New from [ConTactos] In “There Is No Fire Without Air,” Verónica Gago maps transnational transfeminist struggles across the globe as they come into contact, creating lasting reverberations that not only make visible a shared political […]

July 9, 2020, 6:30 p.m. Join artists Kiyan Williams (they/them) and Gioncarlo Valentine (he/they) for a conversation about their aesthetic practice in our moment of explicit anti-black and anti-trans*, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming […]

The British Academy continues its efforts to sustain and further strengthen the UK’s engagement and research collaboration with partners overseas despite the challenges of the current pandemic. Following the announcement of seven […]

Join the International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs on Zoom for two inaugural events in a series of interventions organized by the Critical South book series. These events will put two recently published […]

Natalia Brizuela and Samera Esmeir, UC Berkeley Directors, ICCTP Projects June 5, 2020   George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery—all were murdered by the police for being Black. Through their singular names, […]

Each year, the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ, invites around 25 scholars to be in residence for the full academic year to pursue their […]

Greetings, On behalf of the Editorial Team of Critical Times: Interventions in Global Critical Theory, I am writing to direct your attention to the new blog that we have just launched on the journal’s website. We […]

[ConTactos] — New series With the trilingual publication of Vladimir Safatle’s “Welcome to the Suicide State,” translated into English by André Lepecki, HemiPress announces the launch of its new series [ConTactos]. As communities across the world […]

Critical Theory in the Pandemic: A Glossary Fundraising for European Refugee Aid  How to do critical theory in a pandemic? We cannot present a stable analysis of an unfolding disaster, and yet […]

The Academy of Global Humanities and Critical Theory announces a call for proposals to support collaborative projects presented by FORMER PARTICIPANTS at the Summer School in Global Studies and Critical Theory. Total […]

Please note: THE 2020 SUMMER SCHOOL HAS BEEN CANCELED The 2020 Summer School in Global Studies and Critical Theory, to be held in Bologna from June 22 to July 3, will examine […]

The International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs supports free and open critical inquiry and rights of dissent and opposes state violence against faculty, staff, and students exercising their rights of political expression […]

Fábrica Braço de Prata and The Institute of Speculative and Critical Inquiry present: Cosmic Alternatives: Plural Thought In and Out of Modernity—A Terra Compartilhada Summer School in Lisbon Faculty: Anne-lise François, Yuk Hui, Patrice […]

The Oregon Institute for Creative Research announces its third annual Fellowship in Critical Theory + Filmmaking.  Applicants can be critical theorists interested in the subject of film and filmmaking or filmmakers interested in […]

In celebration of her legacy of scholarship, teaching, and mentorship, Seyla Benhabib will be honored with a conference at Yale University on March 27-28, 2020. Participants will include: Arash Abizadeh, Danielle Allen, Umur Basdas, […]

The Authoritarian Personality February 14, 2020 – 2:00pm to February 15, 2020 – 6:30pm Whitney Humanities Center (WALL53), 208 53 Wall Street New Haven, CT 06511 Annual Conference of the Yale Program for the Study of […]

Since 2017, the Critical Theory Summer School at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin takes place every year in collaboration with the Frankfurt Institute for Social Research. The format mixes elements of workshops with […]

The Columbia University Scholarship for Displaced Students is a new university-wide initiative managed by the Columbia Global Centers that will support up to thirty displaced students each year to attend Columbia. All […]

The Comparative Literary Studies Program invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in Comparative Literature that will run from September 1, 2020 through August 31, 2022.  We are especially interested in candidates with […]

Critical Theory: Interventions from the South A Conversation on the Critical South Book Series Friday, October 25, 2019 6:00-8:00 pm Hemispheric Institute New York University 20 Cooper Square 5th Floor Conference Room […]

Tenured or Tenure-Track Position Department of Comparative Literature New York University Arts and Science The Department of Comparative Literature at NYU seeks applications for a tenured or tenure-track position specializing in either South […]

The International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs is pleased to announce the first issue of volume two of Critical Times, now published with Duke University Press at https://read.dukeupress.edu/critical-times. Critical Times is a […]

The Cluster of Excellence “Contestations of the Liberal Script” (SCRIPTS) analyzes contemporary controversies about the liberal order from a historical, global, and comparative perspective. It connects academic expertise in the social sciences and area […]

Brendan O’Malley  University World News, 11 July 2019 Two NGOs have accused Israel of preventing international academics from working at universities in Occupied Palestinian Territory by preventing them from entering the country and […]

The International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs notes with great concern the ongoing judicial harassment of signatories of the Academics for Peace petition in Turkey. We are particularly alarmed at the imprisonment […]

The International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs opposes the recent efforts of the Brazilian government to cut funding for philosophy and sociology and to intervene in teaching and research to suppress left […]

July 17-18, 2019 Section of Political Philosophy – Institute of Philosophy Karl-Franzens University of Graz The concept of vulnerability has come to occupy a prominent place in various political debates, as well […]

 Postdoctoral Fellowships at the Cluster of Excellence “Contestations of the Liberal Script” (SCRIPTS)  Fellowships: four postdoctoral fellowships  Duration: ten-month fellowships starting October 2019  Deadline for Applications: March 30, 2019 (Successful candidates will […]

Chiasma: A Site for Thought Sixth Issue — The Theory and Philosophy of “Disenchantment” Deadline: February 2019 Chiasma: A Site for Thought is pleased to invite submissions for its sixth issue, on […]

Populism and Democratic Theory University of Vienna Vienna, Austria April 11-13, 2019 Abstract deadline: November 15, 2018 Convenors: Birgit Sauer and Manon Westphal Confirmed Keynote Speakers: Oliver Marchart, Chantal Mouffe, Martin Nonhoff […]

Friday, October 26th, Jack Shainman Gallery in Oakland, California (513 W. 20th) will host the inaugural distinguished lecture of the Interdisciplinary Art and Theory Program, from 5pm-7pm. Souleymane Bachir Diagne will give […]

The Oregon Institute for Creative Research: E4 announces a new fellowship at the intersection of Critical Theory and Filmmaking.  The recipient will be awarded a full-tuition scholarship to the Graduate Certificate Program […]

 Prof. Rosi Braidotti’s Summer School: “Posthuman Ethics, Pain, and Endurance (How to Live an Anti-Fascist Life and Endure the Pain)”  August 20-24, 2018  Utrecht University Course Director: Prof. Rosi Braidotti  Lecturers: Prof. […]

Emancipation Conference        Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Technical University Berlin, May 25-27, 2018   Fifty years after the events of 1968, the question of emancipation is still of central importance. This international […]

GENOA SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES 2018 SUMMER SEMINARS GENOA, SEPTEMBER 6-11, 2018   THE ANIMAL (Nature/Science) Organised by Lorenzo Chiesa and Raffaello Palumbo Mosca   SPEAKERS AND SEMINAR LEADERS: DAVIDE BRULLO (novelist and poet) […]

Submissions are now invited for the Paragraph 2019 Essay Prize competition, in which the prize will be awarded for the best article addressing the theme of “Pleasure.” 2019 is the centenary of […]

April 9, 2018 In January 2016 more than 2000 Turkish academics, known as “Academics for Peace,” signed a petition entitled “We Will Not Be Party to this Crime” which asked the state […]

Contemporary Legal Theory Journal (Teoria Jurídica Contemporânea, v. 3, n. 1) Graduate Program in Law, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Deadline: March 30th, 2018 This Special Section of Teoria […]

Technocultural Futurisms: Code, Hack, Move University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Urbana Champaign, Illinois, United States of America April 11-12, 2018 The 150th anniversary of the University of Illinois as a land-grant […]

Modernity between the Damaged Life and Sane Society: Social Theory in the Age of Urgency Loyola University Chicago, Illinois, United States of America May 17-19, 2018 Abstract Deadline: March 15, 2018 ​In […]

Emancipation Humboldt University Berlin Berlin, Germany May 25-27, 2018 50 years after the events of 1968, the question of emancipation is still of central importance. The international conference “Emancipation” will investigate from […]

International Scientific Conference: Corporeal Archives Faculty of Media and Communications, Singidunum University Belgrade, Serbia June 1–2, 2018 Abstract Deadline: March 1, 2018 Technological advances have enabled a vast array of archives, satisfying […]

Race, Nation, Class Haus der Kulturen der Welt Berlin, Germany March 15-17, 2018 The groundbreaking study Race, Nation, Class: Ambiguous Identities appeared in France in 1988, written by Étienne Balibar and Immanuel […]

Critical May 68 CineLab, IFILNOVA – FCSH, New University of Lisbon Lisbon, Portugal May 29-30, 2018 Abstract Deadline: February 28, 2018 On the occasion of the 50 year anniversary of the “events […]

Visualizing Theory Critical Theory Certificate Program at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York New York City, United States of America May 10-11, 2018 Abstract Deadline: March 1, 2018 […]

Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Critical Theory Cluster, Northwestern University Chicago, Illinois, United States of America Begins Fall 2018 (two-year fellowship) Application Deadline: February 20, 2018 Fellowship Information The Critical Theory […]

The School of Criticism and Theory at Cornell University Ithaca, New York, United States of America June 17-July 26, 2018 Application Deadline: February 1 The School The School of Criticism and Theory […]

Critical Theory Workshop / Atelier de théorie critique Paris, France June 11-29, 2018 Application Deadline: March 15, 2018 PRACTICAL INFORMATION Location: École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, 105 boulevard Raspail, 75006 Paris, […]

Academy of Global Humanities and Critical Theory 2018 Summer School in Global Studies and Critical Theory The Human in Question Bologna, Italy June 25 – July 6, 2018 “The world found nothing […]

Call for Applications: International Summer School Critical Theory 2018. Rethinking Ideology July 15 – July 20, 2018 Humboldt University Berlin Since summer 2017, Humboldt University Berlin organizes a yearly international summer school […]

The Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought Announces Uprising 13/13: 13 Forms of Uprising/13 Seminars at Columbia. Launched in 2017 for the 2017-18 academic year, the purpose of this seminar series is […]

On November 13, the Critical Theory Cluster at Northwestern University held an inaugural teach-in for its Critical Theory in the Global South curriculum, an ICCTP initiative. The event welcomed professors and participants […]

Graduate Conference of the Institute of the Humanities & Global Cultures and the Academy of Global Humanities and Critical Theory March 16-18, 2018 Keynote address: Prof. Edward E. Baptist (Cornell University) This […]

The School of Criticism and Theory (SCT) was founded in 1976 by a group of leading literary scholars in the conviction that an understanding of theory is fundamental to humanistic studies. Today, […]

Since August 1, 2017, we have welcomed forty-seven new members to the Consortium from Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific Rim, North America, and Europe. Click on the links […]

The New School’s Public Seminar, in collaboration with the ICCTP, has created an online platform for showcasing ongoing research on global fascism from different critical theory centers around the world: Fascism: Old […]

Submissions are now invited for the Paragraph 2018 Essay Prize competition, in which the prize will be awarded for the best article addressing the theme: “Migration.” In line with the journal’s leading […]