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On September 15th, the Institute of European Studies, the Program for the Study in Flanders, the Dutch Studies Program, Flanders in the USA, the IES Benelux Program, and the Department of Music hosted Dr. Luc Rombouts from Leuven University for a lecture on the history and...Read more about Sounds from Heaven: A Musical Heritage from the Low Countries

On September 11th, The IES Austrian Studies Program, in collaboration with the Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies, invited Benedikt Harzl, Associate Professor from the Centre for East European Law and Eurasian Studies and the Institute of International Law of the...Read more about Austria’s Permanent Neutrality in European and Transatlantic Context(s)

On September 9th, UC Berkeley political science professor and Center for British Studies director Mark Bevir hosted a British Studies Workshop on “The Governmentality of Populism.” The event featured eight scholars from several European universities who presented and discussed...Read more about British Studies Workshop: The Governmentality of Populism

On the 8 th of April, the Institute of European Studies at Berkeley, alongside the Center
for British Studies and the Anglo-American Studies Program, hosted a lecture by Matt
Beech, Reader in Politics and Director of the Centre for British Politics at the University
of Hull, and Senior...Read more about Matt Beech | Polarized Peoples - Examining the culture wars and how they can be transcended

On April 26-27, 2024 Berkeley Law Professor and IES faculty affiliate David Oppenheimer organized a workshop titled "EU Comparative Workshop on Global and European Perspectives on Systemic Racism." Eleven authors from the forthcoming collected volume on Global Systemic Racism were invited...Read more about 2024 EU Comparative Workshop on Global and European Perspectives on Systemic Racism

On April 23rd 2024, The UC Berkeley Center of Excellence in French and Francophone Studies hosted a lecture and reception to celebrate their launch, featuring member of the French National Assembly, David Amiel. This event was also sponsored by the Institute of European Studies...Read more about UC Berkeley Center of Excellence in French and Francophone Studies launch and lecture "Between two worlds: Macron’s industrial policy from a political perspective"

Crown Prince Haakon of Norway visited UC Berkeley this week as part of a 2-day visit to California to promote sustainable climate cooperation between Norway and California. The Norwegian Minister of Trade, Jan Christian Vestre, and Consul General Gry Henriksen accompanied the Crown Prince’s...Read more about Crown Prince Haakon of Norway visits UC Berkeley

On April 12, the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center on Wealth and Income Inequality, in collaboration with the Berkeley Economy & Society Initiative, Social Matrix, and Center of Excellence in French and Francophone Studies invited Professor of Sociology at Paris Dauphine...Read more about Céline Bessiére and Sibylle Gollac | The Gender of Capital

On April 10, 2024, the Institute of European Studies hosted Professor David Reynolds for his lecture, “The Meaning of Brexit and the Future of the United Kingdom.” Professor of History at Cambridge University and Fellow of Christ’s College, Reynolds came to Berkeley as a...Read more about David Reynolds- The Meaning of Brexit and the Future of the United Kingdom

On April 9th, the Institute of European Studies hosted 37 attendees for the annual Robert Kirk Underhill Lecture, followed by a Q&A session and a reception. This event was previously organized by the Anglo-American studies program, who joined IES in 2023, and was made...Read more about R. Kirk Underhill Lecture: David Reynolds, “Mirrors of Greatness: Churchill and the Leaders Who Shaped Him”

On the 4 th of April, the Institute of European Studies at Berkeley, alongside the Center
for Portuguese Studies, the Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology, the
Luso-American Development Foundation, and the Bertelsmann Stiftung, hosted a
presentation by Dana T. Redford to...Read more about Dana T. Redford | Gen Z Activists and Entrepreneurs in Europe: Enabling Digital and Green Transition

On April 4 and 5, two undergraduate students, accompanied by one of their advisors, Rachaël Longuépée, had the opportunity to present at the Delegation of the European Union to the United States. Lisette Gomez-Galvan and Christopher Ojeda collaborated with their program advisors...Read more about 2024 Schuman Challenge

On March 27, 2024 Esther Saltiel-Ragot, Irving G. and Eleanor D. Tragen Chair in Comparative Law at EHESS Paris delivered a presentation on the migration of Greek Jews to British Mandatory Palestine between 1920 and 1939. Lecture sponsors included the Modern Greek & Hellenic...Read more about Esther Saltiel-Ragot | Categories and quotas: The selection of Jewish migrants from Greece by Zionist organizations in British Mandatory Palestine (1920-1939)

On March 18th, the Institute of European Studies hosted Professor Manuela Boatcă of the University of Freiburg to share her presentation, “The Other Enslavement; Notes on Unthinkable Europeans in Unequal Europes.” This event was also sponsored by the German Historical Institute...Read more about Manuela Boatcă | The Other Enslavement. Notes on Unthinkable Europeans in Unequal Europes

On March 5th, the Institute of European Studies held a lecture by Paul Nolte, titled “Degrees of Order, Measures of Freedom: Modern German History and the Challenge of Postmodern Historiography,” in collaboration with the German Historical Institute of Washington, the Gerda...Read more about Paul Nolte | Degrees of Order, Measures of Freedom: Modern German History and the Challenge of Postmodern Historiography

On February 28, the German Historical Institute Washington – Pacific Office Berkeley, in tandem with the Institute of European Studies, the Institute of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, the Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative, and the Center for Race and Gender,...Read more about Marxists and other Migrants: African Intellectual Pathways from the German Democratic Republic

On February 22nd, Professor Berit Kristoffersen from the Arctic Centre for Sustainable Energy (ARC) and the University of Tromsø, gave a talk for an audience of 20 people discussing speculative geographies in the ongoing offshore exploration of hydrocarbons and deep sea minerals...Read more about The Arctic Frontier: Speculative geographies in the ongoing offshore exploration of hydrocarbons and deep sea minerals in the Norwegian North

On February 20th, the Institute of European Studies in collaboration with the Center for Portuguese Studies hosted Miguel Cordeiro...Read more about Europe’s Digital Future: An Holistic Approach To Digital Inclusion

On February 20th 2024, Professor Nancy Rushohora from the University of Dar es Salaam gave a presentation on German Colonialism in Tanzania and its remaining memories for an audience of 15 people. Rushohora is also a postdoctoral fellow at Stellenbosch...Read more about Memories of German colonialism in Tanzania

On November 17th, the Institute of European Studies hosted the annual Undergraduate Research
Conference. The Conference, titled From Kiev to Brussels: Understanding the Implications of
the War in Ukraine in a Broader European Context, featured nine presentations from UC
Berkeley,...Read more about 2023 IES Undergraduate Conference