Making Sense of Deleuzian Problematisation
November 12, 2019
Last night, the Centre for Critical Theory had the pleasure of hosting international visiting speaker, Jeffrey Bell, Professor of Philosophy at Southeastern Louisiana University in the US. Professor Bell is a well-known scholar in the field of Deleuze Studies. Among his book-length publications are The Problem of Difference: Phenomenology and Poststructuralism (University of Toronto Press: …
Silvia Federici: Public Lecture at Nottingham Contemporary (Saturday June 29th, 5-7pm)
June 25, 2019
Feminist writer, thinker and activist Silvia Federici will talk about housework as a critical terrain in the class struggle against capitalism, as well as social and institutional violence against women, including the new witch-hunts. This surge of violence has occurred as an expansion of capitalist accumulation through enclosure and land dispossession from women, indigenous and …
Third Speaker in the Toxic Positivity Series: Liz Morrish
May 30, 2019
On Tuesday 21st May, the third speaker in our Toxic Positivity series was Liz Morrish. She is an independent scholar and activist for resistance to managerial appropriation of the university who spoke out about mental health in the university three years ago. It resulted in her resignation from an academic post, but did not end …
Toxic Positivity in the University – Second Speaker: Dr Jamie Woodcock (16th May)
May 12, 2019
Please do join us for the second instalment of the Centre for Critical Theory’s ‘Toxic Positivity in the University‘ series which is taking place next week. Dr Jamie Woodcock (University of Oxford) is a sociologist of work who focuses on digital labour, the gig economy and resistance. At 5pm in room A46 of the Trent Building, on …
Fascism and Crisis: Workshop with Alberto Toscano (Thursday 2nd May at 1pm)
April 29, 2019
Dear All, Please do join us for this timely and important event this week, in which we will try to think through responses to the rise of the alt-right … FASCISM AND CRISIS Workshop with Alberto Toscano (Goldsmiths) Date: Thursday 2 May, 1 – 4 pm Venue: A19 Trent Building, University of Nottingham Description: The recent …
Toxic Positivity in the University – First Speaker Dr Jana Bacevic (24th April)
April 17, 2019
This should be of interest to just about everyone reading this blog since it addresses the changing nature of the university and the increasingly precarious nature of academic labour. It would be great to see as many of you there as possible, and at the subsequent events around this theme … Toxic Positivity in the …
Will McCrory: Placement at Nottingham Contemporary
April 12, 2019
My name is Will McCrory and I’m a third year PhD candidate in The Centre for Critical Theory and my research focuses on post-Independence Indian Modernism. I recently started a three-month M4C placement with Nottingham Contemporary’s Public Programme team. From the start of my PhD I knew I wanted to take a placement with one …
New Lacanian School Congress in Dublin
February 10, 2016
Hi All, Some of you, especially those of you coming along to the Lacan Study Group, should be interested in this. It’s the annual congress of the New Lacanian School which is happening on the 2nd and 3rd of July. Last year it was in Geneva, but this year it is closer to home, in James …
Walter Benjamin and the Unclaimed Present
December 11, 2015
Increasingly a veteran blogger for us, here’s MA student Max Bacharach reflecting on Benjamin’s ongoing relevance …. Walter Benjamin’s enduring, if not growing, appeal, his relevance to many of today’s Big Questions, and the steady stream of literature attributed to, and focused on, him – Verso alone have published two recent editions, with another due …
Funding for MAs in Critical Theory and Cultural Studies
We are very pleased to be able to announce funding possibilities relevant to the MA in Critical Theory and Cultural Studies. About the MA This dynamic and interdisciplinary programme will give you a comprehensive introduction to the critical tradition that shapes today’s human and social sciences, as well as the opportunity to apply theories to contemporary cultural, social and …
