The double crisis of the university and the global economy

[Info from the people at Mute] Talk: Wednesday 26 November 2008 at 4pm Goldsmiths University of London – Warmington Tower 1210 For a number of weeks in Italy the entire education system – from universities to elementary schools, from students to researchers and from parents to teachers – has been mobilizing. Marches, occupations, demonstrations, pickets [...]

Taiwan talk Dec 14 2008

Culture University Firesale – Sussex 18.11.09

Tuesday 18th Nov 2008 2pm Russell Building 12 Sussex Uni The Anthropology Society welcomes Prof John Hutnyk (Goldsmiths) to present his talk: The Culture University Firesale: Scholarship Ablaze in the Teaching Factory ALL WELCOME

Critique as Ideology: The Dissident Left and Maoists in India

A seminar organised by the Xenos Research Group, Department of Sociology, with the collaboration of the Centre for Postcolonial Studies, Department of Politics The first of two talks on communalism, secularism and the Left in India by Saroj Giri, Xenos Visiting Fellow. (See also Thursday 13 November 2008). Event Information Location: Room 307, Richard Hoggart [...]

Nyx, a Noctournal

Launch Party for Nyx, a Noctournal When: 20 November 2008, 7-11pm Where: upstairs at the Gourmet Bar, 44 Lewisham Way, New Cross, London. In honour of the first issue of the journal Nyx, a Noctournal created by current and former students of the Centre for Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths, University of London. Performances will include readings [...]

No Borders Italian Style (excuse)

BAGAGLIOnoBORDERS Information for 29 November Italia Pulita/Clean Italy Event. BAGAGLIOnoBORDERS is a political/artistic group of Italians, people from Britain and other countries, based in London. It is an anti-sexist, anti-racist and pacifist group. Our aim as Europeans is to raise consciousness among people in the UK of the worrying change in political atmosphere in Italy, [...]

Vote Vote Vote

Its a long time since I looked at the blog stats for Trinketization, but I was provoked to do so by wordpress booster ad page’s calculated posting of words like ‘vote’ yesterday, no doubt catching plenty of traffic not looking for any other material than the obvious. Anyway, the stats page is probably interesting only [...]

Sonic Border Program again

Sonic Border/ Sonic Diaspora/Beyond Text Host: Centre for Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths Monday, 3 November – Rooms 137a and 138 2:30 -3:00 pm Chair: John Hutnyk Julian Henriques ‘ Thinking Through Sound’ 3:00 – 4:00 pm David Graeber. ‘Prisoners of Sound’ 4:00 – 4:20 pm – Coffee and tea break. 4:20-6:30 pm Johannes Anyuru and [...]

Sonic Border on the anniversary of Laika

Sonic Borders begins today at Goldsmiths (draft program here) – can’t sleep because its also the 51st anniversary of the space dog’s lonely death. Also, more favourably as an augur, its the 91st anniversary of the October Revolution – in November. So I should post something about dates and repetition… Instead, typing up some notes [...]