Anna Kornbluh has posted a list of academic events in the Chicago area broadly related to “theory.”
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Monday, April 2, 2012 at 10:56 am
I would recommend seeing Christoph Menke on the 5th. I heard that paper of his in German recently. It’s quite interesting, although best is to have a chat with him – he’s a smart cookie, knows both German and French philosophy very well.