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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Wednesday April 23, 2025

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

Lauren Berlant 3CT Graduate Student Conference
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Charlie EatonWednesday April 23, 2025

Class Struggles: The Elite War on Universities

Thursday, May 15, 2025, 6:00–7:30pm The Corporate University
Wednesday April 23, 2025

3CT Graduate Student Fund 2025–26

Monday April 28, 2025

Video: Jessica Swanston Baker on Island Time

New Book Salon
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Monday April 28, 2025

Video: Nadia Abu El-Haj on Settler Colonialism and the Question of Palestine

Monday April 28, 2025

Video: Jonathan Levy on Veblen’s University Politics

The Corporate University

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

Christopher Taylor and Adom Getachew in conversation at the Seminary Co-op Bookstore

New Book Salon

New Book Salon