School of Materialist Research - Greece: Symposia, Meetings and Events

28/11/2025

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Thomas Nail will be teaching at "Realism, Materialism, Epistemology: What is Living and What is Dead in Contemporary Thought?," a summer school, part of the SMR Summer Institute in Stagira/Olympiada (Greece), scheduled for August 17–23, 2026. It will explore the 21st century provocations and challenges to the dominance of the poststructuralist epistem across the humanities, social sciences, political philosophy, and beyond. This event invites us to delve into the motivations or epistemic necessities inspiring movements like speculative realism (SR), non-philosophy or non-standard philosophy, new materialisms (Utrecht school, Barad, vibrant matter), Lacanian realism, kinetic materialism, xenofeminism and/or accelerationism, and most recently cosmotechnics as an epistemological shift. We do not intend to study any of these strands of thought as subject matter of the school but state them as a non-exhaustive list of what we consider to be symptoms of the crisis of the poststructuralist (maybe even postmodern?) epistemic hegemony. Many have since moved away from either SR, non-philosophy or non-standard philosophy or from feminist materialisms, but their links with sciences have become even stronger. Even without embracing an ontology of materialism, the link with the sciences via the interrogations of material reality seems to ensure some connection with the interrogations of the real or in terms of the real, or even physicality as opposed to the spectral selfufficency of the universe of language, signification, Sign. Present currents engage with hard sciences and technology and some with Marxism or both with STEM and Marxism, challenging the hegemony of poststructuralism’s authority without fully displacing it. What unites these shifts, and how do we name this evolving paradigm which emerges perhaps even before the so-called "speculative turn" and the rest that followed? Confirmed speakers: Rocco Gangle, John Ó Maoilearca, Thomas Nail, Cecile Malaspina, Joel White, Yuk Hui (pending reconfirmation) and Jason Andrey Bonilla (guest lecturer).
Apply here https://schoolofmaterialistresearch.org/Realism-Materialism-Epistemology-What-is-Living-and-What-is-Dead-in

27/11/2025

Thomas Nail will be teaching at "Realism, Materialism, Epistemology: What is Living and What is Dead in Contemporary Thought?," a summer school, part of the SMR Summer Institute in Stagira/Olympiada (Greece), scheduled for August 17–23, 2026. It will explore the 21st century provocations and challenges to the dominance of the poststructuralist epistem across the humanities, social sciences, political philosophy, and beyond. This event invites us to delve into the motivations or epistemic necessities inspiring movements like speculative realism (SR), non-philosophy or non-standard philosophy, new materialisms (Utrecht school, Barad, vibrant matter), Lacanian realism, kinetic materialism, xenofeminism and/or accelerationism, and most recently cosmotechnics as an epistemological shift. We do not intend to study any of these strands of thought as subject matter of the school but state them as a non-exhaustive list of what we consider to be symptoms of the crisis of the poststructuralist (maybe even postmodern?) epistemic hegemony. Many have since moved away from either SR, non-philosophy or non-standard philosophy or from feminist materialisms, but their links with sciences have become even stronger. Even without embracing an ontology of materialism, the link with the sciences via the interrogations of material reality seems to ensure some connection with the interrogations of the real or in terms of the real, or even physicality as opposed to the spectral selfufficency of the universe of language, signification, Sign. Present currents engage with hard sciences and technology and some with Marxism or both with STEM and Marxism, challenging the hegemony of poststructuralism’s authority without fully displacing it. What unites these shifts, and how do we name this evolving paradigm which emerges perhaps even before the so-called "speculative turn" and the rest that followed? Confirmed speakers: Rocco Gangle, John Ó Maoilearca, Thomas Nail, Cecile Malaspina, Joel White, Yuk Hui (pending reconfirmation) and Jason Andrey Bonilla (guest lecturer).
Apply here https://schoolofmaterialistresearch.org/Realism-Materialism-Epistemology-What-is-Living-and-What-is-Dead-in

27/11/2025

25/11/2025

Apply now!
“Realism, Materialism, Epistemology: What is Living and What is Dead in Contemporary Thought?,” is the title of a summer school, part of the SMR Summer Institute in Stagira/Olympiada (Greece), scheduled for August 17–23, 2026. It will explore the 21st century provocations and challenges to the dominance of the poststructuralist episteme across the humanities, social sciences, political philosophy, and beyond. This event invites us to delve into the motivations or epistemic necessities inspiring movements like speculative realism (SR), non-philosophy or non-standard philosophy, new materialisms (Utrecht school, Barad, vibrant matter), Lacanian realism, kinetic materialism, xenofeminism and/or accelerationism, and most recently cosmotechnics as an epistemological shift. We do not intend to study any of these strands of thought as subject matter of the school but state them as a non-exhaustive list of what we consider to be symptoms of the crisis of the poststructuralist (maybe even postmodern?) epistemic hegemony. Many have since moved away from either SR, non-philosophy or non-standard philosophy or from feminist materialisms, but their links with sciences have become even stronger. Even without embracing an ontology of materialism, the link with the sciences via the interrogations of material reality seems to ensure some connection with the interrogations of the real or in terms of the real, or even physicality as opposed to the spectral self-sufficiency of the universe of language, signification, Sign. Present currents engage with hard sciences and technology and some with Marxism or both with STEM and Marxism, challenging the hegemony of poststructuralism’s authority without fully displacing it. What unites these shifts, and how do we name them?
Confirmed speakers: Rocco Gangle, John Ó Maoilearca, Thomas Nail, Cecile Malaspina, Joel White, Yuk Hui (pending reconfirmation). Guest speaker: Jason Andrey Bonilla.
Call for applications and application form: https://schoolofmaterialistresearch.org/Realism-Materialism-Epistemology-What-is-Living-and-What-is-Dead-in

25/11/2025

Apply now!
“Realism, Materialism, Epistemology: What is Living and What is Dead in Contemporary Thought?,” is the title of a summer school, part of the SMR Summer Institute in Stagira/Olympiada (Greece), scheduled for August 17–23, 2026. It will explore the 21st century provocations and challenges to the dominance of the poststructuralist episteme across the humanities, social sciences, political philosophy, and beyond. This event invites us to delve into the motivations or epistemic necessities inspiring movements like speculative realism (SR), non-philosophy or non-standard philosophy, new materialisms (Utrecht school, Barad, vibrant matter), Lacanian realism, kinetic materialism, xenofeminism and/or accelerationism, and most recently cosmotechnics as an epistemological shift. We do not intend to study any of these strands of thought as subject matter of the school but state them as a non-exhaustive list of what we consider to be symptoms of the crisis of the poststructuralist (maybe even postmodern?) epistemic hegemony. Many have since moved away from either SR, non-philosophy or non-standard philosophy or from feminist materialisms, but their links with sciences have become even stronger. Even without embracing an ontology of materialism, the link with the sciences via the interrogations of material reality seems to ensure some connection with the interrogations of the real or in terms of the real, or even physicality as opposed to the spectral self-sufficiency of the universe of language, signification, Sign. Present currents engage with hard sciences and technology and some with Marxism or both with STEM and Marxism, challenging the hegemony of poststructuralism’s authority without fully displacing it. What unites these shifts, and how do we name them?
Confirmed speakers: Rocco Gangle, John Ó Maoilearca, Thomas Nail, Cecile Malaspina, Joel White, Yuk Hui (pending reconfirmation). Guest speaker: Jason Bonilla.
Call for applications and application form: https://schoolofmaterialistresearch.org/Realism-Materialism-Epistemology-What-is-Living-and-What-is-Dead-in

24/11/2025

“Realism, Materialism, Epistemology: What is Living and What is Dead in Contemporary Thought?,” is the title of a summer school, part of the SMR Summer Institute in Stagira/Olympiada (Greece), scheduled for August 17–23, 2026. It will explore the 21st century provocations and challenges to the dominance of the poststructuralist episteme across the humanities, social sciences, political philosophy, and beyond. This event invites us to delve into the motivations or epistemic necessities inspiring movements like speculative realism (SR), non-philosophy or non-standard philosophy, new materialisms (Utrecht school, Barad, vibrant matter), Lacanian realism, kinetic materialism, xenofeminism and/or accelerationism, and most recently cosmotechnics as an epistemological shift. We do not intend to study any of these strands of thought as subject matter of the school but state them as a non-exhaustive list of what we consider to be symptoms of the crisis of the poststructuralist (maybe even postmodern?) epistemic hegemony. Many have since moved away from either SR, non-philosophy or non-standard philosophy or from feminist materialisms, but their links with sciences have become even stronger. Even without embracing an ontology of materialism, the link with the sciences via the interrogations of material reality seems to ensure some connection with the interrogations of the real or in terms of the real, or even physicality as opposed to the spectral self-sufficiency of the universe of language, signification, Sign. Present currents engage with hard sciences and technology and some with Marxism or both with STEM and Marxism, challenging the hegemony of poststructuralism’s authority without fully displacing it. What unites these shifts, and how do we name them?
Confirmed speakers: Rocco Gangle, John Ó Maoilearca, Thomas Nail, Cecile Malaspina, Joel White, Yuk Hui (pending reconfirmation). Guest speaker: Jason Bonilla.
Call for applications and application form: https://schoolofmaterialistresearch.org/Realism-Materialism-Epistemology-What-is-Living-and-What-is-Dead-in

29/10/2025

Thrilled to announce our second call for applications for the SMR Summer Institute in Greece 2026. The Summer School is titled "Realism, Materialism, Epistemology: What is Living and What is Dead in Contemporary Thought?” and will take place in Stagira/Olympiada (Greece), August 17–23, 2026.
Apply soon, and apply to present too! We expect a very very interesting and heated debate during this symposium styled summer school! The link below contains the call, with program and practicalities, as well as a linked application form. PS you also have two extra days for a bit of a holiday!

︎ SMR Summer School: “ Realism, Materialism, Epistemology: What is Living and...

28/10/2025

Rocco Gangle: "On this Diagram We Can Model the Entire Propositional Logic", Rocco will speak at the SMR summer school we dubbed
"The Real and Sign, A Stalemate of a Philosophical Drama for Almost Two Decades Now?" but its official title is “Realism, Materialism, Epistemology: What is Living and What is Dead in Contemporary Thought?,” part of the SMR Summer Institute in Stagira/Olympiada (Greece) 17-24 August, 2026, some of the course descriptions https://kkolozova.substack.com/p/the-real-and-sign-a-stalemate-of This clip is an excerpt of his ongoing ICP Fall 2025 series (intensive study courses for ECTS credit)

12/07/2025

Daniel Tutt, Katarina Kolozova and Paul Cockshott will take part in different sessions of the Physis Summer School (the panels on class consciousness and the question of formalism/formulaic expression in humanities and philosophy as a bridge of conversation with the STEM). Together you can see the three of them and other regular guests at SMR discussing topics that will resurface at the Physis Summer School in Greece (Stagira/Olympiada):

SMR is proud to announce a panel on the new publication by our faculty and former instructors Paul Cockshott, Katarina Kolozova and Greg Michaelson titled "D...