This two-day conference, organized by the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, Institute for Comparative Modernities, and Polson Institute for Global Development, brings together an interdisciplinary group of scholars conducting innovative research on the topic of racial capitalism across the globe.

Anchored around Cedric Robinson’s two central claims—on the role of bonded labor in the development of capitalism and a world-consciousness rooted in African worlds—this conference is convened to spark conversation on the wider applicability of the term racial capitalism to understand current global articulations of capital and labor, and the emancipatory possibilities they may harbor.

Program

Saturday, April 22, 2023 | Africana Studies & Research Center Multipurpose room

10:30 a.m. —12:30 p.m. Panel Three | Abolitions: Debts, Borders, Empire

Moderator: Amiel Bize (Cornell University)

Panelists:

Jodi Kim (University of California, Riverside)

Aly Wane (Immigrant Justice Network, Syracuse Peace Council)

Carla Hung (Cornell University)

Discussant: Russell Rickford (Cornell University)

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1:00—3:00 p.m. Afternoon Breakout sessions

The breakout sessions offer a chance for Cornell students to meet with participants in small groups. Conversation topics will be guided by participants’ research interests and conference discussions. Two sessions per hour will run simultaneously.

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See Day One