What is Critical Theory?
About the Program
Critical theory involves the attempt to better understand power, conflict and crisis, and to achieve change, emancipation, or distance from the beliefs, presuppositions, forces, forms, conventions, conditions, assemblages, and institutions of human life.
Andrew W. Mellon Project
Northwestern, together with the University of California at Berkeley, houses the International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs, an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation-funded initiative to document, connect, and support the various programs and projects that now represent critical theory across the globe. A major component of Northwestern’s contribution to the Consortium is the Critical Theory in the Global South project, which exists to develop new critical theory curricula integrating intellectual traditions from the Global South.
News & Events
2022-23 Critical Theory Brochure
Check out the 2022-23 Critical Theory Brochure for more info on the Critical Theory Cluster, including how you can participate in the cluster and certificate program, workshops, and more!
Events
Mar
30
2023
Critical Theory--Liberation Ecology: Maroonage, Mining, and Sylvi...
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, Evanston
Liberation Ecology: Maroonage, Mining, and Sylvia Wynter’s Black Metamorphosis A lecture by Romy Opperman, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow i...
Mar
31
2023
Critical Theory--Liberation Ecology: Maroonage, Mining, and Sylvi...
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM, Evanston
A workshop with Romy Opperman, Graduate Student Respondents, and an informal discussion with graduate students situating the delivered ...