commodities”Janet Roitman \;(Anthropology\, \;New School)\, \;“From Debt Crisis to Anti-Crisis”Chair: Emanuel Rota (Fre nch &\; Italian/History)11:00-11:15 am: Coffee Break11:15-12:45pm: Debt and the Radical ImaginationRichard Dienst \;(English\, Rutgers U)\, " Debt and Utopia"Hannah Appel \;(Anthropology\, UCLA)\, "From Debtor's Prisons to Debtor's Unions: Direct Action Under Finance Capitalism"Chair: Jessica Greenberg (Anthropology)12:45-2:00 pm: LUNCH2:00-3:30 pm: The Prod uctivity of DebtMartha Poon \;(Data &\; Society Research Institute) \, "Microsoft’s Pivot"Miranda Joseph \;(Gender &\; Women’s Studies\ , \;U of Arizona)\, "Performative Accounting of Debt\, Time\, and Labo r in the Financialized University"Chair: Susan Koshy (English/Asian Americ an Studies)3:30-3:45 pm: Coffee Break4:00-5:15 pm: Credit Karma: Student D ebt and BankruptcyChris Higgins (Education)\; Robert Lawless (Law)\; Gus W ood (History)Moderator: Faranak Miraftab (Urban &\; Regional Planning)C ost: FreeContact: Roman Friedman217-333-2581unitraroman@gmail.comSponsor: Unit for Criticism DTEND:20170310T150000Z DTSTAMP:20260413T171603Z DTSTART:20170310T150000Z LOCATION:IL\,USA\,Champaign\,Gregory Hall\, Room 223 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:The Debt Economy UID:RFCALITEM639116793638513147 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

As debt has moved from the margins of capitalism to i ts center\, scholars across a range of disciplines have turned to the idea of a generalized debt economy and the figure of the indebted person\n to grapple with new forms of exploitation and subjectification within neol iberalism. Pointing to the growing ubiquity of indebtedness across social categories\, across state boundaries\, and across scales\, theorists have sought to understand the mechanisms\n of control exercised through debt and its power to generate and multiply inequalities.

At the macro- level\, the subordination of states to global financial markets has privil eged the claims of creditors over citizens. Etienne Balibar characterizes this shift as “the privatization of profits and the socialization of losse s.” Critics\n have also turned their attention to the production of new subjectivities in a debt economy. Arguing that “debt represents an econom ic relationship inseparable from the production of the debtor subject and his ‘morality\,’” Maurizio\n Lazzarato and others have looked at how mo ral attributions of accountability\, responsibility\, and blame justify in equality and exact debt repayment from individuals and populations.

The difficulty of organizing around debt has challenged theorists of the debt economy. In r esponse\, calls for the cancellation of “odious debts” and for debt refusa l have emerged from the World Social Forum and from Occupy Wall Street cam paigns. Equally powerful have been calls for political and legislative str uggles to regulate financial speculation and a recommitment to a political vision centered on public goods and the principle of the commons.

This symposium brings together legal scholars\, historians\, ant hropologists\, literary scholars\, and education theorists to explore the politics of debt and debt resistance.

Co-Sponsored by the Dept. of H istory\, Dept. of Sociology\, and the Graduate College

SCHEDULE:

9:00-9:20 am: \;Cof fee and pastries

9:20 am: Opening remarks\, Susan K oshy (Director\, Unit for Criticism)

9:30—11:00 am: The Historio graphy of Debt

Louis Hyman&nb sp\;(Labor and Industrial Relations\, \;Cornell U)\, \;“From Personal Credit to Market Debt: How Loans Became Commodities”

Janet Roitman \;(Anthropology\, \;New School )\, \;“From Debt Crisis to Anti- Crisis”

Chair: Emanuel Rota (Frenc h &\; Italian/History)

11:00-11:15 am: Coffee Break

11:15-12:45pm: Debt and the Radical Imagination

Richard Dienst \;(English\, Ru tgers U)\, "Debt an d Utopia"

Hannah Appel \;(Anthropology\, UCLA)\, "From Debtor's Prisons to Debtor's Unions: Direct Action Und er Finance Capitalism"

Chair: Jessica Greenberg (Anthropology)

12:45-2:00 pm: LUNCH

2:00-3:30 pm: The Productivity of Debt

Martha Poon \;(Data &\; Society Research Institute)\, "Microsoft’s Pivot"

Miranda Joseph \;(Gend er &\; Women’s Studies\, \;U of Arizona)\, "Performative Accounting of Debt\, Time\, a nd Labor in the Financialized University"

Chair: Susan Koshy (English/Asian American Studies)

3:30-3:45 pm: Co ffee Break

4:00-5:15 pm: Credit Karma: Student Debt and Bankru ptcy

Chris Higgins (Education)\; Robert Lawless (Law)\; Gus Wo od (History)

Moderator: Faranak Miraftab (Urban &\; Regional Planning)

Cost:

< p>Free

Contact:< /span>

Roman Friedman

217-333-2581
unitraroman@gmail.com

Unit for Criticism

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