We will meet at 4pm on the 28th of March 2023 to discuss the Introduction of Martin Hägglund’s This Life: Secular Faith and Spiritual Freedom. We will meet in person in room 3.15 in CMB. CRITIQUE’s Critical Theory Reading Group meets regularly to discuss pre-read texts selected by members. To join […]
We will meet at 3pm on the 3rd of March 2023 to discuss chapters 4, 5 and the Conclusion of Climate Change as Class War: Building Socialism on a Warming Planet by Matthew T. Huber. We will meet in person in room 3.15 in CMB. CRITIQUE’s Critical Theory Reading Group meets […]
CRITIQUE-GenderEd Seminar Interlocking Crises, Intersectional Visions: Eco-Feminism in Conversation with Degrowth with Professor Sherilyn MacGregor (University of Manchester). This seminar explores the theoretical and practical implications of bringing ecological feminism into conversation with degrowth. The speaker will explain how insights from eco-feminist political economy (EPE), a field with a long […]
We will meet at 4 pm on the 13th of February 2023 to discuss Section II of Climate Change as Class War: Building Socialism on a Warming Planet by Matthew T. Huber. We will meet in person in room 3.15 in CMB. CRITIQUE’s Critical Theory Reading Group meets regularly to discuss […]
CRITIQUE -PTRG Seminar (pre-read) with by Michael Albert (PIR, Edinburgh). As ecological crises deepen, many scholars have challenged dominant practices of security by developing more progressive environmental or ecological security discourses. Others, on other hand, critique these moves by emphasizing the inherently repressive features of security discourse. This paper will engage […]
A newly awarded AHRC Network entitled Environmental Emotions: Theory, Testimony, Politics – having as PI CRITIQUE’s Director Mihaela Mihai and run in collaboration with Professor Danielle Celermajer from the Sydney’s Environment Institute – will be hosted by the Centre for two academic years. As part of the project’s agenda, we […]
We are pleased to announce the first Graduate Conference in Political Theory co-organised by the University of Edinburgh and St. Andrews University, and entitled Justice, Oppression and Resistance. The conference will feature a roundtable on ‘Empire, Race, Nature’, and keynote lectures by Dr Ẹniọlá Ṣóyẹmí (Oxford) and Dr Rahul Rao […]
We will meet at 4pm on the 25th of January 2023 to discuss the Introduction of Climate Change as Class War: Building Socialism on a Warming Planet by Matthew T. Huber. We will meet in person in room 3.15 in CMB. CRITIQUE’s Critical Theory Reading Group meets regularly to discuss pre-read […]
CRITIQUE Reads resumes on January 21st, 2022. The schedule for the Spring term is as follows: 25/01/2023, 4-5 pm 13/02/2023, 4-5 pm 28/03/2023, 4-5 pm 11/04/2023, 4-5 pm 02/05/2023, 4-5 pm To join CRITIQUE Reads, please email critique_centre@ed.ac.uk. All sessions will take place in CMB room 3.15.
Seasonal Sessions are quarterly mini-fieldtrips organised by the Environmental Working Group, under the aegis of CRTIQUE, and supported by the Edinburgh Environmental Humanities Network (EEHN). Each of our sessions takes place in a different setting outwith the university. The second session, Winter on a Mountain, will take place on Monday, 12 […]
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