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Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought @columbiaccct.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

NEXT THURSDAY: Join the CCCCT for our fourteenth Hegel 13/13 seminar with Professor Axel Honneth. In-person at Columbia University or remotely from Zoom. October 8 at 6:15 PM. For more information and to register, please visit hegel1313.law.columbia.edu/14-13/

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Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought @columbiaccct.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

THIS THURSDAY: Join the CCCCT for our thirteenth Hegel 13/13 seminar with Professor Homi Bhabha. In-person at Riverside Church (91 Claremont Ave) or remotely from Zoom. September 17 at 6:15 PM. For more information and to register, please visit hegel1313.law.columbia.edu/10-13/

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Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought @columbiaccct.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Philosopher Seyla Benhabib discusses Hannah Arendt and the Roberts Court in her new Substack post. This article has appeared on the Hannah Arendt Center @hannaharendtcenter.bsky.social website on Sunday July 19, 2026. "Hannah Arendt v. The Roberts Court" Read it here: medium.com/@arendt_cent...

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Hannah Arendt v. The Roberts Court

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Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought @columbiaccct.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Bernard E. Harcourt speaks on Foucault's global intellectual life at the "Foucault Without Borders" symposium, part of the Collège de France's centennial celebration of Michel Foucault. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ2S...

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Foucault Without Borders (5) EV - Didier Fassin (2025-2026)

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Bernard E. Harcourt @bernardharcourt.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Political Concepts at the Sorbonne: Join us on May 29 and May 30 for discussions with Emily APTER, Etienne BALIBAR, Barbara CASSIN, Eric FASSIN, Michel FEHER, Judith REVEL & Ann L. STOLER, among others. Info and SRVP here: isjps.pantheonsorbonne.fr/evenements/p... | @lab-iris.bsky.social @ehess.fr

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Bernard E. Harcourt @bernardharcourt.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

If you are in Paris this week, join us on Tuesday May 26 at 4:30PM at the EHESS for a seminar on *Lacan and Hegel* with Professor Björn Quiring of the University of Dublin. We will be in salle 3.07, Centre de colloques, Campus Condorcet, 93300 Aubervilliers | @lab-iris.bsky.social @ehess.fr

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Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought @columbiaccct.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

JUNE 1: Join the CCCCT for our twelfth Hegel 13/13 seminar with philosopher Étienne Balibar. In-person at Columbia Global Paris Center (4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris) or remotely from Zoom. June 2 at 15h Paris time, 9:00 AM New York time. For more information, visit hegel1313.law.columbia.edu/9-13/

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Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought @columbiaccct.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

NEXT FRIDAY AND SATURDAY: Join EdgeCut Arts and choreographer Marija Krtolica for "Why do we still talk about the weather?," a performance on violence and pacifism in consumer society. In-person at EdgeCut Arts. May 29 and 30 at 7:30 PM. For more information, visit: www.edgecut.org/events/2026-...

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Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought @columbiaccct.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Announcing the release of Kritische Theorie weiterdenken, a book by José Maurício Domingues and Guilherme Leite Gonçalves, on contemporary debates in critical theory. Kritische Theorie weiterdenken (Rethinking Critical Theory) will be available on June 25, 2026 here: campus.de/wissenschaft...

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Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought @columbiaccct.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Bernard E. Harcourt discusses the cooperism alternative to capitalism and communism amid global crisises in Télérama. “Ni communisme ni capitalisme, vive le “coopérisme” ? L’ambitieux essai de Bernard E. Harcourt pour une troisième voie” Read it here: www.telerama.fr/livre/ni-com...

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Ni communisme ni capitalisme, vive le “coopérisme” ? L’ambitieux essai de Bernard E. Harcourt pour une troisième voie

Dans son stimulant nouveau livre, le professeur de philosophie politique franco-américain forge un nouveau modèle politique et social, fondé sur la coopération humaine. Et, à le lire, plus facilement ...

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Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought @columbiaccct.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

TODAY: Join author Daniela Gandorfer for a book discussion of Matterphorics. In-person at Yeshiva University. April 23 at 4:00 PM.

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Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought @columbiaccct.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

THIS WEDNESDAY: Join the Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies for their book event of Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship with author Anna O. Law. In-person at Columbia University. April 22 at 12:00 PM. For more information, please visit: www.siwps.org/events/book-...

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Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought @columbiaccct.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

NEXT WEDNESDAY: Join the CCCCT for our eighth Hegel 13/13 seminar with literary critic Bruno Bosteels. In-person at Columbia University or remotely from Zoom. April 22 at 6:15 PM. For more information and to register, please visit hegel1313.law.columbia.edu/12-13/

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Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought @columbiaccct.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Philosopher Kevin Anderson discusses Hegel Notebooks of 1914-15 and the influence of Lenin's study of Hegel for Hegel 13/13. “Lenin and Hegel: A Conversation with Kevin A. Anderson and Bernard E. Harcourt @ Columbia University” Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvnh...

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Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought @columbiaccct.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

THIS FRIDAY: Join the Columbia Political Theory Seminar for the book roundtable "The Rise and Fall of Liberal World Orders” on Isaac Nakhimovsky’s The Holy Alliance. In-person at Columbia University. April 17 at 4:00 PM. For more information, please visit: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought @columbiaccct.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

NEXT THURSDAY: Join the Institute for Ideas and Imagination for the book launch of Étienne Balibar’s Sur la guerre. Trois interprétations. In-person at Columbia Global Paris Center. April 16 at 7:00 PM. For more information and to register, please visit: ideasimagination.columbia.edu/events/on-th...

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Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought @columbiaccct.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Watch Bernard E. Harcourt's latest lecture at the University of Zurich (March 19, 2026) "Equal Justice Under Law: The Future of An Illusion" www.normz.uzh.ch/en/News/Even...

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Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought @columbiaccct.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

NEXT WEDNESDAY: Join the CCCCT for our seventh Hegel 13/13 seminar with philosopher Susan Buck-Morss. In-person at Columbia Law School or remotely from Zoom. April 8 at 6:15 PM. For more information and to register, please visit hegel1313.law.columbia.edu/8-13/

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Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought @columbiaccct.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

THIS THURSDAY: Join the CCCCT and CLS ACLU for a book discussion of Fear and Fury with Heather Thompson. In-person at Columbia Law School. April 2 at 12:10 PM. For more information and to register, please visit www.law.columbia.edu/events/book-...

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Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought @columbiaccct.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

NEXT TUESDAY: Join the CCCCT for our sixth Hegel 13/13 seminar with philosopher Martin Saar. In-person at Campus Condorcet (Bâtiment Recherche Sud) or remotely from Zoom. March 24 at 16h30 Paris time, 11:30 AM New York time. For more information, visit hegel1313.law.columbia.edu/5-13/

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Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought @columbiaccct.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

THIS FRIDAY: Join the CCCCT for our fifth Hegel 13/13 seminar with philosopher Jean-Baptiste Vuillerod. In-person at EHESS (54 boulevard Raspail) or remotely from Zoom. March 20 at 16h30 Paris time, 11:30 AM New York time. For more information, please visit hegel1313.law.columbia.edu/11-13/

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Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought @columbiaccct.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

NEXT TUESDAY: Join the Constitutional Democracy Initiative and the Ambedkar Program in Global Constitutionalism for a Book Talk of The Future That Was. In-person at Columbia University. March 24 at 6:00 PM. For more information and to register, please visit: www.law.columbia.edu/events/book-...

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Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought @columbiaccct.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Philosopher Seyla Benhabib reflects on the life and legacy of Jürgen Habermas in her new post on the 13/13 Essays. “A Worldly Philosopher: Jürgen Habermas In Memoriam.” Read it here: the1313.law.columbia.edu/2026/03/15/s...

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Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought @columbiaccct.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

TODAY: Join Birkbeck, University of London for their Annual Law Lecture with Professor Bernard E. Harcourt on inverting Hegel. March 13 at 18:00 GMT or 1:00 PM EST. In-person at Birkbeck Clore Management Centre. For more information, please visit: www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...

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Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought @columbiaccct.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

TODAY: Join the Eric H. Holder Jr. Initiative and Columbia Votes for American Voter Project: Executive Power and the Rule of Law. In-person at Columbia University. March 5 at 6:00 PM. For more information and to register, please visit: holder.college.columbia.edu/events/ameri...

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Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought @columbiaccct.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

THIS WEDNESDAY: Join the CCCCT for our four Hegel 13/13 seminar with philosopher Judith Butler. In-person at Riverside Church (91 Claremont Ave) or remotely from Zoom. March 4 at 6:15 PM. For more information and to register, please visit hegel1313.law.columbia.edu/13-13/

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Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought @columbiaccct.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

NEXT THURSDAY: Join the Columbia Center for the Study of Social Difference for Criminalizing Race with Dr. David Hernández. In-person at Recirculation (876 Riverside Dr). February 26 at 6:30 PM. For more information and to register, please visit: www.socialdifference.columbia.edu/ccs-events/2...

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Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought @columbiaccct.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

NEXT WEDNESDAY: Join the CCCCT for our third Hegel 13/13 seminar with philosopher Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. In-person at Columbia Law School or remotely from Zoom. February 25 at 6:15 PM. For more information and to register, please visit hegel1313.law.columbia.edu/3-13/

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Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought @columbiaccct.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

THIS WEDNESDAY: Join the CCCCT for our second Hegel 13/13 seminar with philosopher Cornel West. In-person at Columbia Law School or remotely from Zoom. February 11 at 6:15 PM. For more information and to register, please visit hegel1313.law.columbia.edu/6-13/

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Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought @columbiaccct.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

THIS WEDNESDAY: Join the CCCCT for our first Hegel 13/13 seminar with philosopher Seyla Benhabib. In-person at Columbia University or remotely from Zoom. February 4 at 6:15 PM. For more information and to register, please visit hegel1313.law.columbia.edu/11-13/

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Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought @columbiaccct.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

NEXT MONDAY: Join the Heyman Center for Humanities for Humanitarian Aid on Trial with Dr. Scott Warren. In-person at the Heyman Center for the Humanities. February 9 at 6:30 PM. For more information and to register, please visit sofheyman.org/events/human...

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Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought @columbiaccct.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

FEBRUARY 26: Join NYU's Maison Française for Machines à Écrire: Bernard E. Harcourt en conversation avec Laure Adler. In-person at La Maison Française (16 Washington Mews). February 26 at 6:00 PM. For more information and to register, please visit as.nyu.edu/research-cen...

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Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought @columbiaccct.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

JANUARY 22: Join the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society for a panel celebrating the English release of Jesús R. Velasco’s Microliteratures. In-person at the Heyman Center for the Humanities. January 22 at 5:00 PM. To register, please visit icls.columbia.edu/events/celeb...

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Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought @columbiaccct.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

NEXT THURSDAY: Join the Columbia University Committee on Global Thought for an information session on the MA in Global Thought program. Remotely from Zoom. December 4 at 8:15 AM. For more information and additional session dates, please visit cgt.columbia.edu/academics/ma...

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Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought @columbiaccct.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

NEXT TUESDAY: Join the Eric H. Holder Jr. Initiative for Immigration in New York City: Policy, Belonging, and the Future of Sanctuary. In-person at Columbia University. December 2 at 7:00 PM. For more information, please visit holder.college.columbia.edu/events/immig...

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Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought @columbiaccct.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

THIS WEDNESDAY: Join the Eric H. Holder Jr. Initiative for "King of the North" A Conversation with Jeanne Theoharis. In-person at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. November 19 at 6:30 PM. For more information, please visit events.columbia.edu/go/king_of_t...

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Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought @columbiaccct.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

NEXT MONDAY: Join the Eric H. Holder Jr. Initiative and Columbia Votes for Why Authoritarians Fear Democracy. In-person at Columbia University. November 17 at 6:00 PM. For more information and to register, please visit www.eventbrite.com/e/why-author...

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Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought @columbiaccct.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

NEXT MONDAY: Join The Society of Fellows and Heyman Center for the Humanities in honoring Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature by @alybatt.bsky.social. In-person at Columbia University or remotely from Zoom. November 17 at 6:15 PM. To register, please visit sofheyman.org/events/celeb...

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Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought @columbiaccct.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

NOVEMBER 21 AND 22: Join Fall of Freedom in organizing an event uniting artists to defy the authoritarian forces sweeping the nation. For more information on Fall for Freedom, resources to organize your own event, and to find events near you, please visit www.falloffreedom.com.

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Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought @columbiaccct.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

NEXT TUESDAY: Join the Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life at Columbia University for American Religion is…Surveillance. In-person at Union Theological Seminary. October 28 at 5:30 PM. For more information and to register, please visit www.ircpl.columbia.edu/calendar/ame...

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Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought @columbiaccct.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

THIS TUESDAY: Join the Eric H. Holder Jr. Initiative for Covering Politics: Journalism Through the Lens of Local Elections. In-person at Columbia University. October 21 at 6:00 PM. For more information and to register, please visit events.columbia.edu/go/covering_...

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Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought @columbiaccct.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

THIS WEDNESDAY: Join the CCCCT for our introductory session of the Hegel 13/13 seminar series. In-person at Columbia University. October 8 at 8:00 PM. For more information and to register, please visit www.eventbrite.com/e/launch-of-...

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Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought @columbiaccct.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

THIS TUESDAY: Join us for a book celebration of The Care of the Self and the Care of the Other by Daniel Wyche in conversation with Bernard E. Harcourt. In-person at Book Culture. October 7 at 7:00 PM. For more information and to register, please visit www.bookculture.com/event/112th-...

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Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought @columbiaccct.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

NEXT THURSDAY: Join Revolution Books and @bkbookfest.bsky.social for Weaver of Dreams, Voice of Conscience: Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o. In-Person at Revolution Books. September 18 at 7:00 PM. To register, please visit brooklynbookfestival.org/event/weaver...

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Bernard E. Harcourt @bernardharcourt.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

OK, here's the new website for Hegel 13/13: hegel1313.law.columbia.edu. Soon we begin with preparatory sessions (informal conversations, small seminars, reading groups, lectures) to lay the groundwork for the full seminars. The ambition: to develop a new critical praxis for these times of crisis...

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Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought @columbiaccct.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

TOMORROW: Join Professor Jamee Moudud for the launch of his new book "Legal and Political Foundations of Capitalism: The End of Laissez Faire?". Remotely from Zoom. July 30 at 10:00 AM. For more information and to register, please visit lpecollective.org/event/legal-...

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Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought @columbiaccct.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

NEXT TUESDAY: Join the CCCCT for our concluding session of Marx 13/13 with philosopher Étienne Balibar. In-person at Columbia Global Paris Center or remotely from Zoom. May 27 at 16h30 Paris time or 10:30 AM NY time. For more information and to register, please visit marx1313.law.columbia.edu/13-13/

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Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought @columbiaccct.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

THIS SUMMER: Professor Dani Friedrich will be teaching Foucault & Education. This course discusses some of Foucault's contributions and their intersection with education. Starting on May 22 at Teachers College. The syllabus for the course is available here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought @columbiaccct.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Join UNESCO for the Conference on Intergenerational Trauma Resulting from Enslavement and the Holocaust. In-person at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris or remotely from Zoom. May 21 at 11:00 AM. For more information and to register, please visit indico.un.org/event/1017855/

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Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought @columbiaccct.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Many of you have been following the situation of our friend and colleague, Nascimento Blair. The New York Times has just published a long-form essay on Mr. Blair, which you can read here: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/n... Thank you for your support and continued concern about Nascimento Blair.

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21 Years Later, Deported Back to a ‘Home’ He Barely Knew (Gift Article)

Two decades had passed since Nascimento Blair was last in Jamaica, his homeland. Much had changed, including Mr. Blair himself.

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