The Chicago Center for Contemporary Theory—known as 3CT—is a space for the critical discussion and reimagination of social, political, and cultural processes in the world today.

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Friday January 12, 2024

Conspiracy/Theory Volume Now Available

Conspiracy/Theory
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Friday January 12, 2024

Conspiracy/Theory

Monday, March 25, 2024, 5:00–6:30pm New Book Salon
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Nouri GanaFriday January 12, 2024

Melancholy Acts

Monday, April 8, 2024, 6:00–7:00pm New Book Salon
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Capitalism and Its Outside: Profit, Expansion, and the Necessary Excess

Friday, May 10, and Saturday, May 11, 2024 Lauren Berlant 3CT Graduate Student Conference
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Reimagining Cosmopolitanism

Principal Investigator(s): Dipesh Chakrabarty and Lisa Wedeen
Reimagining Cosmopolitanism
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Friday October 20, 2023

Gaza in Context: A Collaborative Teach-in Series

Lisa Wedeen, Cathy Cohen, Christopher Wild, and Tom Ginsburg speaking in front of an audience.
Friday October 20, 2023

Video: The Kalven Report and Freedom of Expression

The Corporate University
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Friday October 20, 2023

Fall 2023 Critical Historical Studies Now Available