Goodbye, Claus Offe 1940-2025
by Peter Beilharz
Claus Offe was a fine scholar, a sharp thinker, and a good person. An extraordinary colleague, and a fascinating example of the marginal Frankfurt thinker.
Happy Birthday Bauman! Interview with Peter Beilharz
Zygmunt Bauman was born in Poznan 19 November 1925. We celebrate the centenary of his birth by sharing an interview with Peter Beilharz by Southern People’s Weekly. Enthusiasm for Bauman’s ideas remains high in China, as elsewhere. We remember him fondly, as an ongoing friend and inspiration for Thesis Eleven. Happy Birthday, Zygmunt Bauman!
Thesis Eleven Annual Lecture – Relational sociology in action! How can Zelizer solve the climate crisis and what does that mean?
Thursday November 27, 2025
6:00-8:00pm, The Greek Centre, Melbourne.
You are warmly invited to the 2025 Thesis Eleven Annual Lecture. This year Professor Mark Davis (University of Leeds) joins us to discuss the essential role of sociology in responding to contemporary challenges during periods of crisis and transformation. This event is hosted by Thesis Eleven Journal and sponsored by the Greek Centre for Contemporary Culture.
Interview with Matthew Sharpe, translator of Domenico Losurdo, Nietzsche, Philosopher of Reaction
Interview with Matthew Sharpe, translator Domenico Losurdo, Nietzsche, Philosopher of Reaction: Towards a Political Biography, Brill, 2025.
By James Dorahy
It’s a Long Way to Ypsilanti, If You Start from Croydon, Outside Melbourne
Introducing ‘Impact’: A Journal from our Friends and Colleagues at Eastern Michigan University
The current issue Volume 3, Number 1 (2025) of Impact: A Journal of Community and Cultural Inquiry in Education is the product of Thesis Eleven editors Peter Beilharz and Sian Supski’s visit to Eastern Michigan University in 2024.
Book Launch: From the Eight-Hour Day to the Four-Day Week
Join union leaders and historian Sean Scalmer in discussion of his new book, A Fair Day’s Work: The Quest to Win Back Time (Melbourne University Press).
Time and Place:
6pm, Tuesday 16 September, Solidarity Hall, Victorian Trades Hall, 54 Victoria St, Carlton.
Book Launch: Michael Lazarus – Absolute Ethical Life
Michael Lazarus, Absolute Ethical Life: Aristotle, Hegel and Marx, Stanford University Press, 2025
Absolute Ethical Life will be launched in both Sydney (on August 12) and in Melbourne (August 19).
News: 2025 Simone Weil Lecture at ACU Philosophy
When Words Fail Us: Reclaiming a Language of Love
The 2025 Simone Weil Lecture will be delivered by Professor Stan Grant. This event is hosted by the ACU School of Philosophy
Editorial: The Sharp Edge at Macquarie – A Statement of Solidarity
The editors of Thesis Eleven would like to express their support for Faculty of Arts staff at Macquarie University affected by proposed job cuts. As a journal of critical theory and historical sociology, we particularly extend our support to staff in sociology, politics, history, and gender studies disciplines.
Event: Digital Modernities: Why We Need to Think Historically About the Digital Age
Speaker: Professor James Smithies
Co-Chairs: Prof Joy Damousi and Prof Peter Beilharz
Convener: A/Prof Rachel Busbridge
When: Friday 1 August 2-4pm AEDT.
Where: Australian Catholic University, Melbourne Campus
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