Danish Society for Marxist Studies

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We are an independent academic society working to strengthen Danish research at the intersection between Marxism and other traditions of radical scholarship. For news about our annual conference → http://marxistiskestudier.com/

Portrait of Dr Robert Knox from the University of Liverpool.
A printed out black and white version of Søren Mau's 2019 PhD dissertation stiched together with a spiral back.
Screen shot of a lenghty quote from Karl Marx, "Capital", volume 1, where he defines abstract labour. The quote reads: "If then we disregard the use-value of commodities, only one property remains, that of being products of labour. But even the product of labour has already been transformed in our hands. If we make abstraction from its use-value, we abstract also from the material constituents and forms which make it a use-value. It is no longer a table, a house, a piece of yarn or any other useful thing. All its sensuous characteristics are extinguished. Nor is it any longer the product of the labour of the joiner, the mason or the spinner, or of any other particular kind of productive labour. With the disappearance of the useful character of the products of labour, the useful character of the kinds of labour embodied in them also disappears; this in turn entails the disappearance of the different concrete forms of labour. They can no longer be distinguished, but are all together reduced to the same kind of labour, human labour in the abstract."
Group photo of the organising committee of the Danish Society for Marxist Studies.
Ashok Kumar standing on a stage, presenting a talk in front of a screen with a slide that says “Abolish Capital”.
Image of four copies of the book Danish Marxism: Past, Present, Future.
Image of audience listening to keynote talk by M.E. O’Brien.
A section of a page from an unidentified book. It reads: “To the extent that such a thing as ‘Danish’ Marxism exists, it must immediately abolish itself - it must become non-insular and engage with, and contribute to, a global literature. As our conference has become increasingly international, it will hopefully contribute to this devel-opment. So the answer to the question ‘what is Danish Marxism?’ is”
Epic handshake meme where it says “Danish Marxism” on one arm, “Dutch Marxism” on the other, and “Marxism but with bicycles” on the hands.
Meme of Dr Manhattan from the Watchmen comic disintegrating a person. Above Dr Manhattan the text “Self-abolition” is super-imposed; above the person being disintegrated the text “Danish Marxism” is super-imposed.
Screenshot of a tweet by the LLM Grok claiming to have compiled a list of “well-known communists”, which includes, among others, the Danish Society for Marxist Studies’s twitter handle.
Wide shot of Marie Thøgersen in a university auditorium defending her PhD thesis.