Part two is out now: Jacob Blumenfeld talks to Aaron Benanav about utopian thinking, economic rationality, and what it might actually mean to plan beyond capitalism. criticaltheoryinberlin.de/podcast/podc...

New Podcast Episode: In part 1 of this two-part series on planning, Jacob Blumenfeld speaks with political economist and philosopher John O’Neill about the socialist calculation debate and its legacy. Listen to it here or on your usual podcast app: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/podcast/podc...

Save the Date: On March 10th, Q. Slobodian & B. Tarnoff will join us to present their new book on "Muskism", to discuss not just who Elon Musk is as a person but what he represents as an avatar of a technocratic ideology: a playbook for our postliberal age. criticaltheoryinberlin.de/en/event/mus...

Full house at the critique of AI workshop today! ⚡️ organized by @cominsitu.bsky.social and @ktbberlin.bsky.social Some of the discussion points/statements below: 1/2

Save the Date - Our socialization project has invited Matteo Pasquinelli, Anna-Verena Nosthoff, Roland Meyer & Rainer Mühlhoff to discuss critical perspectives on AI on Monday, February 16th. More information: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/critiq...

Save the Date - Our socialization project has invited Matteo Pasquinelli, Anna-Verena Nosthoff, Roland Meyer & Rainer Mühlhoff to discuss critical perspectives on AI on Monday, February 16th. More information: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/critiq...

On Wednesday next week, Søren Mau will join us to talk about his book "Mute Compulsion" - a novel theory of the forms of abstract and impersonal power set in motion by the subjection of social life to the profit imperative. More info: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/mute-c... @sorenmau.bsky.social

NEW DATES - Our Benjamin Chair Dipesh Chakrabarty will hold this year's Benjamin Lectures on Tuesday June 23, Wednesday June 24 & Thursday June 25 at HKW. More information on what he will talk to us about can now be found on our website in EN and DE: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/en/benjamin_...

Podcast Relaunch - We are relaunching our podcast Critical Theory In Context with regular episodes, alternating in German & English, with our new regular hosts @sabinenuss.bsky.social & Jacob Blumenfeld. Unsere neue Episode über das Jahresthema des Centres: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/en/podcast/p...

NEW DATES - Our Benjamin Chair Dipesh Chakrabarty will hold this year's Benjamin Lectures on Tuesday June 23, Wednesday June 24 & Thursday June 25 at HKW. More information on what he will talk to us about can now be found on our website in EN and DE: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/en/benjamin_...

Morgen Abend im Lichthof Ost (HU Berlin Hauptgebäude):

Nächste Woche:

Nächste Woche im Lichthof Ost der HU Berlin:

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-...

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

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...

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

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-...

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....

»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

Tomorrow! Doors open 12h30. Programme: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/the-gr...

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

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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: 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...

video of the discussion from May with Alex Demirović about the politics of critical theory in the post-war Frankfurt School is now online www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDfe...

Eine neue Folge Future Histories! Diesmal spreche ich mit Rahel Jaeggi (@humboldtuni.bsky.social; @ktbberlin.bsky.social) über die Krise des Liberalismus, Fortschritt als Prozess und sozialistisches Utopisieren. Zu finden hier: www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blo... @suhrkamp.de

Registration now open for our mini-workshop on "Democratizing Finance" with Michael A. McCarthy (UC Santa Cruz), author of "The Master’s Tools: How Finance Wrecked Democracy (And a Radical Plan to Rebuild It)". criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/democr...

To wrap up the Benjamin Lectures that Tommie Shelby held this semester, we have published two texts reporting on the three evenings - in English (by Mara Cayarga & Marvin Ester) & in German (by Hanna Hoffman-Richter). Go to Report/Veranstaltungsbericht here: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/en/benjamin_...

In der 52. Folge von unserem Theorie-Podcast «tl;dr» geht es um den zweiten Band von «Das Kapital». Zu Gast bei Alex Demirović ist in dieser Sendung Christian Schmidt. Hört euch jetzt die neue Folge an, überall, wo es Podcasts gibt! 🎧

Is Marx a degrowth communist and does he advance a conception of "ecological freedom"? The video of Kohei Saito's talk and the conversation w/ Rahel Jaeggi and Thomas Khurana at Volksbühne is online: cpkp.net/event/freedo... @ktbberlin.bsky.social @cominsitu.bsky.social @tbheinze.bsky.social

All three of Tommie Shelby's Benjamin Lectures can now be viewed on our youtube channel! youtu.be/6MwKumpSai0?...

Fanon Today. Contemporary Struggles and Theoretical Perspectives next week in Berlin! program etc here: www.geisteswissenschaften.fu-berlin.de/we01/institu...

Save the Date: On July 9, Kohei Saito will discuss his work on Marx's ecological critique of capitalism with Rahel Jaeggi & Thomas Khurana. Tickets available at Volksbühne: www.volksbuehne.berlin#/de/repertoi... More info: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/en/event/fre...

Neues Buch: Solidaritäten transformieren. Praktiken und Infrastrukturen in der Migrationsgesellschaft mit Texten v. Manuela Bojadžijev, Wendy Brown, Rahel Jaeggi, Sandro Mezzadra, Stephan Lessenich, Paul Mecheril u.v.m. open access! adocs.de/de/buecher/t...

Next week in Berlin! www.volksbuehne.berlin/de/repertoir...

Tonight at 6pm!

Am 10.07. lädt das Forschungskonsortium Transforming Solidarities zur Buchvorstellung des neuen Sammelbandes "Solidaritäten transformieren. Praktiken und Infrastrukturen in der Migrationsgesellschaft" ein - Mehr Infos: transformingsolidarities.net/de/news/buch...

Save the Date: On July 9, Kohei Saito will discuss his work on Marx's ecological critique of capitalism with Rahel Jaeggi & Thomas Khurana. Tickets available at Volksbühne: www.volksbuehne.berlin#/de/repertoi... More info: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/en/event/fre...