Past Events: 2021

November 2, 2021

RACE, NATURE, AND NATURALIZATION IN FILM

Jumana Manna, Artist, Visiting Scholar, International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs

09 December, 2021, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm

3401 Dwinelle Hall, UC Berkeley, Face coverings required

  • Advance Registration for the seminar is required. To register and receive readings, please contact info.ictconsortium@berkeley.edu.

    Join the International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs for the seminar “Race, Nature, and Naturalization in Film.”

    This seminar seeks to think about the role of nature and naturalization in the construction of statehood and racial regimes. It will involve a close reading and discussion of selected passages from writers that Jumana Manna has been engaged with, such as Cedric Robinson and Ann Laura Stoler, and watch excerpts from films by Deborah Stratmann, Omar Amiralay, and Eyal Sivan; filmmakers who unpack ideological regimes and their impacts on various communities and on the land.

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  • ARCHIVISTS, PLUMBERS, AND FORAGERS

    Jumana Manna, Artist, Visiting Scholar, International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs

    • 08 December, 2021, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
    • Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA), 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA, Face coverings required

  • Join the International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs for the lecture “Archivists, Plumbers, and Foragers.” In this lecture, Jumana Manna will speak about her dual practice as sculptor and filmmaker, and the differing yet complimentary processes of abstraction and storytelling that she employs within both mediums. She will focus on her ongoing inquiry into the […]

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  • THE HERETIC PARIAH: ARENDT AND THE POLITICAL

    Gilad Sharvit, Assistant Professor, Philosophy and Religious Studies, Towson University

    • 22 November, 2021, 5:30 pm - 5:30 pm
    • 3335 Dwinelle Hall, UC Berkeley

  • Please join the Program in Critical Theory and Department of German for “The Heretic Pariah: Arendt and the Political.”

    Gilad Sharvit is assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Towson University.

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  • BCNM PRESENTS BEYOND SETTLER SEX AND FAMILY: KIM TALLBEAR IN CONVERSATION WITH MARCELO GARZO MONTALVO

    Kim TallBear (Professor and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Peoples, Technoscience and Environment, Faculty of Native Studies, University of Alberta) in conversation with Marcelo Garzo Montalvo (Musician, dancer, and Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies at California State University, San Marcos)

    • 25 October, 2021, 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
    • Online

  • Online, Register for the Zoom link here, or watch on YouTube here.
    For more information, please visit the Berkeley Center for New Media event webpage here.

    For this conversation with Marcelo Garzo Montalvo, Professor Kim TallBear will discuss how her work in Indigenous STS recently expanded to a new focus on decolonial and Indigenous sexualities.

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  • NATALIE DIAZ AND AILTON KRENAK: ON BORDERLANDS

    Natalie Diaz, Ailton Krenak, moderated by Natalia Brizuela, Beth H. Piatote

    • 21 May, 2021, 12:00 pm - 12:00 pm
    • Online

  • Register here to receive a personalized Zoom link to join the webinar.

    Join the International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs for the virtual event “Natalie Diaz and Ailton Krenak: On Borderlands.”

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  • THE HOUSE AS A LABORATORY OF CAPITAL: FINANCE, HOUSING, AND TERRITORY

    Luci Cavallero, Grupo de Investigación e Intervención Feminista, Universidad de Buenos Aires; ICCTP
    Verónica Gago, Grupo de Investigación e Intervención Feminista, Universidad de Buenos Aires; ICCTP
    Raquel Rolnik, LabCidade, Universidade de São Paulo
    Paula Santoro, LabCidade, Universidade de São Paulo
    Moderated by Natalia Brizuela, ICCTP, UC Berkeley

    • 30 April, 2021, 1:00 pm - 1:00 pm
    • Online

  • Register here to receive a personalized Zoom link to join the webinar.

    Join the International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs for the virtual event “The House as a Laboratory of Capital: Finance, Housing, and Territory.“

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  • CONVERSATION ON COLONIAL TRAUMA

    Karima Lazali (Psychoanalyst, Algeria and France), Ranjana Khanna (Duke University), Stefania Pandolfo (UC Berkeley), Felwine Sarr (Duke University), moderated by Natalia Brizuela (UC Berkeley)

    • 02 April, 2021, 10:00 am - 10:00 am
    • Online

  • Register here to receive a personalized Zoom link to join the webinar.

    Join the International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs for a virtual event in a series of interventions organized by the Critical South book series.

    Colonial Trauma, a conversation with the author Karima Lazali (Psychoanalyst, Algeria and France), Ranjana Khanna (Duke University), Stefania Pandolfo (UC Berkeley), Felwine Sarr (Duke University), moderated by Natalia Brizuela (UC Berkeley).

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  • SEMINAR/CONVERSATION WITH PETER E. GORDON ON “ADORNO, NEGATIVITY, AND NORMATIVITY”—INCLUDING A DISCUSSION OF THE “MEDITATIONS ON METAPHYSICS” SECTION OF ADORNO’S BOOK NEGATIVE DIALECTICS (1966)

    Peter E. Gordon, Amabel B. James Professor of History, Faculty Affiliate in the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, and Faculty Affiliate in the Department of Philosophy, Harvard University; Martin Jay, UC Berkeley (History; Program in Critical Theory); Pardis Dabashi, University of Nevada, Reno (English); and Robert Kaufman, UC Berkeley (Comparative Literature; Program in Critical Theory)

    • 16 March, 2021, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
    • Online

  • Please join The Program in Critical Theory as it presents Professor Peter E. Gordon of Harvard University in conversation with Martin Jay, UC Berkeley (History; Program in Critical Theory), Pardis Dabashi, University of Nevada, Reno (English), and Robert Kaufman, UC Berkeley (Comparative Literature; Program in Critical Theory). After presentations and colloquy among the panelists, discussion will open to attendees. Those attending are asked to read the “Meditations on Metaphysics” section of Adorno’s Negative Dialectics.

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  • A PRECARIOUS HAPPINESS: ADORNO ON NEGATIVITY AND NORMATIVITY

    Peter E. Gordon, Amabel B. James Professor of History, Faculty Affiliate in the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, and Faculty Affiliate in the Department of Philosophy, Harvard University

    • 15 March, 2021, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
    • Online

  • It is a commonplace view that Adorno subscribes to a doctrine of “epistemic negativism,” or “austere negativism.” On this interpretation, Adorno denies that we can have any knowledge of the good, since our society is wholly false. Gordon’s talk offers, first, some arguments against this commonplace reading of Adorno’s work and, second, proposes an alternative explanation for the normativity that underwrites his criticism.

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  • THE ARTS RESEARCH CENTER PRESENTS “EMERGE/NCY [MAPS]: POETRY READING WITH SAFIA ELHILLO, HIEU MINH NGUYEN, AND CRAIG SANTOS PEREZ”

    Safia Elhillo, Hieu Minh Nguyen, and Craig Santos Perez

    • 23 February, 2021, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
    • Online

  • The Arts Research Center Presents “emerge/ncy [maps]: poetry reading with Safia Elhillo, Hieu Minh Nguyen, and Craig Santos Perez.”

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  • TOWNSEND CENTER FOR THE HUMANITIES BERKELEY BOOK CHATS, UNDER THE DOME: WALKS WITH PAUL CELAN BY JEAN DAIVE

    Robert Kaufman (Comparative Literature), Philip Gerard (PhD Comparative Literature), and Ann Smock (French)

    • 17 February, 2021, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
    • Online

  • The Townsend Center for the Humanities presents “Under the Dome: Walks with Paul Celan by Jean Daive,” a Berkeley Book Chats event.

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  • DESIGNATED EMPHASIS VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE
    • 16 February, 2021, 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
    • Online

  • Join The Program in Critical Theory’s faculty and students for a panel discussion and Q&A about the Designated Emphasis (DE) in Critical Theory. All UC Berkeley PhD students interested in applying to the DE are invited to attend.

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  • CONVERSATION ON DOING JUSTICE

    Pablo Oyarzún (University of Chile), Julia Ng (Goldsmiths, University of London), Paul North (Yale University), M. Ty (University of Madison, Wisconsin), moderated by Jacques Lezra (UC Riverside)

    • 29 January, 2021, 10:00 am - 10:00 am
    • Online

  • Register here to receive a personalized Zoom link to join the webinar. Join the International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs for a virtual event in a series of interventions organized by the Critical South book series. Doing Justice, a conversation with the author Pablo Oyarzún (University of Chile), Julia Ng (Goldsmiths, University of London), Paul North (Yale University), […]

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  • THE “ADORNO AND IDENTITY” SEMINARS

  • Recurring Event: January 29, 2021 – April 23, 2021
    Online

    Princeton University’s Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in the Humanities (IHUM), Arizona State University’s College of Integrative Sciences and Arts, and UC Berkeley’s Department of Rhetoric present “The ‘Adorno and Identity’ Seminars.”

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