3CT Partners on “A Counter-Imaginary in Authoritarian Times”
3CT is thrilled to be a partner on “A Counter-Imaginary in Authoritarian Times,” a project organized by University of California, Berkeley’s Center for Interdisciplinary Critical Inquiry and the International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs, and led by scholars Judith Butler, Shannon Jackson, and Debarati Sanyal at UC Berkeley and Denise Ferreira da Silva at New York University.
Generously funded by a $2.6 million award from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, this national, multi-year initiative “confronts censorship and surveillance targeting academic and artistic freedom, particularly in relation to fields and policies focusing on gender, race, ethnic studies, migration, diversity, and sexuality.” Activity will include “collaborative workshops, conferences, performances, publications, and a dynamic, open-ended digital platform” with the aim of connecting “academics, artists, activists, and other community members to develop concrete strategies, tools, and proposals to create a counter-imaginary to authoritarianism.”
At the University of Chicago, 3CT and the Smart Museum of Art will present a series of public convenings that work toward building an anti-censorship network. These will launch with a Fall 2025 conference.
Read the full announcement from University of California, Berkeley.
