Through the Koehn Lectures, funded in part by an endowment gift from Dr. Michael Koehn, UCI Critical Theory brings major scholars to campus.
Fall 2020 (December - Reinstated): Wendy Chun, “Authenticating Figures: Algorithms and the New Politics of Recognition”
Spring 2019 (May): Koehn Undergraduate Conference, Morgan Slade, Koehn Recipient
Winter 2019 (CANCELLED): Wendy Chun, “Authenticating Figures: Algorithms and the New Politics of Recognition”
Fall 2018 (November): Silvia Federici, “The Legacy of Marx’s Work in 21st-Century Politics and Feminism”
Spring 2018 (May): Koehn Undergraduate Conference, Linette Park, Koehn Recipient
Fall 2017 (November): James Clifford, "Carlo Scarpa. Articulation Theory. Indigeneity. (Working With/In History)"
Spring 2017 (May) Koehn Undergraduate Conference - Chris Malcolm, Koehn Recipient
Spring 2016 (May): Eric Santner, "Rebranding Sovereignty in the Age of Trump"
Spring 2016( May) Koehn Undergraduate Conference Sara-Maria Sorentino Koehn Recipient
Fall 2015 (October): Jacqueline Rose, “Feminism and the Abomination of Violence”
Spring 2015 (May): Undergraduate Conference, Rebecca Balon, Koehn Recipient
Winter 2015 (March): Judith Butler Koehn, “Versions of Binationalism in Said and Buber”
Spring 2014 (May): Undergraduate Conference, Tae Sung, Koehn Recipient
Spring 2014 (May): Hortense Spillers, “Some Speculations on Sentiment: Women and Revolutions”
Fall 2012 (October): Benedict Anderson Koehn Lecture, “Monarchies in the Age of Nationalism”
Spring 2012: Undergraduate Conference, Tim Wong, Koehn Recipient
Fall 2011 (October): Gopal Balakrishnan, “The Convolution of Capitalism”
Spring 2011 (May): Undergraduate Conference, Nasser Mufti, Koehn Recipient
Spring 2010 (June): Slavoj �i�ek, “On the Public Use of Reason”
Spring 2010 (May): Undergraduate Conference, Nasser Mufti, Koehn Recipient
Spring 2009 (May): Undergraduate Conference, Jason Willwerscheid, Koehn Recipient
Spring 2009 (May): Catherine Malabou
Spring 2008 (May): Undergraduate Conference Mia McIver-Koehn Recipient
Winter 2008 (February): Jacques Rancier, “The Contemporary Misadventures of Critical Thinking”
Spring 2007 (April): Undergraduate Conference, Jian Chen - Koehn Recipient
Winter 2007 (February:) Alain Badiou/ Etienne Balibar, "Dialogue on “Universalism”
Spring 2006 (May): Stanley Fish
Winter 2005 (March): Kaja Silverman, “Thoughts for our Times on Death and War”
Fall 2020 (December - Reinstated): Wendy Chun, “Authenticating Figures: Algorithms and the New Politics of Recognition”
Spring 2019 (May): Koehn Undergraduate Conference, Morgan Slade, Koehn Recipient
Winter 2019 (CANCELLED): Wendy Chun, “Authenticating Figures: Algorithms and the New Politics of Recognition”
Fall 2018 (November): Silvia Federici, “The Legacy of Marx’s Work in 21st-Century Politics and Feminism”
Spring 2018 (May): Koehn Undergraduate Conference, Linette Park, Koehn Recipient
Fall 2017 (November): James Clifford, "Carlo Scarpa. Articulation Theory. Indigeneity. (Working With/In History)"
Spring 2017 (May) Koehn Undergraduate Conference - Chris Malcolm, Koehn Recipient
Spring 2016 (May): Eric Santner, "Rebranding Sovereignty in the Age of Trump"
Spring 2016( May) Koehn Undergraduate Conference Sara-Maria Sorentino Koehn Recipient
Fall 2015 (October): Jacqueline Rose, “Feminism and the Abomination of Violence”
Spring 2015 (May): Undergraduate Conference, Rebecca Balon, Koehn Recipient
Winter 2015 (March): Judith Butler Koehn, “Versions of Binationalism in Said and Buber”
Spring 2014 (May): Undergraduate Conference, Tae Sung, Koehn Recipient
Spring 2014 (May): Hortense Spillers, “Some Speculations on Sentiment: Women and Revolutions”
Fall 2012 (October): Benedict Anderson Koehn Lecture, “Monarchies in the Age of Nationalism”
Spring 2012: Undergraduate Conference, Tim Wong, Koehn Recipient
Fall 2011 (October): Gopal Balakrishnan, “The Convolution of Capitalism”
Spring 2011 (May): Undergraduate Conference, Nasser Mufti, Koehn Recipient
Spring 2010 (June): Slavoj �i�ek, “On the Public Use of Reason”
Spring 2010 (May): Undergraduate Conference, Nasser Mufti, Koehn Recipient
Spring 2009 (May): Undergraduate Conference, Jason Willwerscheid, Koehn Recipient
Spring 2009 (May): Catherine Malabou
Spring 2008 (May): Undergraduate Conference Mia McIver-Koehn Recipient
Winter 2008 (February): Jacques Rancier, “The Contemporary Misadventures of Critical Thinking”
Spring 2007 (April): Undergraduate Conference, Jian Chen - Koehn Recipient
Winter 2007 (February:) Alain Badiou/ Etienne Balibar, "Dialogue on “Universalism”
Spring 2006 (May): Stanley Fish
Winter 2005 (March): Kaja Silverman, “Thoughts for our Times on Death and War”