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Specter of Separatism Colloquium Poster.

Minority Languages & Separatism in Europe
Jeroen (pronounced YER-on) Dewulf is the Queen Beatrix Professor of Dutch and the Director of the Dutch Studies Program (part of the German Department) here at UC Berkeley. A Netherlands native, he has worked tirelessly to raise the profile of Europe’s “smaller languages” in conjunction with IES. For instance, through his initiative, a European Language Offerings site was established to keep newer students especially, who are less familiar with the myriad offerings and departments at UC Berkeley, apprised of language courses ranging from Hungarian to Irish. Read more ...


IES Associate Director Beverly Crawford commuting to Cal in typical European fashion. (Eric Kotila)

Beverly Crawford, Associate Director of the Institute of European Studies and a specialist on German politics, recently shared her expertise about German foreign and security policy at Glendon College’s International Studies Symposium entitled Prospects and Challenges for Contemporary Germany at York University in Toronto. Read more ...


Romani Studies Conference Poster.

First Berkeley Conference on Romani Studies
Through the organization of the Jewish Studies Program with support from the Institute of European Studies and the EU Center for Excellence, UC Berkeley hosted her first ever Conference on Romani Studies in November 2011. The Roma (known commonly but somewhat erroneously as Gypsies) originated in northern India are present in most European societies.... Read more ...

Two Visiting Scholars This Spring
Hailing from Wellington and Stockholm, two visiting scholars at IES in Spring 2012 are typical of the breadth and quality of scholarship fostered here by the Institute. John Leslie received his PhD from the UC Berkeley Political Science Department in 2002. One of the first graduate students funded by the Center for German and European Studies at IES, he received a UC Faculty Fellowship at UC Irvine and then spent two years at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey before joining the staff of Victoria University of Wellington, NZ.
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Gold Medal of Merit from the Government of Portugal. (Eric Kotila)

Gold Medal of Merit for IES Staff Member
Deolinda Adão, Associate Director of the Portuguese Studies Program at IES, received a high honor in April when she was presented with the Gold Medal of Merit from the Portuguese Foreign Ministry for her years of service fostering Portuguese culture. Prof. Adão, who received her PhD from Berkeley and also teaches Portuguese and Spanish at San Jose State University and Berkeley City College, has worked tirelessly on Luso-American research topics and within the community. Read more ...


The Beatles.

Burdens of British Post-War History
In April IES’ Center for British Studies hosted Burdens, an international conference on post-World War II British history. Generously sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the program brought together many of the most talented and influential historians working in this newly-emerging field of study.
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Portuguese-American Newspaper Digital Archive. (Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese American Archives)

Saving History: Portuguese-American Newspapers
Archivist Sonia Pacheco of the Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives (established in 2009) at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, spoke to an attentive audience in April in the Institute of European Studies’ Conference Room about efforts to preserve Portuguese-American heritage. Read more ...

Please Donate Today!
With the economic downturn and budget crises of the last several years, IES counts on donor support more than ever to help fund our scholarships and to sustain innovative initiatives which bring prominent European intellectuals to Berkeley for public lectures, seminars, and conferences. Gifts can be made in the form of cash, securities, real estate, or pledges. They can also be left to IES from one’s estate through a will or trust. All gifts also count towards UC Berkeley’s overall fundraising goals, critically sustaining its competitiveness with the very best universities worldwide. Won’t you consider a gift today? Read more ...