the Center for Transcultural Studies
Latest Event
The Culmination: Heidegger, German Idealism, and the Fate of Philosophy
Friday, April 24, 2025
10am – 12pm CST
Featuring:
Robert B. Pippin (Social Thought & Philosophy, University of Chicago)
Respondents:
Mark Alznauer (Philosophy, Northwestern University)
Peter E. Gordon (History, Philosophy, German Studies, Harvard University)
Andreja Novakovic (Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley)
Convener:
Dilip Gaonkar (Communication Studies, Northwestern University)
Free and open to the public. On Zoom.
Featured Projects
Questioning the Present
The Questioning the Present project was launched in 2020 as a response to the contemporary political, economic, and social conditions in light of the COVID-19 crisis.
Democratic Agendas Network
In 2017, the CTS launched a new network-building project titled Democratic Agendas Network as a framework for integrating projects and dialogues related to the career of democracy and its futures.
Semiotics Working Group
The Semiotics Working Group was founded in the fall of 2020 and meets monthly. With a diverse background, the group is exploring the possibility of a "continuous-time semiotics."
Publications
Public Works
Public Works is the CTS's international publications project. It includes the contemporary paperback series Public Planet Books (a collaboration with Duke University Press) and CTS-sponsored books. Benjamin Lee is Public Works' executive director.
Working Papers
Dig into the CTS’s intellectual history by checking out the working papers that CTS-affiliated scholars wrote between 1986 and 1992.