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Video of the inaugural 2011 Romani Studies Conference held at Cal, which IES was proud to cosponsor, is now online. Talks from most presenters, including the Keynote Address by Romani scholar and activist, Professor Ian Hancock, are available for viewing at your leisure. We hope you take time to learn more about this fascinating field and people.
IES' Center for British Studies will be offering two new grants of $10,000 to fund two students, each for a semester of dissertation writing. The grant is meant to suppport projects in their final stages of composition. Students must be in their sixth year or later of their PhD program and must provide in their application a letter of recommendation, a description of the dissertation, and an account of the current state of the dissertation. See the British Studies grants page for complete information. The deadline is March 1.
As a means for keeping Cal students apprised of the panoply of languge offerings at Berkeley, Dutch Studies Professor Jeroen Dewulf has been instrumental in developing a European Language Portal. The intent is to promulgate broader awareness — especially to Cal undergrads early in their Berkeley studies — of the breadth and depth of offerings, especially in less commonly taught languages such as Hungarian and Dutch. In some cases, non- or special students may enroll via concurrent enrollment at the Berkeley Extension (with instructor approval) and languages may be offered on other campuses through distance learning (for instance, Finnish and Danish have been offered via videoconferencing originating from Cal at UC Davis and UCLA). Check out the portal and see what you think!
Sir Nigel Sheinwald, British Ambassador to the US, spoke to an engaged, packed audience in Moses Hall on September 29. He discussed the growing relationship (economic and otherwise) of Western countries with Asia, in particular the tigers of China and India. The longstanding relationship of the US and Britain, forged by a common language and historic ties, was also emphasized as a means of leveraging influence in the world. An optomistic assesment, his talk stressed the relative advantages of the US and the UK (massive mutual investment, rule of law, support for entrepreneurism, etc.). His tour to the Northern California and talk at Berkeley were noted in the San Francisco Chronicle, as well.
His talk was sponsored by the Center for British Studies at IES and the Institute of International Studies.
The National Resource Center (NRC) for West European Studies at the Institute of European Studies has been awarded a four-year Title VI grant from the US Department of Education covering the years 2010-2014. This critical funding enables IES to continue supporting an array of programs promoting scholarship and resource develo pment on West European languages and area studies for UC Berkeley scholars and students, K-14 educators, and the broader public. See our NRC pages for general information on this inititiative.
Our Binnual Report enumerates our accomplishments, events, Country Program activities, fellowship recipients, visiting scholars, student support, etc. It is now available for downloading online. We recommend a high-speed internet connection for easiest downloading. Download a .pdf copy here.
We welcome your ongoing interest and participation in our public events, lecture, and conferences. And please don’t forget to support IES though donations and your estate! We rely upon your support to sustain our innovative public program, support scholars and students, and maintian our pertinent contributions to scholarship.
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New Dissertation Grant Available from the Center for British Studies 
British Ambassador Visits Cal and Northern California
