CURRENT PROGRAMS

Many of our Spring 2023 Programs are thinking with our Semester Theme, Virtue and the Intellectual Life.

Our programs are free of charge. Unless otherwise stated, all programs are open to undergraduate and graduate students, and require no prior knowledge or experience.

  • End-of-Year Party

    Thursday, April 25th, 5:30-7pm
    at the Berkeley Institute

    Join us in celebrating the end of the academic year and kicking-off our summer programming. We look forward to congratulating our graduates, thanking our event facilitators, sharing about our summer programs, and enjoying a break together before finals.

  • In Praise of Virtue: European Art, 1530-1760

    A guided look at part of the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive’s reserve collection, designed around our semester theme

  • Undergraduate Working Group: Virtuous Living as a Student

    A working group for undergraduates on “virtuous living as a student” that will meet throughout the fall semester. RSVP closed.

  • Virtue and the Intellectual Life

    A lunch hour monthly reading group discussing our Spring 2023 Community Read.

    This group is open to the general public.

  • Character Traits of Excellent Thinkers

    facilitated by Professor Miguel García-Valdecasas

    Wednesdays, March 6 and 13, 6-7:15pm

    This two-session seminar is open to students and faculty.

  • Generous Engagement: Thinking with our Historical Interlocutors

    A discussion series led by graduate students.

  • On Aesthetic Habit: A Lenten Workshop

    Facilitated by Professor Katie Peterson and Professor Young Suh

    Saturday, February 17, 10:30AM-12PM

    This workshop is open to students. Registration Required.

  • Spring 2024 Opening Reception

    Thursday, January 18 from 5:30-7:00pm

  • Old-School, Take 2

    facilitated by Professor Chiyuma Elliott
    On Zoom; Date TBA

    This event is co-sponsored by the African American Intellectual Traditions Initiative. It is open to BINST alumni and friends of the Berkeley Institute.