<div dir="ltr"><div><br clear="all"></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-decoration-style:solid;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="georgia, serif"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">Dear all,</span><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-decoration-style:solid;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="georgia, serif"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)"> </span><span style="color:black"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-decoration-style:solid;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.847);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="georgia, serif"><font color="#000000" size="2">At the next Critical Antiquities Workshop, we are pleased to host </font><b style="color:black">Prof. Peter Fenves (Northwestern University)</b><font color="#000000" size="2">, who will deliver</font><b style="color:black"> </b><font color="#000000" size="2">his paper, “The Many Things Happening around Marx</font><font color="#000000" size="2">’</font><font color="#000000" size="2">s Dissertation</font><span style="color:black">”.</span><font size="2"><span style="color:black"></span></font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-decoration-style:solid;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:black"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-decoration-style:solid;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="georgia, serif"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">Here is the abstract:</span><span style="color:black"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-decoration-style:solid;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="georgia, serif"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)"> </span><span style="color:black"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-decoration-style:solid;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-decoration-style:solid;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></p><p style="text-decoration-style:solid;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;line-height:normal;margin:0px"><font face="georgia, serif"><span style="color:rgb(16,16,17)">The aim of this talk is to identify and discuss the many things that are happening not only in the dissertation Marx submitted to the University of Jena but also in the extant notes he developed both in preparation for, and in reflection on, this project from around 1839 to 1841.  The basic theme pursued in the dissertation is the distinction between the original form of Greek atomism, represented by Democritus, and i</span><span style="color:rgb(16,16,17)">ts derivative—or, alternatively, completed—form, which is seen to take shape in Epicurus’ writings.  Marx seems to have been drawn to this theme from two primary impulses: an interest in materialism, which would obviously represent a challenge to German idealism in general, and an interest in the predicament of those who are forced to live in the shadow of a totalizing philosopher—after Aristotle in the case of Epicurus, after Hegel in Marx’s own case.  The dissertation and its surrounding notes are, moreover, concerned with many more things, some of which return in Marx’s work in surprising ways.</span><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-decoration-style:solid;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="georgia, serif"><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-decoration-style:solid;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="georgia, serif"><span style="color:black">--</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-decoration-style:solid;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="georgia, serif"><span style="color:black"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-decoration-style:solid;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="georgia, serif"><span style="color:black">This event will be held in a hybrid format in </span><span style="color:black">the </span><b>Kevin Lee Seminar Room</b><span style="color:black"> at the University of Sydney and on Zoom on <b>Wednesday, June 3, 10:00 am - 12:00 noon (Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne time)</b>. </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-decoration-style:solid;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="georgia, serif"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)"> </span><span style="color:black"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-decoration-style:solid;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="georgia, serif"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">Here is the time in other locations:</span><span style="color:black"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-decoration-style:solid;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="georgia, serif"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)"> </span><span style="color:black"></span></font></p><ul type="disc" style="text-decoration-style:solid;margin:0cm 0px;padding-left:2em"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="georgia, serif"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Los Angeles/Vancouver: </span><b>Tuesday, June 2, 5:00-7:00 pm</b></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="georgia, serif"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Chicago/Mexico City: </span><b>Tuesday, <b> June 2,</b> 7:00-9:00 pm</b></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="georgia, serif"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">New York: </span><b>Tuesday, <b> June 2</b>, 8:00-10:00 pm</b></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="georgia, serif"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Santiago/Buenos Aires/Rio de Janeiro: </span><b>Tuesday, <b> June 2</b>, 8:00-10:00 pm</b></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="georgia, serif">Dublin/Belfast/London: <b>Wednesday, <b> June 3</b>, 1:00-3:00 am</b></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="georgia, serif">Paris/Berlin/Rome: <b>Wednesday, <b><b>June 3</b></b>, 2:00-4:00 am</b> </font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="georgia, serif">Johannesburg/Athens/Cairo: <b>Wednesday, <b><b><b>June 3</b></b>,</b> 3:00-5:00 am</b></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="georgia, serif"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initia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