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The Workers and Punks University

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The Workers and Punks University in Ljubljana, capital of Slovenia, is an educational project that since 1998[1] each year from November to May on a topic selected by the WPU board runs a series of lectures based on social theories critical towards neoliberalism, including World-systems theory, applying selected, but not all, Marxian concepts to understand Slovenia as peripheral country, such as the theoretical work of Antonio Negri, Andre Gunder Frank,[2] with participation from notable international academics,[3] including British geographer David Harvey from City University of New York and philosopher Peter Hudis[4] from Oakton Community College, British economist Michael Roberts,[5] economist Joachim Becker from Institute for International Economics and Development Department at the Vienna University of Economics,[6] Dutch economist Angela Wigger[7] from the Radboud University Nijmegen.

Lecture topics by years

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The topics by years were:[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Workers' Punk University - Culture of Slovenia". Culture.si. 2012-07-13. Retrieved 2012-09-16.
  2. ^ a b Jela Krečič: Razredni boj po razrednem boju, Delo, 16 February 2011
  3. ^ Delavsko-punkerska univerza: Potomci delavcev so ostali delavci in pozabili na punk, Dnevnik, 16 February 2013
  4. ^ A 2013 lecture by Peter Hudis
  5. ^ A 2014 lecture by Michael Roberts
  6. ^ Joachim Becker: "Nujno je treba zavreti poglabljanje neoliberalizma v Evropski uniji, saj je to slepa ulica", Mladina, 23.11.2012
  7. ^ A 2012 lecture by Angela Wigger
  8. ^ "Delavsko-punkerska univerza". Delavske študije. Retrieved 2014-07-02.