[On Monday, December 5, the Unit for Criticism held the second of its Fall 2011 Author’s Roundtables. The Unit hosted Kathryn Lofton to discuss her book Oprah: The Gospel of an Icon. The below contributions are from two respondents: Diana...

Tiresias, from a production of Oedipus Rex[Claire Barber, a Unit Affiliate and PhD Candidate in English, critiques the Modernist Studies Association Conference she attended last month. To her surprise, she found a dearth of disability studies scholarship...

[On Monday, October 24, the Unit for Criticism hosted “The Innovation Conspiracy: Ruin and Rebirth in The American University,” a lecture by Christopher Newfield, professor of English at the University of California at Santa Barbara. The below contribution is from Robert Mejia. The event was the third and final celebrating the Unit...

[On Monday, October 3, the Unit for Criticism hosted "The Ignorant Elite: Neoliberalism and Its Consequences," a lecture by Mark Weisbrot, Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, DC. The below contributions is from Arnaud Pascal Perret. The event was the second of three...

[On Friday, September 16, the Unit for Criticism held the first of its Fall 2011 Author’s Roundtables. Suvir Kaul discussed his recent analysis of Kashmir and the Indian Empire. The below contributions are from the two respondents: Antoinette Burton and Rajmohan Gandhi. The event was...

Dear Colleagues,Welcome back! This fall marks the Unit for Criticism’s 30th birthday and I have lots of exciting news to convey. Let me start by saying that this mail will be followed by an easy-to-use “Save the Date” e-memo that lists all Fall 2011 events. I also want to bring you up to date on the Unit’s staffing...

Photos from Freedom and Its Discontents: April 28-29, 2011Audrey Kobayashi gives the first keynote lecture, "Connecting Freedom and Responsibility: Activist Scholarship and Geopolitcs."...

[On April 28 and 29, 2011, the Unit for Criticism partnered with the Social Dimensions of Environmental Policy Initiative, and the Program in Arms Control, Disarmament, and International Security for a conference, Freedom and Its...

Paris in 1968[On April 28 and 29, 2011, the Unit for Criticism partnered with the Social Dimensions of Environmental Policy Initiative, and the Program in Arms Control, Disarmament, and International Security for a conference, Freedom and Its...

[On Tuesday, March 1, 2011, the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities and the Unit for Criticism hosted a seminar with Nancy Fraser of The New School. Fraser is a Nicholson Distinguished Visiting Scholar.]Nancy Fraser’s “Feminism, Capitalism and the Cunning of History”Written by Jungmin Kwon (Institute of...

[On Monday, March 28, 2011, the Unit for Criticism hosted "'My Brother is Not a Pig': Philippine Cinema against Empire," a lecture by José B. Capino, professor of English, Asian American Studies, Cinema Studies, and Gender & Women's Studies at the University of Illinois. The below contributions are from the event...

[In this post, Caroline Levine, professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, writes about the on-going demonstrations and rallies in Madison, Wisconsin.]Three views from the ground in MadisonWritten by Caroline Levine (University of Wisconsin-...

[On Monday, February 28, 2011, the Unit for Criticism hosted "Marketization, Social Protection, Emancipation: Re-reading Karl Polanyi in the 21st Century," a lecture by Nancy Fraser of The New School. Fraser is a Nicholson Distinguished Visiting Scholar.]Nancy Fraser's "Marketization, Social Protection, Emancipation:...

[The Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory has a long history of publishing edited books and special issues derived from events. In the latest of these, Michael Rothberg, former Director of...

[AsiaLENS is a documentary and independent film series hosted by the Asian Educational Media Service (AEMS) that holds screenings, lectures, and discussions every semester. The events are free and open to the public. Below Eric Dalle, a graduate student affiliate in Comparative and...