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.

Actors on a stage. Photo from While I Was Waiting by Mohammad Al Attar
Mohammad Al AttarThursday March 28, 2024

Art, Revolution, and Exile

Wednesday, April 17, 2024, 5:00–6:30pm Reimagining Cosmopolitanism
Bernard DubbeldThursday March 28, 2024

Political Abandonment: Surplus Populations and the Limits of Progressive Democracy

Monday, April 22, 2024, 5:00–6:30pm Theorizing the Present
Thursday March 28, 2024

3CT Graduate Student Fund 2024–25

Black abstract artwork on a gray wall
Andreas Bandak

Syrian Futures: Percolation, Temporality, and Historical Experience in the Plural

Thursday, April 25, 2024, 5:00–6:30pm Theorizing the Present
Brightly colored graphic featuring mixed up segments of a world map

Reimagining Cosmopolitanism

Principal Investigator(s): Dipesh Chakrabarty and Lisa Wedeen
What does it mean to be a citizen of the world today? This project aims to creatively and critically theorize new forms, sites, and manifestations of cosmopolitanism and to develop a new set of conceptual tools and categories.
Reimagining Cosmopolitanism
A cloud of smoke rises out of densely clustered buildings with a helicopter in the foreground
Friday October 20, 2023

Gaza in Context: A Collaborative Teach-in Series

abstract orange, purple, and black image
Friday October 20, 2023

Capitalism and Its Outside: Profit, Expansion, and the Necessary Excess

Friday, May 10, 2024, 10:00am–6:00pm
Saturday, May 11, 2024, 10:00am–4:30pm Lauren Berlant 3CT Graduate Student Conference
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