Centre for Anthropological, Political
and Social Theory (CAPS)

Past Events

25 Aug. - 26 Aug. 2022

Social theory as vocation?

Midterm conference of the European Sociology Association (ESA) research network 29

2 June 2020, 14:00-17:30

CANCELLED! Seminar on freedom, territory, and diplomacy in a new climatic regime

Seminar with Nikolaj Schultz (University of Copenhagen), Pierre-Yves Condé (Université de Bourgogne), and Pierre Charbonnier (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique).

2 Dec. 2019 - 12 Mar. 2020

Ph.d. course in contemporary sociological theory

PhD course that offers an extensive overview of contemporary sociological theory and with extensive opportunities for participants to develop their own theoretical interests.

27 Sept. 2019, 9:00-17:30

Migration, Citizenship, and Social Boundaries

One-day workshop with a keynote lecture by Professor Gökce Yurdakul, Humboldt University.

26 Sept. 2019, 15:00-17:00

Public Lecture by Gökce Yurdakul

Public lecture by Professor Gökce Yurdakul, Humbolt University of Berlin on "Jews, Muslims, and self-representations--The Headscarf and Male Ritual Circumcision Debates in Germany.”

22 May 2019, 15:00-17:00

Seminar with Arthur Bueno

Seminar with Arthur Bueno, University of Frankfurt, who will present a paper on "Simmel's Theory of Monetary Pathologies".

29 Apr. 2019, 14:00-17:00

CANCELLED! Seminar on freedom, territory, and diplomacy in a new climatic regime

Seminar with Nikolaj Schultz (University of Copenhagen), Pierre-Yves Condé (Université de Bourgogne), and Pierre Charbonnier (CNRS) on social and political theory in the Anthropocene.

21 Mar. 2019, 16:30-18:30

Book seminar with Andreas Reckwitz

Book seminar with Andreas Reckwitz (Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt, Oder) celebrating the Danish translation of his book The Society of Singularities.

5 Nov. 2018 - 9 Jan. 2019

PhD Course: Modern Sociological Theory

The course focuses on sociological theory during the period between roughly 1945 and 2000. The course is offered in cooperation by the Departments of Sociology in Copenhagen, Lund and Gothenburg.

26 Oct. 2018, 13:00-16:00

The Phenomenology of Belief

A CAPS seminar on "The Phenomenology of Belief: Media Technologies and Communities of Sense", with Professor Michael Shapiro, University of Hawai’i, Manoa.

11 Oct. 2018, 9:00-18:00

Visual Social Sciences and Digital Media Politics

A one-day conference on Visual Social Sciences and Digital Media Politics, with keynotes by Professor Anna Schober, Alpen-Adria University Klagenfurt, and Assistant Professor Alice Mattoni, Scuola Normale Superiore.

11 Oct. - 12 Oct. 2018

PhD Course: Visual Social Sciences and Digital Media Politics

A PhD course about the "Visual Social Sciences and Digital Media Politics" with keynotes from professors Anna Schober and Alice Mattoni.

13 June - 16 June 2018

Conference: Green (SLSAeu 2018)

CAPS is co-sponsoring the 12th European Society for Literature, Science and the Arts Conference.

10 Apr. 2018, 14:00-16:00

Seminar with Dan Zahavi

CAPS is pleased to announce that Dan Zahavi will give a talk at CSS on April 10 @ 14-16 in room 35.3.20

Dan Zahavi is professor of philosophy and director of the Center for Subjectivity Research at the Department of Media, Cognition and Communication, University of Copenhagen.

23 Feb. - 25 Feb. 2018

Conference: Contemporary Social Critique

Contemporary problems and possibilities of social critique
Symposium, 23-25^th of February, 2018, at University of Copenhagen, Centre for Health and Society.

Keynote, Friday, Feb 23 @ 1.15pm: Professor Martin Saar, Goethe University, Frankfurt/M.

Organized by Nordic Summer University (NSU) and Centre for Anthropological, Political and Social Theory (CAPS).

30 Nov. 2017, 13:00-17:00

Workshop: Reason and Affect in Divided Societies

NOS-HS workshop on reason and affect in divided societies, with papers from Professor Nils Holtug and Ph.d. Jonas Toubøl.

27 Nov. 2017, 15:30-17:30

Workshop: Theory and the Anthropocene

Workshop with Professor Nils Bubandt, School of Culture and Society and co-director of Aarhus University Research on the Anthropocene (AURA), Aarhus University.

4 Oct. - 20 Dec. 2017

PhD course: Classical Sociological Theory

Fall 2017 PhD course on classical sociological theory with participants from University of Gothenburg, Lund University, and University of Copenhagen

24 Aug. - 25 Aug. 2017

Workshop: Critical Theory and the Anthropocene

2-day interdisciplinary workshop on critical theory and the Anthropocene

29 May - 30 May 2017

PhD course: Populism vs. Multiculturalism: The Dilemmas of Democratic National Identities in the 21st Century

Ph.d. course with Professor Rogers Smith, University of Pennsylvania on populism and multiculturalism.

18 May - 19 May 2017

PhD course: Democratic Resistances in Times of Rightwing Mobilization

PhD course on theories of democracy, political participation and resistance studies.

18 May 2017, 9:30-16:30

Conference: Democratic Resistances in Times of Rightwing Mobilization

One-day conference with Professor Jane Mansbridge, Harvard University, Professor Stellan Vintagen, University of Massachusetts, and Associate Professor Jeffrey Juris, Northeastern University.

24 Apr. - 26 Apr. 2017

Workshop: Reason and Affect in Divided Societies

Workshop organized by the NOS-HS sponsored research project "Reason and Affect in Divided Societies: The Nordic Case."

3 Mar. 2017, 15:00-17:00

Justice After Marx: Seminar with Rainer Forst

Seminar on "Justice After Marx" with Professor Rainer Forst, Goethe University Frankfurt.

27 Oct. 2016, 16:00-18:00

Workshop: Times and Emotions

Workshop with Professor Donatella Della Porta, Department of Political and Social Sciences, European University Institute, Firenze.

10 Oct. - 2 Dec. 2016

Ph.D. course: Contemporary Sociological Theory

Ph.d. course with Associate Professor Mikael Carleheden and others

21 Sept. 2016, 10:00-12:00

The ‘Humpty Dumpty’ Problem: Climate ‘Repair’ in the Anthropocene

Workshop with Duncan MacLaren, Lancaster University

20 Sept. 2016, 16:00-18:00

Deeply Divided: Social Movements and Racial Politics in Postwar America

Lecture with Douglas McAdam, Stanford University

19 May - 20 May 2016

Conference: Reason and Affect in the Anthropocene

Conference: Reason and Affect in the Anthropocene University of Copenhagen, 19-20 May 2016.