A Counter Imaginary in Authoritarian Times

Announcing Volume 8, Issue 1 of Critical Times: Interventions in Global Critical Theory

June 24, 2025
Cover image of Critical Times, Volume 8, Issue 1

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....

Relaunch of Critical Times Blog, In the Midst

June 10, 2025

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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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...

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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