Visiting Scholars Program Lecture Series - The Origins of Western Marxism & the Colonial Question
A lecture by Gabriel Rockhill, Villanova University
Event Details
Date
Friday, November 6, 2026
Time
2-3:30 p.m.
Location
Description
Gabriel Rockhill is a philosopher, cultural critic, and activist. He is the Founding Director of the Critical Theory Workshop, Professor of Philosophy and Global Interdisciplinary Studies at Villanova University, Director of the Cultural Studies Program at Villanova, and Research Associate at the Laboratoire d’anthropologie politique – LAP (EHESS Paris). He is the author or editor of twelve books, including Who Paid the Pipers of Western Marxism? (Monthly Review Press, 2025).
Cost
Free
Contact
Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please call 608-772-4103 or email pagac@wisc.edu to make a disability-related accommodation request. Requests should be made by Friday, October 23, 2026, though reasonable effort will be made to support late accommodation requests.