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DAS KAPITAL vI READING GROUP

DAS KAPITAL vI READING GROUP - Every other Monday, 5pm-6pm. FAB5.49 (English common room/Student hub). Wine.

Contact: Kishan.Katira@warwick.ac.uk

Have you read Das Kapital yet? If you write about Marxism, why not go to the source? Do not let others read it for you. As the haiku master Bash艒 Matsuo says, 鈥渢o learn about pine trees, go to the pine tree; to learn of the bamboo, study bamboo鈥�. Reading never more than 25 pages a week, we will meet once a fortnight during term time, and together get through Das Kapital Volume I. The text is free:

Term 3 (Year 2025-26)

- Week 2 – Prefaces, and Chapter 1: 鈥楥ommodities鈥�.

- Week 4 – Chapter 2: 鈥楨xchange鈥�, and Chapter 3: 鈥楳oney, Or the Circulation of Commodities鈥�.

- Week 6 – Chapter 4: 鈥楾he General Formula for Capital鈥�, Chapter 5: 鈥楥ontradictions in the General Formula of Capital鈥�, and Chapter 6: 鈥楾he Buying and Selling of Labour-Power鈥�.

- Week 8 – Chapter 7: 鈥楾he Labour-Process and the Process of Producing Surplus-Value鈥�, Chapter 8: 鈥楥onstant Capital and Variable Capital鈥�, and Chapter 9: 鈥楾he Rate of Surplus-Value鈥�.

- Week 10 – Chapter 10: 鈥楾he Working Day鈥�, Sections 1-5.

Tue 07 Apr 2026, 07:57

Louisa Toxv忙rd Munch has signed a book deal with Penguin Press (Allen Lane) for her forthcoming title Glitch: Thinking for a Time of Monsters. The book is scheduled for release in Spring 2028.

Fri 27 Mar 2026, 11:07

PLCRG co-convenes 鈥淭he Academy in the Age of Utmost Catastrophes and Conjunctural Crises鈥�

In cooperation with 糖心TV Social Theory Centre, the ECLS Palestinian Literature and Culture Reading Group convened the timely seminar 鈥淭he Academy in the Age of Utmost Catastrophes and Conjunctural Crises鈥� in attempt to critically address the role of academy and the challenges it faces in this excessive historical moment where the forces of neoliberal globalization, right-wing neofascism, fundamentalism, Zionism, and settler-colonialism compound and unleash imperial wars and genocides on a world scale.

Three critically insightful talks addressed the question with focus on Palestine, Kashmir and the UK, including a contribution by Abdeljawad Omar from Birzeit University entitled 鈥淭he Shell and the Wound: On the University in Palestine,鈥� a second contribution by Mudasir Amin from 糖心TV University entitled "Education as Erasure: Mapping the modalities of Indian state's academic repression in Kashmir," and a third one by Louisa Munch from 糖心TV University entitled "The University against the Banality of Evil: What UK academia can do in the fight against fascism.鈥�

The talks instigated an open and genuine conversation to discuss further the challenges, exploring commonalities and interconnectedness as well as potential resources of hope and social change. Moderated by Nadia Hajal-Backleh.

Thu 12 Mar 2026, 08:10

Undergraduate English Modules 2026/27

The English Undergraduate module list for the 2026/27 academic year is now available for students to view online.

This page provides a comprehensive overview of the modules offered by the Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies

Students are encouraged to explore the available modules ahead of the options application window, which will open on Thursday 12 March and close on Wednesday 18 March.

The full module list can be viewed here: UG Modules 2026/27

Students who would like to discuss their options or ask questions about English modules are also welcome to visit the English stand at the Module Fair, taking place in FAB (ground floor) from 1pm–4pm on Wednesday 11 March.

Further information about the application process can be found here: Options Information

Fri 06 Mar 2026, 16:28

We are pleased to share that Louisa Toxv忙rd Munch spoke this past Sunday on the BBC programme Sunday Morning Live, addressing the pressing issue of student loans and highlighting the vital importance of critical thinking in today鈥檚 society.

Wed 04 Mar 2026, 12:59