News & Events
The Centre sponsors a variety of seminars, conferences, publications and an active program of lectures and colloquia by both internal and external faculty.
CSTC Sponsored Conferences
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Aftermaths: Revolution and Recovery
An Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference
The upcoming Student Conference 'Aftermaths: Recuperation and Recovery' is coordinated by Doctoral candidates Kate Lawless and Claudie Massicotte. This 4th annual graduate conference held by the Theory Center will explore the after-effects of human catastrophes from a broad array of theoretical and artistic perspectives. Taking place May 10-12, 2012, the conference will promote the Centre’s interdisciplinary approach to research by offering an open platform to exchange ideas with colleagues from other disciplines and universities.
PAST CONFERENCES:
Aftermaths: Revolution and Recovery
May 10-12, 2012
Nietzsche Workshop @ Western: Nietzsche, Ecology, Technology
October 1, 2011
Audio file of conference proceedings
Enter the Fray: Theory and Criticism in the Network-Centric World
April 7-9, 2011
Nietzsche Workshop @ Western: Re-Thinking War in the 21st Century
May 7, 2010
The Artfulness of Play: Bridging Creative and Theoretical Discourses
September 25-27, 2009
13th International Mikhaïl Bakhtin Conference
July 28 - August 1, 2008
Tactics of Resistance: Limitations & Possibilities
October 12-13, 2007
Drawing a Blank
March 22-24, 2007
Illusions of Identity: resisting (beyond) identity politics
October 14-15, 2006
La cérémonie : Entre le protocolaire et l'intime
6-8 octobre, 2005
Community and Identity: Constructions, Deconstructions, Reconstructions
May 25-27, 2005
Pornography is Not About
April 7-10, 2005
Gambling Theory
October 13-17, 2004
The Philosophy of Everyday Life: What Phenomenology Tells Us
March 16, 2004
On Things Atomic
February 12-14, 2004
On Distortion
April 3-6, 2003
Community and (Im)Possibility
March 23-24, 2001
The Histories of Theory
April 16 - 19, 1998
The Human Sciences in the Age of Theory
April 1-4, 1993
