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Vincent Michelot | Beyond the 2024 Election: American Politics seen from France

January 28, 2025

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

Fall 2024 IES Undergraduate Conference | “The European Union’s Strategic Role in Global Affairs”

January 28, 2025

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”

Lerna Ekmekçioğlu | From Paris to Yerevan: Communist Armenian Women and the Post-WWII Soviet Repatriation Campaign

January 28, 2025

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

Radio Propaganda and Terror: Austrian-Jewish Refugees and the Media

December 2, 2024

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

Martin Schwartz | The Asia Minor Style of Greek Urban (“Rebetic”) Music

December 2, 2024

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

25 Years of the “Washington Principles” on Art Confiscated by the Nazis

December 2, 2024

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