Annual Lecture feat. Adam Hanieh!

All are invited to join us for the annual Leo Panitch Winter Lecture! We are honoured to welcome esteemed author and academic Adam Hanieh back to Toronto to deliver this year’s talk. This event marks the fourth edition of the school’s annual lecture, held in the memory of the late Leo Panitch.

Adam Hanieh will discuss how understanding oil’s place in world capitalism is key to grasping geopolitical dynamics and global finance, reviving vital climate struggles, and challenging the structural interests underpinning the system itself. He will also explore the connections between our fossil-fuel centred world and the contemporary politics of Palestine and the wider Middle East.

At a time when the world’s attention is being pulled in myriad directions by ongoing genocide, threats of war, economic instability, and rising authoritarianism, the role that resources such as oil play in global politics often go under-noticed. Amidst this chaos, governments and capital are massively expanding fossil fuel investment, leaving us to face a worldwide ecological crisis that is set to only hasten in the coming years.

Oil itself is woven into the fabric of this modern world in obvious but also surprising ways. Much more than an energy source or transport fuel, oil has a foundational place in all aspects of contemporary life - no challenge to the fossil fuel industry can be effective without taking this fact seriously. Oil greases the wheels of global capitalism. The world’s oil and gas trade is also rapidly changing, bringing with it shifting economic interdependencies across the Middle East and East Asia.

Space is limited! Make sure to save your spot today!

Those in attendance are warmly invited to gather after the lecture to socialize and continue the discussion. Complementary refreshments will be on offer. Beverages, merch, and literature will be available with all proceeds going to the LPSSE’s educational programming!

Featuring

Adam Hanieh is Professor in Development Studies at SOAS, University of London, and Director of the SOAS Middle East Institute. He specialises in the political economy of energy, oil, and capitalism in the Middle East, and is the author of Crude Capitalism.

Additional speakers, participating organizations and cosponsors to be announced in the coming weeks!

Would your org like to support this event? Please contact us at info@leopanitchschool.ca

Accessibility

College Street United Church is located at College and Bathurst in Toronto. The building is wheelchair accessible and features multiple accessible, gender neutral washrooms.

We kindly ask all attendees to refrain from wearing scented products at Leo Panitch School events.

Any questions or requests regarding accessibility, participation, or programming can be directed to info@leopanitchschool.ca.