Critical Theory in Berlin
@ktbberlin.bsky.social
The Bluesky representation of the Centre for Social Critique at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
https://criticaltheoryinberlin.de/
https://criticaltheoryinberlin.de/
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Save the Date: Zu unserer ersten Veranstaltung im neuen Jahr werden Rahel Jaeggi und Thomas Seibert mit Daniel Loick über sein Buch "Die Überlegenheit der Unterlegenen", Gegengemeinschaften, und die Frage des revolutionären Subjektes sprechen.
Mehr Infos: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/krise-...
Mehr Infos: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/krise-...
Nächste Woche:
»Rasse, Geschlecht, Gattung. Zur Frage der anthropologischen Differenzen«
Vortrag und Diskussion mit Étienne Balibar am 28. Januar 2026 von 18 Uhr bis 20 Uhr.
Zeitgleich per Videoübertragung in Paris, Berlin und Frankfurt/Main.
@ktbberlin.bsky.social
Vortrag und Diskussion mit Étienne Balibar am 28. Januar 2026 von 18 Uhr bis 20 Uhr.
Zeitgleich per Videoübertragung in Paris, Berlin und Frankfurt/Main.
@ktbberlin.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Nächste Woche:
Nächste Woche im Lichthof Ost der HU Berlin:
Save the Date: Am 30.1. diskutieren Christoph Menke, Katja Diefenbach, Helmut Draxler & Rahel Jaeggi über Krieg & den liberalen Diskurs darüber. Warum erscheint Krieg in diesem als Ausnahmezustand, nicht als instituierte Form von Herrschaft?
Mehr Infos: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/krieg-...
Mehr Infos: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/krieg-...
January 20, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Nächste Woche im Lichthof Ost der HU Berlin:
Nächste Woche Donnerstag im Aquarium (Südblock):
Save the Date: Zu unserer ersten Veranstaltung im neuen Jahr werden Rahel Jaeggi und Thomas Seibert mit Daniel Loick über sein Buch "Die Überlegenheit der Unterlegenen", Gegengemeinschaften, und die Frage des revolutionären Subjektes sprechen.
Mehr Infos: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/krise-...
Mehr Infos: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/krise-...
January 12, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Nächste Woche Donnerstag im Aquarium (Südblock):
Save the Date: Am 30.1. diskutieren Christoph Menke, Katja Diefenbach, Helmut Draxler & Rahel Jaeggi über Krieg & den liberalen Diskurs darüber. Warum erscheint Krieg in diesem als Ausnahmezustand, nicht als instituierte Form von Herrschaft?
Mehr Infos: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/krieg-...
Mehr Infos: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/krieg-...
January 9, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Save the Date: Am 30.1. diskutieren Christoph Menke, Katja Diefenbach, Helmut Draxler & Rahel Jaeggi über Krieg & den liberalen Diskurs darüber. Warum erscheint Krieg in diesem als Ausnahmezustand, nicht als instituierte Form von Herrschaft?
Mehr Infos: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/krieg-...
Mehr Infos: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/krieg-...
Our project 'Socialization in Theory and Practice: Democratizing Access to Land and Energy' now has its own website, including upcoming events, publications and resources on socialization and information about the project:
socializationproject.de
socializationproject.de
Socialization in Theory and Practice – Democratizing Access to Land and Energy
socializationproject.de
January 8, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Our project 'Socialization in Theory and Practice: Democratizing Access to Land and Energy' now has its own website, including upcoming events, publications and resources on socialization and information about the project:
socializationproject.de
socializationproject.de
The deadline for applications by outside Berlin applicants and Phd students for our Summer School closes in 2 days on January 7th at 23:59! Apply by using the form on our website: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/summer_schoo...
CfA for our next summer school is now online on our website. Our Benjamin Chair Dipesh Chakrabarty, Lillian Cicerchia, Maeve Cooke & Massimiliano Tomba will join us to discuss concepts of history and human agency.
More information and application form: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/summer_schoo...
More information and application form: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/summer_schoo...
January 5, 2026 at 2:31 PM
The deadline for applications by outside Berlin applicants and Phd students for our Summer School closes in 2 days on January 7th at 23:59! Apply by using the form on our website: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/summer_schoo...
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A new episode of Future Histories Live!
This time I talk to Rabea Berfelde ( @ktbberlin.bsky.social, @humboldtuni.bsky.social) about socialisation, its history, and contemporary movements.
Recorded during the 2025 Rethinking Economics Summer School Switzerland.
Full Episode: buff.ly/EeUb9Wj
This time I talk to Rabea Berfelde ( @ktbberlin.bsky.social, @humboldtuni.bsky.social) about socialisation, its history, and contemporary movements.
Recorded during the 2025 Rethinking Economics Summer School Switzerland.
Full Episode: buff.ly/EeUb9Wj
December 21, 2025 at 10:42 AM
A new episode of Future Histories Live!
This time I talk to Rabea Berfelde ( @ktbberlin.bsky.social, @humboldtuni.bsky.social) about socialisation, its history, and contemporary movements.
Recorded during the 2025 Rethinking Economics Summer School Switzerland.
Full Episode: buff.ly/EeUb9Wj
This time I talk to Rabea Berfelde ( @ktbberlin.bsky.social, @humboldtuni.bsky.social) about socialisation, its history, and contemporary movements.
Recorded during the 2025 Rethinking Economics Summer School Switzerland.
Full Episode: buff.ly/EeUb9Wj
Save the Date: Zu unserer ersten Veranstaltung im neuen Jahr werden Rahel Jaeggi und Thomas Seibert mit Daniel Loick über sein Buch "Die Überlegenheit der Unterlegenen", Gegengemeinschaften, und die Frage des revolutionären Subjektes sprechen.
Mehr Infos: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/krise-...
Mehr Infos: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/krise-...
December 19, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Save the Date: Zu unserer ersten Veranstaltung im neuen Jahr werden Rahel Jaeggi und Thomas Seibert mit Daniel Loick über sein Buch "Die Überlegenheit der Unterlegenen", Gegengemeinschaften, und die Frage des revolutionären Subjektes sprechen.
Mehr Infos: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/krise-...
Mehr Infos: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/krise-...
We support the community of the New School for Social Research in their demands to stop the financial restructuring and austerity measures that are planned in response to recent budget challenges.
The letter can be read and signed here: www.e-flux.com/notes/678343....
The letter can be read and signed here: www.e-flux.com/notes/678343....
December 19, 2025 at 10:51 AM
We support the community of the New School for Social Research in their demands to stop the financial restructuring and austerity measures that are planned in response to recent budget challenges.
The letter can be read and signed here: www.e-flux.com/notes/678343....
The letter can be read and signed here: www.e-flux.com/notes/678343....
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»Rasse, Geschlecht, Gattung. Zur Frage der anthropologischen Differenzen«
Vortrag und Diskussion mit Étienne Balibar am 28. Januar 2026 von 18 Uhr bis 20 Uhr.
Zeitgleich per Videoübertragung in Paris, Berlin und Frankfurt/Main.
@ktbberlin.bsky.social
Vortrag und Diskussion mit Étienne Balibar am 28. Januar 2026 von 18 Uhr bis 20 Uhr.
Zeitgleich per Videoübertragung in Paris, Berlin und Frankfurt/Main.
@ktbberlin.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 12:32 PM
»Rasse, Geschlecht, Gattung. Zur Frage der anthropologischen Differenzen«
Vortrag und Diskussion mit Étienne Balibar am 28. Januar 2026 von 18 Uhr bis 20 Uhr.
Zeitgleich per Videoübertragung in Paris, Berlin und Frankfurt/Main.
@ktbberlin.bsky.social
Vortrag und Diskussion mit Étienne Balibar am 28. Januar 2026 von 18 Uhr bis 20 Uhr.
Zeitgleich per Videoübertragung in Paris, Berlin und Frankfurt/Main.
@ktbberlin.bsky.social
Tomorrow! Doors open 12h30.
Programme: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/the-gr...
Programme: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/the-gr...
Save the Date: In a two-day workshop on December 4th & 5th we will bring together scholars working at the intersection of philosophy, political economy, and critical theory to reflect on the contested rationality of economic planning.
More information: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/the-gr...
More information: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/the-gr...
December 3, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Tomorrow! Doors open 12h30.
Programme: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/the-gr...
Programme: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/the-gr...
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A new episode of Future Histories!
This time I talk to Aaron Benanav (@abenanav.bsky.social) about the first part of his ‘Beyond Capitalism’ essay series in New Left Review (@newleftreview.bsky.social).
Full episode here:
www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blo...
#FutureHistories #Podcast
This time I talk to Aaron Benanav (@abenanav.bsky.social) about the first part of his ‘Beyond Capitalism’ essay series in New Left Review (@newleftreview.bsky.social).
Full episode here:
www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blo...
#FutureHistories #Podcast
October 26, 2025 at 10:15 AM
A new episode of Future Histories!
This time I talk to Aaron Benanav (@abenanav.bsky.social) about the first part of his ‘Beyond Capitalism’ essay series in New Left Review (@newleftreview.bsky.social).
Full episode here:
www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blo...
#FutureHistories #Podcast
This time I talk to Aaron Benanav (@abenanav.bsky.social) about the first part of his ‘Beyond Capitalism’ essay series in New Left Review (@newleftreview.bsky.social).
Full episode here:
www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blo...
#FutureHistories #Podcast
Our Planning Workshop is coming up next week! There is a reader available on our website for those who want to prepare for the discussions of classical texts in the socialist calculation debate: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/the-gr...
November 24, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Our Planning Workshop is coming up next week! There is a reader available on our website for those who want to prepare for the discussions of classical texts in the socialist calculation debate: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/the-gr...
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Join us for our next event: Fortress Fascism: Border Authoritarianism and Activist Struggle
1.12., 12.30 EST / 18.30 CET
An online conversation with Nandita Sharma @nsharma101.bsky.social, Silky Shah @silkys13.bsky.social, Mahamat Daoud, and Seán Binder. Moderated by Esme Smithson Swain.
1.12., 12.30 EST / 18.30 CET
An online conversation with Nandita Sharma @nsharma101.bsky.social, Silky Shah @silkys13.bsky.social, Mahamat Daoud, and Seán Binder. Moderated by Esme Smithson Swain.
November 8, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Join us for our next event: Fortress Fascism: Border Authoritarianism and Activist Struggle
1.12., 12.30 EST / 18.30 CET
An online conversation with Nandita Sharma @nsharma101.bsky.social, Silky Shah @silkys13.bsky.social, Mahamat Daoud, and Seán Binder. Moderated by Esme Smithson Swain.
1.12., 12.30 EST / 18.30 CET
An online conversation with Nandita Sharma @nsharma101.bsky.social, Silky Shah @silkys13.bsky.social, Mahamat Daoud, and Seán Binder. Moderated by Esme Smithson Swain.
CfA for our next summer school is now online on our website. Our Benjamin Chair Dipesh Chakrabarty, Lillian Cicerchia, Maeve Cooke & Massimiliano Tomba will join us to discuss concepts of history and human agency.
More information and application form: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/summer_schoo...
More information and application form: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/summer_schoo...
November 21, 2025 at 5:10 PM
CfA for our next summer school is now online on our website. Our Benjamin Chair Dipesh Chakrabarty, Lillian Cicerchia, Maeve Cooke & Massimiliano Tomba will join us to discuss concepts of history and human agency.
More information and application form: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/summer_schoo...
More information and application form: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/summer_schoo...
The Keynote Lectures by Isabel Feichtner and Omar Dahbour at our Land conference are now online on our youtube channel:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PYq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkLg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PYq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkLg...
Prof. Isabel Feichtner: "Land, Sea, Moon: From territoriality to becoming terrestrial"
YouTube video by Critical Theory in Berlin
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November 13, 2025 at 10:11 AM
The Keynote Lectures by Isabel Feichtner and Omar Dahbour at our Land conference are now online on our youtube channel:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PYq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkLg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PYq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkLg...
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The video of the online conversation "Living in Authoritarian Times" that we co-organized with the April Institute and Critup is now online: Rahul Bhatia, Volkan Çidam, Mike Dele Dittrich Frydetzki, and Joseph Howley, moderated by Zeynep Gambetti.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=SR1U...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=SR1U...
Living in Authoritarian Times: Everyday Struggles and Antifascist Tactics
YouTube video by April Institute
m.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The video of the online conversation "Living in Authoritarian Times" that we co-organized with the April Institute and Critup is now online: Rahul Bhatia, Volkan Çidam, Mike Dele Dittrich Frydetzki, and Joseph Howley, moderated by Zeynep Gambetti.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=SR1U...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=SR1U...
Check out our website for the full programme of our planning workshop, including a reading list of the text basis for our discussions: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/the-gr...
November 4, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Check out our website for the full programme of our planning workshop, including a reading list of the text basis for our discussions: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/the-gr...
Save the Date: In a two-day workshop on December 4th & 5th we will bring together scholars working at the intersection of philosophy, political economy, and critical theory to reflect on the contested rationality of economic planning.
More information: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/the-gr...
More information: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/the-gr...
November 3, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Save the Date: In a two-day workshop on December 4th & 5th we will bring together scholars working at the intersection of philosophy, political economy, and critical theory to reflect on the contested rationality of economic planning.
More information: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/the-gr...
More information: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/the-gr...
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Save the Date: On Oct 30-31, our research project Socialization in Theory and Praxis will bring together a range of social, legal and historical scholars to analyze the question of land ownership and socialization.
Full programme now online on our website: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/the-la...
Full programme now online on our website: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/the-la...
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Save the Date: On Oct 30-31, our research project Socialization in Theory and Praxis will bring together a range of social, legal and historical scholars to analyze the question of land ownership and socialization.
Full programme now online on our website: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/the-la...
Full programme now online on our website: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/the-la...
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There has been a slight change: The event will take place at 6.00 pm central European time, which is 1.00 pm East Coast time. Please register for the webinar here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 17, 2025 at 9:07 PM
There has been a slight change: The event will take place at 6.00 pm central European time, which is 1.00 pm East Coast time. Please register for the webinar here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Next Thursday! Check out our programme for details on all the panels discussing different aspects of the land question: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/the-la...
Save the Date: On Oct 30-31, our research project Socialization in Theory and Praxis will bring together a range of social, legal and historical scholars to analyze the question of land ownership and socialization.
Full programme now online on our website: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/the-la...
Full programme now online on our website: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/the-la...
October 23, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Next Thursday! Check out our programme for details on all the panels discussing different aspects of the land question: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/the-la...
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Living in Authoritarian Times: An online conversation with Ghazaleh Alimardani (Iran), Rahul Bhatia (India), Volkan Çidam (Turkey), Maik Dele Dittrich Frydetzki (Germany), Joseph Howley (USA). Moderated by Zeynep Gambetti (Turkey).
26.10., 12.00 EST / 18.00 CEST. Live streamed.
26.10., 12.00 EST / 18.00 CEST. Live streamed.
October 8, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Living in Authoritarian Times: An online conversation with Ghazaleh Alimardani (Iran), Rahul Bhatia (India), Volkan Çidam (Turkey), Maik Dele Dittrich Frydetzki (Germany), Joseph Howley (USA). Moderated by Zeynep Gambetti (Turkey).
26.10., 12.00 EST / 18.00 CEST. Live streamed.
26.10., 12.00 EST / 18.00 CEST. Live streamed.
We are excited to officially announce Dipesh Chakrabarty as our next Benjamin Chair in 2026. Chakrabarty, leading scholar of postcolonial theory and subaltern studies, will join us as Benjamin Chair in Berlin next summer.
Save the Date - More information coming soon on our website!
Save the Date - More information coming soon on our website!
October 14, 2025 at 9:43 AM
We are excited to officially announce Dipesh Chakrabarty as our next Benjamin Chair in 2026. Chakrabarty, leading scholar of postcolonial theory and subaltern studies, will join us as Benjamin Chair in Berlin next summer.
Save the Date - More information coming soon on our website!
Save the Date - More information coming soon on our website!
Save the Date: On Oct 30-31, our research project Socialization in Theory and Praxis will bring together a range of social, legal and historical scholars to analyze the question of land ownership and socialization.
Full programme now online on our website: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/the-la...
Full programme now online on our website: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/the-la...
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Save the Date: On Oct 30-31, our research project Socialization in Theory and Praxis will bring together a range of social, legal and historical scholars to analyze the question of land ownership and socialization.
Full programme now online on our website: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/the-la...
Full programme now online on our website: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/the-la...