Theory Colloquium

The Theory Colloquium is an organization of graduate students that supports the discussion of cultural criticism, theories of literature and language, and critical traditions across disciplines. We invite scholars, writers, and teachers of literary theory and language to present the English Department with recent work; we also sponsor panels and the informal study of texts central to the field. In the past our programs have included talks on Jean-Claude Milner, Gilles Deleuze, and Paul de Man, as well as reading groups on Marx’s Capital and Sartre’s Critique of Dialectical Reason. The Theory Colloquium aspires to strengthen methodological commitments across the English Department and other disciplines. As part of our effort to serve the entire community, we are keen to coordinate with other colloquia, and we welcome the participation of all students and faculty, regardless of specialty. For a list of events from 2018-2019, please see below; to get involved, please contact Jessica Terekhov, Ali Mctar, or Russ Leo

Past Events

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Theory Colloquium
Mar 6, 2023, 4:30 pm

Joan K. Copjec is an American philosopher, theorist, author, feminist, and prominent American Lacanian

Location
East Pyne 111
Speaker
2022 - 2023
Theory Colloquium and East Asian Studies Program
Oct 27, 2021, 4:30 pm

Professor Chow will discuss her recent book, A Face Drawn in Sand: Humanistic Inquiry and Foucault in the Present (Columbia University Press, 2021), with follow up discussion with the author.

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Location
Virtual--requires registration. See registration link below.
Speaker
2021 - 2022
Theory Colloquium--CANCELED
Mar 5, 2020, 4:30 pm

This event has been canceled.

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Speaker
2019-2020
Theory Colloquium
Apr 23, 2019, 4:30 pm

Avicenna and the Aristotelian Left: A Q&A Discussion

Reception in the Thorp Library to follow talk.

Location
Hinds Library (Room B14), McCosh Hall
Speaker
2018-2019
Medieval Colloquium and Theory Colloquium
Mar 13, 2019, 4:30 pm

Old English Scribbles: The Intersection of Materiality and Performativity

Reception in the Thorp Library to follow talk.

Location
Hinds Library (Room B14), McCosh Hall
Speaker
2018-2019
Theory Colloquium
Dec 5, 2018, 12:00 pm

Meaning in Context

Location
Hinds Library (Room B14), McCosh Hall
Speaker
2018-2019
Theory Colloquium
Nov 29, 2018, 12:00 pm

Applied Historical and Corpus Linguistics

Location
Hinds Library (Room B14), McCosh Hall
Speaker
2018-2019
Theory Colloquium
Oct 15, 2018, 12:00 pm

Meaning in Language:  A Computer's Perspective

Location
Hinds Library (Room B14), McCosh Hall
Speaker
2018-2019
Theory Colloquium
Sep 25, 2018, 4:30 pm

Disciplines of Language

Co-sponsored by the Theory Colloquium and the Princeton University Graduate School.

 

Location
010 East Pyne
Speakers
2018-2019
Renaissance Colloquium and Theory Colloquium
Dec 7, 2017, 4:30 pm

Lyric Thinking: Humanism, Poetry, Modernity

Please review introduction prior to talk.  Introduction available from Mary Prokop ([email protected])

Reception in Thorp Library following talk.

Location
40 McCosh Hall
Speaker
2017-2018
Renaissance Displacements: Migrants and Truth Production, 1400-1700.
May 5, 2017, 4:30 pm

Migrants and Truth Production, 1400-1700

A daylong conference on the significance of migration to the literary, cultural, and intellectual history of the early modern period, featuring a keynote from Christopher Wood, Professor of German at New York University.

Speaker
2016-2017
Paul North, "The Yield: Kafkaâ's Atheological Reformation."
Apr 24, 2017, 4:30 pm

A conversation with Paul North, Professor of German at Yale, about his 2015 study of Franz Kafkaâ's ZÃrau Aphorisms.

Speaker
2016-2017
Inversion: On Some Poetics and Politics in the Discourse of the Sublime
Oct 25, 2016, 5:00 pm

This event was a collaboration between our colloquium and Comparative Literature, German, Renaissance and Early Modern Studies, and the Theory Colloquium. Professor Balfour gave a lively presentation on the aesthetics of the sublime and inversion.

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18th C./Romantic Studies…

Location
East Pyne, Room 205
Speaker
2016-2017