multi-day
Decolonizing Universality, Decolonizing the University
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Critical Theory
Please join us for a conference featuring presentations and a roundtable discussion with Nadia Yala Kisukidi (Paris 8); Paulin J....
Past Events
multi-day
Frankfurt/Northwestern Dissertation Workshop
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM, sponsored by Critical Theory
This doctoral dissertation-in-progress workshop is a cooperation between Goethe Universität Frankfurt, and Northwestern University. It brings together graduate students whose...
multi-day
Critique of Latin American Reason by Santiago Castro-Gómez (Critical Theory in Critical Times Workshop)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Critical Theory
Crítica de la razón latinoamericana (Critique of Latin American Reason), by Santiago Castro-Gómez, was published in 1996 and stands as...
May
26
2022
Yala Kisukidi [lecture]
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by Comparative Literary Studies
workshop: Kisukidi’s work-in-progress, sponsored by Critical Theory Wed. 5/25 | 3:30pm | Kresge 2351 (Kaplan Institute seminar room) lecture: Black Hopes -...
May
25
2022
Yala Kisukidi [workshop]
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by Critical Theory
workshop: DREAMT TERRITORIES and DIASPORIC POLITICS: Art, Futurity, and Philosophy, sponsored by Critical Theory Wed. 5/25 | 3:30pm | Kresge 2351...
May
19
2022
Cecilia Sjöholm (Södertörn University, Stockholm) [luncheon]
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Comparative Literary Studies
Everything was Designed to Make Us Sound: Hannah Arendt and Aesthetic Judgement concert: a.pe.ri.od.ic with music by Yoko Ono, Antoine Beuger,...
Apr
1
2022
2021-2022 Critical Theory in Critical Times Workshop
3:30 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Critical Theory
Me the People: A Discussion on Populism with Nadia Urbinati Friday, April 1, 2022 3:30pm - 6:30pm CST Location: Harris Hall-108, Northwestern University,...
Mar
30
2022
2021-2022 Critical Theory in Critical Times Reading Group
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, sponsored by Critical Theory
We invite faculty and graduate students to participate in a reading group on Wednesday March 30th, in advance of the...
Nov
5
2021
Northwestern University Department of Philosophy Colloquium Series - Eva Von Redecker and Jay Bernstein
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Philosophy Colloquium Series
The NU Philosophy Colloquium Series will host University of Verona's Eva Von Redecker and respondent Jay Bernstein of the New...
Sep
30
2021
Undergraduate Critical Theory Reading Group
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM, sponsored by Critical Theory
The Undergraduate Critical Theory Reading Group is a space outside of the classroom for students to read, discuss works of...
Sep
20
2021
Northwestern Critical Theory Summer Workshop - Christoph Menke: Critique of Rights
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Critical Theory
All members of the Northwestern Critical Theory community are cordially invited to participate in a virtual summer workshop on Christoph...
Sep
2
2021
Critical Theory Minor - Academic Directions Fair
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM, sponsored by Critical Theory
Interested in learning about the Critical Theory Minor? Join Critical Theory Minor Director of Undergradate Studies, Professor Mark Alznauer, for a...
May
19
2021
"Transmedial Ekphrasis: César Aira’s “Cecil Taylor”" - Professor Erin Graff Zivin (Spanish and Portuguese and Comparative Literature, USC-Dornsife)
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Comparative Literary Studies
Transmedial Ekphrasis: César Aira’s “Cecil Taylor” Erin Graff Zivin, University of Southern California Cecil Taylor, whose experimental atonal jazz piano repelled some...
Apr
29
2021
The Identity Document and the Documentary Gesture: Notes from South Africa
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Critical Theory
Pre-publication discussion with Astrid Deuber-Mankowsky (Media Studies, Rühr Universität Bochum) and Rosalind Morris (Anthropology, Columbia University) of chapters from Morris’...
Apr
8
2021
Black Trans Feminism and Translatinx Citizenship
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM, sponsored by Critical Theory
Join us for an event on “Black Trans Feminism and Translatinx Citizenship", April 8th – 5:30-7:30 pm via Zoom supported...
Feb
12
2021
“Of the Extraordinary”: A Roundtable Discussion upon the Release of Eduardo Sabrovsky’s Modernity as Exception and Miracle (SUNY University Press, 2021)
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM, sponsored by Critical Theory
“Of the Extraordinary” A Roundtable Discussion upon the Release of Eduardo Sabrovsky’s Modernity as Exception and Miracle (SUNY University Press,...
Jan
19
2021
Tiffany Lethabo King talk on new book, "The Black Shoals" (2019)
5:15 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by 2019-2021 Colloquium on Ethnicity and Diaspora (CED)
The Colloquium on Ethnicity and Diaspora welcomes Tiffany King, Associate Professor in African American Studies and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality...
Nov
16
2020
"Death’s Futurity: The Visual Life of Black Power" - Pre-publication book workshop with Sampada Aranke
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Critical Theory
The Critical Theory Cluster and Black Arts Consortium presents a graduate workshop on new writing: Join us for a pre-publication book...
Oct
23
2020
Workshop on Democracy Without Shortcuts (OUP 2019) by Cristina Lafont (Philosophy, Northwestern University)
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM, sponsored by Critical Theory
Workshop on Democracy Without Shortcuts (OUP 2019) by Cristina Lafont (Philosophy, Northwestern University) The event will begin with a brief (ca...
Sep
28
2020
Critical Theory Cluster Information Meeting (virtual event)
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by Critical Theory
Join us for the 2020-21 Critical Theory Cluster Informational Meeting September 28th, 3pm – 4pm CST via Zoom. The purpose of the...
Sep
2
2020
Critical Theory Minor Virtual Academic Directions Fair Info Event
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Critical Theory
Join us to learn more about the Critical Theory Minor! For the Zoom link, please contact Sarah Peters (sarah.mcginley@northwestern.edu)
May
28
2020
(Virtual Event) For the Children? Protecting Innocence in a Carceral State: Erica R. Meiners in Conversation with the Critical Prison Studies Reading Group
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Critical Theory
Join us for a conversation with Professor Erica R. Meiners concerning the school-to-prison pipeline and college-in-prison programs. This event is...
Apr
15
2020
POSTPONED: Book Workshop, "Death's Futurity: A Visual Culture of Death in Black Radical Politics" with Sampada Aranke
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by Critical Theory
This book workshop is postponed to a future date. Please reach out to Sarah Peters at sarah.mcginley@northwestern.edu for more information....
Mar
12
2020
**CANCELED** Tiffany Lethabo King talk on new book, "The Black Shoals"
5:15 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by 2019-2021 Colloquium on Ethnicity and Diaspora (CED)
Join us for the Colloquium on Ethnicity and Diaspora's third event of the year. Tiffany Lethabo King will discuss her...
Mar
5
2020
“Black Mythologies: Race, Culture, and the Practice of Utopia” - Book Workshop with William Paris
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Critical Theory
We hope you will join us for a BOOK WORKSHOP with William Paris (Postdoctoral Weinberg Fellow, Philosophy, Northwestern) “Black Mythologies: Race,...
Feb
26
2020
C. Riley Snorton and Toby Beauchamp, "Survey: Contemplation. Control. Creativity."
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by 2019-2021 Colloquium on Ethnicity and Diaspora (CED)
Join us for the Colloquium on Ethnicity and Diaspora's second event of the year, and an evening of discussion exploring...
Feb
20
2020
Film Screening & Discussion: The Fabulous Life and Thought of Ahmad Fardid
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
Please join us for this FREE screening of the documentary film The Fabulous Life and Thought of Ahmad Fardid (Ali...
Jan
17
2020
TEACHING CRITICAL QUEER/CUIR CONCEPTS
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Workshop: Graduate students present and Professor Daniel Link and Professor Mariano López Seoane respond. Open to all graduate students.
Jan
15
2020
Mario Bellatin, "Kawabata, la Escritora, el Filósofo Travesti, y el Pez"
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Critical Theory
Kawabata, la Escritora, el Filósofo Travesti, y el Pez *Kawabata, The Female Writer, The Transvestite Philosopher, and The Fish An event by...
Jan
15
2020
“La literatura es un juego” A Conversation with Mario Bellatín.
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM, sponsored by Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Moderated by Prof. Jerónimo Duarte Riascos in the context of his SPAN 395 course. (Open to all grad and undergrad...
Jan
14
2020
AESTHETIC PRODUCTION AND QUEER ACTIVISM IN LATIN AMERICA
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Lecture: Professor Mariano López Seoane presents his research in the context of Professor Alejandra Uslenghi's seminar Poetics of the Archive, with a...
Jan
13
2020
POLÍTICAS Y ESTUDIOS DE GÉNERO DESDE AMÉRICA LATINA
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Workshop: Professor Daniel Link, Professor Mariano López Seoane, and Mellon Pre-doctoral Fellow Andrés Mendieta will present on the critical agenda, methodologies, and...
Jan
10
2020
Mario Bellatin Reading Group
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM, sponsored by Critical Theory in the Global South
On Wednesday, January 15th, Northwestern will be hosting a public talk by Mario Bellatin, one of the most prolific, original,...
Nov
22
2019
"Vexed: On Resistant Attachment" - Professor Sarah Tindal Kareem (UCLA) | Comp Lit Speaker Series
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by Comparative Literary Studies
"Vexed: On Resistant Attachment" | Sarah Tindal Kareem, Associate Professor, English, UCLA Friday, November 22, 2019 12pm – Graduate Workshop | Comp...
Nov
13
2019
Resonance: A Workshop with Hartmut Rosa
All day, sponsored by Center for Global Culture and Communication (CGCC)
THE CENTER FOR GLOBAL CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION, an interdisciplinary initiative of Northwestern University School of Communication, presents: RESONANCE: A WORKSHOP with HARTMUT ROSA Professor of Sociology,...
Nov
8
2019
Critical Theory in Critical Times Annual Workshop: Charles Mills
3:30 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Critical Theory
The White Leviathan: Nonwhite Bodies in the White Body Politic | A Conversation with Charles Mills Friday, November 8, 2019 3:30pm –...
Oct
31
2019
Black Poetics and Environmental Memory: A Reading and Conversation featuring Ed Roberson and Tiana Clark
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities
Black Poetics and Environmental Memory: A Reading and Conversation featuring Ed Roberson and Tiana Clark Modern environmentalism has often struggled to...
Oct
30
2019
Survey: Contemplation. Control. Creativity. (CED Kickoff Event; Northwestern Scholars Panel Discussion)
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by 2019-2021 Colloquium on Ethnicity and Diaspora (CED)
Join us for the 2019-2020 Colloquium on Ethnicity and Diaspora’s kickoff event. This year, the Colloquium on Ethnicity and Diaspora (CED)...
Oct
25
2019
Archaeology and Its Avatars: Andean Cultures and Histories Symposium (Day Two)
9:00 AM - 4:15 PM, sponsored by Latin American and Caribbean Studies
What meanings has archaeology assumed in cultural and critical theory? What has been its role as a metaphor and also...
Oct
24
2019
Archaeology and Its Avatars: Andean Cultures and Histories Symposium (Day One)
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Latin American and Caribbean Studies
What meanings has archaeology assumed in cultural and critical theory? What has been its role as a metaphor and also...
Oct
17
2019
Provincializing Romanticism Workshop: G.S. Sahota (Associate Professor, Literature Department, UC Santa Cruz)
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM, sponsored by Comparative Literary Studies
“Thomas Mann, Heinrich Zimmer, and the Locus of India in the Geo-Imaginary of Romanticism” A Talk by G. S. Sahota (Associate...
Oct
2
2019
Critical Theory Kick Off Meeting (2019-2020)
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Critical Theory
Critical Theory Cluster Kick-Off Meeting to learn about the cluster and meet our faculty and students who are involved with...
Aug
29
2019
Workshop: Democracy, Critique, and Europe's "Crisis": Black Feminist and Decolonial Troubles
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Critical Theory in the Global South
In Western Europe, democracy is understood as under challenge due to the rise of populism, neoliberalism, and the renewal of...