The Chicago Center for Contemporary Theory—known as 3CT—is a space for the critical discussion and reimagination of social, political, and cultural processes in the world today.

Monday March 16, 2026

The Future of Rights

Wednesday, April 8, 2026, 6:00–7:00pm Future Café
Dominique J. Baker, Ron Lieber, and Lauren A. RiveraMonday March 16, 2026

Aspiring to Elitism: How the Admissions Office Remade the Corporate University

Monday, April 13, 2026, 5:30–7:00pm The Corporate University
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Monday March 16, 2026

Video: John Mearsheimer on The Monroe Doctrine and the Invasion of Venezuela

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Monday March 2, 2026

Spring 2026 Co-sponsored Events

Hannah ProctorMonday March 2, 2026

Political Pathologies: US Social Science, Psychoanalytic Interviewing, and the Cold War

Thursday, April 16, 2026, 5:00–6:30pm Revolutionary Disappointment and Recalibration
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Sianne NgaiMonday March 2, 2026

Inhabiting Error: From “Last Christmas” to “Senior’s Last Hour”

Tuesday, April 21, 2026, 5:00–6:30pm Theorizing the Present
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The Corporate University

Principal Investigator(s): 3CT Fellows
The Corporate University

Video: Robert Gooding-Williams on Democracy and Beauty