Germany

Brandon Bloch | Reinventing Protestant Germany: Religious Nationalists and the Contest for Post-Nazi Democracy

November 6, 2025
Neha Gottimukkala

On November 6th 2025, the Institute of European Studies welcomed Brandon Bloch, assistant professor of history at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, as he presented a lecture on his recent book “Reinventing Protestant Germany: Religious Nationalists and the Contest for Post-Nazi Democracy.” The event was moderated by IES Senior Fellow Matthew Specter. In this lecture, Bloch explores the...

Michael Wildt | “The Complex Legacies of Nazism: Current Perspectives on the History and Memory of National Socialism”

October 6, 2025
Victoria Gutanu

On October 6th, 2025, the UC Berkeley Institute of European Studies, along with the German Historical Institute, UC Berkeley History Department, UC Berkeley German Department, Center for Right Wing Studies, and Center for German Studies welcomed Professor Michael Wildt, emeritus Professor of Modern German History at Humboldt University in Berlin to present a lecture entitled “The Complex Legacies of Nazism: Current...

Alice Goff | Church Bells and the Toll of Culture in Postwar Germany

September 16, 2025
Emma Clarke

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, Associate Professor of Late Modern European History at the University of California, Berkeley, Goff delved into the entangled wartime and postwar histories of German church bells, examining their cultural, spiritual, and material significance during and after the Second World War. This...

Berkeley-Greifswald Research Fellowship

The partnership between UC Berkeley and the University of Greifswald was established in 2006. Both universities are now seeking to intensify their collaboration, and the University of Greifswald is pleased to offer up to 4 short-term grants to qualified Berkeley graduate students for a stay of up to 3 months.

The University of Greifswald is situated in the Baltic Sea Area, about 2-3 hours from Berlin and Hamburg, Szczecin in Poland and the Danish capital Copenhagen. The University has strong scientific cooperation with partner universities in Northern and Eastern...

Berkeley-Hamburg Research Fellowship

The partnership between UC Berkeley and Universität Hamburg, Germany, was established in 2000. Both universities are now seeking to intensify their collaboration, and Universität Hamburg is pleased to announce two scholarships for Berkeley graduate students wishing to do research in or from Hamburg.

The Hanseatic City of Hamburg is a beautiful, lively and diverse harbor city with approx. 1.7 million inhabitants in the north of Germany. Universität Hamburg is the leading comprehensive research and educational institution in northern Germany with currently more than 40.000 students...

Berkeley-Muenster Research Fellowship

The partnership between the UC Berkeley and University of Muenster , Germany, was established in 2018. Both universities are now seeking to intensify their collaboration in Arts and Social Sciences, and Muenster University is pleased to announce an Erasmus+ scholarship for a Berkeley graduate student wishing to do research in Muenster.

The University of Münster is one of the largest universities in Germany with a rich and time-honoured tradition. Fifteen faculties with 120 degree programs and 30 research centers comprise the institutional backbone of the University. Some 54,000...

Berkeley-FSU Jena Research Fellowship

The Friedrich Schiller University Jena, founded in 1558, is situated in Thuringia—the green heart of Germany. It offers a wide range of over 200 courses, out of 18,000 students, 2,300 come to study in Jena from abroad. The FSU is distinguished by its high-level research dynamic. It cultivates an interdisciplinary working style as well as intensive networking with other universities, external research institutes and industry - not only locally, but worldwide: over 150 collaboration agreements with renowned partners from all around the world highlight the international standing of the FSU....

Berkeley-Regensburg Research Fellowship (Graduate Students)

The partnership between UC Berkeley and the University of Regensburg, Germany, was established in 2017. Both universities are now seeking to intensify their collaboration, and the University of Regensburg is pleased to announce a scholarship opportunity for Berkeley graduate students in the humanities and social sciences wishing to explore dissertation research opportunities in or from Regensburg. We welcome applications in the following fields: humanities, social and political science, economics, pedagogy/education, and law.

The University of Regensburg, founded in 1962 as the...

The Theatre of Migration, or: Affect, Biopolitics, and Spectacle in Christoph Schlingensief’s Ausländer Raus!

February 10, 2023
Atiana Novikoff

On January 27, the Department of German, in cooperation with the IES Austrian Studies Program hosted Irina Simova of Princeton University to give a talk on Christoph Schlingensief’s performance of Ausländer Raus!. The event consisted of a presentation from Simova followed by discussion moderated by Professor Karen Feldman.

Simova began by contextualizing Schlingensief’s performance. In 2000, the Freedom Party of Austria, Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs (FPÖ), became the first far-right political party to become part of a government...

Berkeley-FU Berlin Mobility Fund (faculty/lecturers/staff)

Freie Universität Berlin was founded in 1948 by professors and students, in response to the persecution faced by students who took a critical eye of the system at Universität Unter den Linden, at that time located in the Soviet sector of the divided city. The idea of founding a free university found widespread support in the international community, including financial support. This outpouring of aid helped pave the way for Freie Universität to become a university with an outstanding international reputation. Today, FU Berlin is among Germany’s strongest higher education institutions in...