Berkeley Center for Right-Wing Studies

👉NEW -- From South Africa, Australia, and Canada Through the U.S. Far Right: Making a Transnational Pro-Rhodesia Network, 1965-1967 By former CRWS Visiting Scholar Aaron Coy Moulton Available online in International History Review

📣 10/28: "Defending Our Rights, Fighting For Our Future" with @aclu-norcal.bsky.social's Cecillia Wang & @zentronix.bsky.social Co-sponsors: CRWS, Center for Race & Gender, Institute for the Study of Societal Issues, Ethnic Studies, @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social's Henderson Center for Social Justice

Thank YOU from Oski and all of us at ISSI! We raised $17,162 from 30 donors during last week's @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social Bear-a-thon!

CRWS is part of the @ucberkeleyissi.bsky.social—join us to celebrate 50 years of social change research!

Around here, #OskiBday is never just one day. Today is your final chance to double your impact. An anonymous donor is matching every gift to ISSI, up to $10,000. Help us reach the match and invest in the next generation of scholars working to shape a more equitable future.

Happy #OskiBday! In honor of Oski’s 85th birthday and our 50th anniversary, an anonymous donor will match every gift made to ISSI, up to $10k! Empower next-gen leaders: bit.ly/Oski2026

How do historians define the “far right?” When does the radical become ordinary? And what do the archives allow us to see about movements with few formal records? Learn about recent discoveries in the field in this virtual discussion on Friday, Sep. 18 at 9AM (PT): berkeley.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Can bedtime stories help explain far-right voting patterns? Read about it in "Pedagogy of Fear: Folklore and the Far-Right in Weimar Germany," a new study co-authored by CRWS graduate student @elena-amaya.bsky.social. #voting #folklore #sociology

ISSI faculty affiliate Hidetaka Hirota was cited in the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to reject President Trump's attempt to end the practice of granting citizenship to nearly all children born on U.S. soil. "The decision demonstrates how historians' work continues to matter in our society today."

CRWS graduate student Matthew Grumbach wrote an article published by Critical Sociology about the trajectories of sectarian radicals who led conservative Christian and ultra-left movements in the US in 1965. "The Fortunes of Radicalization:" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

'The Evolving Radical Right in the Early Twenty-First Century' is a new book published by Routledge that explores the rise of the radical right, populism, and extremism. CRWS Chair Lawrence Rosenthal was interviewed by Ken Fuchsman in the chapter, "Resentment and Fear of Loss in the Radical Right."

Join the team at ISSI's Asian American Research Center! ➡️ Apply: issi.berkeley.edu/hiring

Join the ISSI team! We're looking for an Associate Director to oversee our programs and research centers and lead our Graduate Fellows Program. ➡️ Apply: issi.berkeley.edu/hiring

Minoo Moallem and Paola Bacchetta, ISSI faculty affiliates and Gender & Women's Studies professors at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social, co-edited a book, Fatema Mernissi for Our Times. It explores the work of the Moroccan feminist sociologist and writer. Learn more: press.syr.edu/supressbooks...

Neil Bar, a CRWS affiliate, published a new book, Kahanism and the Algorithmic Interpretation of History. This book analyzes the influence of Meir Kahane, the American-born leader who became one of the most radical far-right figures ever to hold political power in Israel. @routledgebooks.bsky.social

Beyond Bias Recording 🎥 Missed it? Watch @ajbauer.bsky.social unpack the myth of media bias and challenge the idea that political disagreement is just a lack of facts. With Michael D. Bolden and Lawrence A. Rosenthal Hosted by CRWS at @berkeleyjournalism.bsky.social youtu.be/Y3auRTWpdks?...

Save your spot today for @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social alumnus Ricky Bluthenthal's Distinguished Lecture in Community-Engaged Research. 🌟 5/5, 5-6pm 🌟 Faculty Club & Zoom 🌟 RSVP now! berkeley.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @publichealth.berkeley.edu

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...

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...

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

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 Sponsored by CRWS

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...

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...

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.

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."

Calling full-time Berkeley undergraduate and graduate students! In just a few days, grant applications for the Berkeley Center for Right-Wing Studies are due! These small grants support research projects on right-wing issues in the US or other regions. Submit your application by Mon, Dec 8, 2025.

Starting soon! Don't miss "Populism & the Far Right: Global Frameworks & Local Crises" berkeley.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

CRWS affiliate Arlie Hochschild is featured in this PBS News Hour segment. Hochschild has spent more than 7 years getting to know the people in Pike County, Kentucky, highlighting how the residents are grappling with growing political divisions in their community. www.pbs.org/video/crossr...

Calling full-time undergraduate and graduate students! The Berkeley Center for Right-Wing Studies invites UC Berkeley students to apply for grants that support research projects on right-wing issues in the US or other regions. Applications are due on Mon, Dec 8, 2025. Visit the link below for more.