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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Monday May 19, 2025

Video: Judith Butler on Destroyed Protections for Extra-Mural Speech

Theorizing the Present
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Monday May 19, 2025

Call for Papers: 2025 Lauren Berlant 3CT Graduate Student Conference

Lauren Berlant 3CT Graduate Student Conference
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Monday May 19, 2025

Video: Charlie Eaton on the Elite War on Universities

The Corporate University

3CT Partners on “A Counter-Imaginary in Authoritarian Times”

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Reimagining Cosmopolitanism

Principal Investigator(s): Dipesh Chakrabarty and Lisa Wedeen
Reimagining Cosmopolitanism