April – July 2025
Thu, 17 April 25 @ 4:00 PM
Introduction Chapter
📍Rooms 713-714, 100 Leicester Street
📖 Valdez, I. (2023). Introduction. In Democracy and Empire: Labor, Nature, and the Reproduction of Capitalism(pp. 1–26). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Access PDF here]
Tue 29 April 25 @ 4:00 PM
Chapter 1: Empire, Popular Sovereignty, and the Problem of Self-and-Other-Determination
📍Rooms 814-815, 100 Leicester Street
📖 Valdez, I. (2023). Empire, Popular Sovereignty, and the Problem of Self-and-Other-Determination. In Democracy and Empire: Labor, Nature, and the Reproduction of Capitalism (pp. 29–59). Cambridge University Press. [Access PDF here]
Wed 14 May 25 @ 4:00 PM
Chapter 2: Socialism and Empire: Labor Mobility, Popular Sovereignty, and the Genesis of Racial Regimes
📍Rooms 713-714, 100 Leicester Street
📖 Valdez, I. (2023). Socialism and Empire: Labor Mobility, Popular Sovereignty, and the Genesis of Racial Regimes. In Democracy and Empire: Labor, Nature, and the Reproduction of Capitalism (pp. 60–92). Cambridge University Press. [Access PDF here]
Thu 29 May 25 @ 4:00 PM
Chapter 3: The Brown Family and Social Reproduction in US Capitalism
📍Rooms 713-714, 100 Leicester Street
📖 Valdez, I. (2023). The Brown Family and Social Reproduction in US Capitalism. In Democracy and Empire: Labor, Nature, and the Reproduction of Capitalism (pp. 95–132). Cambridge University Press. [Access PDF here]
Wed 11 June 25 @ 4:00 PM
Chapter 4: Techno-Racism, Manual Labor, and Du Bois’s Ecological Critique
📍Rooms 713-714, 100 Leicester Street
📖 Valdez, I. (2023). Techno-Racism, Manual Labor, and Du Bois’s Ecological Critique. In Democracy and Empire: Labor, Nature, and the Reproduction of Capitalism (pp. 133–166). Cambridge University Press. [Access PDF here]
Tue 24 June 25 @ 4:00 PM
Chapter 5: Anti-Imperial Popular Sovereignty and the Politics of Transnational Solidarity
📍Rooms 713-714, 100 Leicester Street
📖 Valdez, I. (2023). Anti-Imperial Popular Sovereignty and the Politics of Transnational Solidarity. In Democracy and Empire: Labor, Nature, and the Reproduction of Capitalism (pp. 169–192). Cambridge University Press. [Access PDF here]
Wed 9 July 25 @ 4:00 PM
Conclusion: Empire, Settler Colonialism, and Grounded Solidarities
📍Rooms 713-714, 100 Leicester Street
📖 Valdez, I. (2023). Conclusion: Empire, Settler Colonialism, and Grounded Solidarities. In Democracy and Empire: Labor, Nature, and the Reproduction of Capitalism (pp. 193–206). Cambridge University Press. [Access PDF here]
