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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2026-07-20/21 Online seminar on Analytic Marxism
Read the full post: 2026-07-20/21 Online seminar on Analytic MarxismForum for kritisk teori at UiO organizes a two-days online seminar on Analytic Marxism, on July 20 and 21, starting at 13h on both days. The readings are: Meeting 1: Explanations G. A. Cohen. 2020. “Functional Explanation: In Marxism.” In Karl Marx’s Theory of History. Princeton University Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv105b973.15. Elster, Jon. “Marxism,…
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2026-06-15 CfA Nordic Summer University, Critical Theory Summer Session
Read the full post: 2026-06-15 CfA Nordic Summer University, Critical Theory Summer Session“Can scientific truth, knowledge and criticism coexist?” Saulkrasti, Latvia, 24–31 July 2026 In an interview on truth and power, Michel Foucault remarked that truth is inherently political. Today, understandings of truth have become deeply politicised both within academia and beyond it. A number of radical and progressive scientific movements, ranging…
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