Year of the Animal in France
Peter Sahlins discusses his new book on 1668 French culture, politics, and the fascination with animals.
Zoe Forest
A Book is Born
Author Greil Marcus and editor Steve Wasserman discuss friendship through book writing.
Trapped in the Forever War
In his look at the War on Terror, Mark Danner probes America’s apparent willingness to accept endless war in the name of security.
Art in a State of Siege
Avenali Chair in the Humanities Joseph Koerner examines art that emerges during periods of historical and psychological struggle.
Inside a Townsend Center Working Group
With topics ranging from contemporary poetry an With topics ranging from contemporary poetry, Japan studies, and rabbinic literature, Working Groups offer an interdisciplinary space for graduate students and faculty to meet, study, and talk.
Students Teaching Students
In a new program sponsored by Art of Writing, graduate students train undergrads to help their peers become better writers.
Why Berkeley's Comparative Literature PhDs Have the Best Dissertations
Berkeley’s Department of Comparative Literature has produced the winner of the Bernheimer Prize for the past 7 years in a row and 10 of the winners over the past 13 years.
Ways of Reading Into the Holloway Series
British poet Tom Pickard and English graduate student Leo Dunsker read in The Holloway Series in Poetry.
Geoengineering Our Way Out of Extinction
BAMPFA hosts science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson to address “The Good Anthropocene: Terraforming the Earth.”
Performing in a Pandemic
Returning Bear's-Eye View writer Zoe Forest listens in on a discussion about the changed conditions of the performing arts.