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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

On April 23rd, the Institute of European Studies at UC Berkeley hosted Dr. Luigi Prada, Associate Professor of Egyptology (Dr. habil.) at Uppsala University in Sweden and Assistant Director of the Oxford-Uppsala Epigraphic Project in Elkab, Egypt. Prada delivered a compelling...Read more about Luigi Prada | Colonial Philology? Neo-hieroglyphic Inscriptions, 19th Century Egyptology, and European Politics

On April 25th, UC Berkeley hosted Bordered Life and the Right to Move, an international conference co-sponsored by the Center for Interdisciplinary Critical Inquiry, UC Berkeley Arts and Humanities, the Center for Race and Gender, UC Berkeley English,...Read more about Bordered Life and the Right to Move (Day 1)

On April 30th, the Center of Excellence in French and Francophone Studies, in collaboration with the French Department, the Institute of European Studies, and the French Consulate in San Francisco/Villa Albertine, hosted an in-person event titled The Rise and...Read more about The Rise and Mutations of the French Far-Right

On February 20th, UC Berkeley’s Institute of European Studies (IES) welcomed Phillip M. Ayoub, Professor of International Relations at University College London, for a discussion on his latest book, The Global Fight Against LGBTI Rights: How Transnational...Read more about Phillip Ayoub | The Global Fight Against LGBTI Rights: How Transnational Conservative Networks Target Sexual and Gender Minorities

On February 25th, the Institute of European Studies at UC Berkeley hosted a rapid-response webinar to discuss the results of the 2025 German federal elections. The event was moderated by Mia Fuller, Faculty Director of the Institute, alongside Dr. Akasemi Newsome, Associate...Read more about Panel Discussion | Rapid Response: 2025 German Federal Election

On March 4th, the Institute of European Studies at UC Berkeley welcomed Professor Christina Gerhardt for a presentation on her recently published book, Sea Change: An Atlas of Islands in a Rising Ocean. The book won a silver medal at the California Book...Read more about Sea Change: An Atlas of Islands in a Rising Ocean, with Professor Christina Gerhardt

On March 11th, a crowd of 30 at UC Berkeley welcomed Professor Dr. Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger, an acclaimed German historian and Rector of the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (Institute for Advanced Study in Berlin), for a lecture on Frederick William I, the “Soldier King” (...Read more about Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger | On the Logic of Autocracy and the Plasticity of History. The Case of Frederick William I, King of Prussia

On March 11th, the UC Berkeley Modern Greek and Hellenic Studies Program welcomed Professor Artemis Leontis, the C.P. Cavafy Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature and Director of the Modern Greek Program at the University of Michigan, for a lecture titled “Kazantzakis...Read more about Artemis Leontis | 2025 Nikos Kazantzakis Lecture: Women Talking in a Closet of the Archive of Hellenism