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Admission applications are now closed. Interested candidates should contact the program to ask whether late applications will be accepted.

January 27: Melissa Adler on Walter Benjamin, Thomas Jefferson and the Angels of History

Graduate Donor Award applications are due January 31, 2026. Contact theory@uwo.ca for more details.

Annual Theory Conference 2026 CALL FOR PAPERS (CFP) "Raising a Mirror to the University: Theory and the Canadian Institution."

Recent books by alumni: Andrew Woods has a book forthcoming called "The Cultural Marxism Conspiracy: Why the Right Blames the Frankfurt School for the Decline of the West."

New collaborative specialization! The Theory Centre has become a member of the , and Theory students are now able to add this on to their program and degree. For information on the requirements and benefits, see . 

Current student Brendan Brown has published two papers, "" and "."