International Political Economy and Ecology
Summer School 2005
July 20-27

Ecology, Imperialism and the Contradictions of Capitalism

Presented by the Faculty of Environmental Studies
and the Department of Political Science
York University, Toronto

Each summer school investigates one salient issue within the
field of international political economy and ecology (IPEE).
IPEE includes the notion of international and transnational
economic relations, and comparative structures of national
political economy and ecology. Each session is a challenging
exploration of current literature. A prime objective is to
bridge the gap between theory and practice, and between
ecology and democracy.

Course Modules and Instructors:

1) Environmental Justice and Urban Political Economy

Joan Martinez-Alier is Professor at the Department of Economics
and Economic History, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. he is
editor of Ecologia Politica, member of the scientific committee
of the European Environment Agency, and president-elect of the
International Society for Ecological Economics. He is the
author of The Environmentalism of the Poor, Varieties of
Environmentalism (with R. Guha) and Ecological Economics.

2) Marxism, Critical Theory, and Ecology

Alex Demirovic teaches in political science and sociology and
works on critical social theory in the realms of nature,
economic development, state, and culture. He has published
numerous books and articles on critical theory, state theory,
democracy, intellectuals, racism, social movements and
ecological politics.

3) Ecosocialism and Subsistence: Towards an Ecological Marxism

Joel Kovel is Editor in Chief of Capitalism Nature Socialism,
and Professor of Social Studies at Bard College. His most
recent book is The Enemy of Nature.

4) Ecofeminism / Ecosocialism

Ariel Salleh is an editor of Capitalism Nature Socialism, a
writer and former academic, with activist experience in water,
biodiversity, and mining politics. Besides Ecofeminism as
Politics, she has contributed some 150 articles and talks to
the literature on ecology from a gender perspective.


Conference Participation:
This year's summer school includes mandatory participation in
the Capitalism Nature Socialism Anniversary Conference being
held July 22-24, 2005 at York University.

Registration Information:

Graduate students and interested individuals are invited to
apply to the 2005 IPEE Summer School. Graduate students who
complete the summer school receive academic credits for one
half-year graduate course ? but the School need not be taken
for credit. For graduate students at York University and other
Ontario universities, the fee for the course is included in the
regular tuition. Non-Ontario students seeking course credit are
welcome and should contact the Course Directors directly to
make arrangements. Graduate students from outside Canada who
wish to take the course for credit should write for further
details. For all other students or those not seeking academic
credit, the fee for the course is CDN$500.

The deadline for applications is April 22, 2005. Enrolment is
limited. Applications will be reviewed and applicants informed
about their admittance.

Posters and registration forms will be forthcoming shortly and
available through the offices of the Faculty of Environmental
Studies and the Department of Political Science.

For more information, please contact: Liette Gilbert
(gilbertl@...) or Stefan Kipfer (kipfer@...).


Alec Brownlow, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Geography & Urban Studies
Interim Director,Environmental Studies Program
Temple University
319 Gladfelter Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19122
215.204.1374 (voice) 7833 (fax)