Click here for the 2018 call for applications to the Critical Theory Workshop / Atelier de Théorie Critique. The 2018 Workshop, directed by Gabriel Rockhill and supported by Villanova University’s Doctoral Program in Philosophy, will take place from June 11-29 at the EHESS in central Paris. It is open to graduate students and faculty, as well as advanced undergraduates, independent researchers, writers and artists.

The 2018 Workshop will be comprised of three interlocking components:
• “Débats”: invited speakers debate on a common theme or question.
• “Rencontres”: intellectuals are invited to participate in public interviews on their work.
• “Groupes de travail”: the participants present and workshop their own research.

The overall objective is to bring together a diverse panoply of thinkers from different horizons in order to cultivate productive debates around topical issues. Invited guests for 2018 thus far include Seloua Luste Boulbina, Eric Hazan, Jennifer Ponce de León and Delia Popa.

All of the videos from the Critical Theory Workshop / Atelier de Théorie Critique 2016 at the Sorbonne are now available here. Highlights include discussions with Amy Allen and Patricia Gherovici on psychoanalysis and social criticism, Domenico Losurdo on the counter-history of liberalism, and Souleymane Diagne and Amy Allen on global critical theory and decolonial thought. I also had the opportunity to participate in a discussion with Patrice Maniglier and Jean-Michel Rabaté on the future of Francophone theory, a debate with Adam Takacs regarding our research project on historical ontology, and a presentation with Pierre-Antoine Chardel of our book project Pour une socio-philosophie du monde actuel. Thank you to all of the guests and participants.

The 2016 Critical Theory Workshop / Atelier de Théorie Critique—an intensive, dual-language research program that I run at the Sorbonne—will begin in exactly one week. The program flyer with the primary events is available here. For more information about the CTW/ATC, which provides an international platform for interdisciplinary, comparative and engaged work in critical social theory, see the follow resources:
The official webpage is available here
You can follow the CTW/ATC on Facebook here
You can participate in the Facebook Group here
You can follow the CTW/ATC on Twitter here