Imaginary power and insurgent art: A conversation with Richard Gilman-Opalsky and Abigail Susik.

Saturday, April 4
6:30 PM

Richard Gilman-Opalsky is a professor of political theory and philosophy in the School of Politics and International Affairs at the University of Illinois, where he is also a professor in the Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory. He is the author of nine books, including Communist Ontologies, Imaginary Power, Real Horizons, The Communism of Love, Specters of Revolt, and Precarious Communism. His work has been translated and published in Greek, Spanish, French, and German.

Abigail Susik is Associate Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art History at Willamette University and Joint Series Editor of Bloomsbury’s Transnational Surrealism imprint. She has published numerous books, including Radical Dreams: Surrealism, Counterculture, Resistance (Penn State, 2022), and  Surrealist Sabotage and the War on Work (Manchester, 2021).  Her new book on surrealism and anti-racism is forthcoming from Verso in 2027.