Nordic Network for Critical Theory
The Nordic Network for Critical Theory is a platform currently being developed to strengthen research cooperation in emancipatory social theory across the Nordic countries. The network aims to connect researchers who build on historical materialism & the Frankfurt school, and work in dialogue with feminism, antiracism, postcolonial theory and other strands of critical thought.
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2026-10-15/16 | NNCT conference 2026: Critical theory in the age of monsters, Bergen
Read the full post: 2026-10-15/16 | NNCT conference 2026: Critical theory in the age of monsters, BergenThe first NNCT conference takes its cue from a well-known quote by Antonio Gramsci: The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born. In this interregnum, monsters appear. Several authors (Fraser 2019, Stahl 2019, Streeck 2024, Ó Rálaigh 2025) have applied Gramsci’s diagnosis to our own…
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2026-04-30 | Call for Abstracts: NNCT conference 15./16.10.26 Bergen
Read the full post: 2026-04-30 | Call for Abstracts: NNCT conference 15./16.10.26 BergenWe invite submissions for short talks (25 min) at the forthcoming NNCT conference Critical theory in the age of monsters, University of Bergen, October 15th/16th, 2026. Please send title, abstract (ca. 200 words) and brief information about yourself (affiliation, research) by April 30th, 2026 to franz.knappik@uib.no, using the email heading “NNCT…
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2026-04-16/17 | Workshop: Philosophy in Times of Crisis, University of Oslo
Read the full post: 2026-04-16/17 | Workshop: Philosophy in Times of Crisis, University of OsloThe workshop brings together philosophers from different traditions to discuss how philosophy should respond to the crises that characterize our present time. This includes the climate crisis; economic, humanitarian, social, and democratic crises; and not least the many crisis scenarios linked to the rapid development of AI. Can — and…
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