Events at Berkeley

Percival Everett speaks at a podium at a UC Berkeley event

Arts & culture

‘James’ author Percival Everett discusses his ‘Huckleberry Finn’ retelling at a campus event 

Everett, who won the National Book Award for his 2024 novel on Nov. 20, spoke at a Bancroft Library event earlier this month.

Timothy Tangherlini

Campus & community

Berkeley Talks: Computational folklorist on how storytelling becomes belief

four headshots of Robert Reich, Maria Echaveste, Janet Napolitano and Angela Glover Blackwell

Campus & community

Berkeley Talks: The future of American democracy

A screenshot of a scene in Inkwo for When the Starving Return that shows a girl looking out on a field of beautiful purple flowers with an ominous-looking forest ahead.

Arts & culture

Stop-motion animator creates immersive worlds for Indigenous stories

J.D. Vance and Charlie Kirk giving a talk on stage at an event with

Berkeley Talks: A return to monarchy? Bradley Onishi on Project 2025

the student section at a UC Berkeley football game in Memorial Stadium. A group of spirited students, some with

Everything you need to know about ESPN GameDay’s Saturday visit

Seven acrobatic performers dressed like pro wrestlers perform a scene in a ring

Circus arts meet pro wrestling in a raucous theatrical performance

Two students hold an Israeli flag and two students hold up a Palestinian flag standing next to one another on the Berkeley campus with at least one hundred students on Sproul Plaza in the background

Berkeley Talks: Legal scholars on free speech challenges facing universities today

Aileen Liu, Hernan Garcia, Christian Paiz and Arianne Eason sit in chairs on a dark stage and talk

Berkeley Talks: What is understanding? Berkeley scholars discuss

Michael Pollan and Mina Kim sit on stage in conversation

Berkeley Talks: It’s not just psychedelics that change minds, says Michael Pollan. Storytelling does, too.

a colorful gradient background with four headshots of Dacher Keltner, Lisa Damour, Allison Briscoe-Smith and Maurissa Horwitz

Berkeley Talks: The science behind the emotions in ‘Inside Out 2’

Portrait of Jemele Hill smiling

Berkeley Talks: Journalist Jemele Hill on the intersection of sports and race (revisiting)

Michael Waldman and Maria Echeveste talk on stage in front of an audience

Berkeley Talks: How the Supreme Court divided America

Camilo and five other AileyCampers practice a dance on stage in 2009

Dance prepared him for the NFL. It began with a Berkeley summer camp.

Close up of Alisha Gaines

Berkeley Talks: Reconsidering Black America’s relationship to the plantation

two photos side of side: on the left, the cover of the book, A Thousand Small Sanities; and on the right, a portrait of Adam Gopnik.

Berkeley Talks: Adam Gopnik on what it takes to keep liberal democracies alive

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