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On 23 January 2025, UC Berkeley welcomed George A. Papandreou, former Prime Minister of Greece and current General Rapporteur on Democracy for the Council of Europe, for a special talk on Global Threats to Democracy. Mr. Papandreou’s talk at UC Berkeley’s Alumni...Read more about Berkeley Welcomes George A. Papandreou, Former Prime Minister of Greece

On November 20th, a distinguished panel convened for an online webinar to discuss the implications of right-wing populism for the future of the transatlantic partnership. The event brought together Akasemi Newsome, Associate Director of the Institute of European Studies (IES) at...Read more about Transatlantic Perspectives: Trump, Orbán, Le Pen, Wilders, Kickl – The Rise of Right-Wing Populism and the Future of the Transatlantic Partnership

On November 22nd, Clara Chappaz, France’s Minister for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Affairs, participated in a live recording of the TechHype podcast at UC Berkeley. The event, co-sponsored by the CITRIS Policy Lab, focused on “The Future of AI...Read more about A Conversation with Minister Clara Chappaz on the Future of AI Governance

On December 10th, the Institute of European Studies at UC Berkeley hosted Marc Frey, a distinguished professor of the history of international relations at the University of Armed Forces in Munich, for a lecture titled Tensions of Empire: Writing Dutch Colonial...Read more about Tensions of Empire: Writing Dutch Colonial History with Professor Marc Frey

On November 14th, the Institute of European Studies (IES) at UC Berkeley, in collaboration with the Armenian Studies Program under the Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ISEEES), hosted Dr. Lerna Ekmekçioğlu, McMillan-Stewart Associate Professor of History...Read more about Lerna Ekmekçioğlu | From Paris to Yerevan: Communist Armenian Women and the Post-WWII Soviet Repatriation Campaign

On November 15th, the Institute of European Studies (IES) at UC Berkeley hosted its annual Undergraduate Research Conference, bringing together approximately 20 attendees. The event featured a keynote address by Austrian Consul General Isabella Tomas and presentations by UC...Read more about Fall 2024 IES Undergraduate Conference | “The European Union’s Strategic Role in Global Affairs”

On November 19th, the Center of Excellence in French and Francophone Studies, and the French Department, the Institute of European Studies, and the Villa Albertine in San Francisco, hosted Vincent Michelot, a professor of American Civilization at Sciences Po Lyon. Michelot...Read more about Vincent Michelot | Beyond the 2024 Election: American Politics seen from France

On November 7th, visiting professor Alireza Behtoui from the Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education (STINT) delivered a lecture titled Once upon a time Swedish schools were the best in the world, but not anymore: Why not?...Read more about Alireza Behtoui | Once upon a time Swedish schools were the best in the world, but not anymore: Why not?

On November 8th, Professor Lisiane Feiten Wingert Ody from the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul in Porto Alegre, Brazil, delivered a guest lecture at Philosophy Hall on the Washington Principles and legal battles concerning the restitution of...Read more about 25 Years of the “Washington Principles” on Art Confiscated by the Nazis

On November 8th, the Institute of European Studies at UC Berkeley, in partnership with the Modern Greek and Hellenic Studies department and the Berkeley Center for the Study of Religion, hosted an engaging presentation by Martin Schwartz, a former Berkeley professor of Near...Read more about Martin Schwartz | The Asia Minor Style of Greek Urban (“Rebetic”) Music

On November 13th, the Institute for European Studies (IES) at UC Berkeley and the German Historical Institute (GHI) hosted the Gerald D. and Norma Feldman Annual Lecture at the Magnes Museum Foundation. This annual event, established to commemorate the life and work of former IES...Read more about Radio Propaganda and Terror: Austrian-Jewish Refugees and the Media

On November 6th, the Institute of European Studies (IES) at UC Berkeley, in partnership with the Austrian Consulate in San Francisco and Berkeley Law School, hosted Dr. Miriam Gassner for a lecture titled Transfer of Legal Thought through Migration?. The...Read more about Miriam Gassner | "Transfer of Legal Thought through Migration?" The Story of Helen Silving-Ryu (1906-1993)

On November 7th, Dr. Valley Lytra, a professor at Goldsmiths University of London, delivered a lecture on Children’s Agentive Voices in Arts-based Creativity in a Greek Heritage Pre-kindergarten Class. The event, which attracted 10 attendees, was...Read more about Dr. Vally Lytra: “And the wolf slept on the tree”: Children’s Agentive Voices in Arts-based Creativity in a Greek Heritage Pre-kindergarten Class

On October 30th, the Institute of European Studies at UC Berkeley hosted Professor Asta Mønsted, a distinguished archeologist with a PhD from the University of Copenhagen and new faculty at UC Berkeley's Scandinavian Department, for a lecture on integrating oral history with...Read more about The Intersection of Oral History and Archaeological Interpretation

On October 30th, Jakob Vogel, professor of Modern History at the Institut d'études politiques de Paris (Sciences Po), recently visited the French library to present his research project, “Sciences Po, Une Histoire Coloniale.” The event, organized by the Center of Excellence in...Read more about Jakob Vogel | Forming an Elite for the French Empire: Colonial Sciences at the Ecole Libre de Sciences Politiques in Paris (1880-1960)

On October 23rd, the Center of Excellence in French and Francophone Studies, in collaboration with the Institute of European Studies at UC Berkeley and the French Department , welcomed Caroline Moine, a professor of contemporary history at the University of Paris-Saclay in France...Read more about Caroline Moine | The History of European Film Schools in the 20th Century: Artistic Circulations, Political Sociability and Professional Networks

On October 25th, Dr. Michael Bonitz from Kiel University in Germany visited UC Berkeley to deliver an engaging lecture on Max Planck’s pivotal contributions to the field of quantum physics. Bonitz contextualized Planck’s achievements within their historical background, showcasing...Read more about Michael Bonitz | Max Planck, Kiel, and The Beginning of The Quantum Era

On October 28th, the Management Center Innsbruck (MCI) and IES co-organized a virtual event featuring Austria’s Minister of Labor and Economy, Martin Kocher, titled The US and Europe: How Can We Win Together. The event offered insights into Kocher's...Read more about Martin Kocher | USA & Europe: How Can We Win together?

On October 16th, UC Berkeley’s Institute of European Studies (IES) hosted Dr. Giada Lagana, a Leverhulme Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer in Politics at Cardiff University, for a presentation on the key ideas from her first monograph. Lagana, whose work primarily focuses on...Read more about Giada Lagana | The European Union and the Northern Ireland Peace Process

On October 23rd, the Institute of European Studies at UC Berkeley (IES), in collaboration with the BENELUX Program, the Department of History, and Flanders in the USA, hosted a lecture featuring Anne-Laure Van Bruaene, a professor at Ghent University in Belgium. The event focused...Read more about Anne-Laure Van Bruaene | The Naked Man. Lucas d’Heere: A Flemish Exile Artist in Elizabethan London