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:: About 3CT ::
Proceeding from the sense that contemporary theory is lagging behind historical events, the Chicago Center for Contemporary Theory aims to promote sustained comparative, interdisciplinary discussion of the complexities of social processes and political practices in the contemporary world, and to develop new research programs and experimental pedagogies informed by these discussions. [read more about 3CT]

Carol Breckenridge (1942-2009): A Tribute

:: Events at 3CT ::

3CT Lecture Series Identity and Politics

Fundamentalisms and the Politics of Identity
A Discussion with Faisal Devji and Paul Apostolidis
Thursday, April 16, 2009
3:30 PM, Classics 110

Long Time Coming: Obama and the Politics of Identity
A Discussion with Cathy Cohen and Adolph Reed
Friday, February 20, 2009
4:00 PM, Franke Conference Room in the Regenstein Library

The Event of Obama: A Conversation with Lauren Berlant and Michael Dawson
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
4:30 PM, Franke Conference Room in the Regenstein Library
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3CT Lecture Series Aesthetics and Politics


Jane Taylor, Reform-Perform: A Long View of Conversation and Truth
Monday, December 1, 2008
4:00 PM, Classics 110
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David Bunn, Mercantilism and Melodrama: Tableaus of Trade in the Colonial Eastern Cape
Monday, December 1, 2008
4:45 PM, Classics 110
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