This workshop analyzes the transnational transmission of demographic theories between France and the United States to identify patterns of mainstream political adoption. By comparing historical legacies—e.g. the Algerian War and American settler-colonialism—the study examines how these frameworks shape modern discourses on national identity and social composition. The research further investigates the “poetics” of this exchange and its intersection with contemporary policies regarding immigration, gender, and the environment.
Bordered Life and the Right to Move Maude Fife room Friday 12 - 5pm, Saturday 10 - 5:30pm FRIDAY12:00-12:15 Opening remarks
Debarati Sanyal, Professor of French, Zaffaroni Family Chair of Undergraduate Education, and Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Critical Inquiry, UC Berkeley
Rhiannon Noel Welch, Associate Professor of Italian Studies, Giovanni and Ruth Elizabeth Cecchetti Chair of Italian Literature, UC Berkeley
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 https://read.dukeupress.edu/critical-times....
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.
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. George will also contrbute to the conference, Bordered Life and...
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 Butler and Shannon Jackson, among others, the project aims to develop concrete strategies, tools and proposals to create a counter-imaginary to authoritarianism — a practice that “reaches beyond” our current moment to visions and scenarios that challenge those of autocratic regimes, according to...
Grant supports counter authoritarianism in creative ways
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 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...
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.
Titled “A Counter-Imaginary in Authoritarian Times,” the multi-year interdisciplinary project will comprise anti-censorship programming at arts institutions across the country, including the University of...
