News & Announcements

Discovery Hubs Symposium 2026

A Showcase of Student Research 

Friday, May 8 | 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM Auditorium & Atrium in Sutardja Dai Hall 

Call for Graduate Discovery Fellows
for the Discovery Research Hub with the Center for Interdisciplinary Critical Inquiry

UC Berkeley Awarded $5,000,000 Grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to Support APARRI Project on Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) Stories of Faith and Life

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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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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