A Counter Imaginary in Authoritarian Times

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

Border Touch
Lyndsey Stonebridge
Professor of Humanities and Human Rights, University of Birmingham

Fashioning Imaginaries for a Better World, from Treaty Law Negotiations to Repurposed Railway Tracks
Robert Barsky
Professor of French, European Studies, and...

"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...

Daily Cal: Campus scholars to lead $2.6 million “A Counter-Imaginary in Authoritarian Times” initiative

January 7, 2025

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...

Inspire: Grant supports counter authoritarianism in creative ways

January 7, 2025
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...

Hyperallergic: UC Berkeley Gets $2.6M for Project to Counter Arts Censorship

January 5, 2025

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...

UC Berkeley Awarded $2.6 Million Grant for “A Counter-Imaginary in Authoritarian Times”

December 20, 2024

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...

EAHI Course of Interest: Ecology Across the Arts and Humanities

December 16, 2024

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

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Inaugural Meeting of the Graduate Work-in-Progress Series “New Border Imaginaries in an Age of Security," December 5, 2024

December 2, 2024

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Bodies, Borders, and Infrared Surveillance Technologies

Isabella Faye Williams
Graduate Student, Department of French

Thursday, December 5, 2024
5:00 - 7:00 PM
Library of French Thought, 4229 Dwinelle Hall
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Join Our Team: CICI Seeks a Full-Time Project Manager

November 13, 2024
The Center for Interdisciplinary Critical Inquiry (CICI) seeks a full-time project manager for a three-year, $2.6 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation titled “A Counter-Imaginary in Authoritarian Times.”

Project Manager (7398U) #74276

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