Paris Program in Critical Theory Redux
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Paris Program in Critical Theory Redux
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The PPCT ran from 1990 to 2025 at UCLA and then Northwestern under the leadership of Professor Samuel Weber. Program alumni and friends keep the critical thinking alive.
Logo: Xu Bing, Gravitational Arena, Pudong Art Museum, Shanghai (Photo Yue Zhuo)
Liberation. Disruption. Accelerationism. Nihilism. Synonyms?
April 2, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Derrida's Rogues book seems rather apropos U.S politics at the mo.
March 20, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Petro-chemical disaster in the North Sea. Will we get a flood of alarm about the dangers of the global carbon fuel system?
March 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Rndtable 11 (Dec 7, 2024)
THINKING OUT OF THE BOX

Chair: Michael Loriaux (Northwestern)
K McLaughlin (Brown)
I Alfandary (Université Paris III)
M Crépon (ENS-CNRS)
J Ng (Goldsmiths)
M Levine (Rutgers)
S Bernstein (Brown)
M Robson (University of Dundee)
S Weber (Northwestern)

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March 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Roundtable 10, Day 2 (Dec 7, 2024)
THINKING OUT OF THE BOX: 35 Years of the PPCT

Moderator: Bernardo Barzana (Northwestern University)
Caitlin Bruce (University of Pittsburgh)
Wenhan Zhang (Loyola University, Chicago)
Eleonora Antonakaki Giannisi (Northwestern University)

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March 6, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Roundtable 9, Day 2 (Dec 7, 2024)
THINKING OUT OF THE BOX: 35 Years of the PPCT

Moderator: Sarah Dwider (Northwestern)
Amr Kamal (The City College of New York)
Victoria Duckett (Deakin University) Melbourne
Michal Klosinski (The University of Silesia in Katowice) Poland

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March 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Roundtable 8, Day 2 (Dec 7, 2024)
THINKING OUT OF THE BOX: 35 Years of the PPCT

Moderator: Stanley Bill (Cambridge University)
Ethan Kleinberg (Wesleyan University)
Jeffrey Geiger (University of Essex)
Jennifer Croft (University of Tulsa)

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March 6, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Roundtable 7, Day 2 (Dec 7, 2024):
THINKING OUT OF THE BOX: 35 Years of the PPCT

Moderator: Roman Hutter (Northwestern University)
Jörn Etzold (Ruhr University Bochum)
Nikolaus Müller-Schöll (Goethe-University, Frankfurt/Main)
Julia Ng (Goldsmith's, University of London)

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March 6, 2025 at 11:32 AM
More videos from Day 2, Dec 7 of
THINKING OUT OF THE BOX: 35 Years of the Paris Program in Critical Theory

Présentation du colloque par Marc Crépon et Samuel Weber

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March 6, 2025 at 11:29 AM
6th Roundtable Day 1:
THINKING OUT OF THE BOX (Dec 6, 2024)

Roundtable 6 + general discussion /
Moderator: Robert Swistelnicki (Northwestern University)
Vinay Swamy (Vassar College)
Deborah Goldgaber (Louisiana State University)
Maziyar Faridi (Clemson University)

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March 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
5th Roundtable Day 1:
THINKING OUT OF THE BOX: 35 Years of the Paris Program in Critical Theory (Dec 6, 2024)

Moderator: Marton Farkas (Harvard University)
Nell Wasserstrom (University of Lausanne)
Rob Ryder (Northwestern University)
Matt Gilmore (King’s Academy)

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March 5, 2025 at 11:18 AM
4th Roundtable Day 1:
THINKING OUT OF THE BOX (Dec 6, 2024).

Moderator: David E. Johnson (University Buffalo/SUNY)
Jan Cao (East China Normal University)
Bishupal Limbu (Portland State University)
Lily Woodruff (Michigan State University)

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March 5, 2025 at 11:16 AM
3rd Roundtable Day 1:
THINKING OUT OF THE BOX (Dec 6, 2024)

Moderator: Amanda Parraguez (Northwestern)
Steven Tester (Georg-August University)
Christopher Reid (Goethe University)
Henri Southgate (University of Wisconsin)
Edward R. O'Neill (Quinnipiac University)

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March 5, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Second roundtable:
THINKING OUT OF THE BOX: 35 Years of the Paris Program in Critical Theory (Dec 6, 2024).

Moderator: Rosa Martins (DePaul University)
Nicoletta Pireddu (Georgetown University)
Laura Chiesa (University at Buffalo, SUNY)
Ricardo Ortiz (Georgetown University)

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March 5, 2025 at 11:09 AM
First roundtable of Day 1:
THINKING OUT OF THE BOX: 35 Years of the Paris Program in Critical Theory.

Moderator: Sarah Lorgan-Khanyile (Harvard)
Peter Jaros (Franklin & Marshall College)
Katy Arnold (DePaul University)
Patrick Crogan (University of the West of England)

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March 5, 2025 at 11:06 AM
More from Day 1 of:
THINKING OUT OF THE BOX: 35 Years of the Paris Program in Critical Theory.
Introduction: Samuel Weber

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March 5, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Hi world.
To open up proceedings voici links to sessions at:

THINKING OUT OF THE BOX: 35 Years of the Paris Program in Critical Theory
Day 1:
Welcome: Franziska Humphreys, Director Maison Heinrich Heine, Cité universitaire, Paris.
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March 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM