John Konicki, Center for Right-Wing Studies grad student, received the 2026 Mike Synar Graduate Research Fellowship for his paper, "Ideological Resentment: The Role of Asymmetric Grievances in Conservative Politics." igs.berkeley.edu/student-oppo...
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...
William Halm and Sara Jozer, PhD Students, Political Science; Cristina Violante, PhD Student, Jurisprudence and Social Policy; and Alder Wheeler, PhD Student, @natureatcal.bsky.social
Julio Cedillo, Undergrad, Sociology; Jillian (Lee) Crandall and Alexis Wood, PhD Students, @ucbgeography.bsky.social; Colby Fortin, PhD Student, Sociology
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...
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
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
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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
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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...
Hybrid: The Women Who’ve Shaped Our Ideas of Capitalism, Markets, and the State with Jennifer Burns
Fri, Feb 27, 11 AM-12:30 PM (PT)
Register to join Burns virtually: bit.ly/Burns2026
Or register to attend in person: bit.ly/WomenOntheRight
In Person: How Gender Matters (and Doesn’t Matter) in Right-Wing Politics with Kathleen Blee
Thurs, Feb 26, 4-5:30 PM
Register to attend in person: bit.ly/WomenOntheRight
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.
Read the full message here and get a glimpse into what our community has been up to this fall: mailchi.mp/berkeley.edu...
Happy Holidays from all of us at CRWS!
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."