Neue Folge: Klimakrise: Warum wir die Menschheit an ihren Platz verweisen müssen. In dieser Folge diskutiert Sabine Nuss mit Rahel Jaeggi und Christian Schmidt zentrale Punkte der Benjamin Lectures von Dipesh Chakrabarty und fragt, was wir daraus lernen können.

New Event! 🕖 July 15, 2026 10:00 am 📍 Auditorium, Grimm Zentrum, University Library Geschwister-Scholl-Str. 3, 10117 Berlin This event will try to help understand how technologies sustain global dynamics of extraction, dependency, and uneven development. criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/decolo...

Tomorrow! 7-9 PM Aquarium, Skalitzer Str. 6, 10999 Berlin More about this event: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/workin...

This year's Round Table will take place next week already! This public roundtable provides an opportunity to discuss different approaches to history and historical agency from a materialist perspective. More about this event on our homepage: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/forces...

New Podcast Episode! This episode with Jacob Blumenfeld, @robin-c.bsky.social and Rahel Jaeggi is devoted to questions about the meaning of crisis and transformation. Listen to the whole episode here: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/podcast/podc...

"As the conditions for human flourishing improve during the Great Acceleration, its ecological costs increase as well."

Lecture three just started! Do we need to "provincialize humans"?

Neue Podcast Folge: Woher kommt der Faschismus? Ausgehend von Carolin Amlingers und Oliver Nachtweys Buch "Zerstörungslust" spricht Sabine Nuss mit Robin Celikates und Rahel Jaeggi über Elemente der Faschisierung. Hört die Folge hier: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/podcast/podc...

This evening Rahel Jaeggi will join the KiezConnect - check out their or our insta to find more information or click the following long

🕖4. Juni 10-19 Uhr und 5. Juni 10-18 Uhr 📍Auditorium, Grimm-Zentrum Geschwister-Scholl-Str. 1–3, 10117 Berlin Check out our Homepage and Instagram for more information on the conference and to get introduced to our panels and speakers! criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/crisis...

Unser Socialization Projekt wird am 24.4., 18:30 im Aquarium Fragen über Bodenpolitik und Eigentum in einer Paneldiskussion besprechen. Wie kann eine demokratische Verfügung über diese zentrale gesellschaftliche Ressource gestaltet werden? Mehr Infos: socializationproject.de/event/transf...

Neue Podcastfolge! Sabine Nuss spricht mit Rahel Jaeggi über Daniel Loicks "Gegengemeinschaften", mit Rückblick auf unsere Januar Veranstaltung mit D. Loick, Thomas Seibert und Charlie Ebert. Verfügbar auf Spotify & Apple Podcasts. Link zur Episode: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/podcast/podc...

Save the Date: Am 17.4., 18 Uhr, sprechen Rahel Jaeggi und Robin Celikates mit Oliver Nachtwey über die Analyse des aufkommenden Faschismus in seinem neuen Buch mit Carolin Amlinger, "Zerstörungslust - Elemente des demokratischen Faschismus". criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/regres... @suhrkamp.de

What explains the fact that we are subject to a variety of social norms? What grounds their authority over us? On April 23d, 2pm-7pm, we will discuss Charlotte Witt's recently published & widely acclaimed book with her. Register via the form on our website: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/social...

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...

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

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_...

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-...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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_...

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...