A conference about ontology and politics in light of Deleuze, Whitehead and Badiou. Oliver Feltham, Jeffrey Bell and Bruno Bosteels are going to be lecturing, among many others.

godammit! why do I always hear about these things too late? i still wanna go really bad though. really....bad....want...to...

Quoted: event and decision conference

In this interdisciplinary conference, the philosophies of Badiou, Deleuze, and Whitehead become sites for reflecting on Ontology and Politics in the many fields of its productive presence and novelty: philosophy, cultural studies, social and political theory, art, literature, and religion. How does the concerted call for the event uncover deep questions and directions of thought in the philosophies of Badiou, Deleuze, and Whitehead? How does an “ontology of decision,” an emphasis on event, multiplicity, and becoming change the framework and landscape in which these disciplines operate?

Lecturers

1. Jeffrey Bell, Southeastern Louisiana University
2. Bruno Bosteels, Cornell University
3. James Bradley, St. John’s, Newfoundland
4. David Brockman, Southern Methodist University
5. Justin Clemens, University of Melbourne
6. Roland Faber, Claremont Graduate University
7. Oliver Feltham, American University of Paris
8. Catherine Keller, Drew University
9. Henry Krips, Claremont Graduate University
10. Graham Livesey, University of Calgary
11. Helmut Maaßen, European Society For Process Thought
12. Keith Robinson, University of South Dakota
13. James Williams, University of Dundee
14. Adrian Parr, University of Cincinnati

Commentators

1. Philip Clayton, Claremont Graduate University
2. Anselm Min, Claremont Graduate University
3. Masahiro Yamada, Claremont Graduate University

Plenary Address

1. Marc Redfield, Claremont Graduate University

WHOA! this looks good. the books is available entirely online, and its on Deleuze and Marx.
Levi Bryant's said the following about it (i haven't had time to read much of it) :
"Thoburn’s book on Deleuze and Guattari’s politics–...is well worth the read. The text is characterized by a sobriety, seriousness, and critical attentiveness to actually existing situations that is often lacking in studies of Deleuze (i.e., it doesn’t prattle on about “creating monsters” and speak as if politics simply consists in creating works of art or inventing new perversions). However, more importantly, the text works very closely with the works of Marx, taking up the Marxist question of how one might draw on the potentials haunting actually existing capitalism so as to shift our contemporary socio-political organization. As such, it rises to poses a very serious challenge to a number of criticisms of Deleuze and Guattari such as those found in Zizek, Badiou, and Hallward. This is one of the more exciting books I’ve read on Deleuze in some time."

Apparently chapter four is missing, but those who are interested can download it from Questia by doing free seven day trial with their service.