Historical Materialism Journal
@histmat.bsky.social
Historical Materialism is the leading journal of critical Marxist theory and research. Based at the University of London, published by De Gruyter Brill, appearing quarterly.
https://www.historicalmaterialism.org/
https://www.historicalmaterialism.org/
Looking forward to next year's plenary, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social!
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November 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Looking forward to next year's plenary, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social!
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Free copies of the journal until we are out of stock!
November 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Free copies of the journal until we are out of stock!
Happening now!
November 6, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Happening now!
We also have cheap back issues of the journal and hardback copies of the book series. Get in there quick!
November 6, 2025 at 8:28 AM
We also have cheap back issues of the journal and hardback copies of the book series. Get in there quick!
Comrades, we have a merch table...
November 6, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Comrades, we have a merch table...
Now online: 'Young Marx and the Wood-Theft Debates in Prussian Rhineland in the Early Nineteenth Century' by Kaan Kangal – and featuring this nineteenth-century caricature of Marx as Prometheus bound to a printing machine, published in the Rheinische Zeitung.
Essay: brill.com/view/journal...
Essay: brill.com/view/journal...
August 28, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Now online: 'Young Marx and the Wood-Theft Debates in Prussian Rhineland in the Early Nineteenth Century' by Kaan Kangal – and featuring this nineteenth-century caricature of Marx as Prometheus bound to a printing machine, published in the Rheinische Zeitung.
Essay: brill.com/view/journal...
Essay: brill.com/view/journal...
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Issue 32.4 of Historical Materialism publishes a symposium on Domenico Losurdo's *Nietzsche, the Aristocratic Rebel* and includes a translation of Losurdo's 'Nietzsche, Philosopher of Reaction'.
For the online edition, visit: brill.com/view/journal....
Issue 32.4 of Historical Materialism publishes a symposium on Domenico Losurdo's *Nietzsche, the Aristocratic Rebel* and includes a translation of Losurdo's 'Nietzsche, Philosopher of Reaction'.
For the online edition, visit: brill.com/view/journal....
May 29, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Look what the post brought!
Issue 32.4 of Historical Materialism publishes a symposium on Domenico Losurdo's *Nietzsche, the Aristocratic Rebel* and includes a translation of Losurdo's 'Nietzsche, Philosopher of Reaction'.
For the online edition, visit: brill.com/view/journal....
Issue 32.4 of Historical Materialism publishes a symposium on Domenico Losurdo's *Nietzsche, the Aristocratic Rebel* and includes a translation of Losurdo's 'Nietzsche, Philosopher of Reaction'.
For the online edition, visit: brill.com/view/journal....
Many thanks to everyone who attended this year's Historical Materialism Athens conference, 'Organising in the Capitalocene: Labour and the Struggle against Disaster and Genocide'.
Now to send us your abstracts for the London conference!
Now to send us your abstracts for the London conference!
April 28, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Many thanks to everyone who attended this year's Historical Materialism Athens conference, 'Organising in the Capitalocene: Labour and the Struggle against Disaster and Genocide'.
Now to send us your abstracts for the London conference!
Now to send us your abstracts for the London conference!
Artist, comrade, and long-time visual contributor to the Historical Materialism project, David Mabb, has produced another great conference poster.
April 4, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Artist, comrade, and long-time visual contributor to the Historical Materialism project, David Mabb, has produced another great conference poster.
Now announced: Historical Materialism Athens 2025, 'Organizing in the Capitalocene: Labor and the Struggle Against Disaster and Genocide'.
The full CfP and details can be found here: hmathens.org
The full CfP and details can be found here: hmathens.org
November 18, 2024 at 10:32 AM
Now announced: Historical Materialism Athens 2025, 'Organizing in the Capitalocene: Labor and the Struggle Against Disaster and Genocide'.
The full CfP and details can be found here: hmathens.org
The full CfP and details can be found here: hmathens.org
A big thank you to the >1,000 comrades that joined us over the last days for this year's Historical Materialism annual conference. Four days of extensive and comradely debate on every facet of critical Marxist theory.
Now, let's start planning next year!
Now, let's start planning next year!
November 11, 2024 at 9:54 AM
A big thank you to the >1,000 comrades that joined us over the last days for this year's Historical Materialism annual conference. Four days of extensive and comradely debate on every facet of critical Marxist theory.
Now, let's start planning next year!
Now, let's start planning next year!
Greetings from Cluj!
August 29, 2024 at 9:09 AM
Greetings from Cluj!
Polycrisis Across Divides.
Day one of the Historical Materialism conference in Cluj-Napoca, organised with Babeș Bolyai University and Transit.ro/cluj as part of the Philse Project, kicks off today. Further details can be found on the programme: hmcluj2024.conference.ubbcluj.ro/wp-content/u....
Day one of the Historical Materialism conference in Cluj-Napoca, organised with Babeș Bolyai University and Transit.ro/cluj as part of the Philse Project, kicks off today. Further details can be found on the programme: hmcluj2024.conference.ubbcluj.ro/wp-content/u....
August 29, 2024 at 8:18 AM
Polycrisis Across Divides.
Day one of the Historical Materialism conference in Cluj-Napoca, organised with Babeș Bolyai University and Transit.ro/cluj as part of the Philse Project, kicks off today. Further details can be found on the programme: hmcluj2024.conference.ubbcluj.ro/wp-content/u....
Day one of the Historical Materialism conference in Cluj-Napoca, organised with Babeș Bolyai University and Transit.ro/cluj as part of the Philse Project, kicks off today. Further details can be found on the programme: hmcluj2024.conference.ubbcluj.ro/wp-content/u....
Historical Materialism Istanbul 2024 begins in just a few days' time. Looking forward to seeing you there!
Further details, including registration, can be found here: historicalmaterialismistanbul2024.net.
Further details, including registration, can be found here: historicalmaterialismistanbul2024.net.
April 2, 2024 at 9:58 AM
Historical Materialism Istanbul 2024 begins in just a few days' time. Looking forward to seeing you there!
Further details, including registration, can be found here: historicalmaterialismistanbul2024.net.
Further details, including registration, can be found here: historicalmaterialismistanbul2024.net.
We have now made freely available the preprint edition of our forthcoming special issue dedicated to 'Marxism and the Critique of Antisemitism'. The result of several years' work and research, all the articles can be found on our website here: www.historicalmaterialism.org/special-issu....
December 18, 2023 at 11:21 AM
We have now made freely available the preprint edition of our forthcoming special issue dedicated to 'Marxism and the Critique of Antisemitism'. The result of several years' work and research, all the articles can be found on our website here: www.historicalmaterialism.org/special-issu....
Thank you to the 600 presenters and 800+ people that came to this year's Historical Materialism London conference. Lots of spirited and comradely critical debate over the four packed days.
Now that we have had the morning off, it must be time to start planning for next year!
Now that we have had the morning off, it must be time to start planning for next year!
November 13, 2023 at 1:19 PM
Thank you to the 600 presenters and 800+ people that came to this year's Historical Materialism London conference. Lots of spirited and comradely critical debate over the four packed days.
Now that we have had the morning off, it must be time to start planning for next year!
Now that we have had the morning off, it must be time to start planning for next year!
Last few hour left to register for this year's Historical Materialism conference Join us, comrades!
November 6, 2023 at 7:14 AM
Last few hour left to register for this year's Historical Materialism conference Join us, comrades!
Just two days left to register for this year's Historical Materialism conference. You can register here using PayPal: conference.historicalmaterialism.org/event/5/regi... and find the latest copy of the programme here: tinyurl.com/2p8fcmk9.
We look forward to seeing you for some spirited debate!
We look forward to seeing you for some spirited debate!
November 4, 2023 at 11:26 AM
Just two days left to register for this year's Historical Materialism conference. You can register here using PayPal: conference.historicalmaterialism.org/event/5/regi... and find the latest copy of the programme here: tinyurl.com/2p8fcmk9.
We look forward to seeing you for some spirited debate!
We look forward to seeing you for some spirited debate!
Comrades, just one week until our twentieth annual conference, which takes place at SOAS in London between 9–12 November. Online registration closes next week and a full programme will be made public very shortly.
www.historicalmaterialism.org/blog/registr...
www.historicalmaterialism.org/blog/registr...
October 30, 2023 at 11:00 AM
Comrades, just one week until our twentieth annual conference, which takes place at SOAS in London between 9–12 November. Online registration closes next week and a full programme will be made public very shortly.
www.historicalmaterialism.org/blog/registr...
www.historicalmaterialism.org/blog/registr...