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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 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

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

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?

The Institute of European Studies, with sponsors from the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology (BCLT) and Tübingen University Law School, was pleased to host Professor Martin Nettesheim, Professor of Law at the University of Tübingen. Professor Paul Schwartz, Professor of Law...Read more about Data as an economic asset? Open questions in European data protection and data regulation law

The April 6th conference, "Putting Contemporary Climate Migration In Context: Insights from Two Decades of Research,", delivered by Professor Amanda Carrico of the University of Colorado, was an exceptional platform that provided a deep...Read more about Putting Contemporary Climate Migration In Context: Insights from Two Decades of Research — Amanda Carrico

On April 27, IES Associate Director Dr. Akasemi Newsome moderated an event, "Brussels to the Bay: Transatlantic responses to Cybersecurity Challenges." EU Envoy Gerard de Graaf opened the event and Dr. Newsome engaged a panel of top experts in conversation on cybersecurity threats, challenges...Read more about Brussels to the Bay: Transatlantic responses to Cybersecurity Challenges

On March 6th, the Institute for European Studies was pleased to host historian Phillip Wagner, a visiting scholar from the University of Halle who studies modern German and European history. He presented his new book “Unequal Re-education Schooling and Democracy in West Germany, 1945-...Read more about Unequal Re-education Schooling and Democracy in West Germany, 1945-1955

On March 14th, the Institute of European Studies in cooperation with the Gerda Henkel lecture series and German Institute in Washington DC and Berkeley, were pleased to host Professor Willibald Steinmetz from Bielefeld University to discuss his upcoming book Outrageous Comparisons in...Read more about Outrageous Comparisons in Modern History and Contemporary Politics

On March 9th, the Institute of European Studies, along with sponsors from the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology (BCLT) and Tübingen University Law School, was pleased to host Professor Martin Nettesheim, Professor of Law at the University of Tübingen. Professor Paul Schwartz,...Read more about Data as an economic asset? Open questions in European data protection and data regulation law

On February 15, the Institute for European Studies was pleased to host Professor Fisher-Onar, Associate Professor and Director of the Master of Arts in International Studies at the University of San Francisco for a lecture that was attended by 40 people.

Fisher-Onar...Read more about From Trans-Atlantic Order to Afro-Eur-Asian Worlds? Reimagining IR as Interlocking Regional Worlds

On February 22, Dr. Jennifer Allen, Associate Professor from Yale University History Department, presented on “Noah’s Ark for Future Generations” or Genetic Imperialism?: The Dilemma of the Seed Bank in Postwar German History. In relation to her new book, “Insurance Against Total...Read more about "Noah's Ark for Future Generations" or Genetic Imperialism?: The Dilemma of the Seed Bank in Postwar German History