IES Director Jeroen Dewulf with Dariusz Adamski
by Davit Gasparyan
On March 7, the IES was honored to welcome Dariusz Adamski, professor of law at the University of Wrocław, Poland, for a presentation titled “European Economic Integration and Populism: Foes or Allies?” Centered on the current rise of populism and its relation to European economic integration, the lecture shed a unique light on the phenomenon of populism and how certain countries may be more prone to its rise than others.
Jekaterina Novikova (IES EU Fellow, 2018-19)
by Ella Smith
On Wednesday, March 6, Jekaterina Novikova, the IES’s 2018-19 EU Fellow, delivered a presentation titled, “The Future of the European Research via the lenses of the Horizon EU R&I program 2021-2027.” As Innovation Policy Coordinator at the European Commission, Novikova spoke to the audience of 20 about her leadership with Horizon EU, a European research and innovation program. Her research project at IES focuses on what the EU can learn from the US in terms of bringing academic research to market.
Professor David Oppenheimer (Berkeley Law) with Eva Anduiza
by Alison Spencer
On March 5, IES and the UC Berkeley School of Law welcomed Eva Anduiza (Professor of Political Science, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) for a lecture on the #MeToo movement and women’s protest in Spain.
IES Associate Director Akasemi Newsome with Maartje Van Der Woude
by Danielle Miller
On March 4, in conjunction with the Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative and GHI West, IES was pleased to welcome Law and Society Professor Maartje van der Woude of Leiden University (Netherlands) for her lecture, “Securitization of Migration and Racial Sorting in Fortress Europe.” Van der Woude began by outlining the Schengen acquis, which incorporates Schengen Area rules (abolition of internal border and passport checks) into EU law. However, Van der Woude revealed through her research— grounded in both a close analysis of Schengen Border Code and field work at border checkpoints— that the Schengen goal of openness and the EU principle of free movement are not fully implemented in practice by EU member states.
St. Andrews Society Board members David McCrossan, David Campbell, and Francesca McCrossan with IES Director Jeroen Dewulf
Participants in the Global Commons workshop
by Melina Kompella
On Thursday, February 28 and Friday, March 1, the IES hosted a workshop on the Global Commons, co-organized by IES Associate Director Akasemi Newsome and Marianne Riddervold (Professor at of Inland University of Applied Sciences, Norway and IES Senior Fellow).
Stefan Ludwig-Hoffmann (Department of History, UC Berkeley) with Kiran Klaus Patel
by Evan Gong
On February 28, IES was delighted to welcome Professor Kiran Klaus Patel of Maastricht University, who delivered a captivating lecture on his upcoming book, Project Europe: A New History of the European Union. Patel offered the audience a rich historical analysis of concrete effects and results of European integration since 1945, as well as what Europeans can learn from the past to gain better insight into present-day challenges.
Visiting Scholar Markus Hinterleitner with IES DIrector Jeroen Dewulf
by Danielle Miller
On February 27, IES hosted political scientist and visiting scholar Markus Hinterleitner from the University of Bern for a lecture entitled “Rope-A-Dope Politics and the Erosion of Democratic Norms.” Hinterleitner’s research seeks to zoom in on the democratic norm-erosion process by mapping it as a mechanistic, step-by-step sequence of concerted choices taken by norm-violators and norm-defenders, rather than just a symptom of broader political and social trends in society.
IES Director Jeroen Dewulf with Kerstin Brückweh
by Davit Gasparyan
On February 21, IES and GHI West were honored to welcome Kerstin Brückweh for an engaging talk titled “The Longue Durée of 1989: Regime Change and Everyday Life in East Germany.” An author and editor, Brückweh lectures at the University of Tübingen, Germany, and is currently a fellow at the Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies. Her presentation centered on the historic fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the unification of Germany.
From left: Speakers John Connelly, Pawel Koscielny, and Laura Fantone
by Melina Kompella
On February 21, IES hosted a panel discussion on anti-gender and anti-feminist trends in popular and academic discourse in Europe. The speakers were Laura Fantone (Lecturer in the Gender and Women’s Studies Department), Pawel Koscielny (PhD Candidate in History), and John Connelly (Professor of History and Director of the Institute for East European, Eurasian, and Slavic Studies).
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