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On December 18, 2023, Associate Dean of the Social Sciences, Professor Khatharya Um organized a conference titled, “Life, Precarity, and Futurity In Time of The Pandemic: Health, democracy, and the experiences of immigrant and refugee communities in Europe during and after COVID,” at...Read more about Life, Precarity, and Futurity In Time of The Pandemic: Health, democracy, and the experiences of immigrant and refugee communities in Europe during and after COVID

In honor of former IES Director, Gerald Feldman, the Gerald D. and Norma Feldman Annual Lecture hosted by the Institute of European Studies was held this year at the Bancroft Hotel. The lecture was given by Dirk Moses, a professor of international relations at the City College of...Read more about 2023 Gerald D. and Norma Feldman Annual Lecture: German Memory Culture at a Crossroad?

On October 26, Arnoud Arps, Niels Stensen Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Postcolonial and Memory Studies at Oxford University and UCLA, gave a talk to a dozen people on resistance and reconciliation in Indonesian and Dutch films and literature on the Indonesian revolution....Read more about Resistance and reconciliation in Indonesian and Dutch films and literature on the Indonesian revolution.

On November 7, the German Historical Institute held the annual Bucerius lecture in collaboration with the Institute of European Studies, the Clausen Center for International Business and Policy, the Haas Center for Responsible Business, the Institute of International...Read more about Tipping Points for Global Economic and Ecological Transformation

On October 24, the Institute of European Studies in collaboration with the Institute of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, the Austrian Studies Program, the Institute of International Studies, the German Department, and the Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation hosted a...Read more about An Assessment of Current Political Issues in Europe: A Fireside Chat with Ambassador Wolfgang Petritsch

On October 19, the IES was delighted to hear a fascinating lecture by Robert Kramm, Doctor of History and Freigeist-Fellow at Munich's LMU. Currently a visiting scholar at the German Historical Institute's Pacific Office, Kramm presented his preliminary thoughts on occupied Germany and...Read more about Occupied Germany and Japan after the Second World War from Global Cultural History Perspectives

On October 17th, the Institute of European Studies hosted Professor Eric Fassin for a lecture co-sponsored by the Center for Interdisciplinary Critical Inquiry, the Center of Excellence in French and Francophone Studies, the ...Read more about The Neo Fascist Moment of Neoliberalism: Illiberal France and Beyond

On September 26th, the Institute for European Studies was pleased to host Daena Funahashi, Assistant Professor at the UC Berkeley Department of Anthropology, who presented her work “Untimely Sacrifices: Work and Death in Finland”, to an audience of around ten....Read more about Untimely Sacrifices: Work and Death in Finland

Flood losses are increasing worldwide because of expanding urbanization in flood-prone lands and flood peaks super-charged by climate change. Across the globe, countries struggle to manage flood risk, drawing upon insurance, structural measures, and land-use regulations. What can we learn from...Read more about Managing flood risk: The role of insurance, maps and regulations – International approaches

Are you a community college teacher with an interest in learning and teaching more about European borders and region of Western Europe? Are you a community college instructor OR high school teacher with an interest in learning and teaching more about Europe and the EU ? Apply for this...Read more about 2025 Brussels Study Tour

On September 6, 2023, IES Associate Director Akasemi Newsome co-led a workshop titled, “Excellence, Identity, and Inclusion: The Experiences of Diverse Scholars in Germany” at the Berliner Medizinhistorisches Museum der Charité; in Berlin, Germany. The workshop was the...Read more about Excellence, Identity, and Inclusion: The Experiences of Diverse Scholars in Germany

On September 12th, the Institute of European Studies’ director Professor Dewulf hosted Peter Van Riel for a lecture titled “A short history of the Indos: On the migration of Indo-Dutch and Indo-Americans 1950-2020”. Peter Van Riel is a specialist in the Dutch East Indies and Indonesian studies...Read more about A short history of the Indos: On the migration of Indo-Dutch and Indo-Americans 1950-2020

I was introduced to the Technical University of Munich Practical Research Experience Program (TUM PREP) by Professor Dewulf in the Fall of 2022 after inquiring about grant-based opportunities to study or work in Europe. When I looked further into the program, I found two projects at the...Read more about Reflections on TUM PREP: Student Testimonial

IES is delighted to welcome our 2023-24 EU Fellow, Agata Kotkowska.

The EU Fellows Program enables staff from the EU Commission or Parliament to spend up to one year as a Visiting Scholar on the Berkeley campus. During the fellowship, scholars carry out research on a project related to...Read more about Introducing 2023-24 EU Fellow Agata Kotkowska

On April 14 th , 2023, the Institute of European Studies co-hosted an event in collaboration with the German Department featuring Ukrainian-born author Tanja Maljartschuk. The event was hosted by Professor Anna Dwyer and Professor Patricia Anne Simpson. Tanja Maljartschuk...Read more about History in the Making: Tanja Maljartschuk in conversation with Patricia Anne Simpson and Anne Dwyer

On April 11th, the Institute of European Studies, along with the Center for African Studies, the Department of African American Studies, the French Department, the UC Berkeley Black Studies Collaboratory, and the Center of Excellence in French and Francophone Studies, was...Read more about Towards a Reading of Black Lives Matter in France: Diasporic Connections and Global Social Movements

On April 6, the Institute of European Studies in partnership with the Irish Studies Program hosted Professor Kevin Kenny, the Glucksman Professor of History at New York University for a lecture commemorating the 25th anniversary of his book Making Sense of...Read more about The Molly Maguires: Transatlantic Irish Protest and Class Conflict in the NineteenthCentury

On March 25th, the Institute of European Studies, alongside the Center of Excellence in French and Francophone Studies and the French Embassy in the US organized a presentation by Joana Guerrin, a visiting Fulbright Scholar at UC Berkeley within the college of Environmental...Read more about What are the Nature Based Solutions for Flood Governance in France and in the US?