Karl Polanyi Research Center
for Global Social Studies

Karl Polanyi Research Center for Global Social Studies is happy to announce the book launch: Repatriating Polanyi: Market Society in the Visegrád States by Chris Hann published by CEU Press in 2019 Karl Polanyi’s “substantivist” critique of market society has found new popularity in the era of neoliberal globalization. The author reclaims this polymath for contemporary anthropology, especially economic anthropology, in the context of Central Europe, where Polanyi (1886–1964)

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This co-hosted workshop engages with the intellectual heritage of Karl Polanyi as an economic anthropologist on the basis of recent ethnographic works on the livelihood of marginalized groupings. The presentations depart from the idea that the current epoch is marked by the global expansion – as well as new configurations – of informalized and precarious labour. The livelihood practices and coping strategies of marginalized populations, including the poor or the sub-proletari

We were very sad to learn of the unexpected death of Abraham Rotstein who graced us with his presence at the International Karl Polanyi Conference so recently in November 2014. He died on April 27th shortly after his 86th birthday. Abe was laid to rest in Toronto, following a stellar memorial gathering of family, friends, colleagues and many other well-wishers. Tributes by his brother Morris and his son Daniel were followed by a splendid address by Mel Watkins, a close and co

Almost in the same time with the annual conference of Karl Polanyi Research Center for Global Social Studies in Budapest, on 24th of April was the opening ceremony of the Karl Polanyi Institute for Asia in Seoul, where Kari Polanyi-Levit unveiled the Institute with Mr. Park Won-Soon, the mayor of the city of Seoul (photo).Karl Polanyi Institute Asia (KPIA) Letter from Kari Polanyi-Levit to the Karl Polanyi Center for Global Social Studies: On April 23. I was in Seoul, South K

6 p.m. April 23, 2015 Corvinus University of Budapest 1093 Budapest, Közraktár utca 4-6. C Building, Lecture Hall X Moderator: Sándor Striker (Eötvös Loránd University) Speakers: Mihály Sárkány The Unity of Karl Polányi's Oeuvre Mihály Sárkány is Senior Honoris Causa of the Institute of Ethnology, Research Center for the Humanities, Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Among other books he is the author of Exchange Between Communities and also coeditor of: Studying Peoples in the P