Television writer and creator Sanjay Shah '99 discusses the realities of entertainment writing, from breaking into the industry to running a writers' room, offering advice to students.
Prominent Russian writer Victor Erofeev offers a provocative exploration of the “new barbarism” of the 21st century, in which power eclipses justice.
Hannah Zeavin tells the complicated story of American techno-parenting, for an object lesson in how using technology in our most intimate relationships became a moral flash point.
Fellowship and Research Support Opportunities at the National Humanities Center
Leaders of the National Humanities Center discuss their fellowship and research support for faculty, offering tips for writing strong proposals and seeking application support.
Avgi Saketopoulou in Conversation
Avgi Saketopoulou, the 2025-26 Avenali Chair in the Humanities, engages in conversation with UC Berkeley faculty members Paola Bacchetta, Eric Stanley, and Damon Young.
Psychoanalyst and scholar Avgi Saketopoulou, the 2025-26 Avenali Chair in the Humanities, is the author of Sexuality Beyond Consent: Risk, Race, Traumatophilia.
Magical Nominalism: The Historical Event, Aesthetic Reenchantment, and the Photograph
In this bold, wide-ranging study, Martin Jay examines the conflict between “conventional” and “magical” nominalism in philosophy, history, aesthetics, and photography.
Claire Kahane recounts her nine-decade journey of self-transformation, moving from free-spirited rebel in the 1950s to feminist scholar, and confronting personal and historical traumas along the way.
Ribera’s Repetitions: Paper and Canvas in Seventeenth-Century Spanish Naples
Todd Olson sheds new light on the complexity of Jusepe de Ribera’s artwork and artistic methods and their connections to the Spanish imperial project.
Alexis Pauline Gumbs, author of Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals talks with Malaika Parker, executive director of the Black Organizing Project.