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Register now for the Sydney School for Critical Social Thought

Join us for thought-provoking discussions with world renowned scholars at the third annual Sydney School for Critical Social Thought.

This upcoming Institute of Social Justice (ISJ) event will see ISJ researchers and invited academics and intellectuals from around the world gather in North Sydney, creating an opportunity for dialogue, mutual learning and critical engagement.

Held from 16 May to 1 June, the program features a number of key events including an international symposium, masterclasses, public lectures and, for the first time, a postgraduate student conference organized by students in ISJ’s Doctoral Program for Social and Political Thought.

ISJ Director, Professor Nikolas Kompridis, said the third annual Sydney School for Critical Social Thought is certain to be a very exciting and invaluable two weeks of discussion and exploration.

“This intellectually enlivening annual gathering offers us the opportunity to learn from each other and to strengthen our international relationships,” Professor Kompridis said.

ACU staff are invited to register for the Sydney School for Critical Social Thought.

Event program

Symposium: The Contemporary Possibilities of Romanticism and ModernismProfessor J.M. Bernstein, Professor Akeel Bilgrami, Professor Nikolas Kompridis and Professor Robert PippinWhen: 16 and 17 May, 10am to 5pm
Where: Level 12, Tenison Woods House
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Masterclass: The End of the Enlightenment?Professor Costas DouzinasWhen: 18 and 19 May, 9am to 3pm
Where: Level 12, Tenison Woods House
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Masterclass: The Social Thought of Sigmund FreudProfessor Jacqueline RoseWhen: 29 and 30 May, 9am to 3pm
Where: Lochaber Room, Mary MacKillop Place
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Public lecture: The Left in Power?Professor Costas Douzinas
When: 19 May, 4pm to 6pm
Where: Level 12, Tenison Woods House
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Public lecture: Varieties of Religious Pluralism
Professor Rajeev Bhargava
When: 22 May, 4pm to 6pm
Where: Level 12, Tenison Woods House
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Public lecture: The LegacyProfessor Jacqueline Rose
When: 24 May, 4pm to 6pm
Where: Level 12, Tenison Woods House
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Public lecture: Radical Reflection and the Fight against FascismProfessor Jeanne Morefield
When: 26 May, 4pm to 6pm
Where: Level 12, Tenison Woods House
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Conference: Student Conference
When: 31 May and 1 June, 9.30am to 3.30pm
Where: Lochaber Room, Mary Mackillop Place.Click here to register.

For more information about the Sydney School for Critical Social Thought please visit the ISJ website.