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Entries prior to the Fall 2016 semester represent a small portion of events held. For a full list of events, see each semester's newsletter.

Oct 03

From left: Harsha Ram, Diego Pirillo, and Paolo Mancosu

From left: Harsha Ram, Diego Pirillo, and Paolo Mancosu

New Investigations on Boris Pasternak and the Doctor Zhivago Saga

by Rikke From and Greyson Young

On Thursday, October 3, IES and ISEES were pleased to welcome Professor Paolo Mancosu for a lecture based on his breakthrough study of Russian Nobel laureate Boris Pasternak. Mancosu’s lecture, titled “Moscow Has Ears Everywhere: Olga Ivinskaya and the loss of Pasternak’s 'Will',” centered on Soviet resistance to Pasternak for engaging with Western writers and publishers in order to secure the publication of his 1955 novel Doctor Zhivago, which was primarily distributed in Western Europe.

Oct 01

Andrea Westermann (GHI) with speaker Lutz Raphael and Rainer Gruhlich (DHG, German Research Foundation)

Andrea Westermann (GHI) with speaker Lutz Raphael and Rainer Gruhlich (DHG, German Research Foundation)

Patterns of German Democracy in the 20th Century

by Evan Gong and Greyson Young

On Tuesday, October 1, the IES, in cooperation with the Pacific Regional Office of the German Historical Institute, welcomed Lutz Raphael for his lecture entitled “From Revolution to Routine? Patterns of German Democracy in the 20th Century.” Raphael is a professor of Recent and Modern History at the University of Trier (Germany) and was awarded the Leibniz Prize in 2013.

Sep 26

Irish Studies Program Director Catherine Flynn with Robert O'Driscoll (Consul General of Ireland in San Francisco)

Irish Studies Program Director Catherine Flynn with Robert O'Driscoll (Consul General of Ireland in San Francisco)

James Joyce's Parisian Influences

by Julia Nelsen

On September 26, Irish Studies Program director Catherine Flynn celebrated the release of her new book “James Joyce and the Matter of Paris” before an enthusiastic crowd at City Lights Booksellers in San Francisco. In conversation with Berkeley English professor Kent Puckett, Flynn discussed the importance and influence of the French capital across Joyce's work.

Sep 13

Decentering Local Leadership

On September 13, 2019, IES co-sponsored a workshop on “Decentering Local Leadership,” convened by the Center for British Studies at UC Berkeley. The day-long event brought together international scholars to assess different approaches to multicultural leadership traditions in the context of borders, with particular attention to performative and critical public service leadership.

Sep 13

From left: Jeroen Dewulf, José Manuel Barroso, and Maurice Obstfeld

From left: Jeroen Dewulf, José Manuel Barroso, and Maurice Obstfeld (photo by Hagit Caspi)

A Conversation with Former EU Commission President José Manuel Barroso

by Danielle Miller

On September 13, the Institute of European Studies and the Clausen Center were honored to host former Prime Minister of Portugal (2002-2004) and former President of the EU Commission (2004-2014) José Manuel Durão Barroso for a forum on the UC Berkeley campus. The conversation drew an audience of 100 and was moderated by IES Director Jeroen Dewulf and Berkeley Professor of Economics Maurice Obstfeld.

Sep 12

IES Director Jeroen Dewulf with David Whineray

IES Director Jeroen Dewulf with David Whineray

Transatlantic Relations and Brexit

by Danielle Miller

On September 12, the Institute of European Studies, Center for British Studies, and Anglo-American Studies Program were pleased to welcome Visiting Scholar and Carnegie Fellow David Whineray for his lecture entitled “US, UK, EU: Brexit, Trump, Foreign Policy and Transatlantic Relations.”

Sep 09

Some of the participants in the graduate student conference “Understanding the Countryside. Rural Europe in a Post-Global World.”

Some of the participants in the graduate student conference “Understanding the Countryside. Rural Europe in a Post-Global World.”

IES Graduate Conference: Understanding the Countryside

by Charlotte Campbell and Evan Gong

On Monday, September 9, the Institute of European Studies (IES) and the Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ISEEES) hosted the graduate student conference “Understanding the Countryside: Rural Europe in a Post-Global World” at the International House. This multidisciplinary event was organized by Alberto Sanchez Sanchez (PhD candidate in Architecture, UC Berkeley) and brought together over 30 graduate students in fields as varied as anthropology, architecture, ecology, international studies, landscape architecture, and political science.

Sep 04

IES Director Jeroen Dewulf and David Wineroither

IES Director Jeroen Dewulf and David Wineroither

The Legacy of Hans Kelsen in Austrian Democracy

by Davit Gasparyan and Evan Gong

On September 4, IES welcomed back David M. Wineroither, a senior research fellow at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences to its Austrian Studies Program. During his talk, “Zero Sum Politics? Austrian Government and Challenges to the Kelsenian Vision of Democracy,” Winerother outlined the post-WWII democratic framework established in Austria based on the ideas of Hans Kelsen, a prominent Austrian intellectual who was once a Berkeley professor.

Sep 03

IES Director Jeroen Dewulf and Senior Fellow Matt Beech

IES Director Jeroen Dewulf and Senior Fellow Matt Beech

Reflections on Brexit and the Future of Europe

by Davit Gasparyan

On Tuesday 9/3, IES hosted Matt Beech, the Founding Director of the Centre for British Politics at the University of Hull, and Senior Fellow at the UC Berkeley Institute of European Studies. His lecture, “Boris, Brexit and Europe: An Interpretation,” focused on the current situation of Brexit and British prime minister Boris Johnson’s role in foreign and domestic negotiations.

Jul 17

Jennifer Brody, Access Now

Privacy Protection in the EU

On July 17, 2019, IES sponsored the international panel at the Council of State Governments West annual meeting in Big Sky, Montana with funding from its Getting To Know Europe Grant from the EU. The Council of State Governments West (CSG West) is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that serves the western legislatures of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, the Pacific islands of American Samoa, the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam. Associate members include the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia.

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