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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.