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Last, but certainly not least, listen to Sundar Sarukkai discuss his thought-provoking ideas on the "Philosophies of the Natural and the Social", the title of the 6-week seminar he will lead during the 2024 summer session. http://tinyurl.com/st3uak2y



Learn more about our 2024 program at https://sct.cornell.edu/2024-session -previews

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And yet another exhilarating course preview of the 2024 summer session! Head to our website to listen to Stephanie LeMenager share reflections on her 6-week seminar "Climate Humanisms, Fictional Futures".

https://sct.cornell.edu/2024-session -previews

In his course preview, SCT 2024 faculty Abou Farman discusses his 6-week seminar “Good Death Bad Death”. A fascinating topic – listen to it on our website today!

https://sct.cornell.edu/2024-session -previews

Abou Farman, "Good Death Bad Death"

As we get closer to the application deadline, we are sharing sneak peaks of the summer 2024 session! Listen to Nomi Stone and Rose Skelton speak about their incredible writing workshops, a new component of the SCT program that we are piloting in 2024. Watch it on our website here: https://sct.cornell.edu/2024-session -previews

We are delighted to welcome Alexandre Lefebvre to our 2023 summer faculty! Lefebvre is the Professor of Politics and Philosophy at the University of Sydney where he teaches and researches in political theory, the history of political thought, modern and contemporary French philosophy, human rights, and jurisprudence. Professor Lefebvre will be joining us in Ithaca for 6-weeks to lead one of our four major seminars, "The First and the Last Liberal: Michel de Montaigne and John Rawls". Lefebvre is the author of "Human Rights and the Care of the Self", published by Duke University Press and "Human Rights as a Way of Life: On Bergson's Political Philosophy", by Stanford University Press. He is also the editor of a number of books and has had articles published in several journals, most recently including "Three Reasons for Hospitality: Care for Others, Care for the World, and Care of the Self." (Perspectives on Politics, 2022), "Liberalism and the Good Life"(Journal of Social and Political Philosophy, 2022), and "The Spiritual Exercises of John Rawls", (Political Theory, 2022). Read more about Professor Lefebvre and his 6-week SCT seminar on our website! https://sct.cornell.edu/2023-session

Today we’re excited to share Professor Gary Tomlinson’s wonderful 2022 SCT lecture, “Prospects for Evolutionary Humanities”! Watch it on our website via the link https://sct.cornell.edu/video-archive

Today we are thrilled to welcome Sandra Laugier to our 2023 faculty! Largier is Professor of Philosophy at Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne and a Senior Fellow of Institut Universitaire de France. During the summer, she will be leading a seminar titled "Concepts of the Ordinary", exploring the intersection of the familiar and the strange, and the call, or return to, the ordinary.

Read about our 2023 Summer Session! Founded in 1976, the School of Criticism and Theory brings together a diverse group of scholars from around the world, addressing an ever-expanding arrangement of cultural, political and social movements, theoretical axes and intersecting debates across the humanities and social sciences.

School of Criticism and Theory | School of Criticism and Theory Founded in 1976, the School of Criticism and Theory brings together a diverse group of scholars from around the world, addressing an ever-expanding arrangement of cultural, political and social movements, theoretical axes and intersecting debates across the humanities and social sciences.

The long awaited video recording of Marina Rustow’s incredible lecture at the 2022 SCT summer session is finally here! Watch the video on our website and learn more about us while you’re at it. We are so excited for another year of seminars and lectures at the School of Criticism and Theory!

School of Criticism and Theory | School of Criticism and Theory Founded in 1976, the School of Criticism and Theory brings together a diverse group of scholars from around the world, addressing an ever-expanding arrangement of cultural, political and social movements, theoretical axes and intersecting debates across the humanities and social sciences.