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With the generous support from the Endowed Fund for the Study of Religious Tolerance, the Berkeley Center for the Study of Religion invites proposals from UC Berkeley graduate students and faculty on the topic of religious tolerance and intolerance. We hope to promote...Read more about Call for Proposals: BCSR Research Grants for the Study of Religious Tolerance (2026)

As fears of AI-induced obsoletion set in across industries, tech employees are working more and more hours (or at least claiming to)—whether to try to maximize their income before that happens, or to prove their worth as human assets to their companies....Read more about BCSR Co-Director Carolyn Chen Discusses Religious Foundations of Silicon Valley Hustle Culture on KQED

The Center for Interdisicplinary Critical Inquiry welcomed scholars from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich to the UC Berkeley campus October 3 -4, 2025. The LMU visitors joined UC Berkeley scholars as presenters during the LMU - UCB Emerging Scholars Conference titled, "Revisiting Empathy:...Read more about CICI Hosts LMU - UCB Emerging Scholars Conference October 3-4, 2025

To apply, please send a resume and cover letter to CICI Manager Breana George (cici@berkeley.edu). Include information on your schedule and availability.

Job Title: Communications and Media Intern...Read more about Now Hiring: Communications and Media Intern (Work Study)

The International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs is pleased to announce the publication of the first issue of volume eight of Critical Times, published by Duke University Press at...Read more about Announcing Volume 8, Issue 1 of Critical Times: Interventions in Global Critical Theory

We are pleased to announce the return of the Critical Times blog, In the Midst...Read more about Relaunch of Critical Times Blog, In the Midst

Berkeley Discovery fosters equitable access to the core of the university’s mission: research toward the creation and stewardship...Read more about Call for Graduate Discovery Fellows

In an age of aggressive partisanship and escalating political hostility, the concept of empathy has re-emerged as both a locus of political hope and an object of critical interrogation with regard to its political utility. This conference invites graduate students and early-career...Read more about LMU-UCB Research in the Humanities Call for Papers: Revisiting Empathy: Political Affects in Times of Cruelty October 3-4, 2025, UC Berkeley

The Center for Interdisciplinary Critical Inquiry is pleased to partner with the Institute for European Studies, the Jean Monnet Center of Excelence, and the Department of French to present, "No Border: A Sylvain George Retrospective." The series of film screenings will take place April 27 - 30...Read more about "No Border: A Sylvain George Retrospective" - April 27- 30, 2025

Bordered Life and the Right to Move
April 25 - 26, 2025
Maude Fife Room, 315 Wheeler Hall
UC Berkeley...Read more about Announcing Bordered Life and the Right To Move: April 25 and 26, 2025

The LMU-UCB Research in the Humanities exchange program with Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich facilitates academic exchange of faculty members, graduate students, and postdocs through visiting appointments, conferences, and workshops. The program, which is coordinated at UC...Read more about LMU-UCB Research in the Humanities: Call for Applications for the 2026 Funding Period

Applications for The Psychedelics in Society and Culture Fellowship (PiSC) Program Due March 16, 2025

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The International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs is pleased to announce the publication of the third issue of volume seven of Critical Times, published by Duke University Press at ...Read more about Announcing Volume 7, Issue 3 of Critical Times: Interventions in Global Critical Theory

Dear CICI community,

Welcome to the Spring semester, we hope you’ve had a restorative break. In these turbulent times, I take comfort in the knowledge that we have the analytic and imaginative resources across campus and at CICI to help us navigate the flood...Read more about Welcome Back: Spring 2025

UC Berkeley’s Center for Interdisciplinary Critical Inquiry, or CICI, and the International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs, or ICCTP, received a $2.6 million grant to support a multiyear initiative titled “A Counter-Imaginary in Authoritarian Times.”

Led by campus scholars Judith...Read more about Daily Cal: Campus scholars to lead .6 million “A Counter-Imaginary in Authoritarian Times” initiative

The University of California (UC), Berkeley has received a $2.6 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to fund a new initiative to confront artistic and academic censorship, the school...Read more about Hyperallergic: UC Berkeley Gets .6M for Project to Counter Arts Censorship

Berkeley, CA — UC Berkeley’s Center for Interdisciplinary Critical Inquiry (CICI) and the International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs (ICCTP) have been awarded $2.6 million to support a groundbreaking multi-year initiative titled “A Counter-Imaginary in...Read more about UC Berkeley Awarded .6 Million Grant for “A Counter-Imaginary in Authoritarian Times”