Tuesday 17 November 2009, 18.30–20.00

Setting out from the controversy over Ireland’s ‘no’ vote to the European constitution, this talk will consider the current global stakes of the more radical form of democracy associated with the Paris Commune. Kristin Ross is Professor of Comparative Literature, New York University. Her books include The Emergence of Social Space (1988) and May ’68 and its Afterlives (2002).

Tate Britain  Auditorium
£8 (£6 concessions), booking recommended
Price includes drinks afterwards