25-26/9/25 New Themes in Analytical Marxism

Date: September 25-26, 2025. Time: 10 am – 5.30 pm Location: Erasmus University College, PBL 19 The event is co-organized by Nicholas Vrousalis (Erasmus University Rotterdam) and Gabriel Wollner (University of Bremen) as part of the BreRoC (Bremen-Rotterdam) Colloquium. 25 September 10.00 – 11.00 Pascal Brixel (Northwestern) “Structural Unfreedom” Chair: Caleb Althorpe 11.15 – 12.15 Vivek Chibber… Read More 25-26/9/25 New Themes in Analytical Marxism

9/5/25 Kant and Private Property

Date: May 9, 2025. Time: 9 am – 5 pm (US EST) Location: Polak building 3-20 The event is co-organized by Fiorella Tomassini (Groningen) and Nicholas Vrousalis (Erasmus University Rotterdam). This workshop will explore recent scholarship on Kant’s theory of property, including his justification of property rights and its relationship to his theory of the state. 9.00 – 10.00… Read More 9/5/25 Kant and Private Property

2/2/24 The philosophy and politics of work

Date: 2 February, 2024. Time: 10 am – 5 pm (US EST) Location: Dennis Thompson Seminar Room, Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University The event is organized by Nicholas Vrousalis (Erasmus University Rotterdam) and Nien-he Hsieh (Harvard Business School) and supported by the Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard. This workshop will explore… Read More 2/2/24 The philosophy and politics of work

3-4/7/23 Kant and Marx: Revisiting the Intersection

Date: 3-4 July, 2023. Time: 9 am – 5 pm (CET) Location: Erasmus School of Philosophy Join us on the 3rd and 4th of July for a conference on Kant & Marx at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Co-organized by Fiorella Tomassini (Groningen) and Nicholas Vrousalis (EUR) and hosted by the Erasmus School of Philosophy of Erasmus University Rotterdam. This… Read More 3-4/7/23 Kant and Marx: Revisiting the Intersection

4/3/23 Book Symposium on Exploitation as Domination

Date: March 4, 2023. Time: 10 am – 6 pm (CET) Location: Erasmus School of Philosophy, Polak building 1.17 Join us the 4th of March for a 1-day symposium in Erasmus University Rotterdam to discuss the new book of Nicholas Vrousalis Exploitation as Domination, with the help of an outstanding list of speakers. The event is sponsored by the Erasmus School… Read More 4/3/23 Book Symposium on Exploitation as Domination

Open Access book: Exploitation as Domination, by Nicholas Vrousalis

The exploitation of human by human is a globally pervasive phenomenon. Slavery, serfdom, and the patriarchy are part of its lineage. Guest and sex workers, commercial surrogacy, precarious labour contracts, sweatshops, and markets in blood, vaccines, or human organs are contemporary manifestations of exploitation under capitalism. What makes these exploitative transactions unjust? And is capitalism… Read More Open Access book: Exploitation as Domination, by Nicholas Vrousalis

22-24/6/22 The Future of Work: Philosophical and Economic Perspectives

Date: June 22-24, 2022. Time: 9 am – 6 pm (CET, summer time) Location: Erasmus School of Philosophy, Mandeville Building T3-16 and online (registration below) The Erasmus Institute for Philosophy and Economics is delighted to host a conference on ’The Future of Work: Philosophical and Economic Perspectives’, to be held in Rotterdam from June 22-24, 2022. Everyone who is interested is… Read More 22-24/6/22 The Future of Work: Philosophical and Economic Perspectives

4/4/22 Climate Justice: Theory and Practice

Co-convened by the “How much is enough?” project (PI: Constanze Binder) the “Inequality against Freedom” project (PI: Nicholas Vrousalis).  Erasmus Institute of Philosophy and Economics Erasmus School of Philosophy Erasmus University Rotterdam  4 April 2022 This day workshop will address theoretical and practical issues on climate justice at the intersection of philosophy, economics, and law,… Read More 4/4/22 Climate Justice: Theory and Practice