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The Center for Portuguese Studies at UC Berkeley convened its annual Ana Hatherly Lecture on November 6, 2025, featuring Yale University professor Kenneth David Jackson, a leading scholar of Luso-Brazilian literatures and cultures. Moderated by Professor Jeroen DeWulf, director of the Center for...Read more about 2025 Ana Hatherly Lecture: Luís de Camões between Europe and Asia (1553–1570)

On October 24, 2025, the Institute of European Studies hosted graphic novelist Maria van Lieshout at UC Berkeley’s Philosophy Hall. She gave a lecture to about 35 guests on her recently published graphic novel, Blackbird, a fictional story set in Nazi occupied Amsterdam. She gave a historical...Read more about Lecture by Dutch Graphic Novelist Maria van Lieshout on the Graphic Novel “Blackbird”.

On the 21st of October, Maria Labarta—a Professor at the Faculty of Philology, Translation and Communication at the Universitat de València—delivered her ninth intervention for the Institute of European Studies, presenting her research to a group of 25 interested listeners. Professor Labarta...Read more about Maria Labarta | Artificial Intelligence in Foreign Language Education: A Case Study of German for International Business Students at a Spanish University.

On the 16th of October 2025, Professor Pedro Vicente of NOVA SBE delivered a talk at UC Berkeley’s Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics, presenting his work titled “On the Political Economy of Urbanization: Experimental Evidence from Mozambique.” Speaking to attendees...Read more about Pedro Vicente | On the Political Economy of Urbanization: Experimental Evidence from Mozambique

On October 15th, Jakob Hensing, a current Research Fellow at the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) in Berlin, held a conference titled "Risky Business: Transatlantic Relations in a World of Weaponized Independence" at the UC Berkeley Institute of European Studies (...Read more about Jakob Hensing | Risky Business: Transatlantic Relations in a World of Weaponized Interdependence

On the 13th of October 2025, Professor Catia Batista of NOVA SBE delivered a talk at UC Berkeley’s Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics, presenting her work titled “Integrating Migrants: Experimental Evidence on Cross-Border Spillover.”

In her talk, Professor Batista...Read more about Catia Batista | Integrating Migrants: Experimental Evidence on Cross-Border Spillover

On October 8th, 2025, the UC Berkeley Institute for the Study of Societal Issues welcomed Guillaume Dumont, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Ethnography Institute at Emlyon Business School in France. Dumont has written multiple books and is currently...Read more about Guillaume Dumont | Narco-Especulació: Drug trafficking, speculative practices and community organizing in Barcelona

On October 6th, 2025, the UC Berkeley Institute of European Studies, along with the German Historical Institute, UC Berkeley History Department, UC Berkeley German Department, Center for Right Wing Studies, and Center for German Studies welcomed Professor Michael Wildt, emeritus...Read more about Michael Wildt | “The Complex Legacies of Nazism: Current Perspectives on the History and Memory of National Socialism”

On September 26th, 2025, the UC Berkeley Institute of European Studies Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program (URAP) team welcomed the Transatlantic Student Initiative (TSI) from Kiel, Germany to our campus for a group cultural exchange discussion and a campus tour. The Transatlantic...Read more about Welcoming the Transatlantic Student Initiative from Kiel University in Kiel, Germany to the UC Berkeley Campus

On September 25th, 2025, Kristina Boréus, Professor of Political Science at Uppsala University in Sweden, delivered a lecture on contemporary European identity and migration entitled “Migrants and Natives - “Them” and “Us: Radical Right and Mainstream Political Rhetoric...Read more about Kristina Boréus | Migrants and Natives - “Them” and “US”: Radical Right and Mainstream Political Rhetoric in the Western European Shift to the Right

On the 24th of September 2025, Hans Kundnani presented his book, Eurowhiteness: Culture, Empire and Race in the European Project, at the UC Berkeley Institute of European Studies. Kundnani, an Open Societies Ideas Workshop fellow and visiting...Read more about Hans Kundnani | Whiteness and the European Project

On September 23rd, 2025, the UC Berkeley Department of German welcomed Professor Juliane Werner, senior lecturer at the comparative literature department at the University of Vienna and a postdoctoral researcher at the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities at the Austrian Academy of...Read more about Juliane Werner | "Why Are These Summer Books Indebted to an Austrian Author of Nihilistic Rants?": Reading Thomas Bernhard Today

On September 18th, 2025, Claire Tourmen, Director of the Center of Excellence in French and Francophone Studies at IESs, hosted an informational roundtable to discuss various opportunities related to education and careers in science in France. The presentation was led by esteemed guests Claire...Read more about Choose France for Science

On 17 September, Silvia Rusinol Romero, PhD candidate from the University of Seville, presented her research on the topic of childhood and media in conversation with Dr. Alex Saum Pascual, Professor of Contemporary Spanish Literature and New Media at UC Berkeley...Read more about Silvia Rusiñol Romero | The Effects of Film and Television on Childhood Audiences: A Cross- Historical, European and International Approach

On September 16 , the IES hosted a thought-provoking lecture by historian Alice Goff, titled “Church Bells and the Toll of Culture.” After a brief introduction by Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann, ...Read more about Alice Goff | Church Bells and the Toll of Culture in Postwar Germany

On September 2, the IES welcomed Thomas König, Professor of Political Science at the University of Mannheim, for a lecture exploring his latest theoretical work on European integration. König, an expert in political institutions and decision-making, presented insights from his new theory of (...Read more about Thomas König | The Dynamics of European Integration: Causes and Consequences of Institutional Choices.

On May 28, 2025, Center for Portuguese Studies Executive Director, Sydney Weaver, presented at the “Follow the Sun and Study in Portugal” event held in San Diego at the Maritime Museum of San Diego. Sydney was among an esteemed panel of presenters...Read more about Berkeley-Portugal Program Showcased in San Diego at “Follow the Sun and Study in Portugal” Event

On April 17, the Center of Excellence in French and Francophone Studies and the French Department, in collaboration with the Institute of European Studies (IES), Villa Albertine, the Consulate General of France in San Francisco, and the FACE Foundation, hosted the first French...Read more about French Job & Internship Fair

On April 22nd, the Institute of European Studies (IES) and the Institute for Governmental Studies (IGS) at UC Berkeley co-hosted a lecture by Sergio Fabbrini, Professor Emeritus of Politics and International Relations at Luiss University in Rome and a longtime visiting scholar at...Read more about A Federalist Alternative for European Governance: The European Union in Hard Times with Sergio Fabbrini