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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 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 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 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

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

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 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

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 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 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

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