The CAN Reading Group is designed to facilitate learning and deliberation among anyone interested in making the present intelligible and meaningful. With it, we wish to combine the topical and socially-salient focus of sociology, the theoretical rigour of the humanities, the historical acumen and depth of classicists and anthropologists with the pragmatics of those oriented to commerce and policy. Adding a sprinkling of the revolutionary's fervour and especially untimeliness wouldn't be bad either.

The inaugural series of meetings took place in 2025 on the topic "Transformative Action in the Face of Debt." More information and a list of readings can be found by clicking the title below.

The 2026 series is on slavery. For more information, click the "Slavery's Future Past" button on this page.