Check out this keynote talk given by Jennifer Burns, Edgar E. Robinson Professor of US History at Stanford University from our recent conference, Women on the Right in U.S. History. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf4Q...

CRWS awarded small research grants to 8 @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social students! 🐻🎉 Learn about their projects: issi.berkeley.edu/crws/researc...

Former visiting scholar Balša Lubarda wrote for the EU Knowledge Hub on Prevention of Radicalisation on whether far-right ecologism is being mainstreamed, stating that preventing mainstream requires the creation of inclusive environmental futures that cannot be co-opted. ec.europa.eu/newsroom/hom...

How did we get here? Andrea Lampros from @berkeleyjournalism.bsky.social recently interviewed @ajbauer.bsky.social to unpack how conservative movements reshaped the media landscape: journalism.berkeley.edu/aj-bauer/ Don't miss A.J.'s talk this Thursday. RSVP here: berkeley.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Join us on March 19 at 6 p.m. for @ajbauer.bsky.social's talk on his new book, "Making the Liberal Media: How Conservatives Built a Movement Against the Press" (@columbiaup.bsky.social, 2026). And don't miss the book reception at 5:30!

Join us on March 19 at 6 p.m. for @ajbauer.bsky.social's talk on his new book, "Making the Liberal Media: How Conservatives Built a Movement Against the Press" (@columbiaup.bsky.social, 2026). And don't miss the book reception at 5:30!

Big Thanks from CRWS! Your support made Big Give a big success for us! We raised a total of $12,730 from 17 donors. If you missed it, your support of critical research on the right is always appreciated: give.berkeley.edu/fund/FU0996000

Every gift you make to the Center for Right-Wing Studies in the next 24 hours will be doubled, up to $10K! (Big thanks to our anonymous donor) Help us host free public events, fund student research, and advance scholarship on right-wing movements bit.ly/CRWSBigGive #UCBerkeleyCRWS #CalBigGive

Neil Bar, faculty affiliate, published a new article in Nationalities Papers. Neil Bar focuses on Greece's most prominent far-right political organization, Golden Dawn (GD), which strategically utilized antisemitism as its core ideological principle. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

CRWS Chair Lawrence Rosenthal recently gave a talk, "Naming the Enemy" on Carl Schmitt and worldwide illiberalism. vimeo.com/1137292797

The Politicization of Maternal Mortality Data 📍2111 Bancroft Way, #104, Berkeley 🗓Tue, Mar. 10 at noon Lunch provided! Sponsors: Berkeley Center for Social Medicine, Center for Right-Wing Studies, Medical Anthropology Program, @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social's Center on Reproductive Rights and Justice

On Feb 26-27, join us for Women on the Right in U.S. History. This conference will feature talks by Kathleen Blee, Jennifer Burns, @drkatiegaddini.bsky.social @whitmcintosh.bsky.social @sammyraeroth.bsky.social, and more! Check out the program and register: bit.ly/WomenOntheRight Sponsored by CRWS

Join us on Feb 18 for a conversation with ISSI alums Jennifer Chun & Judy Han! Learn more & register: bit.ly/AgainstAbandonment Sponsors: ISSI, Center for Korean Studies Cosponsors:@ucbgeography.bsky.social, Sociology, Asian American & Asian Diaspora Studies Program, Center for Ethnographic Research

UC Berkeley's Hope Scholars program is celebrating 20 years of providing support to students who have experienced foster care/childhood homelessness. A news article shines a light on this important campus program & features Alexis Wood, a graduate student affiliate. news.berkeley.edu/2025/12/16/f...

On Feb 26-27, join us for Women on the Right in U.S. History. This conference will feature talks by Kathleen Blee, Jennifer Burns, @drkatiegaddini.bsky.social @whitmcintosh.bsky.social @sammyraeroth.bsky.social, and more! Check out the program and register: bit.ly/WomenOntheRight Sponsored by CRWS

Check out the video of our fall 2025 event featuring Amy Skonieczny, Professor of International Relations at San Francisco State University and Valentina Nava, PhD candidate in Political Sociology at Université Paris Cité who discuss their respective papers. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bbni...

Having briefly read, the Kyle Burke article on the history of the transnational far right in this issue is very good.

Read JRWS author Felix Pal's recent NYT Op-Ed, "Youth Hostels, Blood Banks, Yoga: How One Far-Right Network Spread across the World." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/o...

Part 1 of the JRWS special issue on the history of the far-right in the US is out! Read it for free, and spread it widely. escholarship.org/uc/jrws No better time than now to learn what's precedented and what's not.

As we wrap up the year, we're grateful for the community that made our work possible. We're also reflecting on the urgency of the work we do in the field of right-wing studies and what it means for the year ahead.

Check out this new article by CRWS faculty affiliate @cihantugal.bsky.social, "The Evolution of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham and Syria’s Future: The Interplay between Islamism and Capitalist Geopolitics."

Calling full-time Berkeley undergraduate and graduate students! In just a few days, grant applications for the Berkeley Center for Right-Wing Studies are due! These small grants support research projects on right-wing issues in the US or other regions. Submit your application by Mon, Dec 8, 2025.

Starting soon! Don't miss "Populism & the Far Right: Global Frameworks & Local Crises" berkeley.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

CRWS affiliate Arlie Hochschild is featured in this PBS News Hour segment. Hochschild has spent more than 7 years getting to know the people in Pike County, Kentucky, highlighting how the residents are grappling with growing political divisions in their community. www.pbs.org/video/crossr...

Calling full-time undergraduate and graduate students! The Berkeley Center for Right-Wing Studies invites UC Berkeley students to apply for grants that support research projects on right-wing issues in the US or other regions. Applications are due on Mon, Dec 8, 2025. Visit the link below for more.

Erwin Chemerinsky of @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social gave a powerful and moving talk yesterday on America's path to authoritarian rule. If you joined us in person or online, thank you! Stay tuned for the recording of this talk and Q&A portion and for upcoming events! @ucberkeleycrws.bsky.social

Join us for "Populism and the Far Right: Global Frameworks and Local Crises" on Wednesday, November 19 at 4pm. 📍2111 Bancroft Way & Zoom Register: bit.ly/Populism2025 Sponsored by Berkeley Center for Right-Wing Studies of @ucberkeleyissi.bsky.social & co-sponsored by @ucberkeleyies.bsky.social

ISSI's event with Erwin Chemerinsky is coming up! Join us next Monday either in person or online for Chemerinsky's talk, "The Path Toward Authoritarianism." Register now to save your spot. berkeley.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_k4ZH5oPbTrqUZ2r9qdFXHw#/registration @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social

Video of Kristina Boréus' talk: "Migrants and natives - 'them' and 'us'" is now up on YouTube. Boréus explores how a "threat perspective" on immigration has gained dominance in several West European countries and pushing aside more inclusive understandings. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTsR...

In this article Lee Crandall, a grad student affiliate, states that tech authoritarians tend to view liberal democracies as inefficient & instead favor privatized technocratic governance, where private sectors make major decisions rather than politicians. ls.berkeley.edu/news/geograp...

Carole Joffe, faculty affiliate, won the 2025 American Sociological Association’s Distinguished Career Award for the Practice of Sociology. Joffe’s research & advocacy on behalf of reproductive health & rights serves as an exemplar for an impactful sociological career. www.asanet.org/about/awards...

Call for Papers: Conference on "Women on the Right in U.S. History: Intellectual, Economic, and Political Power." Deadline, September 29. Read the full call here: issi.berkeley.edu/women-right

Read Center for Studies in Higher Ed director Dr. John Aubrey Douglass's recent post about the latest developments regarding Trump's threats to higher education. Be on the lookout for the UCOP's response to the DOJ, coming soon. open.substack.com/pub/johnaubr... #highered

Arlie Hochschild, CRWS affiliate, wrote in the New York Times that many in Kentucky's 5th District are more devoted to Trump even after his 'Big Beautiful Bill'. She argues Democrats must both defend democratic institutions & rebuild trust with former supporters. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/o...

We're hiring! We're seeking an expert communications coordinator to manage our digital and written communications and outreach! Full time, up to 100% remote. First review date is July 30. More info at issi.berkeley.edu/hiring

important new research by our faculty affiliate @maureeneger.bsky.social

New in the Journal of Right-Wing Studies: Dr. Sahil Kureshi reveals how India's RSS used the student wing of the ABVP (1947-85) to control campus politics via strategic image shifts—alternating between militant Hindutva activism and a peaceful service org. facade. escholarship.org/uc/item/1176...

Video available of a talk by Chelsea Ebin discussing how conservative Protestants & Catholics overcame their hostility to form a coalition on the American Right. She presents a new account of the Christian Right's recent rise & the morally charged politics of today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs2M...

A new book by our faculty affiliate Carole Joffe discusses how individuals have kept abortion afloat in the wake of Roe v. Wade’s removal. www.beacon.org/After-Dobbs-...