News

On September 29th, 2026, Robert G. Strand, Director of UC Berkeley Nordic Center, Director of Center for Responsible Business and an associate professor atCopenhagen Business School, delivered a lecture about his book, Nordic Capitalism: Lessons for Realizing Sustainable Capitalism....Read more about Robert G. Strand | Nordic Capitalism: Lessons for Realizing Sustainable Capitalism

On September 24th, 2026, Dr. Julia Nelsen, translator of Fausta Cialente’s A Very Cold Winter, delivered a lecture “Translation as Rediscovery: Introducing FaustaCialente.” Mairi McLaughlin, professor and chair of the Department of French at UC Berkeley, moderated the event, which was...Read more about Julia Nelsen | Translation as Rediscovery: Introducing Fausta Cialente

On September 22, 2026, the Institute of European Studies hosted Ariel Tang, a postdoctoral fellow in political science at Stanford University, for a lecture titled,"Scripting Silence: Animals Political and Unpolitical in Charlotte Beradt’s Dreamscape." The lecture examined Charlotte...Read more about Ariel Tang | Scripting Silence: Animals Political and Unpolitical in Charlotte Beradt’s Dreamscape

On September 21st, 2026, Vivien A. Schmidt, Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Professor Emerita of International Relations and Political Science at Boston University, presented a lecture titled “The Power of Ideas and Discourse in Political Analysis and its Applications to Europe...Read more about Vivien Schmidt | The Power of Ideas and Discourse in Political Analysis—and its applications to Europe

On September 19th, 2026, Antoinet Brink, lecturer and founder of the Dutch Studies Program at the University of Coimbra in Portugal, delivered Reading the City:Language and Poetry in Dutch Public Spaces as part of the annual Johan Snapper Lecture on Dutch Studies. Organized in...Read more about 2026 Snapper Lecture in Dutch Studies | Reading the City: Language and Poetry in Dutch Public Spaces

On September 18, 2026, the Dutch Studies Program at UC Berkeley welcomed Antoinet Brink of the University of Coimbra, Portugal, for a lecture exploring the life and literary career of José Rentes de Carvalho, a Portuguese author whose experiences between Portugal and the Netherlands shaped his...Read more about The Work and Life of José Rentes de Carvalho: A Portuguese Author straddling two Countries, Portugal and the Netherlands

On September 9th, 2026, Eva Odzuck, Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Regensburg, Germany, presented the lecture: “Plato’s Critique of Democracy.” This event was moderated by Daniela Cammack, Assistant Professor of Political Science at UC Berkeley, and...Read more about Eva Odzuck | Plato’s Critique of Democracy

Consul General of France in San Francisco, Valerie Brisset visited IES on August 31 and presented key pathways for academic mobility in Europe, namely the Bologna Process, the Erasmus Program, the European University Alliance and the “Choose France for Sciences”...Read more about Valérie Brisset | Higher Education in Europe and in France

On August 26, 2026, UC Berkeley’s Institute of European Studies (IES) co-sponsored “Europe, the U.S. & the Future of the Transatlantic Relationship,” featuring Ambassador Jovita Neliupšienė, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United States. Moderated by Professor...Read more about Europe, the U.S. & the Future of the Transatlantic Relationship

On August 25th, 2026, UC Berkeley’s Center for Portuguese Studies welcomed Portugal’s Secretary of State for Housing, Dr. Patrícia Gonçalves Costa, and Dr. Isaltino Morais, the mayor of the Municipality of Oeiras....Read more about The Center for Portuguese Studies welcomes Portugal’s Secretary of State for Housing and the Mayor of Oeiras