Imperialism remains a constitutive structure of the modern world although there are intense debates about its definition, function, and effects. This course examines theories of imperialism with a focus on its economic, (geo-) political, juridical, and cultural aspects, including colonialism, racial oppression, war, and indigeneity, as well as value extraction and capital accumulation. This approach intends to examine and understand imperialism from the current political situation and the intensification of inter-imperial conflicts for global and regional hegemony. We will engage with readings, among others, by Karl Marx, Rosa Luxemburg, Nikolai Bukharin, V.I. Lenin, Karl Kautsky, José Carlos Mariátegui, Hannah Arendt, Carl Schmitt, Joseph Schumpeter, W.E.B. Du Bois, Albert Memmi, Frantz Fanon, Kwame Nkrumah, Amílcar Cabral, Edward Said, Samir Amin, Anibal Quijano, and Antonio Negri and Michael Hardt.