LMU-UCB Research in the Humanities

LMU-UCB Research in the Humanities Call for Papers: Revisiting Empathy: Political Affects in Times of Cruelty October 3-4, 2025, UC Berkeley

April 16, 2025
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In an age of aggressive partisanship and escalating political hostility, the concept of empathy has re-emerged as both a locus of political hope and an object of critical interrogation with regard to its political utility. This conference invites graduate students and early-career faculty to reconceptualize empathy and other potentially political affects not...

LMU-UCB Research in the Humanities: Call for Applications for the 2026 Funding Period

February 26, 2025

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The LMU-UCB Research in the Humanities exchange program with Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich facilitates academic exchange of faculty members, graduate students, and postdocs through visiting appointments, conferences, and workshops. The program, which is coordinated at UC Berkeley by the Center for...

Cooperation Between LMU and UC Berkeley Strengthens Humanities Research

October 24, 2024

The LMU-UCB Research in the Humanities exchange program with Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich facilitates academic exchange of faculty members, graduate students, and postdocs through visiting appointments, conferences, and workshops. The program, which is coordinated at UC Berkeley by the Center for Interdisciplinary Critical Inquiry, was the focus of a conference on “The Future of the Humanities” last week in Munich. The program will announce its call for applications for the 2026 calendar year in February 2025.

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LMU and UCB Joint Program for Academic Exchange

April 11, 2024

The Center for Interdisciplinary Critical Inquiry is pleased to relaunch the exchange program between University of California, Berkeley and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. This joint program supports innovative international collaborations between UC Berkeley and LMU in the Arts and Humanities. We facilitate academic exchange of faculty members, graduate students, and postdocs through visiting professorships, conferences, and workshops. In addition to departments, e.g., Faculty of Languages and Literatures, please note interdisciplinary and collaborative research centers at LMU...