News & Announcements

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 new and interdisciplinary forms of research on this topic and encourage proposals from any disciplinary or area studies perspective.

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: Political Affects in Times of Cruelty." Presentations explored the concept of empathy through an interdisciplinary lens, with speakers representing programs in philosophy, ethnic studies, Art, American studies, German, French, English, and more. 

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

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,

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.”