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).
Ove Ullerup (Danish Ambassador to Sweden) with Dr. Robert Strand (Executive Director of the Center for Responsible Business, Haas School of Business)
by Sophia Kownatzki
Robert Strand (Haas School of Business)
by Alison Spencer
On February 7, IES’ Nordic Studies Program was pleased to welcome Robert Strand, Executive Director of the Center for Responsible Business and member of the faculty at the Berkeley Haas School of Business, for a talk entitled “Sustainable Vikings.” In his presentation, Strand discussed his upcoming book project of the same name and his experience studying sustainability practices in Nordic countries. His research revolves around the idea that the world faces urgent sustainability challenges, and Nordic countries can provide an example of how to solve them.
IES Associate Director Akasemi Newsome with speaker Anna Frisone
by Marina Romani
From left: speakers Elisabetta Ghisini, Enrico Deaglio, and Enrico Rossi
by Julia Nelsen
On December 3, 2018, UC Berkeley faculty affiliated with IES/CGES organized a DAAD sponsored workshop titled, “Comparing California and Germany: New Research on Electricity, Transportation and Carbon Markets.” The workshop took place at the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California Davis and comprised three sessions. The theme of the first session was a comparison between California and Germany of the integration of renewable resources in electricity markets, the introduction of electric vehicles, and how they may relate by coordinating the new sources of electricity supply and demand, and how they affect overall carbon emissions in the jurisdictions.
Deolinda Adão (right) interviews Bárbara Bulhosa, Dulce Maria Cardoso and Ricardo Araújo Pereira
On November 30, the Center for Portuguese Studies was pleased to host a special conversation on "The Art of Being Woman." Politics, colonialism, and gender are some of the subjects that CPS director, Deolinda Adão, discussed with with three contemporary literary figures from Portugal: Bárbara Bulhosa, Dulce Maria Cardoso and Ricardo Araújo Pereira.
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