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 January 29, 2025

Theory Now: Practices, Predicaments, and Possibilities

April 10–11, 2025 Theorizing the Present
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Wednesday January 29, 2025

2025 Lauren Berlant 3CT Graduate Student Conference Organizing Opportunity

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Jonathan LevyWednesday January 29, 2025

The Real Economy: Veblen’s University Politics

Tuesday, February 25, 2025, 5:00–6:30pm The Corporate University

Video: Higher Education and Artificial Intelligence

The Corporate University
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Theorizing the Present

Theorizing the Present
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Reimagining Cosmopolitanism

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

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