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We are expanding the colloquium series. This year the Center for Theory will have colloquia in the Fall (schedule below)! Then, in the Spring, we will be trying something new with a thematic entitled Digitial Dialectic. Check out the schedule. All fall colloquia will be held in 432 University Hall at noon. Please contact David…Continue Reading FALL 2017 COLLOQUIA

We are delighted to announce that FAST CAPITALISM 14.1 is now live at the journal’s website. The direct link is: http://www.uta.edu/huma/agger/fastcapitalism/14_1/home.html. This issue is a set of papers gathered as a memorial for Ben Agger, Professor of Sociology, former dean of the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Texas at Arlington, and the founding editor and director of the Center for Theory.  We want…Continue Reading FAST CAPITALISM 14.1

To commemorate the importance of Ben Agger, Professor of Sociology at UTA, and Founding Editor of FAST CAPITALISM, we are accepting analytical, critical, historical or theoretical articles about the life and work of Ben Agger to publish in a special issue of FAST CAPITALISM  in the coming months. Ben was an influential sociologist, dynamic teacher, and trail-blazing…Continue Reading CALL FOR PAPERS – SPECIAL ISSUE ABOUT BEN AGGER FAST CAPITALISM

Digital Humanities is a contested field. With little agreement on exactly what Digital Humanities means it has been deemed both the savior of the humanities and, as recently claimed in the London Review of Books, a “neoliberal tool” (Allington, et al, 2016) bent on destroying traditional humanities departments. Yet, despite the disagreements and debates, we believe…Continue Reading CFP HANDBOOK OF METHODS IN THE DIGITAL HUMANITIES

Newsroom Dr. David Arditi, assistant professor of Sociology at University of Texas Arlington, has been named director of UTA Center for Theory with the goal of managing and expanding the Center at the University. The Center for Theory is a point of pride for the Department of Sociology and Anthropology in the College of Liberal Arts.  It focuses on…Continue Reading UTA CENTER FOR THEORY APPOINTS NEW DIRECTOR