We are starting our long-awaited reading group on Mikhail Bakhtin and his book Rabelais and His World. These meetings will be limited in number and will not be entirely online but will include public lectures. The group will meet 12 times during 2024/25, on the last Thursday of each month.
During the first hour, a guest speaker will join, opening the session to anyone who would like to participate online. A Q&A will follow the guest speaker’s presentation. Afterward, participants of the reading group will discuss chapters of Bakhtin’s book among themselves online via Zoom. Each part will last 60 minutes, for a total of 120 minutes.
On October 31st, we are hosting a reading group by Zoom about one of David Graeber’s favorite books. The book is Mikhail Bakhtin’s Rabelais and His World.
Peter Sahlins, the author of Forest Rites: The War of the Demoiselles in Nineteenth-Century France will be our guest speaker for the first hour of the event.
Since the meeting will be held on October 31st, which is Halloween, we invite everyone to dress up for the occasion and to Zoom in from in-person parties.
Consider whether you can commit to not missing any reading session or public talk throughout the year. If you decide that you can dedicate this time, please email us at info@davidgraeber.org and research@davidgraeber.org as soon as possible.