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...
Mar
2
2023
Critical Theory lunch and workshop with COREY BARNES
12:00 PM - 2:30 PM, sponsored by Critical Theory
Please join us for a Program in Critical Theory lunch and workshop discussion of Corey Barnes’ 2022 book, Alain Locke on the...
Feb
28
2023
NU Critical Theory Undergraduate Research Workshop CELEBRATION!
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Critical Theory
Please join us on Tuesday, February 28th at 5pm for a celebration of the Critical Theory Undergraduate Research Workshop at...
Feb
20
2023
Pluralities of Power: Biopolitics, Pregnancy and Abortion in the Americas LECTURE
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by Critical Theory
Pluralities of Power: Biopolitics, Pregnancy and Abortion in the Americas Work-in-Progress Workshop with Lunchtime Discussion and Public Lecture 10:00am-1:30pm WORK-IN-PROGRESS WORKSHOP Discipline Not...
Feb
20
2023
Pluralities of Power: Biopolitics, Pregnancy and Abortion in the Americas WORKSHOP
10:00 AM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Critical Theory
Pluralities of Power: Biopolitics, Pregnancy and Abortion in the Americas Work-in-Progress Workshop with Lunchtime Discussion and Public Lecture 10:00am-1:30pm WORK-IN-PROGRESS WORKSHOP Discipline Not...
Nov
2
2022
TRANSLATING FOR A WRONG DONE: Theorizing Translation as Epistemic Reparation
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Critical Theory
TRANSLATING FOR A WRONG DONE: Theorizing Translation as Epistemic Reparation A lecture by ANGELO VANNINI, Collège International de Philosophie, Paris Co-sponsored by the...
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....