UCLA Center for the Study of Women

It is impossible to separate sociability from inquiry at the School of Criticism and Theory (SCT) at Cornell University. Friendships and conversations form on the first day and continue long after the sojourn in Ithaca ends. They begin in a classroom or large lecture auditorium, but soon find themselves taken up amid the cacophany of a local bar, at a reception of endless food and wine, at an intimate restaurant in the Commons, on a stunning hiking trail through the hills of Ithaca, at a picturesque swimming pool near a gorge, or within the halls of Cascadilla. It is no wonder that the attendees frequently refer to SCT as "theory camp" - a site for critical inquiry and a getaway from our everyday lives during the summer months. At SCT knowledge production is a social event not an autodidactic endeavor.