PEOPLE & PARTNERSHIPS
Founder and Executive Director: Gabriel Rockhill
Associate Director: Jennifer Ponce de León
Program Coordinator: Jared Bly
Program Assistant: Luke Ohr
Program Administrator and Primary Contact: Rosa Dolet <criticaltheoryworkshop@protonmail.com>
Partner Institution: Laboratoire d’Anthropologie Politique (CNRS / EHESS)
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Dates: July 20-31, 2026
Location: EHESS in Paris, France & Online
Time: 5-7 p.m. Paris time unless otherwise indicated
INVITED SPEAKERS
Max Ajl, Cedric Johnson, Helen Yaffe, and others (for a list of past speakers click here). CTW Directors, Gabriel Rockhill and Jennifer Ponce de León, will also present their research and participate in the debates.
PROGRAM
Unless otherwise indicated below, sessions will take place daily from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Paris time (they will be recorded and can be privately shared if participants cannot attend certain sessions). The format will vary slightly for each meeting, but the sessions will generally take the form of collective discussions and debates focused on the work of the speaker or speakers in question, based in part on pre-circulated texts by them that all of the participants will read in advance. Participants will have the opportunity to prepare questions for the speakers and participate in discussion sessions regarding their own research.
SCHEDULE
WEEK I
7/20/26
Gabriel Rockhill & Jennifer Ponce de León, introductory presentation and discussion
Material: TBD
Pot d’accueil or opening reception
7/21/26
Book launch and discussion with Aymeric Monville & Gabriel Rockhill for Requiem for French Theory: Transatlantic Funeral Dirge in a Marxist Key (New York: Monthly Review Press, 2026).
Material:
Aymeric Monville & Gabriel Rockhill, “Preface” to Requiem for French Theory: Transatlantic Funeral Dirge in a Marxist Key (New York: Monthly Review Press, 2026).
7/22/26
Discussion with Max Ajl
Material: TBD
7/23/26
Workshop on Bertolt Brecht and the politics of art with Jennifer Ponce de León & Gabriel Rockhill, followed by an open discussion and debate concerning the themes of the first week of the summer school
7/24/26 (exact date and times will vary depending on participants’ groups)
Participants’ research presentations in small working groups (optional)
7/25/26: Optional Event in French Open to the Public
A discussion in French of “Marxism versus the Imperial Theory Industry,” with Gabriel Rockhill and others. This discussion will have, as its background, two recent books: Aymeric Monville and Gabriel Rockhill, Requiem for French Theory: Transatlantic Funeral Dirge in a Marxist Key (New York: Monthly Review Press, 2026) and Gabriel Rockhill, Who Paid the Pipers of Western Marxism? (New York: Monthly Review Press, 2026). The event will be moderated by Aymeric Monville and hosted by the Café marxiste.
Location: Le Royal Est, 129 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Martin
Nota bene: this event will be recorded and will be shared on the CTW’s Patreon and YouTube channels for the participants in the online program.
WEEK 2
7/27/26
Discussion with Cedric Johnson
Material: TBD
7/28/26
Discussion with Jennifer Ponce de León, “Anticolonialism & the Marxist Tradition”
Material: TBD
7/29/26
Discussion with Helen Yaffe
Material: TBD
7/30/26
Open discussion and debate concerning the themes of the summer school with Jennifer Ponce de León & Gabriel Rockhill
7/31/26
Final Participants Conference (optional)
Final Reception
PROGRAM FEE & FINANCIAL AID
There is a sliding scale based on income and wealth. Please click here for more details, and check out our Patreon for more options.
APPLICATION DEADLINE
There is a rolling admissions policy, and early applications are encouraged. Applications are due March 15 for the in-person program and by June 15 for the online program.
APPLICATION
The short online application form can be found here. It is also available as a pdf and word document if necessary, but we prefer the use of the online form whenever possible. The application and supporting materials (a CV) can be e-mailed directly to <criticaltheoryworkshop@protonmail.com>. If you have a specific deadline by which you need to know admissions decisions for the purposes of external funding, please let us know via email.
