The Legacy of Karl Marx

Kanagawa University is holding the special lecture by Janos Kornai,
a Permanent Fellow of Collegium Budapest and an Emeritus Professor of
Harvard University, and the international symposium on "The Legacy of
Karl Marx" on December 6, 2008. The special lecture and the symposium
are being organized by the Institute of Economics and Foreign Trade
under the sponsorship of Kanagawa University.

Date and time: Saturday, December 6, 2008, 13:00-17:30

Place: Selest Hall, Building No 16, Kanagawa University, Yokohama, Japan

Access map is available at: http://www.kanagawa-u.ac.jp/english/access.html


Special Lecture by Janos Kornai: 13:00-14:10

"Marx through the Eyes of an Eastern European Intellectual"


Symposium: 14:30-17:30

BIDET, Jacques (Paris 10 University): "Actuality of Marx?"

KIM, Soo Haeng (Sung Kong Hoe University, Korea): "Marx's Emphasis
on Industrial Capital rather than Financial Capital"

KRÄTKE, Michael (Amsterdam University): "Marx's Actuality; The
Transformations of Capitalism as a World System"

YUWEN, Li (Peking University): "The Birth of Marxist Poetic
Philosophy and its Intention"

KUBO, Shunich (Tohoku University, Japan)/ HECKER, Rolf (Berlin
Brandenburg Academy of Sciences)/ HUEBNER, Hans (Librarian, Germany):
"Marx in Caricature"


* Admission is free and there will be simultaneous interpretation in
English and Japanese.

** For further information about the symposium, please contact Masashi
Izumo (>>[log in to unmask]<<).

***The symposium seminar for academic scholars and students on "MEGA
and Marx" will be held on December 5, 2008. The following speakers
are expected to participate.


Date and time: Friday, December 5, 2008, 13:30-17:30

Place: Room 804, Building No 1, Kanagawa University


HECKER, Rolf (Berlin Brandenburg Academy of Sciences)

OTANI, Teinosuke (Hosei University, Emeritus Professor, Japan)

TAKENAGA Susumu (Daito Bunka University, Japan)

TAIRAKO Tomonaga (Hitotsubashi University)

AKAMA Michio (Ehime University)



AKAMA Michio