Borders Conference

Guest Speakers and Participants

Robert Barsky (Law and Literature)

Robert F. Barsky is Professor of Humanities and of Law at Vanderbilt University. The author of 10 books, including a collection of poetry and a novel, Professor Barsky works at the intersection of narrative and law. Barsky’s work relating to Noam Chomsky and his milieus, and his engagement with homeless and refugee populations, reflect his interest in the intersections of language, power, and storytelling as they relate to vulnerable populations. A Guggenheim Fellow (2022-2023), his most recent works...

Program of Events

Bordered Life and the Right to Move Maude Fife room Friday 12 - 5pm, Saturday 10 - 5:30pm FRIDAY 12:00-12:15 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

12:15 - 3:00 PM | Panel 1: Writing Rights: Intersections of Law,...

"No Border: A Sylvain George Retrospective" - April 27- 30, 2025

April 11, 2025

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...