News & Events
Join new and current students and faculty at the Theory Centre Fall Welcome Reception, Wednesday September 3rd from 3-5pm at The Grad Club.
Associate Faculty member Luke Stark honoured with a Western Research Excellence Award for his work on the social and ethical impacts of artificial intelligence (AI).
New collaborative specialization! The Theory Centre has become a member of the Transitional Justice collaborative graduate specialization, and Theory students are now able to add this on to their program and degree. For information on the requirements and benefits, see tjcentre.uwo.ca.
2025 - 2026 Theory and Criticism course listings. More information here.
Recent books by alumni:
Megan Sherritt’s Dancing an Embodied Sinthome: Beyond Phallic Jouissance, Palgrave, 2024.
Jeremy Smith’s translation of François Laruelle, Theory of Strangers: Science of People, Democracy, Non-Psychoanalysis, Edinburgh University Press, 2025.
Dates & Deadlines
- September 3
Theory Centre Orientation - September 4
Fall Term classes begin - September 8
Tuition fee deadline - September 22
Canada Graduate Research Scholarship Doctoral application due - September 23 & 25
PhD Comprehensive Examinations - October 13
Thanksgiving Monday - university closed - October 21
Speaker Series: Peter Szendy - November 3-7
Fall Reading Week
- For other dates see the Academic Calendar and Graduate Calendar