Modern Critical Theory Lectures Fall 2021

For Fall 2021, the Modern Critical Theory Lecture Series featured the following speakers. For more information about this series, including the corresponding readings, see Modern Critical Theory Lecture Series Fall 2021.

• 8/31 German Idealism (Hegel), Mark Alznauer (Philosophy, Northwestern University)

• 9/7 Marx and Marxism, Tim Brennan (Comparative Literature, U of Minnesota)

• 9/14 Structuralism, Calvin Thomas (English, Georgia State)

• 9/21 Psychoanalysis, Rob Rushing (Comparative Literature, UIUC)

• 9/28 Deconstruction, Katie Chenoweth (French & Italian, Princeton)

• 10/5 Biopolitics, Samantha Frost (Political Science, UIUC)

• 10/12 Postcolonial Theory, B. Venkat Mani (German, UW-Madison)

• 10/19 Critical Race Theory, Curtis Marez (Ethnic Studies, UC-San Diego)

• 10/26 Environmental Studies, D. Fairchild Ruggles (Landscape Architecture, UIUC)

• 11/2 Disability Studies, Therí Pickens (English, Bates College)

• 11/9 Queer Theory, Sharon P. Holland (American Studies, UNC-Chapel Hill)

• 11/16 Indigenous Studies, J. Kēhaulani Kauanui (American Studies, Wesleyan

Monolingualism and Its Discontents Conference (Oct. 15-16, 2021)

Organized by the Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory and the Office of the Dean of the Krieger School of Arts & Sciences at Johns Hopkins University, Monolingualism and Its Discontents is a two-day conference featuring twelve essay presentations and fifteen speakers. This conference is cosponsored by Comparative & World Literature, English, Program in Translation & Interpreting Studies, and the School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics. For more information about this conference, including paper abstracts and participant bios, see Monolingualism and Its Discontents RadicalColLab