The Centre for Philosophy and Critical Thought, Goldsmiths University of London

Research Centre run jointly between the Departments of Sociology and English and Comparative Literature at Goldsmiths University, London


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Recordings of the British Academy Conference “Futures of Critique in a Pluricentric World” (July 12-13, 2024)

The recordings for the British Academy / CPCT Conference “Futures of Critique in a Pluricentric World” (July 12-13, 2024) are now available on our YouTube channel:

For more information about the conference (programme, abstracts, speaker bios), please visit: https://daoismandcapitalism.wordpress.com/2024/06/10/public-event-3-futures-of-critique-in-a-pluricentric-world-july-12-and-13-2024/


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Recordings of British Academy Symposium “Chinese Modernity in German Jewish Thought” (May 3, 2024)

The recordings for the British Academy symposium “Chinese Modernity in German Jewish Thought” (May 3, 2024) are now available on our YouTube channel here:

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Recordings of British Academy Symposium “Translating China in the Changing Political Economy, 1920s-2020s” (March 25, 2024)

The recordings for the British Academy symposium “Translating China in the Changing Political Economy, 1920s-2020s” (March 25, 2024) are now available on our YouTube channel here:

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RECORDING – Matthieu Renault – Rewriting the “Decline of the West” in the Black Atlantic (17 Jan 2024)

A recording of Matthieu Renault on ‘Rewriting the “Decline of the West” in the Black Atlantic’ as part of the 2023/24 CPCT research seminar on ‘What is Global Critical Theory? (Pt.3)’.


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RECORDING of Asia Theories Network – “Field Report” (14 Dec 2023)

A recording of Asia Theory Network – ‘Field Report’ presented by Li-Chun Hsiao, Oscar V. Campomanes, Alex Taek-Gwang Lee, Hung-chiung Li as part of the 2023/24 CPCT research seminar on ‘What is Global Critical Theory? (Pt.3)’.


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Recordings of Bruno Bosteels’ 2023 Annual Philosophy Lectures


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RECORDING of Yuji Nishiyama: The Trials of Untranslatable: Derrida in Japan & The Association for Deconstruction (23 November 2023)

A recording of Yuji Nishiyama presenting on ‘The Trials of Untranslatable: Derrida in Japan & The Association for Deconstruction’ as part of the 2023/24 CPCT research seminar on ‘What is Global Critical Theory? (Pt.3)’. 


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RECORDING of Safieddine & Giordani – ‘Reflections on Translating Arab Marxism’ (18 January 2023)

A recording of Hicham Safieddine and Angela Giordani presenting on ‘Reflections on Translating Arab Marxism’ as part of the 2022/23 CPCT research seminar on ‘Translating Global Critical Theory’. See their related book publication Hicham Safieddine (ed.), Angela Giordani (trans.), Arab Marxism and National Liberation: Selected Writings of Mahdi Amel (Brill, 2020).


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RECORDING of Kawashima and Walker – Theory & Crisis: Translating Marxism in Japan (8 Dec 2022)

A recording of Ken Kawashima and Gavin Walker presenting on ‘Theory & Crisis: Translating Marxism in Japan’ as part of the 2022/23 CPCT research seminar on ‘Translating Global Critical Theory’. This session stages a dialogue with Kawashima and Walker on their work editing, translating, interpreting and creatively applying the work of Tosaka Jun, Uno Kōzō and Kōjin Karatani to our current theoretical conjuncture.


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RECORDING of Babette Babich: Apocalyptic Thinking after Günther Anders (19 June 2023, 4pm, Senate House)

A recording of Babette Babich’s lecture on “Apocalyptic Thinking after Günther Anders” (19 June 2023), which was co-hosted by Royal Holloway University of London’s Centre for Continental Philosophy, is now available via RHUL’s Youtube channel.