Translating Capital for the 21st Century

Free and open to the public

In person at UMass Amherst or

LIVESTREAM at youtube.com/c/UMassEconomics/live

Karl Marx’s magnum opus Capital, first published in 1867, remains one of the most influential books in the history of economics. A new English translation from the German original was recently published by Princeton University Press. This workshop brings together the book’s translator, Paul Reitter, and editor, Paul North, as well as three leading interpreters of Marx to discuss the significance of Capital for 21st century readers.

PANELISTS:

Paul Reitter: Professor, of German, Ohio State University

Paul North: Maurice Natanson, Professor of German, Yale University

Beverley Best: Professor,of Sociology and Anthropology, Concordia University

E. Ahmet Tonak: Lecturer, Political Science Dept., UMass Amherst

William Clare Roberts: Associate Professor of Political Science, McGill University

The event is presented by PERI and the UMass Amherst Economics Department’s
History and Political Economy Workshop and co-sponsored by The Five College Lecture Fund, STPEC, Amherst College German Dept., and The Labor Center.

For more information, contact Professor John Clegg: jjclegg@umass.edu.