News & Announcements

We are pleased to announce the return of the Critical Times blog, In the Midst, and to share a new series of reflections on the current conjuncture, written from a range of perspectives.

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Call for Graduate Discovery Fellows

for the Discovery Research Hub at the Center for Interdisciplinary Critical Inquiry

Berkeley Discovery fosters equitable access to the core of the university’s mission: research toward the creation and stewardship of knowledge. It offers innovative experiences in and beyond the classroom that support students in their transformations from learner to practitioner, from reader to critic, and from consumer to producer of knowledge.

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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, 2025, at theaters throughout Berkeley and San Francisco. Each film screening will be followed by a Q and A with Sylvain George.

Bordered Life and the Right to Move
April 25 - 26, 2025
Maude Fife Room, 315 Wheeler Hall
UC Berkeley

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 https://read.dukeupress.edu/critical-timesThis special issue, titled “Solidarity’s Challenge,” edited by Robin Celikates and Samera Esmeir, includes an introduction, a range of scholarly essays, a set of activist reflections on solidarity at sea, and two artistic interve

Dear CICI community,

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 announced on December 20. 

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 Authoritarian Times.” Through collaborative workshops, conferences, performances, publications, and a dynamic, open-ended digital platform, this project brings together academics, artists, activists, and other community members to develop concrete strategies, tools, and proposals to create a counter-

The Environmental Arts and Humanities Initiative is pleased to support a new seminar in the department of Theater Arts. Enrollment is now open for Spring 2025:

Ecology Across the Arts and Humanities
Theater Arts 266: Special Topics
Tuesdays, 2 - 5 PM
Instructor: Shannon Jackson
Class #: 27557
Learn More and Register