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The Nordic-California Food Symposium was a two-day event held on November 7th and November 8th in the Spieker Forum in Chou Hall, at the Haas School of Business. The symposium was sponsored by the Center for Responsible Business at Haas, the Nordic Center at UC Berkeley, the Institute of...Read more about Vincent Medina, Louis Trevino, and Kristoffer Äström | Nordic-California Food Symposium (Session 5: “Ohlone and Sámi Foodways")

On September 29th, 2026, Robert G. Strand, Director of UC Berkeley Nordic Center, Director of Center for Responsible Business and an associate professor atCopenhagen Business School, delivered a lecture about his book, Nordic Capitalism: Lessons for Realizing Sustainable Capitalism....Read more about Robert G. Strand | Nordic Capitalism: Lessons for Realizing Sustainable Capitalism

On September 24th, 2026, Dr. Julia Nelsen, translator of Fausta Cialente’s A Very Cold Winter, delivered a lecture “Translation as Rediscovery: Introducing FaustaCialente.” Mairi McLaughlin, professor and chair of the Department of French at UC Berkeley, moderated the event, which was...Read more about Julia Nelsen | Translation as Rediscovery: Introducing Fausta Cialente

On September 22, 2026, the Institute of European Studies hosted Ariel Tang, a postdoctoral fellow in political science at Stanford University, for a lecture titled,"Scripting Silence: Animals Political and Unpolitical in Charlotte Beradt’s Dreamscape." The lecture examined Charlotte...Read more about Ariel Tang | Scripting Silence: Animals Political and Unpolitical in Charlotte Beradt’s Dreamscape

On September 21st, 2026, Vivien A. Schmidt, Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Professor Emerita of International Relations and Political Science at Boston University, presented a lecture titled “The Power of Ideas and Discourse in Political Analysis and its Applications to Europe...Read more about Vivien Schmidt | The Power of Ideas and Discourse in Political Analysis—and its applications to Europe

On September 19th, 2026, Antoinet Brink, lecturer and founder of the Dutch Studies Program at the University of Coimbra in Portugal, delivered Reading the City:Language and Poetry in Dutch Public Spaces as part of the annual Johan Snapper Lecture on Dutch Studies. Organized in...Read more about 2026 Snapper Lecture in Dutch Studies | Reading the City: Language and Poetry in Dutch Public Spaces

On September 18, 2026, the Dutch Studies Program at UC Berkeley welcomed Antoinet Brink of the University of Coimbra, Portugal, for a lecture exploring the life and literary career of José Rentes de Carvalho, a Portuguese author whose experiences between Portugal and the Netherlands shaped his...Read more about The Work and Life of José Rentes de Carvalho: A Portuguese Author straddling two Countries, Portugal and the Netherlands

On September 9th, 2026, Eva Odzuck, Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Regensburg, Germany, presented the lecture: “Plato’s Critique of Democracy.” This event was moderated by Daniela Cammack, Assistant Professor of Political Science at UC Berkeley, and...Read more about Eva Odzuck | Plato’s Critique of Democracy

Consul General of France in San Francisco, Valerie Brisset visited IES on August 31 and presented key pathways for academic mobility in Europe, namely the Bologna Process, the Erasmus Program, the European University Alliance and the “Choose France for Sciences”...Read more about Valérie Brisset | Higher Education in Europe and in France

On August 26, 2026, UC Berkeley’s Institute of European Studies (IES) co-sponsored “Europe, the U.S. & the Future of the Transatlantic Relationship,” featuring Ambassador Jovita Neliupšienė, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United States. Moderated by Professor...Read more about Europe, the U.S. & the Future of the Transatlantic Relationship

On August 25th, 2026, UC Berkeley’s Center for Portuguese Studies welcomed Portugal’s Secretary of State for Housing, Dr. Patrícia Gonçalves Costa, and Dr. Isaltino Morais, the mayor of the Municipality of Oeiras....Read more about The Center for Portuguese Studies welcomes Portugal’s Secretary of State for Housing and the Mayor of Oeiras

From June 16-18, 2026, IES Associate Director Dr. Akasemi Newsome attended the Council of European Studies at University College Dublin in Ireland. While at the conference, Dr. Newsome spoke at two panels. The first roundtable titled, “European Studies,...Read more about 2026 Council of European Studies Annual Meeting at University College Dublin

CPS Jeroen Dewulf meeting at the University of Coimbra with Professor João Nuno Calvão da Silva, Vice-Rector for External Relations and Alumni and Silvia Silva Dias, Head of the International Relations Unit on June 1, 2026.Read more about CPS Jeroen Dewulf meeting at the University of Coimbra with Professor João Nuno Calvão da Silva, Vice-Rector for External Relations and Alumni and Silvia Silva Dias, Head of the International Relations Unit on June 1, 2026.

IES Director Professor Mia Fuller was invited to lead two panels at the 2026 Turin International Book Fair, held in Turin, Italy, from 14–18 May. The fair is Italy’s largest book trade event and one of the largest book fairs in Europe, attracting over 200 visitors and featuring prominent...Read more about IES Director Mia Fuller presents research at the 2026 Turin Book Festival

IES Associate Director Dr. Akasemi Newsome attended The Future(s) of International and Area Studies Conference from May 7-10 at the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania. Dr. Newsome was the only UC System representative invited to speak at the conference. Pittsburgh...Read more about The Future(s) of International and Area Studies Conference

On April 27th, 2026, the Institute of European Studies welcomed Priya Satia, Professor of History at Stanford University, for a lecture titled, “The Eclipsed Republicanism of the Era of Conquest.” This lecture was co-sponsored by the ...Read more about Priya Satia | The Eclipsed Republicanism of the Era of Conquest

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On April 22nd, 2026, the UC Berkeley Institute of European Studies welcomed Professor Mehmet Sinan Birdal from Freie Universitat Berlin to campus to deliver a talk entitled “Political Ontology of the Closet: Elite...Read more about Mehmet Sinan Birdal | Political Ontology of the Closet: Elite Minorities and Sectarian Majorities in the Wilhelmine Empire

On April 21st, the Center for African Studies and the Institute of European Studies welcomed Akua Banful. In addition to her position as an assistant English professor at the University of California, Davis, her scholarship has been featured in a range of publications and she is currently...Read more about Akua Banful | A CAS Colloquium: Savage Landscaping: Crafting African Interiors in an Age of Empire

On April 17th, 2026, the UC Berkeley Institute of European Studies hosted a lecture by Arnoud Arps, Assistant Professor of Extended Cinema, Film Heritage and Memory at the University of Amsterdam and a Rubicon Visiting Assistant Professor of Comparative Media and...Read more about Arnoud Arps | Who Owns Intangible Cultural Heritage from a Shared Colonial Past? The Rijsttafel, Food Media, and the Dutch East Indies