TOMORROW join us @bbkinstitutes as Sara Nadal-Melsió discusses her book 'Europe and the Wolf: Political Variations on a Musical Figure' with Esther Leslie @afoggyplace #BIH2026 📅 Wed 14 Oct, 7pm 📍Birkbeck ➡️Free places still available: bit.ly/4hL4DLg

What can the “wolf” — a dissonant sound in Baroque music — tell us about Europe today? Join Sara Nadal-Melsió on her book 'Europe and the Wolf', in conversation with E. Leslie. @foggyplace #BIH @bbkinstitutes 📅 Wed 14 Oct, 7pm 📍 Birkbeck 🎟️ Free tickets: bit.ly/4hL4DLg

TOMORROW @bbkinstitutes we celebrate Stephen Frosh’s academic career and invaluable contributions. Join us for a workshop reflecting on his influence across psychoanalysis & psychosocial studies #BIH2026 🗓️24 Sep ⏲️13.30-18.30 GMT 📍Few places left: bit.ly/4ydUH43

Now🎥the closing panel of BIH #2026LCTSS culminating in a conversation on the urgent political, social, philosophical questions shaping our contemporary world @KojoKoram, J. Rose, @CostasDouzinas, @VergesFrancoise, S. Frosh, E. Leslie @bbkinstitutes📽️bit.ly/4akCAzr

Day 9 #2026LCTSS: final lecture by @CostasDouzinas, founder of #BIH and #LCTSS. In 'War, Violence, Law: Does International Law Exist?', he explores the "state of exception", just war and the future of international law in the wake of Gaza, Iran and Lebanon. @bbkinstitutes

NOW @bbkinstitutes Aaron Schuster discusses 'How to Research Like a Dog: Kafka's New Science' with @maariaris, exploring how Kafka's Investigations of a Dog opens up new ways of thinking about philosophy, psychoanalysis, and research. @ElenaEloizidou3 🎥 bit.ly/4eNAQQE

BIH #2026LCTSS continued with contributions from @KojoKoram and @VergesFrancoise From politics of drug reform to "armed peace" and revolutionary futures, we explored the enduring legacies of colonialism, racial capitalism, global inequality and possibilities of imagining peace.

NOW @bbkinstitutes for the launch of 'Another Sun' by F. Vergès and M. A. Rodríguez Castro—an exploration of colonialism, displacement, memory, and the possibilities for imagining more just futures. F. Vergès is in conversation with K. Ochieng Okoth.🎥 bit.ly/3R7i7Yt

BIH #2026LCTSS Week 2 is underway. We began with Stephen Frosh on psychoanalysis, trauma and irreparable breakdown, and continue now with Jacqueline Rose asking "What is the world coming to?"— a lecture on genocide, masculinity and the political unconscious. @bbkinstitutes

Can Kafka's dog reinvent philosophy? Join Aaron Schuster @aaronschusterov in conversation on 'How to Research Like a Dog: Kafka's New Science' with @Heike_Bauer and M. Aristodemou @maariaris, chaired by @ElenaEloizidou3. 📅 1 July, 4pm ⚓️@bbkinstitutes | bit.ly/4w7GtA3

Watch NOW 🎥BIH #2026LCTSS Friday PUBLIC PANEL #1 with @weizman_eyal, @isaacjulien, Mark Nash, Esther Leslie @afoggyplace and Christina Varvia, chaired by Jacqueline Rose @bbkinstitutes 🚩2-4pm {BST} bit.ly/4akCAzr

A wonderful DAY 3 of #2026LCTSS with Isaac Julien and Mark Nash (joined by collaborator Vladimir Seput), reflecting on 30 years of work across film, installation and critical practice, and exploring the intersections of history, memory, cinema and visual culture. @bbkinstitutes

A remarkable start to #BIH #2026LCTSS with @weizman_eyal on a powerful exploration of Gaza, settler colonialism and "deep cartography", followed yesterday by E. Leslie @afoggyplace on aesthetics, resistance and the role of art in cultivating critical consciousness.@bbkinstitutes

As we count down to #LCTSS2026, we're proud to join @BirkbeckLaw for 'Rights, Resistance, Critique' — a conference celebrating the work of @CostasDouzinas, founder of #BIH @bbkinstitutes and the London Critical Theory Summer School. 📅 26–27 June Book: bit.ly/4escTj3

Join @bbkinstitutes for the launch of 'Another Sun' by Françoise Vergès and Mayra A. Rodríguez Castro — F. Vergès in conversation with K. Ochieng Okoth. 📅 30 June, 5:30–7pm 📍 Birkbeck Clore Management Centre and online Register: bit.ly/3QrgWTs #BIH #BookLaunch

O Guardiola-Rivera & @KojoKoram 📢TOMORROW⏰6pm @bbkinstitutes for A book presentation & discussion of Oscar Guardiola-Rivera's 'A Hopeful Political Imagination: Courage and Fantastic Critique in the Age of Meltdown' 📲Book free place: bit.ly/4uWwVHy

💥Applications close TOMORROW 8/1 for #LCTSS2026 🔓#BIH London Critical Theory Summer School (@bbkinstitutes, 22 June-3 July), generously sponsored by @OpenSociety. 📌For bursaries, testimonies and to apply ➡️bit.ly/4ajFqFD

☄️Delighted to announce #LCTSS2026: 🗓️22 June - 3 July 📯C Douzinas, S Frosh, I Julien, K Koram, E Leslie, M Nash, J Rose, C Varvia, F Vergès, E Weizman @bbkinstitutes @OpenSociety ⏰Applications open 🔓 To find out more about bursaries & what to expect➡️bit.ly/4ajFqFD

📌NOW @bbkinstitutes #BIHOSF Drawing on her recent book 'Human Rights: The Case for the Defence', Baroness Chakrabarti examines why human rights remain vital in addressing today’s and tomorrow’s challenges. Firechat with Prof Sarah Lamble to follow shortly @slamble1